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Allison Van Deventer
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Developmental editor for academic authors. Author: The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook (UChicago Press). Workshop facilitator. She/her. Comp lit PhD. https://www.allisonvandeventer.com/
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Important reflection from @sarahstankorb.bsky.social, who knows the danger of Doug Wilson & has been trying to warn people for years: sarahstankorb.substack.com/p/doug-wilso...
Doug Wilson’s Christian Nationalist Dreams Come True at the Pentagon
Do not forget what he stands for
sarahstankorb.substack.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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You may be interested to know that my recent podcast guest, Emily Doucet, has created a self-paced course to guide you through some of the decisions involved in a draft manuscript.
Find out more about “Architecture of the Draft” and register now: community.londonwriterssalon.com/checkout/aca...
February 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
All I have to add to this beautiful essay by @maiagiladi.bsky.social is that there are some astoundingly original and dazzlingly smart books on Latinx literature in the publication pipeline, as I know because I’ve edited/am editing them.
Last summer, @maiagiladi.bsky.social received a set of questions from Ricardo Ortiz, in preparation for an interview about her first book, “Doom Patterns.” Ricardo passed away before their conversation. Gil’Adí turns his questions into a commemoration of his life.
XOXO, Ricardo Ortiz (1961–2025) - Public Books
“To hear him speak was to feel how literature can still shape a life; how beauty, thought, and feeling can move us forward together.”
www.publicbooks.org
February 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The 10yos have been practicing the basic knitting stitch by chanting “Stab it, strangle it, rip out its guts, throw it off a cliff.”

Kids of this age are METAL
February 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! 🎉📚

K-POP FANDOM is officially out! 🙌🏻

Available via print and open access!
(Free for viewing online via www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...)

Many thanks to @uofmpress.bsky.social for believing in and supporting this project 💚
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
This essay is gorgeous.
February 14, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?

It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.

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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Massachusetts: This is where MACI (the Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative) comes in, because it's a centralized intake/referral system with a hotline you can call if you need a lawyer, and NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT or understand why it's important!

miracoalition.org/massachusett...
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Agreed, and there's lots of organizing in the suburbs too!
Healy is already setting herself up to fall. We've seen what's coming and there is a lot of organizing on the ground in Boston as we speak. Politicians won't save us. We protect us.

www.nbcboston.com/news/local/m...
February 10, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Celebrating good news among my clients in the past couple of weeks: a book contract, a full manuscript sent off on schedule, tenure, a campus interview, lots of energy and progress among the Book Chapter Shortcut crew, and chapters showing up in my inbox in spite of everything

#AmEditing
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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🚨I finally wrote a post on one of the questions I receive most frequently: how do I write figure captions and credits (and what is the difference anyway)?🚨

#amediting #AcademicSky #historians #academia #imagecredits #images #photographs #paintings #drawings #plans

open.substack.com/pub/theedito...
Figure Captions and Credits
Welcome to TEA Delivered, the newsletter of The Editorial Ally (TEA)!
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I just learned that there's a book titled "The Herds Shot Round the World: Native Breeds and the British Empire, 1800–1900" and it's going straight onto my list of favorite academic book titles

academic.oup.com/north-caroli...
The Herds Shot Round the World: Native Breeds and the British Empire, c. 1800-1900
Abstract. As Britain industrialized in the early nineteenth century, animal breeders faced the need to convert livestock into products while maintaining th
academic.oup.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Context: one of the speakers at a packed Surprise, AZ city council meeting after it was revealed that ICE has purchased a massive warehouse in town to use as a detention facility. The City Council has said they didn't know about it, and have no authority to stop it.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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This is huge.

Massachusetts is home to tens of thousands of hardworking Haitian TPS recipients who enrich the culture of our state, contribute to our economy, and help ensure we meet the needs of elders and patients in our health care and elder care industries - this victory belongs to them.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Moms in Minneapolis have organized an expansive donation network in the city to support families ripped apart by ICE by providing necessities like groceries, diapers, wipes and, now, breastmilk.
When one mother was taken by ICE, another stepped in to donate breastmilk
Moms in Minneapolis are donating diapers, food and time to help families who have been ripped apart by ICE.
19thnews.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I'm editing a book intro in which the author has been asked by the reviewer to engage more deeply with Scholar X's book.

And Scholar X's book is one that I edited a few years ago

HEART-EYES EMOJI #AmEditing
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Hi, academics on here! I have room in my schedule for one new developmental-editing project this month & one in March. If you or a scholar you know is looking for an experienced developmental editor, please visit my website (link in bio) and/or DM me. References available.Thanks!
February 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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along with a book proposal outline and recommendations for first-book books, this blog post has become one of my go-to resources to share with potential first-time authors. very grateful to @katelynknox.bsky.social for providing such a helpful breakdown!
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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2 Pro Bono Coaching slots available
I have room in my coaching schedule this term to take on 1 dissertator and 1 jr faculty member free of charge. 12 weeks, 30-60 min a week.
Good for fac who: feel behind all the time, aren't progressing as desired/required, need to adapt to family/context changes,
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
If I haven't replied to your email, I'm so sorry, this past week I've been wrapping up a complex project, launching an updated workshop, getting quotes for a bathroom renovation, trying to keep up with other editing work, and building a website/launching a mutual aid network

woburnwelcomes.com
Woburn Welcomes
woburnwelcomes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week.

It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...
Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
(RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block t...
religionnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Today I'm wrapping up a project involving post-peer-review developmental edits + line edits on an edited volume with 10 essays and an introduction.

I can't communicate with any of the authors because we don't speak the same language.

#AmEditing and #AmCryLaughing bc this has been a RIDE
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Can anyone on here tell me how to write "Immigrants have rights" in Haitian Creole?

(I know I can use Google Translate, but I want human confirmation)
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM