“Anitra is my secret weapon (no longer). Her edits respect my style and at the same time help my arguments achieve their best articulation. She always works precisely, carefully paying attention to the many layers of the arguments I present, and she asks questions that help, inspire, and energize me to make the work better and better. And in all this, she is never ever late!”

— Celine Parreñas Shimizu, author of The Proximity of Other Skins: Ethical Intimacy in Global Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2019), Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies (Stanford University Press, 2012), and The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene (Duke University Press, 2007).

“Anitra is one of the most attentive and reliable editors out there. She works according to agreed-upon needs—whether developmental and conceptual editing or late-stage ‘second eyes’ editing—and is excellent. She is thorough, smart, has conceptual perception and reliable clarity, is accurate and an excellent reminder about the rules of academic writing. She is the kind of editor who certainly goes beyond the call of duty. I could not ask for more and feel lucky to have worked with her over the past years. Definitely 10/10. Thank you, Anitra, for your commitment and reliability over the years!”

— Kamari Maxine Clarke, author of Affective Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Pan-Africanist Pushback (Duke University Press, 2019), Finalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Book Award, presented by the Association for Africanist Anthropology.

“Anitra touched my words in English with her editorial magic.”

— Marisol de la Cadena, author of Earth Beings: Ecologies of Practice Across Andean Worlds (Duke University Press, 2015 ), winner of the 2018 Senior Book Prize, Association for Feminist Anthropology.

“Anitra stepped in at a formative stage; hers is indeed the magic touch.”

— Shefali Chandra, author of The Sexual Life of English: Languages of Caste and Desire in Colonial India (Duke University Press, 2012).

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— James Doucet-Battle, author of Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk and Type 2 Diabetes (University of Minnesota Press, 2021).

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— Paul Amar, author of The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neoliberalism (Duke University Press, 2013).

“Anitra has become my ideal reader: with an incredible eye for detail as well as the big picture, she improved this book immensely by her careful attention and editing.”

— Peter Limbrick, author of Making Settler Cinemas: Film and Colonial Encounters in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia (Palgrave, 2010).