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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 · 12/10/2026
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#TooMuchOrNotEnough
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Anyhow. Friday. Devil's Soul. A sort of amazing end to a sort of not that amazing week. Cheers, team.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ICYMI: The splendid cover for @igor48.bsky.social's "Come See the Truth: The Tourism Strategy of Tito's Yugoslavia" just dropped! Find more about this latest addition in the Histories and Cultures of Tourism series at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A book cover depicting a couple walking in front of a scenic lake and mountains under signs that say Come See the Truth. At bottom is the text: "The Tourism Strategy of Tito's Yugoslavia" and author name, Igor Tchoukarine.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The road to Friday was long this week and has led to a Dry Manhattan and the weekend. Cheers, team.
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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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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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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
Right, and more on the book, praise, and how to get your copy (even though you should already have one, but...) at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A deep lavender book cover with a photograph of two men sitting together in the background, with yellow text for the title at center, Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation" and author name, Tom Hulme.
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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
A circular pin that says "TCPL is for Dolly Lovers" around a red heart.
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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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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
Spending Friday with the Prospector. My brain hurts from this week. But We did it again, team. Cheers.
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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 · 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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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 · 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.
A set of three book covers in a row, with titles and authors in beige and purple, green, and blue backgrounds.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Friday. Chocolate Bourbon Stinger. Repeat. Weekend. Cheers, team.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ready to learn all the secrets...
A book open to the title page, that reads The Art of the Publisher.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I went back to my roots and made the most Midwesternest of Midwestern dinners this evening.
Baked chicken and potatoes in a large dish.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hello, #AncientBlueSky, #SkyStorians, & #ClassicsBlueSky! Great news! The fantastic cover for Sheila Murnaghan's "Sharing in the Action" is ready for your eyes! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social for more on this #MythAndPoeticsII addition & how to pre-order: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A light pink book cover with title at top, Sharing in the Action, and author name at middle, Sheila Murnaghan. At bottom is a painting with red background and three individuals moving rightwards.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Who's ready for the latest from Ranjan Ghosh? Check out the new and stellar cover for "Plastic Figures" at the @cornellupress.bsky.social site, and then, check out that handy pre-order button to get your copy later this fall. cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A book cover white background and title and author at bottom reading Plastic Figures, Ranjan Ghosh. At top is an art piece composed of small colorful plastic figures and objects.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#SkyStorians - Ready for "Russian Subject, Muslim Monarch" by James Pickett? B/c his fantastic book that you've pre-ordered is now heading to your bookshelf. No worries though, you can still cart a @cornellupress.bsky.social copy for your historian friends: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A book cover with tan background and navy blue text. The title, Russian Subject, Muslim Monarch is at top and author name, James Pickett, is at bottom. In the middle is a green and orange ornate flag at left and mythical black horse at right.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Great news, Team! The latest by Laura Nader is now shipping! Head to the @cornellupress.bsky.social page to order your copy of this "essential reading... to understand the cultural dimensions of power and the possibilities for emancipatory critique." cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A black and white book blocked book cover, with title in black at top "Controlling Processes" and author name in black at bottom "Laura Nader" both set against a white background.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Guess what, team. It's Friday. Tequila and Mezcal Gimlet Friday. Guess what else. It's finally the weekend and how we made it here, I do not know. Cheers to us, the weekend, and not knowing anything.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
FYI, #AncientBlueSky, #SkyStorians, & #ClassicsBlueSky! The cover just dropped for Gregory Nagy's 2nd edition of "Greek Mythology and Poetics"! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social for more on this addition to the #MythAndPoeticsII series and how to pre-order: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A light blue book cover, with title and author in the top half in black text: Greek Mythology and Poetics, Gregory Nagy. In the bottom half, an image of a ancient Greek ceramic with art depicting three men in helmets carrying another wounded man.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
You didn't ask but we planted seeds and watered them and then beautiful green things grew and some are even edible and please clap. #AmateurGardenerEditor
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Another Friday. Another Sunken Boat. We did it again? Cheers, team, to at least pretending that we did.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Book Recommendation #2, for absolutely no reason at all... "Penelope and Her Maids" by Emily G. Shanahan Great praise, info, and how to pre-order (coming soon!) at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... P.S. I love this cover.
A book cover with a woman in gold pulling back a curtain at top, book title at middle: Penelope and Her Maids in gold, and author name at bottom: Emily G. Shanahan, all against a burgundy background.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Book Recommendation #1, for absolutely no reason at all... "The Many-Minded Man: The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic" by @sentantiq.bsky.social Praise, author interviews, and how to order at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... P.S. It's OA.
A teal book cover with title in black at top: The Many-Minded Man and author name at middle: Joel Christensen and a painting of colorful fractured faces at bottom right.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Book art!
Three rows of framed book pages as art on a wall.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Cheers to the last Friday of vacation with another Old-Fashioned. Next week will be fun, team. We can do it.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The smoke might finally be clearing.
A long view of a lake with a setting sun reflecting off of the water. Islands filled with trees are visible in the distance after days of low visibility.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Not Friday but feels like it. Celebrating with an Old Fashioned after an epic week of strategic planning, getting more practice saying no, and the start of a vacation. Cheers, team. We did it again.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Bourbon. In a new cocktail glass. With black walnut, chocolate, and cherry bitters. On a Friday. Cheers to the team.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Great news, #AncientBlueSky, #SkyStorians, & #ClassicsBlueSky! Emily Shanahan's cover just dropped for "Penelope and Her Maids" and it is 🔥 (to match what's on the inside, obvs.) Intrigued? Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social for praise and how to pre-order: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A deep brown textured book cover with text in gold (title: Penelope and Her Maids and author name: Emily G. Shanahan) and a large gold-toned painting of a woman at top pulling back a sheer curtain.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Hey team, look what I made! Cheers to Friday!
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Great news, #SkyStorians! The cover for James Pickett's stellar "Russian Subject, Muslim Monarch: Sovereignty and Scribal Culture in Colonial Bukhara" just dropped! Intrigued? Excited? More on how to pre-order at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A book cover with orange flower/vine border on the left, book title at top center in blue text (Russian Subject, Muslim Monarch), and author name at bottom in blue text (James Pickett). In the center is a green flag and mythical horse.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Check what's between the sheets at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page - praise for her bright, beautiful, and important book, interviews with @hannahfrydman.bsky.social about book-building, and details on ordering your *medal-winning* copy: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... (2/2)
A bright magenta book cover, with newspaper clipping at center with a black text box shaped as a sideways heart with subtitle in yellow text. At top is the book title "Between the Sheets" in yellow text, and at bottom is the author name "Hannah Frydman" in yellow text.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A pretty productive week ending with a pretty productive Blue Bird. Cheers, team.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Still hiding from emails today.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Stepping away from email this weekend.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Cheers, team. It's Friday. We did it again. Because we're awesome. So is an Easy Speak. Because bourbon, amaro, chocolate bitters, and weekends are awesome.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
ICYMI, team! An excellent review of Carol Helstosky's "Italian Forgers" has landed in JMH! doi.org/10.1086/740908 Check out this "much-needed perspective on art forgery" and indulge in its "astute analysis" at @cornellupress.bsky.social: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... I'll wait.
A pale green book cover with a large sculpture head at top left and book title at center in pink and white colored font - Italian Forgers: The Art Market and the Weight of the Past in Modern Italy. Author name is at bottom in white text - Carol Helstosky.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Great news for the #SkyStorians and @aseees.bsky.social enthusiasts - Philippa Hetherington's impressive and important "Circulating Subjects" is now out in the world. Find praise, more info, and how to get yours at @cornellupress.bsky.social's book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A book cover with a woman facing backwards in an orange top, purple skirt, and black boots, waving at people dancing out in the streets in the background. The book title, Circulating Subjects, is in black text at the bottom.
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Out now and ready for your bookshelf - @tomhulme.bsky.social's *brilliant* "Belfastmen." More at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A book cover showing a lavender-tinted photograph of two men sitting on a bench, with the book title, Belfastmen, in yellow on the bottom half.
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