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Kelsey @kelseysquire.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Thank you for the mention @americanstudier.bsky.social of my review of @ninaschuyler.bsky.social new novel for @yourimpossiblevoice.com. Esp. recommended for Am Studies folks interested in environmental lit.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Traveling back to Massachusetts tomorrow, so once again y’all get #ScholarSunday on a Saturday! Here’s my 289th thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +

blackwhiteandread.com

#ScholarSunday Thread 289 (once more on a Saturday, 8/15/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Matt Jakubowski (he/him) @mattjakubowski.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Thrilled to have this thoughtful, stellar review in @yourimpossiblevoice.com for my debut story collection, “Ghost in the Rain” (Bottlecap Press). Review link: yourimpossiblevoice.com/review-ghost... Link to book: bottlecap.press/collections/...

What keeps us alive?
Words. Stories.
The stories in this collection take on mystical, mythical scenes that stretch our imaginations and language to their limits.
- Kelsey Squire Reviewing for
Your Impossible Voice

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 10/05/2026

If elected will you vote to continue the current leadership in the senate @schumer.senate.gov

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

New on our blog: Here are a few ways to support the book community of Minnesota, whether through donations, buying books, or reading about their experiences. pen.org/book-communi...

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Book Community Supports Minneapolis Amid ICE Raids

As ICE officers descended on Minneapolis, the literary community came together to support those in need who were afraid to leave their homes.

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Karen Schultz @oneairspace.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND

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Home - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

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Black Hart of Saint Paul @blackhartstp.com · 19/01/2026

So here's the deal. We're gonna close in protest of federal occupation on Friday. If you want to buy a drink for the local queer soccer bar and some Minnesotans who are fighting ICE everyday, we've started a tab for Thursday and Saturday night. www.blackhartstp.com/new-products...

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Black Hart Solidarity Fund — The Black Hart of Saint Paul

Black Hart will be shutting down on Friday, January 23rd as part of the general strike opposing the federal occupation of Minnesota. If you want to buy a Minnesotan a drink, you can contribute to the ...

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/01/2026

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

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Stand With Minnesota

A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

ESA/Webb's final Picture of the Month for 2025 features Westerlund 2 containing many of the Milky Way’s hottest, brightest & most massive stars. Located 20,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina Link for more info: esawebb.org/images/potm2... Photo credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/

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About | Literary Arts Fund

The Literary Arts Fund advances support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.

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Belt Publishing @beltpublishing.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

One thousand followers huh.... well well well. Who wants to win a copy of The Great Black Swamp then? Comment a wild fact about your town, and we'll pick a random winner to get a finished copy of this incredible environmental disaster book! beltpublishing.com/products/the...

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Explore @drewuniversity.bsky.social’s Willa Cather Collection on JSTOR, an extensive archive of printed and manuscript material. 📚 Digitized using JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, it’s a rich foundation for literary history and authorship studies. Explore the collection: bit.ly/46yD8yO

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Sarah Rose Cavanagh @sarosecav.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

My latest for @chronicle.com. Wherein George Orwell and I share some thoughts on nurturing academic well-being in a time of so many threats to our mission and really, the world at large. And also get cranky about AI. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

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Advice | How to Get Through The Year, and Maybe Even Thrive

Four ways to nurture academic well-being in these uniquely challenging times.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Never fear, we are working through all of the Face/Off submissions, but if anyone knows a contingent scholar who studies religious conversion in the US in a non-history discipline, let me know. We want to work out the kinks of the process with an editor first! (Still accepting submissions tho!)

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Face/Off

Lots of scholars from different disciplines study and write about things that happened in the past. So what, if anything, makes history a separate and coherent discipline? While Contingent is a histor...

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Kelsey @kelseysquire.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Another bookish survey, this one on cover design!

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Look at what the fabulous Dr. Sarah Mesle and I are up to!!! We’re offering a seminar at C19's 2026 conference in Cincinnati, Ohio! Proposals aren't due until September 15th, so you've got plenty of time. Spread the word! Details on how to apply, etc., at www.c19society.org/2026-confere...

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Kelsey @kelseysquire.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Love to see audiobook research!

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

THIS WEDNESDAY, July 9th, join us for our next free Zoom "Tech Hour" workshop on "Project Management for Digital Humanities Projects," led by Recovery Hub Cultivation Coordinator Emily Rau. Register to get the Zoom link: recoveryhub.siue.edu/.../14/summe...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

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Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith @ljrycroftsmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We found that AI tools - both general like #ChatGPT and research-specific like #Elicit - lack the reliability, relevancy and accuracy to summarise research for teachers. This is important because we have been sold the idea that AI will make research more accessible.

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Ohio! This is happening—underdogs fighting back against a higher ed law that will regulate classroom discussions on “controversial beliefs,” including climate policy, marriage, immigration and electoral politics; plus weakens union efforts and strikes DEI. salon.com/2025/06/07/j...

salon.com

“Just three people” took on Ohio education law — and sparked a movement

"We've had a huge groundswell of support. I mean, it was shocking how many people" signed on," professor says.

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NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

"There are hundreds of local history organizations in this state that rely on our grant funding so that they can make sure they’re preserving our story, preserving our heritage and giving access to these wonderful stories to the public." - Rebecca Asmo, Exec. Dir. #Ohio #Humanities #NEH

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Ohio museums grapple with federal cuts to the humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities cancelled millions in already-awarded, but not-yet-disbursed grants as part of federal cuts.

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Join us for our FREE Tech Hour Zoom workshops on getting started with digital literary recovery projects, digital humanities project management, and teaching with existing digital recovery projects! All are welcome. #academicsky #disruptthecanon Learn more: recoveryhub.siue.edu/.../14/summe...

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NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

"The arts express the human experience; the humanities ask why that experience matters. The humanities explore how we live, think and connect across time and culture. And when we fail to support them, our civic fabric unravels." - Rebecca Brown Asmo, Exec. Dir. #Ohio #Humanities #NEH

columbusmonthly.com

Saving Our Stories: The Impact of Funding Cuts on Ohio Humanities

Ohio Humanities strives to tell and preserve the stories of our culture, but federal funding cuts put that work in jeopardy.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

As a scholar, as a teacher, and now as a museum educator, Chronicling America has been invaluable. Beyond that, though, it's OURS. We paid for it. It's a public good.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Also worth noting, on Indie Bookstore Day, that Libro.fm is having an incredible sale which will directly support the local bookshop of your choice. libro.fm/sale/all

libro.fm

All sale audiobooks

Check out the selection of Libro.fm’s on-sale audiobooks!

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Kelsey @kelseysquire.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

While it’s hard to imagine what 2026 will be like, I’m going to try to organize a potential panel for C19. Info here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

cfp | call for papers

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NicoleOfCuriosities @somuchformedia.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

If you’re in Ohio, please contact your representatives (ohiohouse.gov) and let them know you don’t want them to cut the library budget. I know the Columbus Metropolitan Library has a beloved social media presence, so here’s the letter they sent out today discussing what’s going on:

Ohio’s libraries urgently need your help! We need you to contact your state representative today and tell them not to cut library funding.

The Ohio House of Representatives is currently working on the state budget for the next two years. The House Finance Committee accepted an amendment yesterday that eliminates the Public Library Fund and replaces it with a line-item appropriation, representing a $100 million cut to library funding compared to Governor DeWine’s budget.

The unprecedented elimination of the Public Library Fund comes at a time when libraries across the state already saw a $27 million shortfall in state funding in 2024. Ohio’s libraries are currently funded at the same level we were in the year 2000 with no adjustment for inflation. Since then, our community has grown while the cost of library resources and services has increased, and we have evolved to serve our customers.

HOW DOES THIS IMPACT YOU? We rely on funding from the state’s Public Library Fund to support not just operations and capital investments but the very books, library resources, programs and services our community relies on. This includes:

Ready for Kindergarten programs
School Help Centers
Digital literacy efforts
Adult education resources
Business and Nonprofit Resource Center, and so many more

Eliminating the Public Library Fund and replacing it with the same level of funding libraries received a quarter of a century ago is a threat to all library programs, materials, and services.

HOW CAN YOU HELP? Contact your state representative and Speaker Matt Huffman TODAY. Tell them to restore the Public Library Fund to the amount designated in the Governor’s proposed budget and share how important the library is to you and your family and how a cut to libraries would impact you and your neighbors.

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Sistah Scifi @sistahscifi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🚨 Big News! 🚨 Positive Obsession by @susiemaye drops August 19, 2025! 📚 A cultural biography of the legendary Octavia E. Butler, chronicling her trailblazing legacy in sci-fi and how history shaped her writing. Pre-order now🔥 Published by @AmistadBooks #PositiveObsession #OctaviaButler #SistahSciFi

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Beth Godbee, Ph.D. (she/her) @bethgodbee.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Last call for this round of weekly writing groups! Groups are meeting on Wednesdays and Fridays and co-facilitated with @candacewrites.bsky.social -- heart-head-hands.com/product/onli... Sliding-scale and multiple registration options available. And a one-day retreat is included with registration.

This image shows a writing scene (coffee, flowers, blank page, and pen against wooden planks) and shares information: “Writing Groups. Final Hours. January-April Weekly Writing Groups. One-day writing retreat included with writing group registration. Come Write Together: Heart-Head-Hands.com.”

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 02/02/2025

“People are not incorrect about Octavia Butler predicting the future, but they’re not always clear about what kind of future she was envisioning.” In a new Essay, Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on Butler, legacy, and the L.A. fires.

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Lessons for the End of the World

On Octavia Butler, the L.A. fires, and the uses and misuses of the things that cannot be recovered.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GLAM

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WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers

First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…

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Yung Luddite @yungluddite.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Writing the Parables stressed Octavia Butler out- that's how we got Fledgling. She'd been doing hyper specific research on climate change and political history in order to accurately worldbuild. A labor of nessary love but one that burned her out. Prophecy had nothing to do with it. Research did.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 10/01/2025

my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged. "Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?

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Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History

This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.

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Kelsey @kelseysquire.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

In time honored academic tradition, we have extended our due date! Folks have until January 15 to submit. #CFP

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DAME Magazine @damemagazine.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Hi Editor and Journalism friends! We’ve got a feature we're looking to assign and on the hunt for a writer who has some expertise/knowledge of the history of the Gilded Age. If you know someone (or are that someone) we’d love to connect!

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Kelsey @kelseysquire.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Late to the party, but finally breaking into ACOTAR.

A copy of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas sits on a wooden table next to a mug of tea.

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Kelsey @kelseysquire.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Yes, and also as a moderator too!

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Kelsey @kelseysquire.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Excited to see this Cather story as the LOA story of the week! “Nelly Deane” was published in the Century magazine; you can read more about Cather’s periodical work in Cather Studies 13: cather.unl.edu/scholarship/...

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Cather Studies Volume 13 | Willa Cather Archive

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