"My to-read pile is out of control" Boring. Suggests lack of agency. "All Ye Behold my Emotional Support Book Tower" Dramatic. Authoritative. Implicitly grants permission to buy even more books.

My boss on @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Peer reviewers are CRUCIAL to university presses, esp. in this time of uncertainty. So keep on reviewing, ya'll, and know that you are keeping the UP tradition alive despite all efforts to dismantle & corrupt the free exchange of ideas and knowledge.

Currently in a cold war with my partner about who has to do the dishes and he's just negated all possibility of diplomatic resolution by eating his yogurt with a tablespoon

Really struck by the idea of librarians "losing control of their own budgets" due to the "commercial extractive monopolies" that price science journals so high that there's barely any $ left to buy books. It really feels like Something Must Be Done about the Elseviers of the world, but what or how?

We are hiring two editorial assistants at Columbia UP! One for the philosophy/religion/theory editor & @philipleventhal.bsky.social (lit/film), & one for the sociology/Black studies & the editorial director/editor for lit in translation/Asian studies. Apply for both at the link.

As an impulse reader I just have to say that this should be illegal

Any other editors out there seeing a rise in AI-generated art submitted with book manuscripts? I feel like we need an official @aupresses.bsky.social policy on AI-art and publication.

When you feel a little too comfortable with your primary care physician and this is what ends up in your post-appointment clinical notes:

Hey #writingstudies and #teamrhetoric folks: do you grapple with unrealistic labor expectations? Ever feel like you are just not enough? This collection argues for the enoughness and power of being "adequate," and it's pretty great!

Officially entering my violin concerto era. If you want me I'll be here starting moodily out of a rainy window for the foreseeable future.

"Hinder AI innovation or adoption" is incredibly euphemistic language for "we want to be immune from copyright law and fully free to pirate authors' works"

Honestly NEVER been prouder to be an immigrant and call NYC my home

Finally a mayor of NYC who is hot

On this Election Day in the US, some essential reading on democracy from AUPresses members around the world: bit.ly/4amtu3P #ReadUP!

Whatever is on the ballot for you today, get out and vote!

I've decided that Daylight Savings Time does not end for my cat until I am ready to face the consequences, which may be never

I'll be attending AMS/SMT in Minneapolis next week, representing Grove Music and Oxford University Press. Please feel free to stop by the OUP booth to chat!

It’s a beautiful, brisk morning here in BK and we are two very sleepy Mamdani voters. Happy Election Day! #nyc #mayor

The great thing about a virtual conference is that you can enrich your mind whilst also folding laundry. The terrible thing about a virtual conference is that you have no excuse not to fold the damn laundry.

SUCH a key point from #CCCC (paraphrased): trans people are in a constant state of digital diaspora, pushed out of platforms they helped create/shape, & thus constantly ~building~ the internet Cred @lawsonvee.bsky.social @rubymendozaphd.bsky.social @adahubrig.bsky.social Avery Edenfield &Erin Green

This dreary Monday seems a good enough day as any to remind everyone of this glorious meme

I'm still stuck on what to do about Prop 4 someone smart weigh in please

Staring the week off right with the #CCCC Fall Virtual Institute. "Teaching Writing as a Public Good"? Um, yes.

Best NYC marathon sign seen thus far: “No Cuomo, Yes Homo”

hard times made even harder

Donated to my local food bank ofc, but also to one serving my ex home state of Texas in a region unlikely to have additional safety nets/social services. This is just to say, consider thinking beyond the local, especially if you are living in a relatively well-resourced area!

Disappointed that none of you academics dressed up as the scariest of all creatures: Peer Reviewer #2

Just sent my partner off on a Halloween adventure dressed up as Frodo Baggins while I chill at home like the sensible un-Tookish hobbit I am

As your totally unbiased (former) editor this book is prettyyyyyyy great just saying #motherhood #academia

This is the ideal halloween movie and you can't convince me otherwise iykyk

Me: in bed with flu My cat: today's a beautiful day to bite some human toes

On Wednesdays we wear sweatpants and a business blazer combo because we have author meetings on Zoom #wfhlife

"The author of the project may be counting on [your peer review] for tenure or promotion and cannot move forward without your input." THIS. Academia is already such an ecosystem of precarity, so for the sake of your fellow academics, please deliver peer reviews on time!

Weighing in on the auntie discourse just to say that in Chinese, the term of respect for an older woman (ayi) is literally the same term as aunt

"If you have published a book w/a scholarly press, at least 2 scholars have taken on this labor on behalf of your work. Pay it forward & do the same for others." UIP editor @alisonsyring.bsky.social's final part on the peer review process is up on our blog www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ac...

May I propose that we call this "Brown Open Access"

Finally joined Academia.edu on Friday out of desperation to read a particular journal article and about 20 spam messages later I am full of regret. "Are you the Michelle Chen who wrote..." no. No I am not. Please leave me alone.

Due to the government shutdown, this briefing on Wednesday is moving online. But silver lining—that means you folks can attend! 🗃️

I’ve been regularly volunteering at a food bank for about a year and please, if you want to help, consider donating cash. For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.

Love walking into a Sephora with no makeup on and being descended upon by horrified sales associates like I’m some kind of pitiable sea hag

In talking about the constant state of fear that is our current political reality, I actually made my *therapist* cry. Just a reminder that NONE OF US are ok right now and this is normal.

A haunted house for acquisitions editors but it's actually a scavenger hunt for two peer reviewers who don't actually exist

Today, on National Food Day, let's think about the rhetorics and politics of the industrial food system. In contrast, how can we build resilient local food systems that are also based in equity, and why is this more important than ever? #teamrhetoric #sustainability #foodsecurity

From now on I shall be regularly referring to myself as “Chinese with disappointment”

Doing an old Sunday crossword which requires the use of a calculator which feels illegal. Excuse me we crossword people are here precisely because we do not math.

Beautiful, inspiring, & 100% accurate! So many passages I want to requote, but for now will stick with this from the closing: "Knowledge is worth your time because of how it shapes your mind. And the authoritarians may take many things from us, but they cannot take our minds (unless you let them)."

Thank you @bookpeople.com and @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social !! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Reading lots of hot takes on OA subventions this week so here's a little reminder that small US university presses truly ARE mission driven rather than profit driven. Many of us operate in the red as a matter of course. Subventions help us exist! I promise they're not padding any pockets.