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Nadya Williams

@nadyawilliams81.bsky.social
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Homeschool mom, historian, author, perpetually sleep-deprived. Writing books, editing book reviews ‪for Mere Orthodoxy. Weekly newsletter: nadyawilliams.substack.com

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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
In light of the news, it's a good time to re-up this from @johnfea1.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com: "Part of Me Will Always Be Grateful for James Dobson" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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What I Wish More People Knew About American Evangelicalism
For all the bad that’s come out of this movement, there are still countless stories of personal transformation leading people to live better lives.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
And the crowdsourced list is live today! nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/mfa-readin...
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MFA Reading List: The Crowdsourced Edition
Books, Essays, and Publications for Writers Seeking the Good, the True, and the Beautiful
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I don't always remember to post here, but since I remembered tonight, here's big news--and crowdsourcing invite, to which it's not too late to contribute! nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/in-pursuit...
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In Pursuit of Goodness, Truth, Beauty: Crowd-Sourcing an MFA Reading List
And a job update
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Friends, I spent the summer (re)reading a lot of classics and talking about them with really lovely people. And now this new podcast from @mereorthodoxy.bsky.social is real, and the first 5 episodes are available! mereorthodoxy.com/christians-r...
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Christians Reading Classics | Mere Orthodoxy Podcast Network
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Karen Swallow Prior @karenswallowprior.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I interviewed @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social on her callings and she was interesting and encouraging! Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/karenswa...
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An Interview on Calling with Nadya Williams
"Called to love people and ideas"
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I'm launching a new podcast at Mere Orthodoxy!! Launch date is August 14, but in the meanwhile, here's a 5-minute preview episode! open.spotify.com/show/3h8zciE...
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Christians Reading Classics
Podcast · Mere Orthodoxy · Christians Reading Classics is a podcast about classic books being read through a distinctly Christian lens. Hosted by author and classicist, Nadya Williams, Christians Read...
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
FYI: this deal goes through tomorrow!
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
B&N is offering a reaaaally sweet deal for preordering my forthcoming book right now, so yes, you really CAN get your Christmas shopping done in July. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/christians...
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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“What was legal yesterday might not be legal today…” Thank you, @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social, for getting to the heart of Andrey Kurkov’s STOLEN HEART. rlo.acton.org/archives/127...
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A Telltale Heart in Ukraine
ExProFooCom has banned the private sale of meat in a Ukraine that has fallen to the Bolshevik Revolution. A detective with a severed ear that still hears is on the job. This is the new normal.Read Mor...
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Brazos Press @brazospress.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We are excited to share the @publisherswkly.bsky.social announcement of our publishing partnership with @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social! Her book will urge Christians to return to the love of books as a way to re-root in God’s world and in their relationships. Coming spring 2027!
A photo of Nadya Williams underneath the words New Book Deal and above the Brazos Press logo, which is orange. In the photo, Nadya is standing in front of a bookshelf and smiling.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I don't often remember to post here, but here's a fun family life update! TL/DR: between the two of us, Dan and I have 3 books coming this fall/winter!!! All the scoop here. nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/williams-f...
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Williams Family Books: Get Ready Thine Shelves!
Thing 1, thing 2, and thing 3 coming this fall/winter!
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The Englewood Review of Books @erbks.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
NEW REVIEW of Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic by @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social‬ buff.ly/d4ba2OL
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Over at Substack, this week I'm starting a slow read of Thucydides! It will be VERY slow and not threatening, and everyone is welcome to follow along. nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/thucydides...
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Thucydides Slow Read: Week 1
Once upon a time in Athens
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Friends, I'm almost to 1,000 subscribers over at this other place. Would love for you to join me as I start a slow read of Thucydides in May (I know, way earlier than the Roman Empire, but it will be fun). nadyawilliams.substack.com
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Cultural Christians in the Early Church | Nadya Williams | Substack
Helping Christians think about the Roman Empire daily--all for the glory of God. Click to read Cultural Christians in the Early Church, by Nadya Williams, a Substack publication with hundreds of subsc...
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
One of the programs slated to be cut now is National History Day. If you've never heard of it or aren't sure why it matters, here's what my husband, who grew up with this program, wrote about its benefit for this country. danielkwilliams.substack.com/p/saving-nat...
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Saving National History Day
Perhaps there’s no federally supported educational program for kids that has meant quite so much to me as National History Day (NHD).
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I always forget to post updates over here, but here is a big one--really, two big updates in one post. nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/its-offici...
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It's Official: I'm Writing Two More Books
Over the next two years (Deo Volente), and other things this week
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If you've been eyeing some @ivpress.bsky.social / @ivpacademic.bsky.social books, there's an incredible deal going on right now on their ebooks/kindle--you can get books for less than the price of a small latte. This includes the kindle of my book! www.amazon.com/Mothers-Chil...
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Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity
Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity - Kindle edition by Williams, Nadya. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
My final piece for @currentpub.bsky.social, which concludes its four-year run this Friday. It's been an incredible honor. currentpub.com/2025/03/31/w...
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Writing for the Public Good in a Democracy in Crisis
Walls crumble, words endure
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I haven't been back to Princeton in ages, but my kids and I have multiple books from Labyrinth Books. An incredible bookstore built by a special person.
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Bob on Books @bobonbooks.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
@nadyawilliams81.bsky.social on reading together. www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/03/it-i...
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It is Not Good to Read (Only) Alone - Front Porch Republic
But there still remains room for us to read books in community today
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It Means What It Means Podcast @itmeanswhatitmeans.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I'm grateful to @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social for sitting down to discuss her book Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic with me. Any chance I get to talk about unconditional love is time well spent. The full audio episode is free now wherever you listen to podcasts! youtube.com/shorts/fUIaJ...
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Love Beyond Religion #podcast #biblepodcast #love
YouTube video by It Means What It Means Podcast
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Campbell F. Scribner @scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
@nadyawilliams81.bsky.social with a reminder to read aloud to your kids, no matter their age! www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/03/it-i...
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It is Not Good to Read (Only) Alone - Front Porch Republic
But there still remains room for us to read books in community today
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This labor of love now has a beautiful cover and is available for preorder! Coming Nov. 11 from @zondervanacademic.bsky.social! www.amazon.com/Christians-R...
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Christians Reading Classics: An Introduction to Greco-Roman Classics from Homer to Boethius
Christians Reading Classics: An Introduction to Greco-Roman Classics from Homer to Boethius [Williams, Nadya] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Christians Reading Classics: An Introduction to Greco-Roman Classics from Homer to Boethius
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I have something in @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social today, reflecting on the desert saints and the desire to pursue ascetic practices in our age of plenty. thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...
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Make Asceticism Great Again?
Plus: Why the Bible is both a sacred anchor and evolving artifact.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The latest at my Substack is about intellectual communities we form--and why in-person intellectual community is important. nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/seeking-in...
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Seeking Intellectual Membership with the Living and the Dead
With much needed assistance from Wendell Berry
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I wrote a more formal review about Victoria Amelina's new book, today at Liberty & Religion. rlo.acton.org/archives/126...
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Today @currentpub.bsky.social, I have a meditation on the winter woods, Schubert's Winterreise, and the persistent call of ideas and dreams upon the restless heart and soul.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
My reflections on the third anni of the Russian invasion of Ukraine center on the story of one Ukrainian poet, novelist, and mother--today at Law & Liberty. lawliberty.org/book-reviews/
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Book Reviews Archive – Law & Liberty
After three years of war, Ukraine has found no "happily ever after."
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
A privilege to review @sarahebond.bsky.social's excellent new book--today at Providence Magazine. providencemag.com/2025/02/labo...
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Labor Unions, Roman History, and the Quest for Community - Providence
While organized labor may seem to be a distinctively modern phenomenon, recent scholarship points to the historical prevalence of such associations across the ancient Mediterranean, from Rome to Egypt
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I'm so grateful @mccrina.bsky.social wrote this for @currentpub.bsky.social today, for the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I wish this essay weren't necessary.
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John Fea @johnfea1.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Thank you, Nadya. A beautiful tribute.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Not the weekly update I expected to be writing a week ago, but here we are. You can read my reflections here, or better yet, skip this and go read @currentpub.bsky.social -- the paywall is down, and the essays from these nearly 4 years are fantastic! nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/glorious-r...
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Glorious Ruins: On Fragility of Magazines and Other Institutions
The end of Current
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine's Day! Some appropriate reads for the day. substack.com/app-link/pos...
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Valentine's Day Edition
Love is...
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W. David O. Taylor @wdavidotaylor.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Such a great essay from @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social on the gift of being inconvenienced: "In contrast to machines (other than printers, of course), people come into this world pre-programmed with infinitely creative ways of inconveniencing others." mereorthodoxy.com/in-praise-of...
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In Praise of Being Inconvenient
The person who refuses to be inconvenienced by people is a person who refuses the blessing of sacrificially giving of oneself.
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Thomas Kidd @thomasskidd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on _Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present_ @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social currentpub.com/2025/02/05/i...
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Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on 'Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present'
"I wanted to center the book on the history of Christianity as believed and lived by everyday pastors, Christians, and churches."
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I learned this news yesterday pm myself: @currentpub.bsky.social's final day of publication will be April 4th--the 4th anni of launch. Words cannot express what an honor this has been to work with kind mentors, cherished friends, and incredible writers and readers.
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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 10/02/2025
Even if Wilson Velásquez’s arrest at his church was legitimate and necessary, it could have been planned for any other time and place. “The church was a choice,” writes @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social. “Why choose to arrest a man at church?”
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Southern Border Gothic - Christianity Today
ICE agents arrested a Honduran man at his church in Georgia. As Augustine chronicled after the sack of Rome, even the Visigoths never stooped to that.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Today @christianitytoday.com, I draw on Augustine to explain that whatever your stance on immigration otherwise, we should oppose ICE arrests at churches. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/sout...
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Southern Border Gothic - Christianity Today
ICE agents arrested a Honduran man at his church in Georgia. As Augustine chronicled after the sack of Rome, even the Visigoths never stooped to that.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
As we conclude Winter Books Week @currentpub.bsky.social, I'm grateful that historian @annieperez.bsky.social took the time for this interview about her book, Understanding Zionism. "Zionism has never been and is not one thing." currentpub.com/2025/02/07/i...
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Interview: Anne Perez on Understanding Zionism
"Zionism has never been and is not one thing."
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It is an absolute delight to conclude Winter Books Week @currentpub.bsky.social with a review of a book that isn't so new. G. K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man turns 100 this year, and the amazing Tim Larsen wrote about it. currentpub.com/2025/02/07/t...
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The Full-Bodied Apologist
Chesterton’s ‘The Everlasting Man’ is one hundred years young
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
You can get my book with a fancy chariot (with WWJD license plate!!) on the cover for a STEAL right now! Also, if you have read it, might I shamelessly ask you to consider leaving a review at Amazon/Goodreads? It helps other readers find it. www.amazon.com/dp/031014781...
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Cultural Christians in the Early Church: A Historical and Practical Introduction to Christians in the Greco-Roman World
Cultural Christians in the Early Church: A Historical and Practical Introduction to Christians in the Greco-Roman World [Williams, Nadya] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Cultural Christians in the Early Church: A Historical and Practical Introduction to Christians in the Greco-Roman World
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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 06/02/2025
Ukraine is by far the top recipient of USAID funding since 2022. The Trump administration’s funding freeze is affecting refugee shelters, remote learning, health care for the displaced, military veteran rehabilitation, and salaries for first responders.
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USAID Freeze Leaves Ukrainians Out in the Cold - Christianity Today
Ministry and nonprofit leaders warn funding pause will hurt the most vulnerable.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Continuing Winter Books Week @currentpub.bsky.social, today Paul Luikart reviews Jamie Quatro's novel, Two-Step Devil.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We've never serialized a whole book before, and very grateful for P&R Publishing and Marvin Olasky for their permission and encouragement to do this. Anyway, a chapter every Thursday, starting today!
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
ICYMI yesterday: @thomasskidd.bsky.social on his new book and his work as a Christian historian.
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Thomas Kidd @thomasskidd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
My interview with @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social on my book _Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present_ from @BHAcademic currentpub.com/2025/02/05/i...
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Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on 'Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present'
"I wanted to center the book on the history of Christianity as believed and lived by everyday pastors, Christians, and churches."
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Rick Kennedy has lived in California--and loved it--for decades now. This beautiful review of three essay collections about CA history and culture is as much an ode to the state as a review essay. Today @currentpub.bsky.social, as Winter Books Week continues!
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
@currentpub.bsky.social Winter Books Week continues!! I really enjoyed this interview with Jesse Covington, Bryan McGraw, and Micah Watson about their new @ivpacademic.bsky.social/ @ivpress.bsky.social book.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Some exciting news.
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Nadya Williams @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A few thoughts about why we need books--and Book Weeks!
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