Derek Krissoff

Nothing to apologize for—thanks for sharing it around!

Ever since @derekkrissoff.bsky.social's blog about #BannedBooks week, I've been thinking about the need to highlight books that are not technically banned, especially now now when bans are less explicit, but exist all the same. So I'll have recs every day this week (bc reading widely is resistance!)

The future of university presses with Clara Totten - American Campus Podcast And how to approach an acquisitions editorReferences:Association of University Presses and #AskUpSteven L. Herman. 2024. Behind the White House Curtain. Kent State University Press.Madeleine L'Engle. ...

Excited to hear Kent State University Press’s director, @tottencs.bsky.social, on the American Campus Podcast, where she talks with @llassabe.bsky.social about the meaning and value of university-press publishing.

Out Now! "Empowered: A Woman Faculty of Color's Guide to Teaching and Thriving" by Chavella T. Pittman. www.oupress.com/978080619565...

A photograph of Cate Denial, a white woman with short red hair and glasses. The text reads New Episode! Community of Praxis by Brenna Clarke Gray with guest Cate Denial, author of Pedagogy of Kindness.

In this episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna Clarke Gray interviews Cate Denial about her essay-turned-book, A Pedagogy of Kindness. Listen on our website or your favourite podcast provider. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

USC Press seeks a full-time Marketing, Sales, and Publicity Director! Are you a collaborative team leader? Do you enjoy developing creative sales strategies? Then we can't wait to hear from you! Apply here: uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...

#publishingjob #hiring @uofscprovost.bsky.social

Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases and could lead more A.I. companies to pay rights holders for use of their works.

Breaking News: The A.I. firm Anthropic agreed to a record $1.5 billion settlement for illegally downloading and storing copyrighted books.

I started reading the list of Bucknell English dept faculty. I don't think I know any irl or on here but every single bio lists a current book project or a/many published book/s--expected, presumably, for tenure. Will Bucknell--upon closing Bucknell UP--stop expecting their own fac to publish books?

Three books on Cleveland's sacred architecture arranged in a row on a white background.

The book "Eric Mendelsohn’s Park Synagogue" in a spread on a white background.

Cleveland’s Holy Rosary in Little Italy.

Three books on a white background, with "Dedication: The Work of William P. Ginther, Ecclesiastical Architect" open to a spread.

This Labor Day Weekend, take a Rust Belt Roadtrip with @gmoult.bsky.social, who recommends three books about Cleveland’s extraordinary sacred architecture from Kent State University Press: kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/m...

My problem with Banned Books Week The unbought book vs. the challenged one

This was a cathartic read, I say as someone who cannot help but see any glossy Banned Books Week display of titles from the Big 5 through the lens of cratering library sales.

New from @derekkrissoff.bsky.social, "My problem with Banned Books Week: The Unbought Book vs. the Challenged One."

This is very kind. Thank you!

One of my favorite blogs is Book Work by @derekkrissoff.bsky.social

Today’s piece on the hype over Banned Books Week and how much is actually obscures about the publishing industry is 📣📣📣

Letter | Bucknell University Press to Close This should alarm university presses nationwide, writes Aníbal González-Pérez.

This is awful news for many reasons. I so appreciate seeing this solidarity. I have many questions and mixed feelings about alarmism. We should be sounding the alarm about our mutual conditions and threats—though the latter also well exceed the current admin.

www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...

Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought By Book Authors Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.

NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Panther Hollow was once envisioned as a roofed ‘Valley of Tomorrow’ In the 1960s, Pitt dreamed of a million-dollar research park over Panther Hollow. The ambitious plan would have built a nuclear reactor in the heart of Oakland.

I’ve been around Pittsburgh for a while (though I didn’t exist in '62) but had never heard of this early-60s plan to basically roof Panther Hollow and turn it into a nuclear-powered research hub. Thankfully we have @chrisbriem.bsky.social to unearth such moments www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-h...

Grateful to @publicsource.org for sharing a first look at @chrisbriem.bsky.social's book “Beyond Steel: Pittsburgh and the Economics of Transformation.”

🗃️ Variation of this: I gave students one of my chapters w/no footnotes, asked where they thought footnotes should go: What type of source was used? What makes you think that? They have to consider how writing shows evidence vs. context vs. author’s voice. They liked it a lot and had great questions!

Managing student risk AI-version Could a safe space to experiment with using artificial intelligence to complete an assessment offer students a path to both deeper learning and AI proficiency?

It says a lot when Times Higher Education (@timeshighered.bsky.social) casually cites a book as a relevant authority—

So I appreciate the nod here to "The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI" by Tricia Bertram Gallant & David Rettinger from @oupress.bsky.social!

Postindustrial Books: Pittsburgh’s evolution hasn’t always been easy Explore Pittsburgh’s evolution from steel town to urban reinvention in the Postindustrial Era and its contested path forward.

Grateful to @postindustrial.bsky.social for this short piece anticipating @chrisbriem.bsky.social's book "Beyond Steel: Pittsburgh and the Economics of Transformation," coming from KSUP this winter. postindustrial.com/stories/post...

A GREAT read. Everyone need to check out this review

Gear Up for Great Reads! Our Fall/Winter 2025 Catalog is LIVE and waiting for you! Explore what’s new from OU Press. www.oupress.com/catalogs/

Do you have opinions about book covers? (I know you do. ;-))

Could you please spare a few minutes to help our @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social student @oliviagw.bsky.social with her dissertation research by answering her survey?

(Please share, too!)

CITY & CAST Pittsburgh Should Pittsburgh & Cleveland Be Friends? by City Cast Pittsburgh Orange background, skyline with bridges

What can Cleveland and Pittsburgh learn from each other? What would the two cities gain by teaming up as Cleveburgh?

In a new podcast, @chrisbriem.bsky.social—author of our forthcoming book “Beyond Steel”—considers the relationship between two iconic Rust Belt cities:

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Copy of snafu edu on my red metal desk in my office

I’m enjoying newly published book season!!! What’s on my desk now? It’s @geekypedagogy.bsky.social Snafu Edu. The book is rich with practical suggestions and skillful integration of teaching and learning scholarship. Congratulations, Jessamyn!

The cover for the upcoming volume "The Campus Crisis Toolkit: Strategies and Solidarity for the Rest of Us"

IT HAS A COVER! Pleased to announce that _The Campus Crisis Toolkit: Strategies and Solidarity For the Rest of Us_ is coming from @sunypress.bsky.social in Feb. With 25 chapters from over 40 contributors, the book tackles everything from anti-DEI laws to consultants and cuts to campus violence (1/2)

I’m just going to keep quote-skeeting this endlessly—in this case to note that the book includes a section devoted to WVU / by Mountaineers. I’m just so grateful to Kevin, Lisa, & ALL the contributors for entrusting us w/ their stories and lessons. And huge thanks to @derekkrissoff.bsky.social too.

Hey JHUP authors, check your email. They are adding your work to AI unless you request and sign an addendum to your contract by the end of August.

Black cat poses behind "Snafu Edu" book with a busted umbrella

huzzah!

Can't wait to dig in to a book which is sure to be full of incisive insights, delightfully snarky prose, and deep research. Because that is how @geekypedagogy.bsky.social does it.

My former institution did this, and now has roomfulls of out-of-date computers that it lacks the funds to update, instead of books that still work perfectly well