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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Greeking Out! Greek myths retold for kids.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you haven't yet gotten involved in your local ICE watch group, the need remains massive. Protecting immigrant communities is a long-term commitment, but as Lex notes, volunteer organizations are stretched really thin. If you're in Massachusetts, and can safely do so, please consider joining LUCE.

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Dr. Amy Nusbaum @amynusbaum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of my students had their dad kidnapped by ICE yesterday. Eli is a wonderful student, devoted daughter, and incredible community member. Please consider donating if you're able: gofund.me/018e810bd

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Donate to Help Bring Jose Becerra Home and Cover Legal Fees, organized by Briceida Rosales

Help Bring Our Dad Home My name is Elisabet (Eli) and I am rai… Briceida Rosales needs your support for Help Bring Jose Becerra Home and Cover Legal Fees

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Katherine Carroll @katherinecarroll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Notes in academic writing have gotten shorter & typically include very little/no commentary. Need to reduce or eliminate the commentary in the notes? I have a list of steps to evaluate each note & decide whether to move, leave, or cut the commentary. theeditorialally.substack.com/p/streamlini...

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Streamlining Footnotes and Endnotes

Welcome to TEA Delivered, the newsletter of The Editorial Ally (TEA)!

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Authors, have you ever wondered how to turn a revised dissertation into a proposal? Or when the best time is to submit? Our acquisitions team has answers to these FAQs and more 👇 uncpress.substack.com/p/what-autho...

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What Authors Ask Most

Advice from UNC Press acquisitions staff on proposals, timelines, and more

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University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · 09/09/2026

Now available: Xu Ma’s BOUNDARIES AND BODHISATTVAS, a new study of women, religious spaces, and literary culture in Ming and Qing China. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Boundaries and Bodhisattvas: Women, Lay Buddhism, and Religious Spaces in Late Imperial China by Xu Ma

"Weaving together literary, archival, and archaeological materials, Boundaries and Bodhisattvas powerfully redefines how we understand women and religion beyond the nei (inner)–wai (outer) divide of late imperial Confucian society. Bold, interdisciplinary, and innovative, this book will captivate students and scholars of Chinese literature, history, religion, and gender studies."

- Xiaofei Kang, author of Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942-1953

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Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 28/08/2026

Call for Applications: 3-day faculty development workshop on Global Asia(s), open to faculty based at institutions in Asia. Workshop will be held at Nanyang Technological University, January 13-15, 2027; apply by October 1. cga.shanghai.nyu.edu/teaching-globa…

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We're running the Book Chapter Shortcut again this fall! The BCS is a 10-week Zoom-based workshop designed for busy scholars who want to turn a pile of messy writing into an argument-driven chapter draft. Find out more and sign up here: workshops.dissertationtobook.com/p/chapter-sh...

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Reminder: FREE Zoom workshop today! Join us to think about your book's structure and have some fun doing it! What: Assessing Your Book's Table of Contents When: 2-3:30pm Eastern Time Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (You'll get the recording if you sign up!)

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My 11yo came back from sleepaway camp and reported that “the whole camp hates AI.”

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The 8yo, who has now mastered cursive and moved on to other projects: “I did my piano exercise 24 times. Does that mean I get 24 animals?”

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This summer, my family and I are rewarding ourselves for working on “projects” with these tiny animals. We are learning cursive, learning to type, practicing Portuguese, reading the Iliad, practicing the piano, exercising, and writing encrypted messages. We are obsessed.

Around 15 tiny, cute, translucent plastic animals grouped on a coffee table.

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

What: “Assessing Your Book’s Table of Contents”: a free Zoom workshop Who: Allison Van Deventer, Katelyn E. Knox, and authors working on academic monographs When: August 26, 2026, 2–3:30pm ET Everyone who signs up will receive a copy of the recording, whether or not they attend live.

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Authors of scholarly books: we're giving another free workshop! Your table of contents can yield a surprising amount of insight into your book-in-progress if you ask the right questions. Come with your list of chapters, and let's see what we can find! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Promotional image with a pink background. Text reads Assessing your book's table of contents: A free Zoom workshop. Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 2-3:30pm ET. Katelyn E. Knox and Allison Van Deventer.

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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If you’re going to read one thing this weekend, read this.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Rendering hundreds of thousands of people “illegal,” out of status, overnight, makes it obvious that illegality is produced by policy, an event version of something that has taken place over years and decades

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

An editor's adventures in questioning their life choices: "Thank you for letting me line-edit your book on respectability politics" "Here are some strategies for improving this book on eugenics" "This point about porn studies isn't coming—" DAMMIT

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

AWFUL. Ordering ICE to target an ethnic group the president has repeatedly attacked is bigotry as official government policy. TPS recipients are the most vetted immigrants here. They have to pass background checks every 18 months. Most Haitians with TPS entered legally also!

cbsnews.com

ICE plans to target Haitians as Temporary Protected Status is set to end, sources say

The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If you live in Massachusetts and want to protect your Haitian neighbors this is a great time to consider joining or supporting LUCE.

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LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The Trump admin's latest strategy to mass generate removal orders is diabolical: - Take a huge group of people with hearings scheduled in late 2026, 2027, or 2028. - Send them a physical letter rescheduling all of their cases to next week. - Those who inevitably miss court get ordered deported.

thecityreporter.nyc

Deportation Orders Soar in NYC as Trump 'Mega Master' Hearings Accelerate

A new report finds removal orders for people who missed hearings more than doubled in New York City in June, as a new tactic of hastily scheduled court dates rolled out.

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I don’t know, but I think the great obscure novella of friendship is Reunion by Fred Uhlman.

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

At my free webinar on August 14th, I’ll explain how publishers see dissertation-based book projects, and I’ll offer concrete tips on how to avoid the dreaded “we don’t publish dissertations” rejection when submitting a proposal for your diss-based book courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/diss...

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How to Publish a Book from Your Dissertation

Learn how to reframe your dissertation project so publishers will see it as an appealing future book. This webinar will explain what scholarly publishers are looking for in new books and how to increa...

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My kids and I were complaining to a school committee member about the awful online math supplement, and my 5th-grader revealed that it runs in a browser window and his classmates just open a new window and google the answers But apparently we need this program to collect student achievement data!

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I’ve seen SO MANY messy dissertations turn into beautiful books. Honestly the messier the better. Mess makes it easier to re-envision the material as something new and better

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Last call for the May–July cohort of the Book Chapter Shortcut! This workshop both is and isn't a shortcut. You still have to write the chapter! But with a clear method and practical exercises, you can cut through a lot of the self-doubt. workshops.dissertationtobook.com/p/chapter-sh...

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Book Chapter Shortcut: May 19 to July 24, 2026

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I flat out caved on that one and said no. I cannot

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Hahaha whyyyy are they always asking these things at key transition points during the day? Bye, have a nice day at school, let’s talk later about the pros and cons of hereditary monarchy and also what health insurance is

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Oh and How are dictionaries made? and Is filing taxes hard?

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I wish you had been around today when, in the span of 10 minutes while I was driving, my kids asked me: What was the War of 1812? What is the White House made of? Why did WWI start? Who has the deed to our house? Can you please give me a rough explanation of Einstein’s theory of relativity?

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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 22/04/2026

🧵 I want to crack down on Big Tech as much as anyone, prob more than most. But the draconian and unworkable kids' online safety bill that the MA House passed earlier this month is not the way to do it. From @evangreer.bsky.social & me in today's @bostonglobe.com : www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/22/o...

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A flawed fix for social media’s harms - The Boston Globe

The state’s approach could create new risks for users while letting tech companies off the hook.

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Me: "OK kids, time to put on your shoes, let's go!" 7yo: "Just a minute, Mom. First I have to do an overview of how I can do Yankee Doodle starting from every note." (actual quote)

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The most recent iteration of The Book Chapter Shortcut was a resounding success, so I'm running it again for the late spring/summer crowd! Come join me in the "make a mess, then clean it up" approach, with practical exercises and lots of community! workshops.dissertationtobook.com/p/chapter-sh...

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Book Chapter Shortcut: May 19 to July 24, 2026

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

When I signed our 7yo up for piano lessons, I never dreamed that I would end up listening to so much Yankee Doodle. Yankee Doodle fast and slow. Yankee Doodle in all 12 keys. Yankee Doodle staccato and remixed with the Gravity Falls theme. My visiting parents are losing their minds

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

workshops.dissertationtobook.com

Book Chapter Shortcut: May 19 to July 24, 2026

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

A fresh batch of library books from my gorgeous local public library

Stack of library books: Darkology, More Than Words: How to think about writing in the age of AI, Daughter of Genoa, A Legacy of Murder, Bonsai: the art of growing and keeping miniature trees, Librarian Spy. The books are resting on a table with high arched library shelves in the background.

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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Please share and/or consider applying to the Cambridge Amplifying Grant for underrepresented scholars. Applications are due next Monday, April 13. www.cambridge.org/us/universit.... This is a great opportunity!

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Amplifying voices

New Cambridge grant to help under-represented scholars publish

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

"oh, do I have to include the notes and bibliography in the word count?" only if you want them to be part of your book!

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

You can download a free chapter here: go.dissertationtobook.com. And another option is to book a Zoom meeting with me or another editor to talk through your book—this would be lots cheaper than having an editor read everything and do hands-on work!

go.dissertationtobook.com

Practical Exercises, Fresh Insight

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Thank you, @areum.bsky.social! @katiedidnt.bsky.social my book The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook actually works for books that aren’t based on dissertations! It‘s a whole bunch of exercises that you can do to figure out your book’s structure

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"A people sometimes will step back from war, elect an honest man, decide they care enough, that they can’t leave some stranger poor. Some men become what they were born for..." - "Sometimes," Sheenagh Pugh

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Sometimes

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Boston suburb here and maybe this is one small reason to be glad our suburb is always extremely behind the times, and also cash-strapped

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

oh and amphibious transport is a banger!

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I was always fond of the Ice! Re! SURFACING machine!

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I think there was something along the lines of "creates unique and exciting submission dynamics" 🤣

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Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 02/04/2026

Over the past 18 years as a developmental editor and writing coach, @sarahchauncey.com has noticed certain patterns among her clients with ADHD, and why neurotypical writing advice doesn’t always land for ADHDers.

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Why ADHD Writers’ Brains Are Like Lions (and How to Harness Their Power) | Jane Friedman

By learning to embrace the nonlinear nature of the ADHD brain, you can learn to write with more ease and less frustration.

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