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hotbrownpress.com & hotbrownpress.etsy.com Literacy Propagandist - Book & Media History - Early American Lit - Native American and Indigenous Studies - Manuscript Studies Editor, Handwriting in Early America: A Media History (UMass 2023)

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I made a sign!

05.12.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman says oh my god okay it 's happening while walking ALT: a woman says oh my god okay it 's happening while walking
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It's a nice touch!

04.12.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There a dude who owns a local gas station and sells Donruss packs from ~1990 and I have less money now

03.12.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, just grading papers today...

03.12.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now I want a heist thriller film entitled β€œILL”.

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Scene.

03.12.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never took Santa for the contemplative type, but I stand corrected

03.12.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public Kirschenbaum/Kraus AI Syllabus ENGL 739B: Reading Machines, Writing Machines Fall 2025 University of Maryland Dr. Matthew Kirschenbaum (he/him/his) and Dr. Kari Kraus (she/her/hers) Description This seminar will address recent...

Thanks for the interest all. Here’s a public (I hope?) link to the readings schedule. Please note this was a co-taught course, so readings were selected by me and my colleague Dr. Kari Kraus. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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While we wait for that article to drop, I will continue trying to limit myself to analog buttholes

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Baby's first JSTOR search 😭😭😭

02.12.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I like to keep things really stripped down with online teaching for many of these reasons, and I just hope my application for certification based on prior experience is approved so that I don't have to take a class about snake oil

02.12.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Heading into the online teaching certification coal mine now, but this helps

02.12.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the cyber deal you've all been waiting for. mark's prints are so charactered and fab!

02.12.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯°

02.12.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I created a cyber week discount code for Hot Brown Press - Use hotbrownpress.etsy.com?coupon=HBPCY... for all of your protest poster, literacy propaganda, and tree/bird/horsey needs this holiday season! #printmaking #letterpress

02.12.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Not a question but "I hate reading" is a common response to learning about my profession, too

01.12.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Do you like (insert author here)?" is up there...just happened to me at a little bookstore (Kipling)...I said no, but I think I was mostly just reacting to being asked at all

01.12.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ramen!

01.12.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My brain is made of packing peanuts and I love you!

01.12.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Play with me!

01.12.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look at this jaunty fella!

01.12.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

6 pack of bourbon!

01.12.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does filling out lots of forms to "prove" that you know how to do the things you've been doing your whole life count? #bureaucraticformathon

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This is an incredible book! I’d buy it again but I already own a copy ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Oh yes...I may have a little love letter about it dropping later this year πŸ˜‰

01.12.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Handwritten Newspapers

Imho: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

28.11.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Scored an after-dinner zyn from my cousin. Nice.

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