Lucas Church

Ready to talk about your book at #ASA2025! Come on down to @uncpress.bsky.social’s booth and talk to me! 😎📖

Man, I always forget how good Angels of Light are

Thank you!

I want someone to pitch me a book on Southern gay comix and how they changed queer lit. Any takers?

That good huh

Quarterly check in! How are we doing?

You can support Mike Africa, Jr., great nephew of the founder of MOVE, in reclaiming one of the homes from the bombing with his fundraiser today.

Thank you, Sara Jo!

Thanks, Matt!

Thank you, Amy!

A newly gay man’s living room

Said gay man, terrified, but elated for the future

It’s been a huge few months for me. I came out 🏳️‍🌈 at 46 and am living on my own for the first time in my life. I was in a very dark place until I accepted my truth. The second pic is of me scared yet excited for the future. Also sorry for the earnest post lol love y’all

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On the Swamp | Ryan Emanuel | University of North Carolina Press Despite centuries of colonialism, Indigenous peoples still occupy parts of their ancestral homelands in what is now Eastern North Carolina—a patchwork quil...

Amidst all of this, I am looking forward to hosting the fabulous Ryan Emanuel from Duke today. His book “On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice” from @uncpress.bsky.social and edited by @lucaschurch.bsky.social was the best book I read last year uncpress.org/book/9781469...

What if you never actually stop putting together IKEA furniture

I want someone to pitch me a good, empathetic book about the history of the mobile home.

Cover of IN THE RHODODENDRONS: A MEMOIR WITH APPEARANCES BY VIRGINIA WOOLF. Barnes & Noble logo is above and 25% Off With Code: PREORDER25 is below.

You’ll get 25% off my book if you pre-order today-Friday via Barnes & Noble. I’m really proud of IN THE RHODODENDRONS & I want to find its people.

AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.

Academic Freedom and Open Discourse - UNC Press Blog For over 100 years UNC Press has championed the principles of academic freedom, open discourse, and the free exchange of ideas—values essential to a democratic society and the pursuit of knowledge.  R...

Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.

For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️

hello again old friend

Will always be one of my favorites books I've acquired

There aren't enough good shitposts on here but they're doing Sieg Heils on Twitter so Hello Again! I'm an acquisitions editor in trade books (music, literary nonfiction, Southern regional) and sociology, lit studies, Appalachian Studies, and probably other stuff. Let's start anew! No more Nazi shit!

Never had a doubt!

Both?

How do we make this not the dregs asking for me, a friend

Bluesky the social media safety school

Hey now

Now now

The vibe here continues to elude me. Where are the dumb people

Ariana Grande holding Cynthia Erivo’s finger during a deeply weird interview

This is what being an editor is btw