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#FeministFrequencies: A Conversation with Black Women Writers
YouTube video by National Women's Studies Association #FeministFrequencies: A Conversation with Black Women Writers

Watch or listen to this conversation with Black women writers including @drariahalliday.bsky.social, author of BLACK GIRLS AND HOW WE FAIL THEM on @theenwsa.bsky.social #FeministFrequencies πŸ‘

Watch and Listen ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNhq...

31.07.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Dating is scary because what if they don't read nonfiction?

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SPINE-University Press Coverage, July 2025 The Uni Press round-up is back! We welcome you to our ongoing feature, now penned by designer and photographer Giles Hoover , in which we periodically highlight a selection of recent university press...

"Great color choices and eye-catching crescent against a map of the appropriate location β€” it could be a clichΓ©, but is just better."

The cover design for ATLANTIC CRESCENT Alaina M. Morgan is featured in Spine magazine πŸ‘

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a woman in a yellow suit is standing in front of a wooden door Alt: Christine Baranski fainting dramatically

OMG Ada Ferrer called my book "fantastic" and "brilliant"!!! πŸ—ƒοΈ @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social @dgershenowitz.bsky.social

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In Ada Ferrer we trust

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BU Libraries
Featured Books Archive at Pardee Library:
An archive of past displays.
library.bu.edu/newbookarchi...
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New This Week: July 29 - UNC Press Blog New this week, Atlantic CrescentΒ by Alaina M. Morgan traces the powerful intersections of Black and Muslim liberation across the African diaspora between the twentieth century’s two World Wars. Learn ...

It's New Book Tuesday πŸ†• On-sale today is ATLANTIC CRESCENT by Alaina M. Morgan which traces the powerful intersections of Black and Muslim liberation across the African diaspora between the twentieth century's two World Wars.

Learn more πŸ‘‡
uncpressblog.com/2025/07/29/n...

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Book cover of Awakening the Ashes

Book cover of Awakening the Ashes

Daut’s historical reasoning seems pertinent:

β€œWhite supremacist ideologies of colonists turned the Haitian Revolution (1789-1804) in their imaginations into a β€œracial” war where the victor would not only win the contested territory but would completely eliminate their opponents from the earth.”

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A Forgotten Migration: An Interview with Crystal R. Sanders - AAIHS In today’s post, Ashley Everson, a managing editor of Global Black Thought, interviews Crystal R. Sanders, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Emory University, about her most recent bo...

Check out this Q&A with Crystal R. Sanders about her recent book A FORGOTTEN MIGRATION: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs

www.aaihs.org/a-forgotten-...

28.07.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We can't wait πŸ™ŒπŸ˜Š

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We're so excited! πŸ™Œ

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The early bird gets more time to read before work, or however the saying goes

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Author Book Talk & Signing: The Fabulous Ordinary by Georgann Eubanks We are excited to welcome author Georgann Eubanks, who will be speaking about and signing her new book The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South. Books will be availa…

Join Georgeann Eubanks tomorrow for a book signing and talk about her new book THE FABULOUS ORDINARY: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South

πŸ—“οΈ Quarry Gardens Visitor Center, Schuyler, VA | 5-7pm

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Yay @uncpress.bsky.social for officially hitting 10k followers under these blue skies πŸŽ‰ Feeling like a proud comms parent. They grow up so fast πŸ₯ΉπŸ“šπŸ€“

25.07.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Hate it when that happens 😫

25.07.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Friday! May your to-do list be short and your book be unputdownable πŸ“–

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but also read the descriptive copy and blurbs because we work really hard on that πŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ

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This is your sign to judge a book by it's cover πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ

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Psst! You can read our inaugural issue of Appalachian Journal, FREE for 1 month on @projectmuse.bsky.social πŸ‘‡

muse.jhu.edu/journal/899

24.07.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me About Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival by Maria Pinto Naturalist Pinto celebrates the interconnectedness of the natural world in this joyful mix of memoir, science, history, and adve...

"A treat for nature lovers and mushroom aficionados."

First pre-pub review for FEARLESS, SLEEPLESS, DEATHLESS by @aravensgrace.bsky.social is in from @publisherswkly.bsky.social πŸ€©πŸ„

www.publishersweekly.com/9781469689791

24.07.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

do not disturb: ON πŸ”•
my book: OPEN πŸ“–

23.07.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RESISTANCE FROM THE RIGHT by @llassabe.bsky.social featured in this article of 8 books that explain the university crisis πŸ‘

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North Carolina Humanities is voting on their 2026 North Carolina Reads titles πŸ™Œ

Visit the link below to vote for ANATOMY OF A PURPLE STATE by @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social and THE FABULOUS ORDINARY by Georgeann Eubanks πŸ‘‡

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Violence, Exploitation, and Harm in Capitalist Sport at U of T Hart House

Violence, Exploitation, and Harm in Capitalist Sport at U of T Hart House

I will be in Toronto to talk about college football and racial capitalist sport with @morganpcampbell.bsky.social, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, and @derekcrim.bsky.social on September 18 at 6pm at Hart House.

Very much hope to see y’all there.

harthouse.ca/events/viole...

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Nygren, Joshua. The State of Conservation: Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920. : University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 322 pp. $32.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469680491. Reviewed by Amanda L. Van Lanen (Lewis-Clark State College) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (July, 2025) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

New book review:
Van Lanen on Nygren, Joshua: _State of Conservation: Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920, The_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20120962

22.07.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

It's a beautiful day to learn something new! We have a lot of books for that πŸ“š

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oh, hey, that's us!

21.07.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A summer day in the High Country? I'll take it! Join me in the Ashe County Public Library at 11 a.m. Wednesday for a presentation about Doc Watson: A Life in Music, my book from @uncpress.bsky.social. Kay & Patrick Crouch will join me to sing a few Doc songs.

arlibrary.org/ashe

21.07.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’πŸ“’πŸ“’MY BOOK HAS A COVER!! I couldn't be more excited.

I'm hugely grateful to the artist Titus Kaphar for allowing me to use his work. There could be no more fitting image for my book about Americans' centuries long struggle with George Washington and slavery. Coming Spring 2026! More below ⬇️

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Last week, a very special package from @uncpress.bsky.social arrived! I was traveling and eager to touch the Word files turned into PDF files transformed into real paper between glossy covers. Canal Dreamers is a dream come true for me! My nine-year-old son snapped a perfect memory of the moment. πŸ—ƒοΈ

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