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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Two new titles out from Minnesota this month that will completely change how you view Minnesota history. 🧵+🔗

Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have been carting this book around all summer. I think it needs a new Intro connecting it to fascism today (and outlining its weak spots) but can’t land on the right person.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I am proud & honored that the @uminnpress.bsky.social has been able to help keep this beautiful book in print. With Minnesota Point's prescribed burn scheduled for later this year, it's a great time to learn about ishkode (fire) and its importance. www.upress.umn.edu/978151792271...

a children's book titled Ishkode posed on a wood railing with green trees blurred in the background

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Beautiful evening on Minnesota Point with Judy.

Sandy shore with lake on left and sand and some trees on right. Brown dog running to camera

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I have been eating off my juneberry tree all month and while so many neighborhood bushes are done, I have a few more days of berries left. Any birds my dms are open.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Thomas Dekeyser's TECHNO-NEGATIVE (www.upress.umn.edu/978151791773...) has only been out a couple months but it's crossed over into the culture in ways few scholarly books do, and rarely so quickly. Reviews & discussion of the book in Vox, New Yorker, New York Times Magazine...

a cover for a book that shows black and white stills of flames devouring objects with the book title and author name appearing.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Our lead title is by a singular voice in art criticism and on Native culture. It’s been wonderful to work again with the inestimable Paul Chaat Smith on a new collection of essays.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I hope someone secured these Artefacts and they are now safe at The Smithsonian.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Super excited to be heading to (balmy) San Francisco today for the #AAG #AAG26 meeting. We have a stellar lineup of new works in geography. I am so excited to showcase a 20th anniversary edition of Katherine McKittrick's (@demonicgrounds.bsky.social) field-defining DEMONIC GROUNDS.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Me to all my colleagues in scholarly publishing:

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

And then there was that moment in 1989, when reading books, free PIzza Hut personal pan pizzas, and Back to the Future II glasses intersected. Peak Childhood.

four pairs of sunglasses, in futuristic shapes and neon colors with a small card that says back to the future two

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A true publishing event... The collected writings of the esteemed Katherine McKittrick, out now from the @uminnpress.bsky.social. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791706...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Holy shit they ARRESTED Nekima Levy Armstrong?

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

And a major contribution to black studies: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF KATHERINE MCKITTRICK. Expertly curated by Brittany Meché & Camilla Hawthorne, this collection gathers McKittrick's most significant writings. At 544 pages, this will be essential. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791706...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Sp26 see a major publishing event: a 20th anniversary ed of Katherine McKittrick's influential DEMONIC GROUNDS: BLACK WOMEN AND THE CARTOGRAPHIES OF STRUGGLE with a foreword by Simone Browne speaking to the long impact an enduring relevance of groundbreaking book. www.upress.umn.edu/978151792141...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The Press's Mass Markets series continues to develop unexpected approaches to previously overlooked media phenomena. Super accessible works that take their objects of study seriously. www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

At a moment when our fortunes seem increasingly under the control of stupid white male billionaires, Lisa Nakamura's long-awaited excavation of the roles women of color played in developing the techs that shape our lives. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The lead title on our Spring 26 list is HOME OF THE DROWNED by Samí author and rising international literary voice Elin Anna Labba. A novel of Samí trauma and endurance. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791895...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

On this snowy December morning, spend some time imagining the world to come. Our Spring/Summer 2026 list has arrived. www.upress.umn.edu/spring-summe...

a square photo of a catalog cover showing a number of hands with painted nails coming together. text says university of minnesota press spring and summer titles 2026

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

www.upress.umn.edu/spring-summe...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I'll still be acquiring books when all this over, and I look forward to acquiring one on the particular aesthetics of this fascist regime.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The last few days I’ve been unpacking my childhood mammal skull collection, retrieved from the family barn in northern Minnesota last weekend.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

63% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Happy 6th birthday and 5th anniversary of her "gotcha day" to Judy who has saved my ass on several occasions over the last five years. She has a trip to the Minnehaha Dog Park and quite a few licks off a cherry-dipped DQ cone to look forward to today.

a small, thin brown dog standing on a wooden deck with her mouth open, relaxed, while a human hand rubs under her chin.

a brown dog sitting calmly on a rug looking at the camera.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I love the keychain library in my neighborhood.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I love that the strib is bringing back listicles.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Very proud to see advances for Mark Griffith's CHECKPOINT 300, a sensitive, detailed, and impeccably researched study of Israel's spatial control over Palestinians.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

We have an amazing sale going on at the University of Minnesota Press this week... stock on summer reading with $10 paperbacks presswide when you buy 3 or more and use checkout code MN93820! Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🎉Time to stock up on summer reads!🎉 The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout. Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Gave Judy some sliced turkey from Cecil's and this is the face she made..

A screen grab from the show True Detective, showing actor Matthew Maconohey sucking deeply on a cigarette, his eyes bulging.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The criminal reflects on her crime... eating an entire loaf of pumpernickel from Cecil's off the counter last night.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

MOTHRA will soon be here! www.upress.umn.edu/978151792001...

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Off to Detroit to hang with geographers. Hope to see many scholar and publishing colleagues this week!

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This volatile title just dropped! One of my most highly anticipated titles for the upcoming geography meetings 💣💥🤯

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Me watching LOVE IS BLIND: MINNEAPOLIS:

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Me after studying the advance line

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I've seen this meme circulating lately, speaking to the awkwardness an author might feel promoting a book in these times. I totally get it, but as a book editor, I want to suggest another way of looking at it. Books are going to be really fucking important in the coming years.

Meme cartoon of dog sitting at a table with a cup of coffee looking calm while surrounded by flames. in the second panel the dog says "so i have a book coming out."

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Me, a scholarly book editor, when an academic uses the verb "adumbrate."

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Judy definitely approves of the name!

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Come on, this is not real! They are like collector's cards.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

And I know that Javier Arbona's forthcoming book, EXPLOSIVITY: FOLLOWING WHAT REMAINS is highly anticipated. What can studying the distribution of explosions across time and space reveal to us about the hidden geographies of militarism and racial capitalism.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I am really looking forward to seeing folks engage with Talia Bettcher's work. Already a major figure in trans philsophy, this is her first solo-authored book.

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

And, I really can't wait to read this one when its print. UNGENDERING MENSTRUATION, by Ela Przybylo (may)

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Jason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

But the more I look at this cover the more I love it -- a great image for a book on the strategic role Midwest agriculture played in sustaining a nation growing in power.

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