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Bethany Wasik

@bethanywasik.bsky.social
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Editor in Chief at Cornell UP acquiring in ancient, medieval, military, *and* European history. In a past life, completed a biology Ph.D. In this life, likes books, Criterion, rye, history, science, all the things in between, *and* donuts.

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a week of not-great decisions, I think I've finally made a good one with Old Roma. Happy Friday, team. Cheers to great weekend decisions.
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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
RACISM AND ANTIRACISM IN DIVIDED GERMANY addresses how racism expresses itself and what it means to be antiracist by tracing the history of racism and antiracist activism in East, West, and unified Germany. #SocialJustice #GermanHistory #HumanRights Learn more here: ow.ly/25AU50ZlorN
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Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany by edited by Michelle Lynn Kahn and Lauren Stokes. foreword by Rita Chin and Patrice G. Poutrus | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany addresses how racism expresses itself and what it means to be antiracist by tracing the history of racism and antiracist activism in East, West, and unified...
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mail call: i am so excited to see "Penelope and Her Maids" by Emily G. Shanahan in print from @cornellupress.bsky.social, edited by the fabulous @bethanywasik.bsky.social
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Another week ahead to do the best that we can.
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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kudos to my @uofuhumanities.bsky.social colleague Mira Green on the release of her book Mastering the Body. It looks fantastic! cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Mastering the Body by F. Mira Green | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Mastering the Body offers an innovative exploration of the intimate, bodily routines that shaped—and were shaped by—Roman society. From kitchens to chamber pots, F. Mira Green uncovers how eating,...
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Friday? Elderflower Prosecco Cocktail? Weekend? All of the above. Cheers, team.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We had a New Books Celebration at @cornellupress.bsky.social headquarters today and there was a brilliantly designed New Books Cake, new books, and fantastic colleagues to share the celebration with on Zoom and in-person. Did I mention there was a book cake? #ReadUP #BookCakeUP
A cake with white frosting that features 6 book covers at top, "New Books Celebration Spring and Fall 2026" at center, and "Cornell University Press" at the bottom.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pavement with graffiti that reads "it doesn't have to be like this."
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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
FORMS OF SUFFERING demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer transformed pity into a central ethical and aesthetic concern in English literature by tracing his reformulations of trans-European pity discourses for an English audience. #Chaucer #Literature Learn more here: ow.ly/4cNy50Zlok0
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Forms of Suffering by Jessica Hines | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Forms of Suffering demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer transformed pity into a central ethical and aesthetic concern in English literature by tracing his reformulations of trans-European pity discourses...
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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RUS' AND MONGOL RULE presents the fullest examination in English to date of the economic and #socialhistory of Rus' from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries and the impact of #Mongol rule. Learn more here: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/97815…
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Rus' and Mongol Rule by Lawrence N. Langer | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
Rus' and Mongol Rule presents the fullest examination in English to date of the economic and social history of Rus' from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries and the impact of Mongol rule. Lawrence...
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's Wednesday?!?
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
FYI, Ryan T. Reynolds' cover just dropped for "The Paramilitary Turn" in the @cornellupress.bsky.social Battlegrounds #MilitaryHistory series! Intrigued? More here: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A pale yellow book cover background with title at top in green, The Paramilitary Turn. A tank with policemen is at center. Author name, Ryan T. Reynolds, is at bottom in green.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ICYMI: A spectacular discussion about "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation" has landed at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social between the equally spectacular author, @tomhulme.bsky.social, and host @niallherron.bsky.social. Check it out here: newbooksnetwork.com/belfastmen-2
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Tom Hulme, "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation" (Cornell UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICYMI: It's been an incredible year of books in @cornellupress.bsky.social's Battlegrounds #MilitaryHistory series. And even more incredible is that more great and important books are coming this fall. Check out recent books and bookmark what's coming here: cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/battl...
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Terrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Super excited to receive the most recent @cornellupress.bsky.social Battlegrounds Series banger, written by the estimable High McDonnell!
Book: The End of Violence: France and the Single Struggle of Jacques de Bollardière, by Hugh McDonnell
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Brittany Griffiths @bmariegriffiths.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The nautical nerd in me is very excited about the latest book in the @cornellupress.bsky.social Battlegrounds series! Remember the Tuscania is out now!
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The local library had a pin-making station at the book festival and I made a Dolly pin and I might go back tomorrow and make 20 more. #BookFestivalsArePrettyGreat #LibrariesArePrettyGreat #BooksArePrettyGreat #DollyPinsArePrettyGreat
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy Friday and belated birthday and French 75 and maybe more than one because cheers, team, we made it through another week and we're awesome.
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Brittany Griffiths @bmariegriffiths.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Check out @cornellupress.bsky.social author Sam Holleran who was featured on NPR's All Things Considered last week to discuss his new book Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center.
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New book traces the pieces of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sam Holleran, one of the authors behind the new book Scattered Steel: the afterlife of the World Trade Center.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Great news! The call for nominations for the next round of Holocaust Studies in Translation series books is live: pr-749.main.ushmm.org/pt-BR/resear...
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Holocaust Studies in Translation - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Holocaust Studies in Translation, an interdisciplinary book series published in association with Cornell University Press, aims to make cutting-edge scholarship from Eastern Europe accessible to an English-speaking audience.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
No worries, it all restarts tomorrow. Clean slate. Fresh coffee. Emails with no typos. Plenty of time to catch up on reading manuscripts. Leftover cake. No worries at all.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Long weekend means Friday cocktails on repeat, right?
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ok. Ready for spring cleaning.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Spending Friday with the Prospector. My brain hurts from this week. But We did it again, team. Cheers.
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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NARRATIVE SIDE-STEPPING offers a new feminist, #queer, crip way of reading that embraces expansive narrative possibilities for disabled characters. #FeministLiterature #VictorianNovels #DisabilityStudies Learn more here: ow.ly/AGyZ50ZwJXJ
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Narrative Side-Stepping by Christian Lewis | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Narrative Side-Stepping offers a new feminist, queer, crip way of reading that embraces expansive narrative possibilities for disabled characters. Instead of treating disabled characters as plot devices,...
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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
THE POETICS OF INCIVILITY explores impolite modes of expression—satire, crude humor, and rudeness—as a critical lens for both aesthetic innovation and sociopolitical critique. #ArabCulture #SociopoliticalCritique #LiteraryPropriety Learn more here: ow.ly/jYEy50Zln3f
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The Poetics of Incivility by Emily Sibley | Paperback | Cornell University Press
The Poetics of Incivility explores impolite modes of expression—satire, crude humor, and rudeness—as a critical lens for both aesthetic innovation and sociopolitical critique. In the Arab world—from...
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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In THERAPEUTIC NATURES, Johanna Conterio analyzes the development of the institution of the Soviet sanatorium as a project of building socialism, a "Magnitstroi of health." #TherapeuticNatures #SovietSanatorium #MedicalHistory Learn more here: ow.ly/HAt550Z2qlf
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Therapeutic Natures by Johanna Conterio | Paperback | Cornell University Press
In Therapeutic Natures, Johanna Conterio analyzes the development of the institution of the Soviet sanatorium as a project of building socialism, a "Magnitstroi of health." The sanatorium not only served...
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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS is an indispensable guide to why archival sources can be invaluable for IR scholarship and how to use archives effectively. #ArchivalResearch #InternationalRelations #IRScholarship #ResearchMethods Learn more here: ow.ly/XVpg50ZlmzC
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Archival Research for International Relations by Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Archival Research for International Relations is an indispensable guide to why archival sources can be invaluable for IR scholarship and how to use archives effectively. More IR students and scholars...
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICYMI: It's been an incredible year of books in @cornellupress.bsky.social's Battlegrounds #MilitaryHistory series. And even more incredible is that more great and important books are coming this fall. Check out recent books and bookmark what's coming here: cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/battl...
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Fact 1: Nothing will brighten your day as much as Lloyd P. Gerson's bright and brilliant "Unearthing Platonism." Fact 2: It's ready to preorder and ship oh so very soon from @cornellupress.bsky.social: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... Fact 3: Books brighten all things. Plato too. Sometimes.
A book cover with title at top, Unearthing Platonism, against a golden grey background. At bottom, a painting of white and golden bookshelves.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Team, A cover *so fresh* it's not even on the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page yet (but will be soon!)... Introducing Mark Lipovetsky's "The Soviet Trickster" for your enjoyment and in October, for your bookshelves. DO be tricked into pre-ordering here: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A red book cover with title in yellow, The Soviet Trickster, and subtitle in off white, Cynicism and its Subversions, in the middle. At bottom is the author name in black, Mark Lipovetsky. And at right a statue of a man, also in red, holding a golden apple in his hand behind his back.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Team, A cover *so fresh* it's not even on the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page yet (but will be soon!)... Introducing Mark Lipovetsky's "The Soviet Trickster" for your enjoyment and in October, for your bookshelves. DO be tricked into pre-ordering here: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A red book cover with title in yellow, The Soviet Trickster, and subtitle in off white, Cynicism and its Subversions, in the middle. At bottom is the author name in black, Mark Lipovetsky. And at right a statue of a man, also in red, holding a golden apple in his hand behind his back.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hi team, Do you like books? Do you like books that share impactful themes and hang out in series together? Do you have ideas for new book series? Are they about History? LGBTQ+? Medieval? Slavic? Weird Sea Monsters in the Mediterranean? Do you want to share with me? I like books and book series too.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We meet again, Friday. Rusty Walnut. Rye, Drambuie, Angostura bitters, Black Walnut bitters, lemon. New favorite way to end a stressful week. Cheers, team. We did it again.
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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sarah Ellen Zarrow, Displays of Belonging: Polish Jewish Collecting and Museums, 1891-1941 - @cornellupress.bsky.social, June 2025 cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Paul Lerner newbooksnetwork.com/displays-of-...
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Displays of Belonging by Sarah Ellen Zarrow | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
Displays of Belonging illuminates the lives and work of Polish Jewish collectors and museologists, who sought to preserve the treasures of the Jewish past while demonstrating Jewish belonging on Polis...
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Scams targeting authors continue to rise so here's some useful tips to help you spot the scammers 🕵 uncpressblog.com/2026/08/27/p...
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Protecting Authors from Publishing Scams  - UNC Press Blog
UNC Press authors are receiving more scam emails and messages offering book promotion, reviews, book club appearances, podcast interviews, film and television opportunities, marketing services, and ot...
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hi team, Do you like books? Do you like books that share impactful themes and hang out in series together? Do you have ideas for new book series? Are they about History? LGBTQ+? Medieval? Slavic? Weird Sea Monsters in the Mediterranean? Do you want to share with me? I like books and book series too.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Petition to rename mRNA vaccines to “Dolly shots”
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
New Medieval Books: Cultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem, by Benjamin Z. Kedar, published by @cornellupress.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/08/new-... #medievalbooks #crusades #historybooks
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New Medieval Books: Cultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem - Medievalists.net
In the aftermath of the First Crusade, a new state emerged in the eastern Mediterranean that was very different from the lands its conquerors had come from. This book examines the social and cultural…
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New Medieval Books: The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France, published by @cornellupress.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/08/new-... #HistoryBooks #Medieval #Mongols
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New Medieval Books: The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France - Medievalists.net
As news reached 13th-century Europe of a new power emerging in the East, the kings of France were among those most eager to learn more about these mysterious newcomers. This book traces their efforts…
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A ginger martini on this Friday because oh thank goodness this week is over and the weekend baking energy is high and the swarms of pests outside the house is low and we did it again, team. Go us.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
More importantly, how many cakes are we baking this weekend?
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ICYMI: The first set of books in the Holocaust Studies in Translation series are here! Check them out and future books at @cornellupress.bsky.social's series page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/holoc.... All books are published in fantastic collaboration with the @ushmm.bsky.social Mandel Center.
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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
EUROPE’S LITTLE ANARCHY uncovers the history of Neutral Moresnet: a once-forgotten space without borders, #nationalism, or a recognized government. #EuropeanHistory #NeutralMoresnetHistory Learn more here: ow.ly/Yexx50Z6pfu
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Europe's Little Anarchy by Steven Press | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
Europe's Little Anarchy uncovers the history of Neutral Moresnet: a once-forgotten space without borders, nationalism, or a recognized government. Between 1815 and 1919, this square mile of land wedged...
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ICYMI: The first set of books in the Holocaust Studies in Translation series are here! Check them out and future books at @cornellupress.bsky.social's series page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/holoc.... All books are published in fantastic collaboration with the @ushmm.bsky.social Mandel Center.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Is it Friday yet?
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How China, Cuba, and Vietnam Still Shape How Rebels Fight: Three Questions with Benjamin Young, @dubstepindprk.bsky.social His answers, his @cornellupress.bsky.social book (in the #Battlegrounds #MilitaryHistory series), and so much more, right through here: cornellpress.cornell.edu/three-questi...
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How China, Cuba, and Vietnam Still Shape How Rebels Fight: Three Questions with Benjamin Young
Author Benjamin Young discusses leftist insurgency, Cold War revolutionary movements, and how guerrilla strategies spread from China and Cuba across the globe.
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