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Announcing American Literary Realism Volume 58, Number 1! Featuring four new essays, three notes and documents, a book review, and some brief reviews. Check it out on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55520

Let Us Alone The Origins of Baltimore's Police State Author: Michael Casiano

Happy Pub Date to LET US ALONE: The Origins of Baltimore's Police State by @mcasiano.bsky.social !
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Going Rackless Chicago's Amateur Pool Players and the Quest for Glory in the Biggest Tournament in the World Author: Dylan Taylor-Lehman

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The Three Nephites Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend Author: Julie Swallow, Christopher James Blythe, Eric A. Eliason, and Jill Terry Rudy

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Unlearning the Hush Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era Author: Marlee S. Bunch Foreword by Christopher M. Span

Happy Pub Date to UNLEARNING THE HUSH: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era by @msbunch.bsky.social!
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RINGS OF DISSENT Edited by Rudy Mondragón, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and David J. Leonard

💬 @journsporthist.bsky.social 52.2: “'It Doesn't Have to Be This Way, There Is Another Way of Doing It': An Interview with Jacob 'Stitch' Duran" by @boxingintellect.bsky.social.

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In Vol. 42, Iss. 1 of History of Philosophy Quarterly, Jacob Zellmer ( @ucsandiego.bsky.social ) argues that realism conflicts with Spinoza's conatus doctrine which is indispensable for his value theory. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/hpq/arti...

“As bad as anybody else”: The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans Abstract. Coordinated, violent political attacks increased throughout the months leading up to the 1868 presidential election in New Orleans and the surrounding area. Among the various Democratic orga...

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"'As bad as anybody else': The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans" by Christopher Joseph Cook

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New issue of Illinois Classical Studies Vol. 50, No. 1, Spring 2025 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55694 @projectmuse.bsky.social @illinoispress.bsky.social Fake News is or as Invective in Ancient Texts

The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions!

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David Heetderks provides a close analysis of Smokey Robinson's transformation of classic blues forms, revealing significant shifts in this important facet of 1960s and 1970s Motown. Read the article in American Music Vol. 42, No. 1, on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Utah Historical Quarterly (2022) 90 (2): 92–109.

October is Family History Month! Check out this article:

📄 "Bound to the Land: Cove Fort in Kesler Family History and Memory"
✍️ By Rebecca Andersen
📖 In Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. 90, No. 2.
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Social Voices

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Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory

We're on the website! Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance publishes in March 2026 www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0.... Huge thanks to @illinoispress.bsky.social, a fantastic group of scholars & @leverhulme.ac.uk for supporting my research on Lana Turner

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Attending Heartland Fall Forum? Pop by Wed 15th 5-6pm and say hi at @illinoispress.bsky.social tables 401-17.
We can chat about alt-country, indie labels, punk rock, dive bars, diners, and my upcoming book "The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low"
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"In general, I do not edit reviewers’ reports before I send them to authors."

I mostly completely agree, but in extreme cases I may delete sentences or change reviewers' language, especially if it feels targeted or truly offensive. Reviews should be constructive--never just an attack

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Vol. 50, Iss. 2 of Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology is out online. Contributors in this issue:
- Sierra M. Bow and Jan F. Simek ( @utknoxville.bsky.social )
- Mark J. Wagner ( @siu.edu )
- and many more!
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Conference on Illinois History. Springfield, IL. Oct 2 & 3, 2025. Get 50% off our books! Use promo code: CILH. Offer expires October 10, 2025.

Last day of the Conference on Illinois History annual meeting!

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Free Access 10/1/2025–12/31/2025 “Undressing and Cross-dressing: Costume, Ritual, and Female Empowerment in Aristophanes” by Natalia Tsoumpra Cover of Illinois Classical Studies and University of Illinois Press logo

Seeking submissions for Illinois Classical Studies! Check out our blog post here: buff.ly/49LYxFY
Plus, free access til Dec. 31, 2025, to “Undressing and Cross-dressing: Costume, Ritual, and Female Empowerment in Aristophanes” by Natalia Tsoumpra in Vol. 45, Iss. 2: buff.ly/3DoEjGl

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Free to access until December 31: "The Battle of Nauvoo" by David L. Herron from Vol. 50, Iss. 1 of @jmormonhist.bsky.social
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Safety in the Field: A Reflection and Progress Report Abstract. This report contextualizes and summarizes two preliminary discussions on folklorists’ safety in the field, with particular attention to how to prepare and support students and junior…

In preparation for the American Folklore Society conference, read “Safety in the Field: A Reflection and Progress Report” by Mathilde Frances Lind, free until November 30, 2025. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/arti...

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In Vol. 42, No. 1, of American Music, Christi-Anne Castro's article considers the interconnectedness of war-making and gendered race-making in popular sheet music and soldier songs of the Philippine-American War. Read it on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

"Sometimes critical feedback is difficult to read, but this is also the best time an author can encounter it."

The long-awaited Part 2 of UIP editor @alisonsyring.bsky.social's discussion about the peer review process is in her latest blog post.
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Conference on Illinois History. Springfield, IL. Oct 2 & 3, 2025. Get 50% off our books! Use promo code: CILH. Offer expires October 10, 2025.

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In Vol. 42, Iss. 1 of History of Philosophy Quarterly, Mor Segev ( @usf.edu ), argues that, contrary to prevalent interpretations, Aristotle thinks of the natural lifespan of human beings as a natural phenomenon admitting of a teleological account. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/hpq/arti...

Polish American Studies (2024) 81 (1): 16–19.

📄 The (Food) Voice of the Silent: Fania Lewando and Vegetarianism in the Era of the Polish Republic
📖 Polish American Studies 81.1
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Journal of Animal Ethics (2021) 11 (2): 83–96.

Today is World Vegetarian Day. In recognition, check out these articles on vegetarianism in France and Poland:

📄 The Anarchist Diet: Vegetarianism and Individualist Anarchism in Early 20th-Century France
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Andrea Raimondi (Universität Bielefeld) and Giorgio Mazzullo ( @uniofnottingham.bsky.social ) consider strategies for Naïve Realists to resist recent arguments from seeming against their view in Vol 62, Iss. 3 of American Philosophical Quarterly scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti...

Happy International Music Day from UIP Journals! Check out some recent scholarship from our music journals, including American Music, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Ethnomusicology, Jazz & Culture, and Music & the Moving Image. www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/jou...

New from @illinoispress.bsky.social:

Queer, Women of Color, and Critical Approaches to Feminist Mentorship and Pedagogy edited by Leandra H. Hernández, Stevie M. Munz, and Jessica Pauly

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