Michelle Chen

Roses are red
Violets are violet
Let's all opt out of
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Not an album but I've been digging some Blind Willie Johnson

I am an editor here to tell you that I am sick of book proposals about AI. Pro tip: it is not always beneficial with publishers to jump in on a scholarly trend!

Oh for sure--if we're doing ALL academic books. I was just thinking of the small percentage of ones that actually get advances.

OK hear me out:

Nice Deal: $1 - 2,000
Very Nice Deal: $2000 - $5000
Good Deal: $5000 - $10,000
Significant Deal: $10,000 - $30,000
Major Deal: $30,000 and up

Publishers Marketplace-style deal announcements but for scholarly books at university presses

A Gen Z-er asked me who Nelly was and my ancient weary bones crumbled into dust -- a memoir

triggered 😂

OOF Proust is a commitment!

No, but I haven't read it since college so it's been a while!

A copy of the book Wuthering Heights

OK fine Bluesky you win

OMG that was my missing "NO" word! Bless you.

Have you read Scott Norton's chapter in the Luey book "Turning Your Dissertation Rightside Out"? That's one of my favorite case studies!

You absolutely should! Piranesi is a great intro imo and a fast read too. If you do, let me know what you think!

Currently rereading Piranesi for a book club and I am suddenly evangelical about Susanna Clarke all over again

Age verification?

with "CD rom"

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

Such a good example of the wider impact of what University Press authors do! Brb gonna go pick up this @princetonupress.bsky.social title ASAP #ReadUP

This seems like a lot of football for a Bad Bunny concert

Audiobook Publisher: this novel has an underlying tone of dread and despair. Would you like to fall asleep listening to it?

Me: well, no...

Audiobook Publisher: the narrator is British.

Me: oh, okay then put it on.

Not quite on prompt, but let me just say that I know every multiple of 16 by heart between 144 and 384

Apropos of nothing but one of the strangest experiences I had working at a bookstore was ripping the covers off of piles of mass market paperbacks because they were literally so cheap the publishers would rather you destroy unsold copies than pay to ship them back to the warehouse.

Next time she acts out, put her on a PIP 😂

A pretty cool PAID #publishing opportunity in my hometown of ATX (hook em horns)

Making a playlist in which every other song is just "Zombie" by The Cranberries just you try and stop me

OK hear me out: the jug tastes different (better) than the glass bottles! Why? Some questions are never meant to be answered.

Pearl River Bridge soy sauce

But get the ~good stuff~

laugh/cries in "volunteer adjunct position"

Neti pot my friend! It's a game changer.

"What should I wear to this 1-yo's bday party" she asks, inspecting her all black wardrobe

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