I’m pleased to announce that my forthcoming book, _Deadly Divide_, will be out in spring 2026 with @uncpress.bsky.social with the help of my fabulous editor Cate Hodorowicz (@catehodorowicz.bsky.social).

FEARLESS, SLEEPLESS, DEATHLESS is one of the best books I’ve ever had the privilege to copyedit. I will not shut up about this book because everyone should buy it and read it and have their minds blown

I really needed a sign today that what I do as a historian matters. I did not expect to literally see a sign. On the sidewalk. And in the window. Hooray for local bookstores! Water Street Bookstore totally made my day! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social

"Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless challenges the reader to see mushrooms as more than merely an organism to be eaten, seen, or feared. Mushrooms, Pinto argues, are the gateway to understanding the story of civilization, and they are the Gaia that binds us all." IKTR! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Everything is terrible right now in general, but in personal good news, my book has a cover and I'm so excited to share it!!! Selling Out Santa is about Hollywood's manipulation of the Christmas holiday for socially conservative ends in the early Cold War 🗃️ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/selling-ou...

New @uncpress.bsky.social books (that are in conversation with each other) alert! 🚨 📕 📗

To support the UNC System’s new graduation requirement, prize-winning historians at UNC Chapel Hill have created a new resource for UNC system courses, in partnership with UNC Press. Learn more about the book & how students can get free access 👇 uncpressblog.com/2025/09/18/u...

A TikTok trend hates to see us coming 😎 www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S5DyhX/

Fab interview for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social with Kristina Gaddy & @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social about the creative process behind their new book, the challenges of their research, and the future they’re working to build for this music: oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/rhian...

My next book, Out of Empire, is now under contract with @uncpress.bsky.social! The book provides a social historical perspective on the hijrat of 1920, during which tens of thousands of Indians left their homeland in search of freer lives in an independent, Muslim-ruled territory: Afghanistan.

Can you spot HOUSE OF DIGGS and GO BACK AND FETCH IT in the @harvardbookstore.bsky.social window display? 🤩

I had an amazing time talking about "The Fate of the Americas" with Lillian Guerra--what an honor to discuss my book with one of the top Cuba experts in the world! 1/3 #History 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social cubanstudies.history.ufl.edu/conversatori...

"During the early twentieth century, developers sold residential segregation to affluent white parents as one piece of a larger, child-centered environment that included new schools, playgrounds, better sanitation, and quieter streets." thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/09/11/t...

Interested in the story behind redlining? We're hosting an #AMA with @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social , author of "Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal". #Skystorians can come ask question & discover the full story! old.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Latest nonfiction book haul from @princetonupress.bsky.social

The #ChasingBandits Book Tour begins! Honored to have been invited by Springfield College for Constitution Day to discuss "U.S. Responses to Terrorism Over the Past Century and Beyond."

I'll be at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, VA tonight to talk about my @uncpress.bsky.social book Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia. Come out if you're in the area (BYO slaw dogs) birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/about/news/m...

"Michael Oriard, a former NFL player turned academic, picks up this theme to ask what it means to love a sport that can destroy its players." Check out this review of SANCTIONED SAVAGERY: A History of Violence in American Football in @pigskinbooks.bsky.social 🏈 pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/06/s...

Might have to get to LA this fall. Kara Walker Deconstructs a Statue, and a Myth www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...

"In this illuminating debut history, Colorado Springs, Colo., serves as a microcosm for how evangelicalism has accrued cultural power over the past 70-odd years." A glowing review of JESUS SPRINGS by William J. Schultz in @publisherswkly.bsky.social 👏 www.publishersweekly.com/9781469689371

Our very own @jesherer.bsky.social is quoted in this piece on how JSTOR grew into a tech juggernaut 👏

In this episode from #Season11 of #LeftOfBlack Historian Derrick E. White discusses his book 'Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football', which was just released in paperback from UNC Press www.youtube.com/watch?v=babS...

A quick reminder that today is a Bandcamp Friday, and I have signed copies of my new book "Noisy Memory" for sale, which includes a compilation of music (digital album) from the book (which is also offered separately). #noisymemory #bandcampfriday brianharnetty.bandcamp.com/album/noisy-...

Accidentally put peanut butter on an everything bagel and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be

Just got my author copy of The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War!! It feels unreal to hold something in my hands that I've been working on for more than a decade 🗃️ #History

Hot off the press! 📘 Out next month (timed to the 63rd anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis), @renatakeller.bsky.social THE FATE OF THE AMERICAS reframes the story, spotlighting how Latin America experienced & shaped the world’s closest brush with nuclear war.

We’re playing games on LinkedIn now, huh, is that what we’ve succumbed to

Good morning from Carolina Beach ☕️ 🌊

If you haven’t read Andy Horowitz’s KATRINA, now’s the time. One of the best books out there—not just on Katrina, but on American history. 20 years later, it’s as essential as ever. Listen to his interview on @npr.org's Morning Edition: www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

850,000 NC children may no longer qualify for free school meals Those House Representatives crowing about waste, fraud and abuse don’t mention that. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

"Fungi are so underloved and at the same time so overwhelmingly important in ecosystems. Once I took to the woods, I found these beings of incredible beauty everywhere." Maria Pinto on Zombie Ants and Trumpets of Death for @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

AVOID TERMINAL FOMO ORDER NOW SALE ENDS TOMORROW

Today is PUBLICATION DAY for Canal Dreamers! A dream come true! 🥳📘📖🗃️ Seacoast folks, I will be talking at Exeter’s Water Street Bookstore on October 9 at 7 PM. Please come! If you can't come, @uncpress.bsky.social has a sale (01NEWSITE50) or try 01SOCIAL30 uncpress.org/978146969055...

Ya'll are NOT lying about these book orders....sales are looking GOOD. 50% off flash sales ends tomorrow so hurry up & get to buying some amazing books!

Hey book lovers! UNC Press just redesigned their website and are offering 50% off ALL books to celebrate! This is the biggest sale I've ever seen them do (even better than my author discount, TBH), and I'm definitely going to stock up. This is your chance to get my new book for only $15!

I picked up three books from this fantastic sale. You can pick up my book SEARCHING FOR BLACK CONFEDERATES: THE CIVIL WAR'S MOST PERSISTENT MYTH at 50% off. Already own it? That's OK. Send a copy to your neo-Confederate uncle. uncpress.org/978146965326...

In some good news, @uncpress.bsky.social is having a flash sale to celebrate their new website 🎉 You can save 50% off all books, including mine which is up for pre-order, for 48 hours with code 01NEWSITE50 🙌 uncpress.org/978146968920...

A middle school I interact with is in a state with a school cellphone ban and y’all everybody in there is relieved. EVERYBODY. The kids, the teachers, the janitors. They are so relieved. Nobody is really uptight about it…except some parents.

Finally, you can also use the 01NEWSITE50 code to get 50% off pre-orders for my own book: Archie Bunker for President! uncpress.org/978146969090...

Readers, @uncpress.bsky.social has a new website and is celebrating with a 48-hour 50% flash sale (US only, use code 01NEWSITE50) so I thought I'd do a 🧵of some of my favorite American modern history titles available at uncpress.org

Check it out! @uncpress.bsky.social is having a phenomenal flash sale over the next two days. Now’s your chance to snag a bunch of great UNC titles—including THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RYAN WHITE—at a 50-percent discount. Just use promo code 01NEWSITE50. uncpress.org/978146968085... 🗃️

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to buy my book, this is it! UNC Press books are 50% off + free shipping on orders over $75 for 48-hours only to celebrate their new website 🎉 Use code 01NEWSITE50 at checkout to save. uncpress.org/978146969147...

⚡️ New website. Big sale. ⚡️ Snag 50% off (plus FREE SHIPPING on orders over $75) with code 01NEWSITE50 at checkout. Hurry, this deal’s disappearing faster than our old homepage! *US only. Excludes distributed titles.

Three days left to enter for a chance to win a signed ARC of INTREPID GIRLS: The Complicated History of the Girl Scouts of the USA by @amyefarrell.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

Box of editor copies has arrived. Still not too late to preorder your own @nursingclio.bsky.social Reader before publication on Sep 9! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...

I am thrilled to share that the Board of Governors @uncpress.bsky.social granted its unanimous approval for the publication of my biography of Robert Gould Shaw: "A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw." l couldn't be more pleased. Shaw appears pleased as well.

Are you passionate about shaping groundbreaking scholarship in history? We're seeking a Senior Editor to join our team as the W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor—an endowed position focused on acquiring trade and scholarly books in US history & related fields 👇 uncpress.org/now-hiring-w...

"He was a psychologist who didn’t seem to comprehend what it means to be human." Read @antheabutler.bsky.social, author of WHITE EVANGELICAL RACISM, latest @msnbc.com op-ed about the death of James Dobson www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

I will never figure out when to write “most important” vs. “most importantly.” Grammar people, do I need to care? Does it matter? @bcdreyer.social, please weigh in!

Hey, everyone--Goodreads is doing a giveaway for signed copies of my book :) www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...