The brilliant @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social spreading the word on how issues with the ESTC affect scholarship on women in the book trade.

Authors, I have availability for indexing jobs until August — get in touch if you’re planning on wrapping up a book this summer!

Here's your reminder to check in early with your press regarding their process and timeline for indexing. If you want someone with subject expertise, start your search for an indexer at least 3 months before you will need to hire them. 1/2

As others have noted, it’s truly wild to see Terry Doughty write this. He is one of the most extreme MAGA judges appointed in Trump’s first term, author of many wacky, hard-right rulings reversed on appeal. When even he is appalled by an illegal deportation—it’s a sign of something. Wow.

Actual art about actual US history. No stolen NEH grant money required.

They’re taking *our* investment—the money that we spent months writing grants for, the hours and hours we all spent reviewing each others’ work, the money that was supposed to go to libraries and community groups—and blowing it on this nonsense.

So I've got this article which should be coming out in the journal _Shakespeare_ any moment now, but in the meantime - Briefly, it's about a C17 letter preserved in the binding waste of a book now in Hereford Cathedral.

Hi! Are you a US researcher who spent time thinking about humans? Then your work is in danger of censorship and loss. I'm here to walk you through basic self-archiving. Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.

My dad @doomcdoo.bsky.social is channeling his rage into a Substack that applies his professional experience in conflict resolution to the current situation. So I contributed a little something.

My dad @doomcdoo.bsky.social is channeling his rage into a Substack that applies his professional experience in conflict resolution to the current situation. So I contributed a little something.

i'm excited to share new work on milton's books at RSA & doubly excited to do so alongside @mgyarn.bsky.social & amrita dhar on a panel sponsored by @bibsocamer.bsky.social! thanks to @aarontpratt.bsky.social for facilitating & @chrisvvarren.bsky.social for chairing. please join if you're free! 👇

Your periodic reminder that if you plan to hire an indexer and/or proofreader for your academic book, you should be looking for them as soon as you get your production schedule (shortly after turning in your final MS). If your publisher doesn’t tell you when to expect typeset proofs, ask!

I wish I could be at MLA to accept my book award, but it’s appropriate, given the category is books by Independent/Contingent Scholars — without institutional support, I can only afford one conference a year. Please cheer loudly if you’re at the ceremony, and I’ll see my SAA/RSA gang in Boston soon!

No one: Absolutely no one: Me: Make another Master and Commander movie, you cowards!

I’m so honored that Shakespeare’s Lady Editors is the co-winner of the 2024 MLA Prize for Contingent Faculty and Independent Scholars! Please check it out, and enjoy this Uncooperative Cat outtake in celebration. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉 research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...

This is actually full of good reporting on casualization of UKHE at even the most prestigious institutions. And the fact that the Observer pressed Christ Church directly on ad wording, and then reported on the college's sidestepping is nothing short of astonishing.

Hello, new people! Super glad you’re here! I’ll try to catch up on follows, but in the meantime, I just went to Australia, so here’s a picture of me with a kangaroo!

Academic authors - did you, during the halcyon days of summer, think, sure, I can index my own book during the school year, and are now experiencing a sinking feeling as reality sets in? If so, I can help! I have openings for index jobs throughout the year. mollygyarn.com/indexing-and...

This is highly useful if you work with #earlymodern books of all kinds: a compiled and explained set of contemporary abbreviations. From apothecaries' weights to signs for half moon moments in almanacs. Boost, #bookhistory and #skystorians looking for abbreviations of the past. 🗃️

I’ve read every word of Adam’s book three times (in other words, indexed it) and can promise you that it’s EXCELLENT.

Georgians, please vote early!

SHAKESPEARE’S LADY EDITORS is now available in paperback! And even more insanely affordable at £23/$30! #bookhistory www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

From Eric Rasmussen and myself, new evidence and observations on Shakespeare’s handwriting in Sir Thomas More, out now in PBSA. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

NEW: Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes Insurance Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible & their lives miserable.

I’ve been waiting a long time for being a Georgia Democrat to be fun again.

Today on the blog, in a meticulously argued post, Joe Black discusses two books almost certainly owned by Aphra Behn, the second of which has hardly ever been noted in scholarship buff.ly/4dp08CK #HerBook

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Academic authors - did you, during the halcyon days of summer, think, sure, I can index my own book during the school year, and are now experiencing a sinking feeling as reality sets in? If so, I can help! I have openings for index jobs throughout the year. mollygyarn.com/indexing-and...

'Research funders, and many universities, only say ‘yes’ to working with people employed by other institutions. This enables institutions to retain their power at the expense of skilled professionals. But, it also disadvantages institutions...because they are unable to hire the best people.'

Childless cat lady…in a swing state.

Always ready to ask the important questions about the 17th century book trade.

Heard about the Cal State strike and want to know what’s going on? Here’s a primer. JOURNALISTS pls take note. California Faculty Association is librarians, coaches, counselors, and professors. We rep 30k people at 23 campuses serving 500k students. We have called a strike Jan. 22-26. Why? Well …