Andrew Berzanskis
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Book worker, University of Oklahoma Press. Personal account.
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Even rockier times ahead for academia. I hope that any scholar serving as a peer reviewer will recognize the headwinds facing writers of serious books right now & feel the urgency to use peer review as an opportunity for solidarity in building things up, not tearing them down.
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"The police scanner is the exposed nerve of a small-town newspaper." âCraig Garnett, "Uvalde's Darkest Hour"
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TK-S Is Here Now
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The little details in the sculpture are AMAZING!
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Was there Sunday and happened to see one of the participants standing by her likeness. Ms Betty Germany was 17 years old when she was a part of the sit-in. I believe her mother and Ms Luper were sisters.
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Clara Luper National Sit-In Plaza, Oklahoma City.
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The Pickup
2 days ago
As âThe Lowdownâ wraps up, we talked to Sterlin Harjo about noir, skepticism, telling the truth about Oklahoma, and THAT land run scene:
thepickup.com/sterlin-harj...
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Sterlin Harjo Is Proud He Made Tulsa Look Like Tulsa - The Pickup
As âThe Lowdownâ wraps up, we talked to Harjo about noir, skepticism, telling the truth about Oklahoma, and that land run scene.
https://thepickup.com/sterlin-harjo-is-proud-he-made-tulsa-look-like-tulsa
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Association of University Presses
4 days ago
Amid government overreach, economic precarity & plain misinformation, the academyâs responsibility to invest in the infrastructure of knowledge & career advancement provided by university presses is even more imperative. Read Executive Director Peter Berkery's full letter:
https://bit.ly/47HnLF3
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University of Oklahoma Press
3 days ago
đŁ đ Come work with us! We're looking for a highly organized individual with strong communication skills and an enthusiastic mindset to serve as our next Publicity Manager! Learn more here âĄïžhttps://ou.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=252323&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
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University of Oklahoma Press
3 days ago
A little weekend reading inspired by
@cjdenial.bsky.social
's book " A Pedagogy of Kindness"!
@timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/highe...
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Higher education needs to hold students' hearts, not hands
During times of financial constraint, donât rush to define kindness to students as an unaffordable luxury. Instead, letâs change the way we think
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/higher-education-needs-hold-students-hearts-not-hands
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"The task of the artist is to sense more keenly than others the harmony of the world, the beauty and outrage of what man has done to do it, and poignantly to let people know." âfrom Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Nobel lecture
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Oklahoma City, as seen from the patio of O Bar, a rooftop bar in Midtown.
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Okla City Free Press
4 days ago
Thousands were in downtown OKC to dedicate a new plaza honoring Clara Luper and the 1958 Katz Drug sit-in that propelled the local civil rights movement. | Zoe Elrod was there and reports:
freepressokc.com/sit-in-site-...
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Sit-in site in OKC now honors civil rights icon Clara Luper
Thousands gathered in OKC to dedicate a new plaza honoring Clara Luper and the 1958 Katz Drug sit-in that propelled the local civil rights movement.
https://freepressokc.com/sit-in-site-in-okc-now-honors-civil-rights-icon-clara-luper/
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Sarah Silverman
4 days ago
A new post, somewhat different from my usual themes: my experiences with independent scholarship, or my very long answer to what I do for work
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
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An honest perspective on independent scholarship
Or, my answer to âWhat do you do for work?â
https://open.substack.com/pub/beyondthescope/p/an-honest-perspective-on-independent?r=3alpl&utm_medium=ios
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"And when the old truth is told to us again, we do not remember that we once possessed it." âfrom Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Nobel lecture
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Matthew Somoroff
5 days ago
30 PERCENT OFF ALL UNC PRESS BOOKS stock up while theyâre still in stock!!
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University of Oklahoma Press
7 days ago
Listen In! This installment of Between the Lines, explores three teaching moves from
@geekypedagogy.bsky.social
's book "SNAFU Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLZT...
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Between the Lines: SNAFU Edu by Jessamyn Neuhaus
YouTube video by Teaching in Higher Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLZTvNt-iMs
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Amazing how the mere definition of a scientific term can send a chill up your spine. From Daniel H. Wilson's novel "Hole in the Sky."
8 days ago
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I am happy that Will Klein will get a World Series ring.
9 days ago
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University of Texas Press
9 days ago
Tis the season when you can get great books (as great gifts) at a great price! Our holiday sale is running on our site today through January 31st, 2026. Use code UTXGIFTS at checkout for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. đ #booksale #holidaysale #booksky
utpress.utexas.edu/h...
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Dr. Michael Phillips
10 days ago
@betsyfriauf.bsky.social
and I will be discussing our book âThe Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texasâ tomorrow (Saturday) at Deep Vellum Books in Dallas at 2 p.m.
do214.com/events/2025/...
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The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas at Deep Vellum Books
Check out The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas at Deep Vellum Books in Dallas on November 01, 2025 and get detailed info for the event - tickets, photos, video and reviews.
https://do214.com/events/2025/11/1/the-purifying-knife-the-troubling-history-of-eugenics-in-texas-tickets
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Refreshingly old-fashioned to hear the kids shouting out Blue Jays-Dodgers updates learned from each house they trick-or-treat.
10 days ago
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So many yards with great Halloween decorations, but somehow the empty houses with lights turned off are the spookiest.
10 days ago
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Even Zoom is getting very deep into Halloween.
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Randy Krehbiel
10 days ago
Three more exhumations Thursday in Race Massacre graves search at Oaklawn Cemetery
tulsaworld.com/news/local/r...
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Three more exhumations Thursday in Race Massacre graves search at Oaklawn Cemetery
Of the 78 unmarked burials uncovered since excavations began two weeks ago, only six match the profile for possible race massacre victims.
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/racemassacre/article_66441290-6cef-4607-b2e1-9bf196196595.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=user-share
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society
11 days ago
***David J. Weber Prize Winner*** Congratulations to IEHS Executive Board member
@omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social
for receiving the David J. Weber Prize from the Western History Association for his Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship!
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Strategy for a police investigator: "If you can't get the criminal rattled, put him at ease." âGeorges Simenon, "Maigret at the Gai-Moulin"
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Bethany Wasik
11 days ago
FYI1: The superb webinar "Turning your Dissertation into a Book" is up! FYI2: It's the 1st for "Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series" co-sponsored by
@aupresses.bsky.social
(HT, Faculty Outreach Committee) and hosted by Rutgers CMSI.
#ReadUP
#PublishUP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SST...
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Turning Your Dissertation into a Book
YouTube video by The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute (The Proctor Institute)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SSTWTl7e_g
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Oregon State University Press
12 days ago
Share the news... OSU Libraries & Press is seeking a Director for the Oregon State University Press! See the detailed job description at
jobs.oregonstate.edu/posting...
. Please reach out to us if you have any questions about the position, OSU, or life in Oregon! ââ€ïžâ
#OregonStateUniversity
#ApplyNow
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Kim Hogeland
12 days ago
Big news: our longtime director is retiring and we're on the hunt for a successor (never a replacement!). Pros: we're a small, collegial team dedicated to publishing important regional and scholarly work; Oregon is a great place to live. Con: some might consider my interest in goats excessive.
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"But the truth, put so baldly, was no longer quite the truth." âGeorges Simenon, "Maigret at the Gai-Moulin"
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Liana Krissoff
12 days ago
Love to see student journalists writing critically about AI in academia. From Sarah Naccarato in Chatham Universityâs excellent paper, The CommuniquĂ©:
chathamcommunique.com/11760/opinio...
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OPINION | Using generative AI to write your papers isnât quirky, itâs harmful - Opinion - CommuniquĂ©
Throughout Chatham Universityâs midterm season, some students have been plummeting into academic overwhelm.
https://chathamcommunique.com/11760/opinions/opinion-using-generative-ai-to-write-your-papers-isnt-quirky-its-harmful/
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Brits on Americans: "One of the surprising habits of the boys was mounting their bicycles from the left side instead of the right as is the common practice of the English." âGuy & Grace Woodward, "The Secret of Sherwood Forest: Oil Production in England During World War II"
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University of Oklahoma Press
13 days ago
Out Now! "Mormon Settler Colonialism: Inventing the Lamanite" by Elise Boxer.
www.oupress.com/978080619604...
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University of Oklahoma Press
13 days ago
Out Now! "The California Camera Club: Collective Visions in the Making of the American West" by Carolin Görgen.
www.oupress.com/978080619603...
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Dr. Todd Arrington
about 1 month ago
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636037/
Please buy my book. Since Iâm unemployed and all.
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The Last Lincoln Republican
Of all the great âwhat ifâ scenarios in American history, the aftermath of the presidential election of 1880 stands out as one of the most tantal...
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636037/
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Rebecca Nagle
14 days ago
I rarely let myself celebrate my wins (always pushing towards what's next). But getting the paperback copy of By The First We Carry in the mail it all hit me. I looked at that first page and thought, âdamn, I did that.â
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An irritable visiting American observed "that the British custom of morning and afternoon teas was doing more to stop the British army than Hitler and his generals had been able to." âGuy and Grace Woodward, "The Secret of Sherwood Forest: Oil Production in England During World War II"
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An especially cinematic moment in this kid fall baseball season: a runner stealing home, and blowing a bubblegum bubble that grew bigger and bigger as he approached home plate.
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"To keep the Air Forces operating a single day during World War II required fourteen times as much gasoline as was shipped to Europe for all purposes in the First World War." âGuy and Grace Woodward, "The Secret of Sherwood Forest: Oil Production in England During World War II"
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Beau Jennings
16 days ago
Now you can listen to Cheyenneâs âI Am Haunted, I Am Alive (Deluxe)â on streaming services for the first time. Includes âCheyenne Songsâ, a companion album with over 20 covers by friends of the band like John Moreland, BRONCHO, Samantha Crain and more:
music.apple.com/us/album/i-a...
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I Am Haunted, I Am Alive (Deluxe) by Cheyenne & Beau Jennings on Apple Music
Album · 2018 · 38 Songs
https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-am-haunted-i-am-alive-deluxe/1843388099
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"Contemporaries marveled at the speed with which Buffalo Bill's Wild West show could travel, build, and take down its arena, so it became a symbol of technological modernity as well." âEmily Burns, "Transnational Frontiers: The American West in France"
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"One cannot understand America until one has seen it in Paris." âa Canadian art critic in 1891 on the work of American artists in France, quoted in Emily Burns, "Transnational Frontiers: The American West in France"
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Jessamyn Neuhaus
17 days ago
Class plans unravel. Tech fails. Lectures flop. Students stumble. Join me for an Oct. 30 webinar exploring how to navigate missteps, mistakes, and professorial faceplants with calm, clarity, and resilience. RSVP now:
bit.ly/3W6XV7Z
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Watching "The Lowdown" and thinking what Sterlin Harjo does well is writing minor characters.
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The 19th century French painter Rosa Bonheur: "She achieved notoriety for obtaining a permit to dress in pants in order to paint animals in slaughterhouses more comfortably and successfully." âEmily Burns, "Transnational Frontiers: The American West in France"
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If you like talking up books,
@oupress.bsky.social
has a job opening for a publicity manager! We have an extraordinary backlist plus superb forthcoming titles in the pipeline. Maybe YOU could help sell the sizzle of these steaks? Job details and how to apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Publicity Manager
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
https://ou.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=252323&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
18 days ago
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The New York Times
18 days ago
A girls basketball team in Oklahoma City forfeited its district championship earlier this year after the coach verified that a scoring error had incorrectly crowned them as winners. Now, the team is receiving national attention for that decision.
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A Girls Basketball Team Gives Up Its Title After Spotting a Scoring Error
The team in Oklahoma City forfeited its district championship earlier this year after the coach verified that a scoring error had incorrectly crowned them as winners.
https://nyti.ms/42WQqUV
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If you like talking up books,
@oupress.bsky.social
has a job opening for a publicity manager! We have an extraordinary backlist plus superb forthcoming titles in the pipeline. Maybe YOU could help sell the sizzle of these steaks? Job details and how to apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Publicity Manager
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
https://ou.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=252323&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
18 days ago
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Anne Trubek
18 days ago
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"By the turn of the century, there were so many U.S. art students in Paris that one critic defined them as their own 'genus.'" âEmily Burns, "Transnational Wests: The American West in France"
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Josh Crutchmer
19 days ago
Saw Bono and The Edge accept the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize for U2 on Tuesday at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa. I'd also been in Oklahoma exploring Guthrie's cultural impact for most of this year. Funny how things turn into stories that are up
@rollingstone.com
now.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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'We Have to Rise Above Argument and Politics': U2 Accept Woody Guthrie Prize
Watch U2's Bono, the Edge sing 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and more while accepting Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/u2-bono-the-edge-woody-guthrie-prize-1235452049/?utm_source=edit-vip
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