Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We at @hopkinspress.bsky.social already knew he was very extremely super smart, but good to see everyone else is catching up. Congrats, @arielron.bsky.social!macfound.orgAriel RonUncovering the role of Northern agriculture in economic growth and the expansion of federal power in nineteenth-century America. 062
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This really feels like a question that doesn’t need to be outsourced to Google’s AI. Look into your own heart and you’ll know the answer. 082
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wasn’t sure about this one going into it, but “Primetime,” the movie about To Catch A Predator starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, is very, very good. (It is not celebratory.) 010
Reposted by Laura DavulisDael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 26/09/2026this movie is correct, subtext is for cowards 111
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Russia thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment,” he said. “They deliberately damage, erase, extinguish everything which is connected with Ukrainian culture.” (gift link)nytimes.comRussian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books, the Heart of Ukrainian Culture (Gift Article)A publisher whose warehouse was hit twice said Moscow “thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment.” 120
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Again? How does this keep happening?thebanner.com14-foot python found dead on Trash Wheel in Gwynns FallsA 14-foot python was found on the Trash Wheel in Gwynns Falls Tuesday. 140
Reposted by Laura DavulisGreg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A gentle reminder for those celebrating the US News College Rankings that they are mostly hooey-- www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social #EDUsky #AcademicSky 0116
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We all need something to look forward to. Personally, I am looking forward to a future where I don’t send or receive some variation on this text every single day. 010
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Welcome to “Books I Published That Helped Me To Win A Pub Trivia Match Years Or Decades Later,” an occasional Bluesky series. Tonight’s book is Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure by Tim Jeal:yalebooks.yale.eduExplorers of the NileFrom the best-selling author of Stanley, a riveting account of the explorers who risked everything in their search for the source of the Nile Nothing obsesse... 120
Reposted by Laura DavulisAudra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Traditionally one does not announce the location of one's quick-response lethal weapons center in the nation's capital, but Trump is nothing is not an innovator 184
Reposted by Laura DavulisHopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hopkins Press authors will be at the Baltimore Book Festival this weekend. Don’t miss: Sunday, 9/20, 11:00 am: Joanne Kenen, Joshua Sharfstein, and Lymari Morales present "Information Sick” (offsite at The Study at Johns Hopkins) www.eventbrite.com/e... 134
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“And Italian units need more water than other nations because, the rules say, they use it to make pasta.” Bless. Godspeed. This rules. 020
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NEW (to us but not to the indigenous people of the region) KITTY ALERT 010
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A duck at BARCS.org named Fleetwood Quack found their forever home this week. I thought you would want to know. 062
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I can’t stop you from using AI to draft or polish a pitch letter for your book proposal. But I can tell you that if you do, you really should read it very closely before sending because sometimes it just makes stuff up about (a) you, (b) your book, (c) me, or (d) my employer, and sometimes all four 1142
Reposted by Laura DavulisBenjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How awesome would it be to live in a world where you express a historical opinion and Jamelle Bouie pops up like the State Farm guy to engage with you? 2193
Reposted by Laura DavulisAmy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 14/09/2026hello, edibuddies, an annual publication that I do copyediting for is looking for a new proofreader. Most of the freelance folks I know are copyeditors or developmental editors, so I'd be glad of any recommendations for folks who proofread academic work in the humanities/social sciences. thanks! 11137
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Walked into my local neighborhood watering hole for a lil salty snack and a marg and happened upon…some of the best live music I’ve heard in years? I love this city, some insanely talented weirdo lurks around every corner 170
Reposted by Laura Davulisderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This idea applies to other things. If you wear a big sun hat, a polo shirt, and a pair of baggy cargo shorts to the zoo, you can tell people wholly fabricated, rather incorrect information about the animals and they will believe you. 1945657549
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Baltimore, you have approximately 90 minutes of absolutely perfect sit in the park and read a book weather left before sunset tonight 082
Reposted by Laura DavulisAudra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Disappointed to learn this isn't a reality show *about* university presses 0153
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026back then—this is true—the days weren’t any shorter and opportunities to do right weren’t any fewer (from today's Poem-a-Day, "A Brief History of Condensation Trails" by Daniela Danz) poets.org/poem-a-daypoets.orgPoem-a-DayPoem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previousl 031
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today in “museum artifacts that need just a skosh more explanation and context than what is currently on offer” 171
Reposted by Laura DavulisKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The 9.11 shaped hole in our lives. @jennifersenior.bsky.social's will always be the story that best captures the haunting. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comWhat Bobby McIlvaine Left BehindBobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the attacks. Two decades later, his loved ones are still grappling with the loss. 2197
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Re: Anthropic (are you sick of thinking about this yet?) and speaking generally about the situation overall: it's a glitch, we are fixing it, longer statement to follow, you should still email me (or your editor if that person is not me) if you got one of those "JHUP is claiming 100%" emails. 2118
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026All else aside. Shouldn’t “New America” be somewhere else. Like outside of America. Isn’t that how naming things works? Idk, what do I know, I grew up in New Hampshire (not the old one) and lived in New Haven (also not the old one) for many years 161
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Ok reposting this one last time for anyone who missed it. Thanks for your patience as we untangle this knot/hit it with a giant hammer/nuke the entire thing from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure. 151
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026There should be a word for: the specific kind of disappointment one feels upon entering a bookstore only to find that the resident bookstore dog is not at work today. 1130
Reposted by Laura DavulisVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/09/2026IMPT. UPDATE on Anthropic settlement claims mess re: rights-reverted books. 🧵 Just heard from a writer who called the settlement info line & was told that reversion would have had to happen "in 2022 or earlier" for authors to claim 100%. 1/3 69259
Reposted by Laura DavulisJane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 05/09/2026I would like to report on the literary agents who are claiming a percentage of their clients' Anthropic settlement. But I need some authors willing to share info about who these agents are (privately - no need to go on the record). Reach out: hello@janefriedman.com 3232167
Reposted by Laura DavulisLaura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you are a @hopkinspress.bsky.social author and got one of those “your publisher is claiming 100%” Anthropic settlement emails, please let us know — we will investigate and fix 21412
Reposted by Laura DavulisTom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop. 3346831900
Reposted by Laura DavulisLaura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Based on the university press directors email list discussion, all want to fix this! Reach out to your publisher ASAP. 032
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you are a @hopkinspress.bsky.social author and got one of those “your publisher is claiming 100%” Anthropic settlement emails, please let us know — we will investigate and fix 21412
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“If we’re lucky, our lives are long and strange, full of the unexpected. Maybe the best we can do is remember our bearings, adjust for the terrain. Take care of ourselves and take care of each other. And just keep walking.” 020
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Animals at BARCS.org who found their forever humans this week: Cleo Cat-tra (cat), Lasagna Del Rey (dog), Lactose (snake and I have some questions about the naming of this one)barcs.orgBaltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS)BARCS is a nonprofit organization operating the largest animals shelter and pet adoption center in Maryland. We are the open admission shelter for Baltimore City, meaning no animal or family in need i... 010
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Oh good, an excuse to post one of my favorite pieces of humor writing on The Entire Internet: Yellin’ about McClellan the-toast.net/2014/03/24/i...the-toast.netYellin’ About McClellan: Every Line About General George McClellan In Team Of Rivals That Made Me Say “UUUUUGH” Out Loud While Alone In My Car - The ToastOh God, I hate Civil War General George McClellan so much. 131
Reposted by Laura DavulisAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026guys, the political scientists are all busy, time to make sweeping and unsupported claims about voter behavior 924728
Reposted by Laura DavulisGreg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"People! We have to get our shit together." --Rachel Toor #AcademicSky @insidehighered.cominsidehighered.comDid We in the Humanities Cause Our Own Demise?How much are we to blame for the lack of public trust in higher education? 122
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just got advances for yet another Unfortunately Relevant to Current Events book 🎉 130
Reposted by Laura DavulisProject MUSE @projectmuse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Johns Hopkins University Press and BioOne have completed their landmark integration. View the full announcement now: tr.ee/Rg59zk 034
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026None of this -- not one single bit -- will make your child less queer. Love your kid or don't, your call.thebanner.comAnne Arundel schools now need parent permission to call transgender students by preferred namesThis reverses prior guidance that didn’t require parental agreement. 040
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026You will be walking some night In the comfortable dark of your yard And suddenly a great light will shine Round about you, and behind you Will be a wall you never saw before. (Wendell Berry, “Do Not Be Ashamed,” 1967)poetryfoundation.orgThe Poetry FoundationPoems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine. 021
Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026And oysters. I had no idea how intertwined Hopkins was (is?) with oysters until I read this manuscript. 1102
Reposted by Laura DavulisBrent S. Sirota @brentsirota.bsky.social · 31/08/2026All I would do with a time machine is go back and tell historical personages to knock this shit off. 1253