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Marissa Nicosia @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social · 16h

New recipe up on Cooking in the Archives: "To Make Pistacho Cream" from Lady Craven's 18th century receipt book. rarecooking.com/2026/09/30/t... This manuscript is now held at Penn State Libraries Eberly Family Special Collections & I'm studying it with Penn State Abington students this semester.

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To Make Pistacho Cream

It was a hot August day when my students read a recipe “To Make Pistacho Cream” from Lady Elizabeth Craven’s receipt book out loud, letter by letter, on their first day of class. …

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not sure there is a greater delight than reading chunks of a friend's work-in-progress when it is freshly on the page, newly in the world from their mind. Enjoying it over time, as it becomes a book. What a privilege.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For the Monday morning people - when would your ideal time be for an academic writing retreat?

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Preach, Mr. Darcy.

I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Little poll, replies appreciated from UK academics who have teaching responsibilities. If you were to go on an academic writing retreat in winter/spring, when would be convenient? Reading week overlaps with half term, so not the best time for most? A long weekend? Could you escape during term?

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Do you or one of your colleagues need an index created for a book in the humanities? I make beautiful indexes that convey complex research to the reader w/o the use of AI or indexing software. I have space to take on 1-2 additional projects October, and 1 in Nov. Get in touch! RTs appreciated.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I keep thinking that I will switch to a new author, but then when I finish one, I just start another Elizabeth Strout book straightaway. Luckily there are lots.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Your friendly reminder that you can remove AI results from your Google search by adding '-ai'.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Had such a lovely time at the Brighton launch party for Love Letters to Bookshops last night, which includes my short story Bookstore. The anthology is stuffed full of beautiful prose and poetry that will make you feel better about the state of the world www.kemptownbookshop.co.uk/shop-gYcHk/p...

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy Jewish New Year 🍎 L'shana tova 🍏🍯

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Get the laptops out of the classroom!! No internet!!! Print readings for the students! Use real books, pens, & paper! We are doing a “low-tech” classroom this semester, and just a week in, I can tell it has made all the difference

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Been living in the UK for so long that I just felt a moment of genuine confusion when my mother asked whether my sons will require a top sheet for their beds when we visit her in the US.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Isabelle Eberhardt (1877 – 1904): Swiss explorer, adventurer and author. #CelebratingWomen

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I am available for autumn teaching in London & the Southeast. Please share/ think of me for all your last minute cover needs in English & Creative Writing! www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-wo...

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Been spending time wandering Paris in my mind/on my screen/in my notebook and I would like to be there, but in my novel it is April and 15 degrees.

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Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Everyone can't and shouldn't work in tech or finance. Everyone can't and won't be a multi-millionaire. A society needs civil servants, social workers and creatives. We need NHS doctors and dentists. We need teachers, people who work in publishing and the law. Where is the encouragement for this?

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

When you go back to the late bucket on Turnitin with a tiny feeling of dread but then it is full of wonderful suprises and little gems from the sweet students who have been thinking thinking thinking about all the obscure brilliant literary women you mentioned months ago.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My fav thing to do when marking truly good essays is the quote the student's own excellent phrases back to them and engage in the feedback column. I want them to know their writing and voice has value, and an ability to spark discussion and carry forward in new ways.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Marking a batch of 3rd year final essays. The students got it so deeply. They found out things I didn't know through research, they are gems. I can tell they actually wrote these (or the ones I've read so far). Tearing up thinking about the humanities, not giving up, rejecting AI, keeping going.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I have availability to take on projects in June/July Space for 1-to-1 mentoring (academic or non-fiction) w/2 further clients - please see testimonials & DM for info And 1 further indexing or developmental project Please share w/colleagues, friends & lovers! www.alexiswolf.co.uk/authorservices

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Bloomsbury will most certainly always have a piece of my heart.

Woburn Place, a lovely passageway in Bloomsbury in the rain

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Robbie Moore @robbiemoore.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Rise of the Novel Dawn of the Rise of the Novel War for the Rise of the Novel Kingdom of the Rise of the Novel

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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

There was once an idea that it was a good thing for people, regardless of social background, to study the arts and humanities because those fields address what it is to be human. That idea was always under pressure, but to see its near destruction in recent years has been depressing.

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

London writers, come be nerdy with us!

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I was in St Pancras today, so stopped by to say hello and thank you.

Wollstonecraft's tomb in St Pancras Old Church yard on a sunny day

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Niche post requesting archival help: Where are the papers of Helen Maria Williams and John Hurford Stone, specifically relating to their English Press? I thought some were held in Paris as part of the city archives, but am having trouble finding any trace. No luck for Imprimerie Anglais etc.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Happy birthday to Mary Wollstonecraft! She was the ultimate babe and the perfect cranky human, in my opinion. She inspired me to move to the UK and research women's history. Enjoy these drawings from 'Hyena in Petticoats', a zine I made in 2011 while studying abroad and obsessed with her.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Why do we need AI slop generating fake quotes and conjured up images of one of the greatest philosophers of her time? Use the stunning paintings of her, draw from her moving words as memes, sure, but why do this?

Meme with quote and image attributed to Wollstonecraft, but neither are correct

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Last day of teaching in Canterbury, again. I have loved co-convening Rise of the Professional Writer. The hardest thing about sessional lecturing is hoping you get to come back.

View towards the cathedral over an ancient lane

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Highly recommend letting your two tiny children run wild in a woodland full of bluebells as a good way to get through the afternoon slump.

Carpet of purple flowers, a bluebell wood in East Sussex

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I read Peter Pan to my children tonight and the 20 months old ran around the room shouting FLYYYYY and trying to jump off of things while the 4 year old sprinkled fairy dust on him. Parenting is hard work but it is also magical.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Do you or one of your colleagues need an index created for a book in the humanities? I make beautiful indexes (yes, such a thing does exist!) I have space to take on 1-2 additional projects in April/May. Get in touch!

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Is it a coincidence that many people I'm friends with are writing novels (myself included)? People who I think of more as poets, journalists, researchers, or non-writers. Nope. It is not a coincidence. It is a good time to create a world, or write about what you'd like to see in this one.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Spent the day lecturing on women writers of history from 18th-19th c. The students were pretty pissed that women are still dealing with the same nonsense today as two centuries ago. They were fired up, ready to read some books/make some noise. I love teaching. Best antidote for a troubling world.

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Sandrine Berges @sandrineankara.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

OUP tells me I should share this. And publicise my book. So here it goes. Please read my book. It has a pretty cover. It's cheap (for an academic book) and you can have this discount! Also please review it, somewhere fancy if possible!

Picture of the cover of my book No Place Like Home with a voucher for 30% off. The Voucher number is AUFLY30 to use at global.oup.com/academic

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Just booked a solo trip to Paris. No children. No conference to attend. A friend to meet. Galleries to see. Going to get my flâneuse on.

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Olivier Ritz @olivier-ritz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Rendez-vous mercredi 15 avril à 19h30 aux Amies rouges (Paris 5e). lesamiesrouges.fr/prochains-re...

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

This is now a Mr Hayward stan account

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Deeply enjoying The Other Bennett Sister, as much as a reader of Austen as a fangirl for Wordsworth. So much fun to watch.

Still of the main character and love interest from The Other Bennett Sister

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Birthday sauna, Birthday fizz, Birthday beach, Birthday writing, Birthday sun, Birthday party for 2 with my oldest friend, who came to Sussex from France to join me.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I only realise how British I have become when my mother visits and microwaves a mug of water for her tea. ☠️🫖🤢

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Major yn Literature of any kynde: • Focused studye & writinge prepare you for anythinge • Research, analysis, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even inventid yet • Meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes will staye wyth you forevir • It ys awesome • Bookes!

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Jos Hoy @joeybean.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I'm hoping for recommendations for books and articles about professionalization. Historical, sociological...looking really broadly at the moment. Suggestions? #academicsky

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The reason I want students to have to struggle with difficult texts is because I want them to have the capacity to make meaning in and of the world on their own.

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