@cecilecottenet.bsky.social
Professor of American Studies in Provence, #bookhistory, US literature, #histoiredulivre 📚🇫🇷🇺🇸, literary agents
A very interesting excerpt, that also suggests how agents’ archives can help to reveal what goes on “behind the scene”.
I'm thrilled to have an excerpt from my book, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts, published on LitHub. It tells of how Virginia turned the autobiography of notorious New York City madam Polly Adler into the 1950s bestseller A House Is Not A Home.
Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and… Ghostwriter?
When Virginia Faulkner arrived at Grand Central Station aboard the Commodore train from Chicago on August 1, 1951, the composer Dana Suesse was there to greet her. The two women hadn’t seen each ot…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
A very interesting excerpt, that also suggests how agents’ archives can help to reveal what goes on “behind the scene”.
If you wish to read more on these issues in a larger context, I recommend this very insightful study of racial categorization, by a French historian.
@paulschor.bsky.social
www.abebooks.com/978019991785...
@paulschor.bsky.social
www.abebooks.com/978019991785...
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you wish to read more on these issues in a larger context, I recommend this very insightful study of racial categorization, by a French historian.
@paulschor.bsky.social
www.abebooks.com/978019991785...
@paulschor.bsky.social
www.abebooks.com/978019991785...
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Happy #pubday to "The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States" by @stevesarson.bsky.social !
How reading the Declaration of Independence as a document of history explains its intended meaning
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10151/
How reading the Declaration of Independence as a document of history explains its intended meaning
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10151/
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy #pubday to "The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States" by @stevesarson.bsky.social !
How reading the Declaration of Independence as a document of history explains its intended meaning
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10151/
How reading the Declaration of Independence as a document of history explains its intended meaning
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10151/
Very honored to welcome Gisele Sapiro in Aix next Monday, in collaboration with our university library.
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Very honored to welcome Gisele Sapiro in Aix next Monday, in collaboration with our university library.
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam, On the Origins of Global History (Liz Libbrecht, trans. @college-de-france.fr, 2013; #skystorians): books.openedition.org/cdf/4200
On the Origins of Global History
Mr Administrateur,Dear Colleagues,Dear Friends, some of whom have travelled far to be here,Ellorukkum vaṇakkam – Greetings to all.The Collège de France has been known to welcome foreigners. Yet most o...
books.openedition.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, On the Origins of Global History (Liz Libbrecht, trans. @college-de-france.fr, 2013; #skystorians): books.openedition.org/cdf/4200
Notre DicoPaLitUS (Dictionnaire des passeurs de la littérature des Etats-Unis) compte maintenant plus de 75 notices! Un très grand merci aux contributrices et contributeurs, et au merveilleux comité de rédaction !
Découvrez la notice de Sophie Vallas sur « André Le Vot (1921-2010 » dans le Dictionnaire des Passeurs de la Littérature des États-Unis : dicopalitus.huma-num.fr/notice/andre...
André LE VOT (1921-2010) – DicoPaLitUS
dicopalitus.huma-num.fr
October 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Notre DicoPaLitUS (Dictionnaire des passeurs de la littérature des Etats-Unis) compte maintenant plus de 75 notices! Un très grand merci aux contributrices et contributeurs, et au merveilleux comité de rédaction !
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Découvrez la notice de Sophie Vallas sur « Jean-Jacques Mayoux (1901-1987) » dans le Dictionnaire des Passeurs de la Littérature des États-Unis : dicopalitus.huma-num.fr/notice/jean-...
Jean-Jacques MAYOUX (1901-1987) – DicoPaLitUS
dicopalitus.huma-num.fr
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Découvrez la notice de Sophie Vallas sur « Jean-Jacques Mayoux (1901-1987) » dans le Dictionnaire des Passeurs de la Littérature des États-Unis : dicopalitus.huma-num.fr/notice/jean-...
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Anna Ferrando’s work on Italian agents contributes to a growing body of scholarship on agents in Europe and the U.S. This heretofore neglected figure in publishing history is becoming an object of interest for both book historians and literary sociologists.
Rose Facchini (@rosefacchini.bsky.social) interviewed Anna Ferrando about the practice of literary agency in Italy before and during World War II, a history that explains the peculiar fact that Fascist Italy ranked among the greatest consumers of foreign literature.
How Literary Agents Made Italian Publishing Transnational: An Interview with Anna Ferrando
by Rose Facchini
www.jhiblog.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Anna Ferrando’s work on Italian agents contributes to a growing body of scholarship on agents in Europe and the U.S. This heretofore neglected figure in publishing history is becoming an object of interest for both book historians and literary sociologists.
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Well worth reading this #VanishingCulture report from @archive.org which focuses on our fragile cultural records and how the loss of such items impacts cultural memory
#DigiPres #DigitalPreservation #Archives #preservation #CyberAttack #culture #access #memory
ia800701.us.archive.org/31/items/van...
#DigiPres #DigitalPreservation #Archives #preservation #CyberAttack #culture #access #memory
ia800701.us.archive.org/31/items/van...
October 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Well worth reading this #VanishingCulture report from @archive.org which focuses on our fragile cultural records and how the loss of such items impacts cultural memory
#DigiPres #DigitalPreservation #Archives #preservation #CyberAttack #culture #access #memory
ia800701.us.archive.org/31/items/van...
#DigiPres #DigitalPreservation #Archives #preservation #CyberAttack #culture #access #memory
ia800701.us.archive.org/31/items/van...
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📅 Mercredi 1er octobre, 10h : première séance de l’atelier de #philologie et de critique textuelle, coorganisé chaque mois par Elisa Lonati, post-doctorante à l’École, au @campuscondorcet.bsky.social. Consulter le programme des séances et s’inscrire ➡ https://lc.cx/Sx0Q2L
@irht-cnrs.bsky.social
@irht-cnrs.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Very, very much looking forward to MIDDLEMEN, Laura! Just a few months to go…
Baby’s got a pub date! And some juicy catalog copy. MIDDLEMEN coming your way on April 26!
(Cover reveal soon!)
(Cover reveal soon!)
October 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Very, very much looking forward to MIDDLEMEN, Laura! Just a few months to go…
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11 spécificités françaises de l’enseignement supérieur vues par l’OCDE, de la réussite au financement en passant par les compétences et l’insertion professionnelle. La France s’en sort plutôt bien sur quelques sujets, plutôt mal sur d’autres. A lire universites2024.fr/11-specifici...
11 spécificités françaises de l'enseignement supérieur vues par l'OCDE - Universités 2024
Dans un pays où la population, y compris universitaire, déteste ou ignore les comparaisons internationales, sauf si elles vont dans son sens, l’édition 2025 de Regards sur l’éducation (OCDE) soulève d...
universites2024.fr
September 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
11 spécificités françaises de l’enseignement supérieur vues par l’OCDE, de la réussite au financement en passant par les compétences et l’insertion professionnelle. La France s’en sort plutôt bien sur quelques sujets, plutôt mal sur d’autres. A lire universites2024.fr/11-specifici...
Our workshop is now over. Thank you to my 2 wonderful co-organizers, Anna Ferrando and @corinnanorue.bsky.social, and to the great scholars who generously shared their knowledge and ideas, making these past 2 days a moment of genuine intellectual exchange.
September 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Our workshop is now over. Thank you to my 2 wonderful co-organizers, Anna Ferrando and @corinnanorue.bsky.social, and to the great scholars who generously shared their knowledge and ideas, making these past 2 days a moment of genuine intellectual exchange.
“By focusing on independent presses, cultural organizations, and translators, we can better understand—and even anticipate—future trends in global literature.” As noted for German books, Marquez’s success can also possibly be attributed in part to his fabulous agent, Carmen Balcells.
Big essay out by @sdileonardi.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social today, drawing on 100 years of translations and bestseller data to show that the US has seen three waves of translation: European; Latin American Boom; Nordic Noir. And what this means for us.
www.publicbooks.org/how-translat...
www.publicbooks.org/how-translat...
How Translations Sell: Three U.S. Eras of International Bestsellers - Public Books
A translation renaissance in US publishing just ended. And you probably missed it.
www.publicbooks.org
September 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“By focusing on independent presses, cultural organizations, and translators, we can better understand—and even anticipate—future trends in global literature.” As noted for German books, Marquez’s success can also possibly be attributed in part to his fabulous agent, Carmen Balcells.
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In recent weeks, a number of people have mentioned returning to this article of mine from 2021. Here's a gift link.
September 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In recent weeks, a number of people have mentioned returning to this article of mine from 2021. Here's a gift link.
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Looking for classroom resources for courses in African American history? Check out these videos from The Future of the African American Past, a landmark 2016 conference co-hosted by the AHA & the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture that brought together 60+ scholars. 🗃️
The Future of the African American Past – AHA
The AHA and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture co-hosted The Future of the African American Past, a landmark conference to celebrate the opening of the NMAAHC.
www.historians.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Looking for classroom resources for courses in African American history? Check out these videos from The Future of the African American Past, a landmark 2016 conference co-hosted by the AHA & the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture that brought together 60+ scholars. 🗃️
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At Campus Novel-- my jeremiad on the attack on university and faculty senates and why all of higher education—and beyond—stands to lose.
A Crossroads for Shared Governance
I used to like to point out that all top public universities have faculty or university senates. As of September 1, I can no longer make that claim.
Over the summer, Texas passed SB 37, which dramati...
campus-novel.ghost.io
September 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
At Campus Novel-- my jeremiad on the attack on university and faculty senates and why all of higher education—and beyond—stands to lose.
Notre Dictionnaire des passeurs de la littérature des Etats-Unis vous propose 2 nouvelles notices, rédigées par @sophievallas.bsky.social: André Le Vot et Jean-Jacques Mayoux, 2 universitaires qui ont formé des dizaines d’autres américanistes. dicopalitus.huma-num.fr
dicopalitus.huma-num.fr
September 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Notre Dictionnaire des passeurs de la littérature des Etats-Unis vous propose 2 nouvelles notices, rédigées par @sophievallas.bsky.social: André Le Vot et Jean-Jacques Mayoux, 2 universitaires qui ont formé des dizaines d’autres américanistes. dicopalitus.huma-num.fr
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no better time to check out Amy Paeth's incredible book on the history of US Poet Laureate & the role of the state in American poetry @columbiaup.bsky.social
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-ame...
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-ame...
September 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
no better time to check out Amy Paeth's incredible book on the history of US Poet Laureate & the role of the state in American poetry @columbiaup.bsky.social
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-ame...
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-ame...
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"One easy thing that I believe all book reviewers should do is to always refer to the author and translator with an ampersand within the review itself..." @chadwpost.bsky.social on reviewing translated books
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
Reviewing Literature in Translation: A Flowchart of Complications, by Chad W. Post
A longtime publisher of books in translation—and reviewer of translations who reads some one hundred translations a year—offers some best practices for reviewing literary translations.
worldliteraturetoday.org
September 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"One easy thing that I believe all book reviewers should do is to always refer to the author and translator with an ampersand within the review itself..." @chadwpost.bsky.social on reviewing translated books
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
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Wait did we all know about this like that includes all the academic books you could find when the Atlantic article on this came out?!
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
arstechnica.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Wait did we all know about this like that includes all the academic books you could find when the Atlantic article on this came out?!
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
September 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD