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Anna Harwell Celenza

@annacelenza.bsky.social
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Author & musicologist with strong interests in PB and YA literature, jazz, and American history. Professor at JHU (Writing Seminars) and Peabody Conservatory (Musicology).

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b.... Titles/authors in alt-text. Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment. #Booksky
This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through April 4, 2026:
- The Beheading Game: A Novel, by Rebecca Lehmann
- Honeysuckle: A Novel, by Bar Fridman-Tell
- In The Fields of Fatherless Children: A Novel, by Pamela Steele
- Python's Kiss: Stories, by Louise ErdrichThis week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through April 4, 2026:
- Who Needs Friends: An Unscientific Examination of Male Friendship Across America, by Andrew McCarthy
- Seven Sisters: Captives and Rebels in Revolutionary Europe's First Family, by Veronica Buckley
- How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries, by David George Haskell
- On the Record: Music that Changed America, by Anna Harwell Celenza
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Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences @jhuartssciences.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🎵 "A song isn't going to save us if all we do is listen to it." Professor Anna Celenza's new book, On the Record: Music That Changed America, traces U.S. political history through a musical lens. Her argument: music can unify, but change requires action. hub.jhu.edu/2026/04/03/l...
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Listening to the nation
Professor Anna Celenza discusses her new book, 'On the Record: Music That Changed America', on April 7 as part of Humanities on the Hill
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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This week's authors on Bluesky: @rebeccaslehmann.bsky.social @barfridmantell.bsky.social @annacelenza.bsky.social Publishers: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social @harperbooks.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social
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Anna Harwell Celenza @annacelenza.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
@dessadarling.bsky.social I can’t wait for our event on April 8 www.eventbrite.com/e/anna-harwe...
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Anna Harwell Celenza presents On the Record, with Dessa
"A treasure for students of the true American songbook." -Kirkus Reviews
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Kristen Turner @kristenmturner.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This is an excellent book--great writing, no jargon, perfect for course assignments, academics, and the general reader. @annacelenza.bsky.social @wwnorton.com
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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"Didn’t just mirror history—they made it." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @annacelenza.bsky.social & @wwnorton.com! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Kristen Turner @kristenmturner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
One of my hobbies is hosting a podcast called New Books in Music. My newest interview is with the fabulous Monica Hershberger about her book on gender and American opera in the 1950s. newbooksnetwork.com/women-in-ame...
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Monica A. Hershberger, "Women in American Operas of The 1950s: Undoing Gendered Archetypes" (U Rochester Press, 2023) - New Books Network
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Gabrielle Cornish @gcornish91.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We're hiring a full-time (ongoing) Lecturer in Musicology here at the University of Wisconsin–Madison! Deadline to apply is February 6. Please feel free to reach out with any questions! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/lecture...
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Lecturer of Musicology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary: The Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a full-time Lecturer of Music History. Preference will be given to candidates with succes...
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Kurt Kirchmeier @kurtkirchmeier.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I read today that Bluesky is going to be launching a photo-sharing app called Flashes, and as someone who is royally sick of the endless ads and suggested content on Instagram (and of Meta and Fuckerberg in general), I am totally here for it.
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