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In a world that demands faith in progress and growth, *Limbo* is a companion for the stuck, the isolated, delayed, stranded and those in the dark. Fusing memoir with a meditation on creative block and a cultural history of limbo, Dan Fox considers the role that fallow periods and states of inbetween play in art and life. *Limbo* is an essay about getting by when you can’t get along, employing a cast of artists, ghosts and sailors – including the author’s older brother who, in 1985, left England for good to sail the world – to reflect on the creative, emotional and political consequences of being stuck, and its opposites. From the Headington Shark to radical behavioural experiments, from life aboard a container ship to Sun Ra’s cosmology, *Limbo* argues that there can be no growth without stagnancy, no movement without inactivity, and no progress without refusal.

Josephine Baker, Icon in Motion accompanies the 2024 exhibition of the same name held at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin. Almost 100 years after Baker's first performance in Berlin, the book and exhibition focus on the cinematic Baker, exploring her distinctive career through an audio-visual essay (Icon in Motion) to amplify her unparalleled artistry in dance, her inspirational role as a resistance fighter and civil rights activist and her lasting influence on contemporary artists. Born in the US and a French citizen by choice, Josephine Baker appeared for the first time with the Revue Nègre at the Nelson Theater on Kurfürstendamm Berlin in 1925. The book contains contributions from contemporary artists who seek to visualise and articulate Baker's lasting inspiration and reflects on the changed role of the African American artist in contemporary discourse. 
 
