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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It’s our virtual book launch y’all! The in person one happened at the @clascholars.bsky.social 84th Annual Convention! Check out @lsupress.bsky.social’s Facebook page on Wednesday at 2:00 CDT!

rectangle photo announcing the virtual book launch for Get It While It’s Hot: Gas Station, Roadside, and Convenience Cuisine in the U.S. South. Co-editors Constance Bailey, Casey Kayser, and Shelley Ingram appear on the cover of the image which has a blueish gray color with the book’s image along with the author’s photos and then the details. The event will stream live on LSU Press’s Facebook page at 2:00 CDT on Wednesday, April 29.

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

AND I launched our new book on gas station food in the south with @singrala.bsky.social and Casey Kayser, caught up with my dear friend Cedric Burrows and did sooo much more!

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

More @clascholars.bsky.social shenanigans! We formed the @kiese.bsky.social Kiese Laymon Society. More to come on our first meeting soon! We hung out with my way back friend @addiecitchens.bsky.social who did an AMAZING fiction workshop that I missed because I was planning the convention 😭

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Thanks to @upmississippi.bsky.social, @lsupress.bsky.social, and Wayne State UP. Jackson State University College of Liberal Arts and English Department thanks for being our host institution this year. We couldn’t have done it without you!!! #cla2026 #cla26 #clagotsoul

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I’m way behind on posts so I’ll just do a dump of stuff starting with the @clascholars.bsky.social 84th Annual Convention! It was AMAZING thanks to my awesome programming and @jervette.bsky.social ‘s visionary leadership. Y’all better come to Memphis next year! I caught @tayari.bsky.social preCLA!

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

@clascholars.bsky.social is a great place to showcase your business, special project, etc!

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

It’s going to be a really great special issue!

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

nonfiction, probably fans of @kiese.bsky.social or Mississippians. It’s very much about home even though it’s technically a collection of essays.

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Think I forgot to post that the book dropped a few weeks ago. Shoutout to @upmississippi.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚

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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.

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University Press of Mississippi @upmississippi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

We rembeber Emmett Till on his birthday. His life and legacy shaped history. 📖 Learn more in EMMETT TILL by Devery Anderson & EMMETT TILL AND THE MISSISSIPPI PRESS by Houck & Grindy. #EmmettTill #UPMississippi #History #CivilRights

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/07/2025

Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026

CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Sad, but unsurprising 😢University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/06/2025

The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.

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Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre

It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I can’t speak for anyone else, but this analogy of “Lady Liberty’ held captive, is exactly how I feel about this presidency & administration and what their attempting to do with our rights and freedoms… The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly… One word, UNACCEPTABLE!

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I couldn’t attend the session that I registered for with you and Steven because I didn’t see the film in time. 😭

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

@tananarivedue.bsky.social the internet brought me to your post because I finally saw Sinners! I see why my students said it reminded them of my class. We talked about haints, root work, the blues, etc. It’s the perfect companion piece to my class, plus I’m from da Sip so I always rep hard!

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

@clascholars.bsky.social never fails to combine scholarship with fun! We went from poppin fans with boots on da ground to yoga the next morning, all with fabulous panels between! As always, I bought some great books from @upmississippi.bsky.social and I got some from @whiteoakbooks.bsky.social too!

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NPR @npr.org · 21/04/2025

BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

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The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense

The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Love this song sooo much. So glad it popped up on my timeline!

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

It’s clear to me that this administration is the Drake of the trade war with China, but apparently they are the Drake in the Harvard standoff as well. If their cruelty doesn’t kill us all, surely their incompetence will…

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Hillary won the popular vote in 2016 if I’m not mistaken, so technically they only voted for it once, which was still one time too many 😭

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Politics_Pete @ferst60.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

does goated mean good??? If so, I agree.

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Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

✊🏽#BHM spotlight: @clascholars.bsky.social and Dr Hugh Gloster, CLA’s founder. To learn more about CLA, visit clascholars.org; and you can learn more about Dr Gloster there too.

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

In case Mel Mitchell is not over here, I’m just dropping this laugh on y’all timeline: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82Qfj9K/

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I bet Loosh won’t try her again 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️ #hogwarts

TikTok video by Mel Mitchell

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ConstanceTHEEakademic @crbailey601.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Is Superman gonna be fighting white nationalist extremism because I feel like that’s the biggest domestic and existential threat the world has ever seen…. side note, the preview looks good BUT sometimes their previews will be good and then the movie still ends up being 🗑️😭

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