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Jennifer Ashby @jenniferashby.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Travels with Mina Loy: Navigating the Avant-Garde by Suzanne W. Churchill, Linda A. Kinnahan, and Susan Rosenbaum is freely available via Open Access @leverpress.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

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Martin L. Johnson @martinlj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm looking forward to sharing the stage with @allyfield.bsky.social and Donald Crafton at Pordenone. Ian Christie and I will represent the five co-editors — and the 22 authors — that contributed to Copy/Rights and Early Cinema. @leverpress.bsky.social

Program text for the silent film festival in Pordenone, Italy. Featured speakers include Allyson Nadia Field, Donald Crafton, and the eco-editors of Copy/Rights and Early Cinema.

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Matthew Cheney @melikhovo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In case, like me, you were not yet aware of Lever Press, a collaborative #openaccess scholarly publisher...

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy #PeerReviewWeek! Lever Press is committed to not only aligning with the ethos and mission of liberal arts colleges, but also to be a peer-reviewed, #OpenAccess press that publishes the best of the best in scholarship. Read more about our Peer Review Commitments: buff.ly/8gdcFRX

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Liverpool Distribution Services at Liverpool University Press @lupdistribution.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Travels with Mina Loy" follows Loy across continents, artistic movements, and creative worlds, from #Futurism and #Dada to the streets of New York and museums of Paris. With newly discovered and overlooked works. bit.ly/4ywpAk0 @leverpress.bsky.social @michiganpublishing.bsky.social #MinaLoy

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

TRAVELS WITH MINA LOY: NAVIGATING THE AVANT-GARDE is now available to read online! This essential guidebook maps artist and writer Mina Loy's "long aesthetic itinerary" and is a companion text to the award-winning web resource mina-loy.com. Read more: buff.ly/snhCzvY

3D mockup of book "Travels with Mina Loy: Navigating the Avant-Garde" by Suzanne W. Churchill, Linda A. Kinnahan, and Susan Rosenbaum on a wooden table with a coffee next to it.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The journal Alphaville have my books for review. Reach out to reviews.alphaville@gmail.com. Post-Catastrophe Film @intellectbooks.bsky.social Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper @routledgebooks.bsky.social Screen Captures @leverpress.bsky.social www.alphavillejournal.com/Submissions....

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Alphaville accepts articles for consideration through a system of call for papers for themed issues. Calls are advertised on this website and via subject lists.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#FilmSky🎞️ Three book publications this year. Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency (@leverpress.bsky.social) Post-Catastrophe Film: Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster (@intellectbooks.bsky.social) Point Break: Minute-by-minute @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social

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Paula Kennedy @paulakennedy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Excellent to have @leverpress.bsky.social as a new Associate Member of OIPA (the Open Institutional Publishing Association)! Our @oipassoc.bsky.social community continues to grow 🙌 Find out more about Lever Press below ⬇️

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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We're very excited to have added @leverpress.bsky.social as an Associate Member! They are an award-winning non-profit scholarly press that has been publishing peer-reviewed #OpenAccess books since 2018. Welcome to the OIPA community! Check them out: www.leverpress.org oipauk.org/membership/c...

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was interviewed in my local newspaper about books and other stuff. Post-Catastrophe Film @intellectbooks.bsky.social Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency @leverpress.bsky.social Point Break: Movies Minute by Minute @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social #FilmSky #BookSky #GreenSky

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"This study from James G. Lochtefeld draws out Hindu convictions regarding the Garhwal’s eternal and continuing sanctity as a holy region, based on the premise of an “imagined landscape.”' Listen to the full interview with the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social here: buff.ly/YETInAf

Graphic of the New Books Network Indian Religions podcast cover with text "Gods Own Land: Sacred Landscape, Pilgrim Economy, and Religious Change in the Ganga Himalaya" by James G. Lochtefeld with a 3D rendering of the book below.

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Liverpool Distribution Services at Liverpool University Press @lupdistribution.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We're excited at this month's publication of "Human* Being". Devon Proctor explores the '#Otherkin'—a community who identify as other-than-human online—questioning what body, Self & humanity even mean. 🦊 🔓️ Open Access! --> bit.ly/3RXghKf @devinproctor.bsky.social @leverpress.bsky.social

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Devin Proctor's HUMAN* BEING is now available to read online! This groundbreaking ethnography examines the Otherkin—a technologically-mediated community whose members identify as other-than-human—calling into question assumptions about what it means to be a human. Read here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

3D rendering of book "Human* Being: On Otherkin Identity and Digital Community" by Devin Proctor.

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

KNOWING AN EMPIRE challenges conventional binaries of Western versus Easter, and colonial versus non-colonial, presenting a nuanced perspective of early modern empires as dynamic, interconnected entities. 📚Learn more about the book: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/K/Know...

Graphic with "Knowing an Empire" book cover and review quote, "This extraordinary book does something that has never been attempted before: it compares the official knowledge-making projects of two very different early modern empires" from the Journal of Historical Geography.

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It's always wonderful to see Lever Press authors all in one place! Some of the local members of the PRACTICE DIALOGUES collective gathered to celebrate the release of their book. Learn more about the book here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/P/Prac...

Some of the members of the "Practice Dialogues" collective posing inside a home.

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono... My book Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency (and, we've really hit Emergency) is available to read on Open Access. It's free. You open it up and it's all there for you eyes. @leverpress.bsky.social #filmsky #booksky

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The Lever Press Fall 2026 catalog is here! From film studies around world, digital ethnography, and literary studies, we have something for everyone. Download the catalog and learn more about our Fall books here: buff.ly/0LkCcGG

Illustration of jellyfish with text "Lever Press Fall 2026 Catalog" to the right of the illustrations and the text "leverpress.org" below.

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The second edition of THE PLEASANT PROFESSION OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN by @effjayem.bsky.social is out January 2027! This critical analysis examines Heinlein's arguments about the nature of science fiction, American politics, and himself. Pre-order here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

By reframing the curricular content, skills, learning approaches, and teaching strategies of Chinese pre-modern education, UNLOCKING THE TREASURY proves to be essential to understanding Qing era education. 📚Learn more about Katherine's book here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/U/Unlo...

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

SHIFTING BLIND IDENTITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION is now available! This edited collection features accounts of how blindness and low-vision intersect with other identity dimensions for students and faculty in higher education. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

One of the (many) exciting books @leverpress.bsky.social has coming out next year is the second edition of @effjayem.bsky.social's book on Heinlein. With this incredible cover:

Cover of "The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein: A Critical Study of His Work" by Farah Mendlesohn, with a cover painting featuring a space station from the NASA archives.

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Out in November, COPY/RIGHTS AND EARLY CINEMA addresses copyright and early intermediality, piracy and censorship, international distribution, and more at the 17th annual International Domitor Conference! Read more here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/C/Copy...

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Have you ever wanted to write about *every* *single* *minute* of a film? Well our incredible film|minutes series at @leverpress.bsky.social lets you do just that. The first three volumes in the series are beautiful, brilliant examples of how to do this kind of hyper-close reading:

Cover of Shane Denson's "Bride of Frankenstein"

Cover of Dan Hassler-Forest's "Texas Chain Saw Massacre"

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We are doing such cool shit with the film|minutes series at Lever Press.

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I'm not sure if I've said this here before, but starting later this year @leverpress.bsky.social has will be publishing the edited collections that spin out of the Domitor conferences on early cinema. Here's a look at the cover of the first volume we're doing on copyright and early cinema:

Cover of "Copy/Rights and Early Cinema," a yellow cover with a black-and-white photo of some early film folks being silly.

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

OFFICIAL BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT KLAXON: 🎉

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This must-have guide, THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE by Dan Hassler-Forest, gives readers a fresh perspective on the classic horror film. Read more about the new addition to our film|minutes series and pre-order here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/T/The-... @danhf.bsky.social

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Final revisions to copy-edited book manuscript submitted! My minute-by-minute analysis of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE was a tough one to write, but it's done and will be out in print and Open Access from @leverpress.bsky.social in early 2027.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Woman in Red Shorts

ALT: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Woman in Red Shorts

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

PRACTICE DIALOGUES: LISTENING TO THE WISDOM OF CARE WORK is now available to read online! This volume written by a collective of practitioners calls readers to learn from, not simply about, care work and those dedicated to it. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Photo of hand holding a copy of book "Practice Dialogues: Listening to the Wisdom of Care Work" edited by Alice Lesnick and the Practice Dialogues collective.

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

KNOWING AN EMPIRE offers a highly innovative and dialogic approach to comparative studies of empires, with major implications for Asian, European, Latin American, transnational, and global history. 📚Learn more about this volume here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/K/Know...

Graphic with "Knowing an Empire" book cover and the review quote, "The comparison of the difangzhi and relaciones geographics proves a fruitful endeavor," from the Hispanic American Historical Review.

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Jan Süselbeck @jansueselbeck.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We analyze this old strategy in our forthcoming volume “Fascist Fantasies?”, edited by @tobiashof.bsky.social and me for @leverpress.bsky.social: To gain cultural hegemony, the far right has used to spark such debates about blockbuster films like #StarWars. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey? | Arwa Mahdawi

The world’s richest man can’t stop posting about how Lupita Nyong’o was chosen to play an imaginary woman

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

By integrating experiential learning, conceptual frameworks, and real-world engagement, GLEANINGS FROM THE FIELD cultivates a new generation of problem-solvers committed to addressing food insecurity. 📚Learn more about the volume here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/G/Glea...

Graphic with "Gleanings from the Field" book cover and the review quote, "Gleanings from the Field is an extremely useful and timely edited volume and will make a meaningful contribution to both the literature on food security and the praxis of solving it," from Food and Foodways.

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Another addition to our film|minutes series, DALEKÁ CESTA / DISTANT JOURNEY reexamines the pioneering Czech Holocaust film through digital methods and the ethics of historical memory. Read more and pre-order your copy here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/D/Dale...

Book cover of "Daleka cesta / Distant Journey" by Jiri Anger and promoting it's publication date in November 2026.

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Alternating between a variety of analytical lenses, Shane Denson's BRIDE OF FRAKENSTEIN breaks from conventional forms of film-analytical writing and offers an experiment in defamiliarization and looking anew. 📚Learn more about Denson's book here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/B/Brid...

Graphic with BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN book cover and the quote, "The book does more than analyze Bride of Frankenstein; it offers a model for how film criticism might be practiced under contemporary media conditions" from the Popular Culture Review.

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Do you study or watch a lot of Asian films? Then our CINEMAS OF ASIA series is probably for you!

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We're also interested in films from global Asian diasporas. And I, for one, would love to see some proposals on Asian American cinema. Would gladly see someone pitch, say, Crazy Rich Asians or Eat a Bowl of Tea or The Oath of the Sword or The Curse of Quon Gwon. My inbox is always open!

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We're publishing the first book in our groundbreaking CINEMAS OF ASIA series this fall. Books in this series offer a sustained study of a single film, like BFI's Film Classics. The first book, by series co-editor Andy Jackson, looks at Lee Kwang-mo’s 1998 film Spring in My Hometown (아름다운 시절).

Cover of Andrew David Jackson's book "Spring in My Hometown" about the film of the same name, with the Korean title beneath the English title, and an image from the film (a woman and a child) in a circle on the cover.

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Lever Press @leverpress.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

A reevaluation of Lee Kwang-mo's poignant exploration of childhood in wartime, SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN / 아름다운 시절 is the latest inaugural volume of our Cinemas of Asia series! Read more and pre-order here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/S/Spri...

Book cover of "Spring in My Hometown" by Andrew David Jackson and announcing its publication date in October 2026.

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William Moseley @williamgmoseley.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Nice review of our open-access book, "Gleanings from the Field Food Security, Resilience, and Experiential Learning" (services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/G/Glea...) in the journal Food and Foodways @leverpress.bsky.social

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Some exciting books forthcoming from @leverpress.bsky.social this year include:

Cover of "Otium: An Anthropology of Work, Freedom, and Common Ground in the Global Economy" by Gregor Dobler, featuring the word "Otium" in colorful letters repeated in different colorways down the length of the cover.

Cover of "Travels with Mina Loy: Navigating the Avant-Garde" by Suzanne W. Churchill, Linda A. Kinnahan, and Susan Rosenbaum, featuring a drawing of Mina Loy laying on the grass reading.

Cover of "Human* Being: On Otherkin Identity and Digital Community" by Devin Proctor, featuring jellyfish drawings by Ernst Haeckel.

Cover of "Practice Dialogues: Listening to the Wisdom of Care Work," edited by Alice Lesnick, featuring a watercolor painting that depicts a splash of water.

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We acquire broadly in the humanities and social sciences, but especially in history, literary studies, film and media studies, popular culture studies, women's and gender studies, Asian studies, African studies, pedagogy and education studies, and musicology. And b/c it's me: sff studies.

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I post a lot about my own writing, but I hope folks know I'm also the senior acquiring editor for Lever Press, an open access publisher funded by 50+ universities across the US, UK, and Europe. All our books are OA, no author fees, $1000 honorarium for your book, born digital, affordable print.

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