Linda Braus

A collage of six images: a Palgrave Macmillan cake, book covers like 'FUN!' by Alan McKee and 'The Psychology of Brexit,' and 'Future Fear.' One image shows a person in a suit and another shows handprints on glass.

#BooksInspired joins celebrations of Palgrave Macmillan’s 25th anniversary, a milestone marking a 1/4 of publishing groundbreaking research in humanities, social sciences & business. We’re proud to spotlight titles reflecting its legacy of excellence & innovation.
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Daily Peanuts!

The longer the coat the closer to god (workshopping this)

no this makes sense because so far I've only been wearing the short coats and indeed feeling Far From God. good to know the fix for this

Ok so uh how does one cite a Peloton ride?

Me too!

It is such a privilege to work on books about books across the board, but the books I work on that represent innovative approaches to the "classic" American authors that in many ways inspired me to aspire to be an editor and to work in publishing do bring me a specific shameless (and nerdy) joy.

Poe and Place This collection of fifteen original essays and one original poem explores the theme of place in the life, works, and afterlife of Edgar A. Poe, and argues that place is an important critical category ...

This comes as a great accompaniment to the award-winning collection POE AND PLACE (2018), also edited by Philip Edward Phillips: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

It may not be Halloween anymore, but it's always Poe season if you ask me. I'm so proud to have POE SPACES, a fascinating collection of interdisciplinary work in spatial studies on Edgar Allan Poe on my books program, available now: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Daily Peanuts!

"The author of the project may be counting on [your peer review] for tenure or promotion and cannot move forward without your input."

THIS. Academia is already such an ecosystem of precarity, so for the sake of your fellow academics, please deliver peer reviews on time!

Photo of a white fluffy dog getting a hug

“Dogs don’t actually like being hugged and cuddled”
maybe not all dogs but I have a bichon, trust me she will turn to dust if she does not get a hug

Cover image for Inflationary Modernities Literature, Culture and Economy, edited by Wayne Stables and Kieran Brown, in the Palgrave Studies in Literature, Culture and Economics series. The images features an image of a large balloon with a crowd of people in the foreground.

Excited to see this cover image for the forthcoming volume Inflationary Modernities on the @springer.springernature.com website. It’s due out January 2026 and features a chapter @videotroph.bsky.social and I have co-authored on #TheGreatGatsby 🎉

It’s a beautiful day to vote early in NYC!

Thanks @aprilpatrick.bsky.social for sharing about her work on literature, women's health, and #SDG3 for @springernature.com @hss.springernature.com in this fascinating piece!

Women's Health in Britain and America: Q&A with Dr April Patrick Dr April Patrick, Associate Professor Department of English, Rowan University, discusses her work at the intersection of literature of women's health. This blog contributes to the SDG 3 Newsletter.

"(...) narrative medicine can be applied beyond training medical practitioners to listen to their patients: it can also teach us how to advocate for ourselves and our loved ones in medical settings."
communities.springernature.com/posts/women-...

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Thrilled to read this review of THE GERMAN HEROIC TRADITION IN VIDEO GAMES: PLAYING MASS MEDIEVALISM, which reinforces my belief that monographs can be fun. 😀

I'm really glad you enjoyed it, thank you for sharing this review!

Palgrave Macmillan's 25th anniversary! Free to read in October includes "Arabic Women's Medicine," "Jewish Women in Medieval English Records," "Kempe, Margery," and "Korean Kisaeng Sijo." The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Medieval Women's Writing in the Global Middle Ages is featured.

Celebrating the forthcoming publication and Palgrave’s 25th anniversary! 👩‍🔬Miriamne Ara Krummel’s chapter reveals how Jewish women appeared in legal and civic records, offering a rare glimpse into their roles and identities. 🗃 Free to read this October: bit.ly/4oi19BM. #BookSky

this time of reflection brought to you by my internet randomly breaking for 10 minutes

bonus thought: my husband still very stuck on none of them having an answer to the question about whether there is a missing parade when the obvious answer is "ticker tape parade to celebrate a New York Knicks championship"-- he is, of course, right about this

thoughts on the mayoral debate last night:
-my vote is unchanged, surprise
-man, Curtis Sliwa is pretty funny though, not gonna lie
-Mamdani and Cuomo sharing the debate stage still evoking the first televised presidential debate between JFK and Nixon

Great to see this one out!

Book cover titled The Public Child: Media Power, Strategic Silencing, and Children’s Rights in Australia, edited by Camilla Nelson, Denise Buiten, and Jodi Death. The cover is light blue with colored accents and includes the Studies in Childhood and Youth book series title as well as the Palgrave Macmillan logo.

#JustPublished in 'Studies in Childhood and Youth' - The Public Child: Media Power, Strategic Silencing, and Children's Rights in Australia, ed. by @camillanelson.bsky.social et al. Read, download or purchase the hardcopy or e-book here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #Sociology #Palgrave

Always a pleasure to see a Palgrave book at the top of someone's TBR pile. 📚 Happy reading, @thevideogamelibrary.org!

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Exploring Dark Comedy in Ecological Literature This textbook explores dark comedy in ecological literature to increase environmental consciousness and critique capitalist-induced ecological crises.

The first textbook on dark comedy in ecological literature is now published, and I'm quite proud to have it on my books program:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

PETER!!!!

what if we all stopped apologizing for how long it takes us to reply to emails and just recognized that everyone is doing the best they can