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Sarah Werner

@wynkenhimself.bsky.social
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feminist bibliography, old books, mutual aid, and doikayt // author, Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide; editor, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America; organizer, consistentmoneymoving.org // sarahwerner.net

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's once again a rough time to be a person who has been sexually assaulted. Turn off all the things and take care of yourself! I love you <3
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5h
Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 4h
“Very few editors are going to say, ‘You’re not a very good writer and your ideas don’t deserve a public hearing,’” he said. “It is such an obscure and opaque business for people outside of it that I understand the desire to make up stories about why things are happening.”
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The show documents an incredibly important but little-known avenue through which people who are incarcerated make themselves known: prison newspapers, produced by and in solidarity with communities inside of prisons." chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/...
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Explore the rich culture of ‘Prison Papers’ - Chicago Reader
“Prison Papers: Organizing Inside/Outside Solidarity” documents an important avenue through which the incarcerated make themselves known.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🏆The 2027 Fellowships application is now open and accepting submissions! BSA funds a number of fellowships annually to promote inquiry and research in books and other textual artifacts in both traditional and emerging formats. Application deadline is 1 December 2026. 🔗https://bit.ly/bsa-fellowships
White text on a copper background announcing, “Apply for a Fellowship by 1 December,” with eligibility information at the bottom.Copper text on a white background announcement about Bibliographical Society of America fellowships for bibliographical research, including eligibility details and an application link.
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Jen Howard @jenhoward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shocked (not) to learn that the Kennedy Center was doing all right before you know who took it over. wapo.st/4dg5MJj [gift link]
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s that time of year: Meet the delightful winners of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize!! I love this prize and always look forward to learning about these collections. Congrats to all the winners and bless Heather and Rebecca for creating this prize 📜 📚
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Meet the Winners of the 2026 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize - The Millions
In 2017, Honey & Wax Booksellers established an annual prize for American women book collectors, aged 30 years and younger. Our goal, at the time, was to expand the popular perception of who book coll...
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MARC in a Cold Climate @marccold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
nothing can go wrong if we tell the cataloger to teach a library instruction session for a comparative literature seminar on the Brothers Grimm, they said
A slide deck for a one-shot on the Brothers Grimm titled "My Mother, She Killed Me; My Father, He Ate Me; The Librarian Was Helpful, Though."
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is all wild but “which I knew, knowing my midwestern sports” is such a brutal takedown of a senator from missouri
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ImPRESSed Yet? I am thrilled to announce that Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric will be published October 27 in print and Open Access with @acmrs.bsky.social, thanks to 30 textile and print scholars, and 1 groundbreaking exhibition @newberrylibrary.bsky.social! #CoverReveal 1/5
Cover art for Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric!
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the time has come for a paradise lost adaptation that really gets into the angel sex
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's once again a rough time to be a person who has been sexually assaulted. Turn off all the things and take care of yourself! I love you <3
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We should let people dream of something besides labor
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
take a moment this weekend to read this distressing portrait of the decadeslong attack on immigrants in a Maryland county, 50 miles from DC especially if you’re in the DMV, to know what’s happening at your doorstep boltsmag.org/frederick-co...
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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts
Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement
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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Have you taught a course on the sagas and eddas (in translation)? If so, would you be willing to share your syllabus? 2027 is going to be the year I make good on my promise to take a group of students out to a small island in the middle of the North Atlantic and make them read Viking poetry
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
THEY’RE COMING BACK!!!
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From the article: “The thing we don't hear about enough, in my opinion, is the lives and humanity of pregnant people.” 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 In Judaism, the fetus is regarded as a part of the pregnant person's body until birth. Because whose life matters most is the one already born.
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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 25/09/2026
Chag Sukkot Sameach! Time for my annual airing of "A Charlie Baron Sukkot"
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(Manicules are manuscript—that is, hand-drawn—while printer’s fists are those little fists you see printers printing with) (not trying to be an asshole just ugh they’re two different things to a bibliographer)
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(Actually they’re printer’s fists not manicules)
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Are You A Librarian: The Untold Story of Black Librarians follows the librarians who kept the doors open when the law said they shouldn't-from segregated reading rooms to freedom libraries to the branches serving our communities now" Rentable/streamable 📚 www.historysplayground.com/are-you-a-li...
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Watch Are You a Librarian | History's Playground
Rent the Are You a Librarian documentary for $3.99 and stream it for 72 hours on History's Playground.
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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ali and I have been working on this essay cluster on antiquarianism and literary history-- with wonderful contributions from @bkadams.bsky.social, David Landreth, @crystal-b-lake.bsky.social, and Jane Raisch-- for a really REALLY long time, and it is finally out! read.dukeupress.edu/modern-langu...
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Criticism, Antiquarianism, and Literary History
If a literary historian knows one piece of antiquarian writing from early modern England, it is likely Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, Thomas Browne’s fascinating and fascinated 1658 catalog of ancient fu...
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
good news! I got my flu and covid shots today! Nurse reports that both have already hit the DC area but that also she's seeing a high demand for vaccinations. Vaccines are a health miracle! Go get your shots!!
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
having a crap day, only reposting amazing things, no bad news for me, already too immersed in it
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...
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How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities
Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?
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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Archivists may want to ponder the importance of your (paper) junk, but in most cases they would rather keep the pondering of your (flesh) junk to a minimum
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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Literal hooting and hollering in the reading room as we come across a partially used box of condoms in a collection being processed
A box of natural lamb condoms among pamphletsWider shot of archival box with files, ledgers, pamphlets, envelopes, and condoms
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Tamara Atkin @tamarajatkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can anyone point me in the direct of nice images of early modern female scribes at work?
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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It! Is! Live! (A friend sent me the heads-up bc I have The Best Friends!) English. Illuminated. Printed. Parchment. Bibliographical nerdery abounds. Read on!
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Colouring in the Lines of Early Tudor Printed Parchment | The Library
While scholars have mined English printed books of hours for decades as sources for important research, a small proportion remain almost without study. Neither manuscript nor standard print, the present article examines books of hours that were printed ...
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
This month's @motherjones.com cover is astounding. Reposted with alt text:
Cover of the September-October issue of Mother Jones Magazine: a white background with the words "50 years of fearless journalism" in black print, centered above the name/logo of the magazine in large Bright Red. Below that in black, the words "the southern strategy — jim crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."

And then, framing those words, there are two sets of robes: to the left, the simple black robes of the Judicial Branch of the United States Government, as a Supreme Court Justice might wear; to the right, the white robes and hood of the KKK.

A white person's hand with cuff of business suit and shirt visible, reaches into the scene from the right, poised to grab the Klan robes.
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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I can highly recommend applying for the Rare Books School M.C. Lang Fellowship! It was a boon to my teaching, helped me develop a new area of our curriculum, provided funding for my teaching development. Feel free to DM me if you're interested!
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Daylon!! Love to see booksellers doing the work, excited for this trove to find a good home. Meanwhile, check out his shop www.fugitivematerials.com 📜 📚
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Every day is a good day to listen to A Love Supreme, but today is an extra good day to
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hello my name is Sarah and I continue not to know how to thread posts
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🛶 I keep falling behind on James and then zooming ahead and so keep not posting but am really into this book! Also horrified by how much minstrel songs have been woven into current life. I should not know these songs from my 1970s Michigan youth! Springsteen sings Dan Tucker on his Seeger album!!
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thread of things to read today and tomorrow. ❤️ If you’re fasting, don’t forget to hydrate like a mofo today (and drink extra caffeine if you’re not weaned- will help) + if there’s any health reason, mental or physical, NOT to fast, you’re REQUIRED to eat. Here, on Kol Nidre + abolition:
lifeisasacredtext.com
What one line in the Yom Kippur liturgy teaches us about transforming society
Plus: Survey results!
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Jen Howard @jenhoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"When the ambition to destroy culture is bottomless, the anger must be even deeper. When there is new governance in Washington, the Kennedy Center must be among the things investigated, because it was always the bellwether." wapo.st/46uOtAC [gift link] #KennedyCenter
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Column | The Kennedy Center is empty and in peril. Its community is in anguish.
The fiasco of this week’s closure reveals the truth of President Trump’s motivations — and what the arts community stands to lose.
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Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For anyone who needs to read a story about persistence paying off and a hero winning a victory.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
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Scott Sandage @scottsandage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#ThatFeelingWhen you’ve got 26 original printings of The Columbian Orator, enough to put one into the hands of each student as you begin teaching how #FrederickDouglass taught himself #HowToRead and #SpeakTruthToPower
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy Friday especially to this little fellow who found my tomato on my counter last night
A hand holding a red tomato. There is a small hole in the tomato and in that hole is a yellow and black caterpillar munching away
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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In the mood for a Days of Awe gay historical romance? I've got you covered!! L'shanah tovah!!! 🍯🍎😚 “I adored this book. Funny, fresh, and everything I want in a historical romance.” —Cat Sebastian books2read.com/SailorsDelight
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The great thing about my continued errors in this is that I did this all with my own modest skills and I am a human and we make errors! The whole card (you can’t see the back) is about how heartbreak and joy are inseparable. Cannot get more human than that! Cannot get more blessed either!
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Leaning hard into the maxim that you don’t need to be good at it to show people things you make as I prepare to send out this year’s Rosh Hashanah cards. It’s about love not skill! Almost mistyped that as skull, and it’s not about that either!
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I was lucky enough to be gifted some of the material in this kickstarter (it's nice to know printers, thanks @firstbitepress.bsky.social!) and they're gorgeous!!
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Love that I get my DC updates from an internet duck
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As the mom of a recent college graduate and current college freshman and a college prof for 30+ years I am BEGGING you not to do this. Worried About Your College Kid? Now You Can Hire a Local Mom. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/w...
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Worried About Your College Kid? Now You Can Hire a Local Mom.
At some universities, parents can pay to make sure their children are cared for, the way they were back home.
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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI might be ass, but cannot have one
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