Liz Miller

Mother lode. Veta madre. Longstanding cultural tendency to describe orebodies this way!

I will say that I appreciated the press asking. A lot of presses aren't. I almost said yes just for that reason, but it's not a great reason to say yes.

is potential royalties, but those were going to be so small (based on what the press was estimating) that they weren't a motivator. In the end I left the email unanswered for so long that I eventually just deleted it. Not a very helpful response, sorry!

Hi Stephanie! Sorry, just saw this now. I ended up not replying to the press's email because I couldn't decide what to do. Part of me wanted to opt out, but my book is already online & I'm sure it will end up in the machine regardless of whether I opt in or out. The only advantage of opting in...

It's kind of ironic that this has come out now when we are all (rightfully) paranoid about hallucinated AI citations in student work. One sort of forgets that there were hallucinated citations in pre-AI sources, sometimes, too!

This is such an unfortunate situation but I think you've handled it really well. Thank you for posting about it! A good reminder to all of us of the perils of trusting unverified sources. At least in this case none of your arguments or findings are undermined!

THREAD. Nightmare climate events like the TX floods show that we need MORE funding for NOAA/NWS going forward, not less. Disasters are getting more frequent & as always the problem of communicating the forecasts is at least as big as the problem of forecasting. Heartbreaking, tragic, preventable 💔

Myles Turner just joined the rebellion

Universe can be brutal. I’ll never forget that game when he went down. He’s still got those cute babies though 🥰

KPJ for now?

“For whereas all works of craftsmanship were once beautiful, unwittingly or not, they are now divided into two kinds, works of art and non-works of art… and those things that are without art are so aggressively; they wound it by their existence” (William Morris)

It’s because we don’t all turn into a bunch of raging maniacs when we don’t have our morning cranberry juice.

Investments in tangible spaces for leisure can increase connection and fun activities while reducing carbon emissions.

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new! REALISM AND THE NOVEL: A GLOBAL HISTORY

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Why doesn't Texas fall off?

Because Oklahoma sucks.

Just a reminder that a mere 6 months ago THE BUCKS BEAT THE THUNDER FOR THE NBA CUP 💅

Can’t even learn about the Tulsa Massacre in Oklahoma schools but congrats on the chip

My takeaway from all this is don't fuck around with calf injuries -- I think Dame and Haliburton both came back too soon.

I'm torn! It would be a fitting end to this postseason to have a surprise comeback in the last 40 seconds.

Yeah, that's right, fuck 'em.

As a Bucks fan I hate Haliburton, but now that he's gone out like that I kind of want the Pacers to win. He's a villain but he's our villain 🥲

So creepy that Dame, Tatum, and Haliburton all wear 0 and all hurt their achilles in the same damn postseason. WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Yes, my first presidential election as a voter was ‘92, and I remember feeling like abortion rights hinged on that outcome, an outcome that was a great relief.

In the 90s (esp the early 90s) I remember feeling like abortion rights were really insecure, something we had to fight for, something that could easily be taken away. As public opinion gradually became more pro-choice, that sense of urgency was lost, though in reality the rights remained precarious.

No auteurs in publishing!

Again, though, they were right. Also I was pregnant with twins when this book was in production stage (it was literally 2 weeks before their birthday that we were emailing abt the cover) so I like the two babies here. (Pretending they aren't Cain & Abel and that things worked out better for them!)

Just went back and looked at the email thread. It's funny how much they did not listen to me! I asked that the color scheme be black, white, & red (colors of Kelmscott Press). And to have the cover look like the front of Commonweal, replacing "Commonweal" in the masthead w "Slow Print" in same font

Thanks for posting this! It's a good reminder that sometimes the press knows best when choosing a cover image. I had suggested the Commonweal masthead for the cover or the Solidarity of Labour cartoon; the design folks at the press had other ideas, and they were right.

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What a loss 😢