Happy to share that @molliebarnes.bsky.social's new book is headed to the @uscpress.bsky.social warehouse! Congrats on this accomplishment and happy reading to everyone engaged with the history of the Lowcountry and the Sea Islands! FYI @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

In July, Susanna Ashton and I traveled to Salem, NC. There, we stumbled across a staircase: a crime scene where one of the most powerful heroes in our national story, #harrietjacobs, fought for her life. doi.org/10.64628/AAI...

I recommend reading this A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavement @us.theconversation.com Susanna Ashton @molliebarnes.bsky.social theconversation.com/a-staircase-...

Breaking News: President Trump said that the U.S. had bombed Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facility, as well as two other sites.

my book, PAPER HEROINES, is live! launches 02.05.2026! uscpress.com/Paper-Heroines

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

I'm so thrilled to share this CFP for the upcoming MLA conference in Toronto! Have a project about 19C American women writers and science? Share it with us! margaretfullersociety.org/call-for-pap...

Join MFS in Toronto for MLA 2026: “Margaret Fuller and 19C American Women Writers Observing Nature, Engaging Science” @katopodis.bsky.social

Congressperson John Lewis, whose ‘good trouble’ they love to quote so much, was arrested 45 times in his life. The last was in 2013 protesting for immigrants, during the Obama presidency.

Happy World Read Aloud Day!   Writing can be a solitary process, but a writers' group valuing idea exchanges and viewpoints helped Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. Read #NEHgov funded book “The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture”:   ow.ly/NAI350UR7Gm

unacceptable. dept. of ed. news gutted me yesterday. this is worse.

Breaking News: In a news conference with Israel’s prime minister, President Trump said he wanted the U.S. to take over Gaza in an “ownership position.”

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Want to talk about why the work of women author societies is so urgent in 2025? or how to do community and coalition building? Send the Margaret Fuller Society your ideas for our #SSAWW 2025 panel! #C19 #amlit #pedagogy #recovery #margaretfuller @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social @legacy1984.bsky.social