azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 05/10/2026hoping this is the short form of a book proposal! 010
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Garry Wills’s history of Christianity in America basically calls him America’s one true saint. 001
Reposted by @azucena.bsky.socialDogDadBod @dogsdadbod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Ye mighties, tears in their eyes, looked up on my works, my beautiful works, very strongly, and said, ‘Sir, we despair.’ Many people don’t know that.” 0185
Reposted by @azucena.bsky.socialPeter Manseau @petermanseau.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Excited to share this 250th project that has been long in the making, created by some of the best writers and historians of religion in America. Since its inception, the United States has been shaped by an endless variety of beliefs; together they have made us who we are. www.undergods.orgundergods.orgHome | Under GodsNew stories about the plural and powerful nature of religion in the United States, past and present. 48947
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 04/07/2026O, let America be America again -- The land that never has been yet -- And yet must be -- the land where every man is free. - Langston Hughes www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...poetryfoundation.orgLet America Be America Again(America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor… 020
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 18/05/2026There is a new podcast series called “American Evangelicals - A History Podcast” and episode 3 touches on the subject. 1110
Reposted by @azucena.bsky.social99% Invisible @99pi.org · 20/04/2026Coming May 19th from 99% Invisible and BBC Studios, a new original series: A History of the United States in 100 Objects. Each episode examines an ordinary object from America – sometimes overlooked, sometimes discarded – to uncover the human stories, contradictions, and cultural forces it reflects 67515
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 29/03/2026still at it 50+ years later! www.joycemaynard.com/aboutjoycemaynard.comOur Story — Joyce Maynard 010
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Curious as to your overall view on the Dawn of Everything? I found it enlightening in parts and exasperating in others. 110
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 04/02/2026yes, it is funny / tragic / both depending on your mood when you read it 030
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 27/12/2025How did you like Alas, Babylon? It was assigned reading in my junior high school, which in retrospect was an odd choice. 110
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I would happily listen to multiple appendices! (the story of Nairobi server farms, for example) 070
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 26/05/2025That is a chill deer compared to many that are over-eager to get snacks from tourists! 010
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Looks great!! Will there be an e-book edition? 110
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 05/05/2025any resources for addressing osteopenia via weight-lifting? thanks for all that you do! 100
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 23/04/2025except that the author skipped the whole "courage" and "wisdom" parts! 110
azucena.bsky.social @azucena.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Now I know what it felt like to be a crew member on the Pequot. 060
Reposted by @azucena.bsky.socialTED 🇺🇸 @epicureandealmaker.bsky.social · 14/02/2025With all due respect to Cavafy, it now seems clear that the barbarians were a really bad kind of solution. 0134