GW
@gwoltjer.bsky.social
PRPL Director. Professor. Husband & Father. Baseball fan. Fan of small & academic presses & obscure/forgotten books. Play sports. Read books. Serve others.
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One last reviews roundup for 2025—including attention for books by @jlauck1941.bsky.social, @newsguy.bsky.social, and more. Congrats to all our authors, and thanks to our many readers!
Early winter news and reviews
The inaugural issue of the journal Rust Belt Studies includes an excerpt from Where East Meets (Mid)West, edited by Jon Lauck and Gleaves Whitney, as well as a review of Deborah Fleming’s Gho…
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December 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One last reviews roundup for 2025—including attention for books by @jlauck1941.bsky.social, @newsguy.bsky.social, and more. Congrats to all our authors, and thanks to our many readers!
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Twin Cities lit folks: there is a rare opening to join the wonderful humans of @uminnpress.bsky.social in our marketing dept (mostly remote). It's a really good gig!
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Job Openings - University of Minnesota Press
Marketing Assistant Applications must be submitted at the University of Minnesota main site. The University of Minnesota Press is seeking an organized, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented person to join...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Twin Cities lit folks: there is a rare opening to join the wonderful humans of @uminnpress.bsky.social in our marketing dept (mostly remote). It's a really good gig!
www.upress.umn.edu/job-openings...
www.upress.umn.edu/job-openings...
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Our listeners know us well...two different listeners sent us the greatest gift of all! Matching Jay Baller autographed cards. Thank you @timbriggshere.bsky.social and Bob Brittain.
You can check out Bob over on youtube - www.youtube.com/@TTMBob64
You can check out Bob over on youtube - www.youtube.com/@TTMBob64
December 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Our listeners know us well...two different listeners sent us the greatest gift of all! Matching Jay Baller autographed cards. Thank you @timbriggshere.bsky.social and Bob Brittain.
You can check out Bob over on youtube - www.youtube.com/@TTMBob64
You can check out Bob over on youtube - www.youtube.com/@TTMBob64
One my favorite players as a kid
On this date in 1983 the Red Sox selected Ellis Burks in the 1st round of the January Amatuer Draft. Burks played 7 seasons with the Sox hitting .280, with 94 HR’s, 95 Steals, a .796 OPS and a 18.6 WAR. He came back to the Sox in 2004 for the final season of his career, to win his only WS Ring.
January 11, 2026 at 4:57 AM
One my favorite players as a kid
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Look what came today!
I like this cover, and there's a foreword by Schulberg.
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I like this cover, and there's a foreword by Schulberg.
@andrewrihn.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Look what came today!
I like this cover, and there's a foreword by Schulberg.
@andrewrihn.bsky.social
I like this cover, and there's a foreword by Schulberg.
@andrewrihn.bsky.social
My boy & I have our own book club. These are some titles we’ve chosen for 2026.
January 11, 2026 at 4:54 AM
My boy & I have our own book club. These are some titles we’ve chosen for 2026.
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exciting Chicago development (Aug) @danielkayhertz.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 2:38 AM
exciting Chicago development (Aug) @danielkayhertz.bsky.social
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After much deliberation, I’ve chosen the following as my favorite reads of 2025:
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 AM
After much deliberation, I’ve chosen the following as my favorite reads of 2025:
After much deliberation, I’ve chosen the following as my favorite reads of 2025:
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 AM
After much deliberation, I’ve chosen the following as my favorite reads of 2025:
Starting the year off with these bad boys
January 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Starting the year off with these bad boys
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Quick informal short stories BOGO sale: right now through 12/31 (or until we run out) if you order any of our in-stock story collections (Boxcutters, Sleep Decades, or First Aid for Choking Victims) we’ll throw in an extra story collection.
malarkeybooks.com/store
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Bookstore — Malarkey
You can order signed books through this website. Feel free to request a signature and a friendly note.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Quick informal short stories BOGO sale: right now through 12/31 (or until we run out) if you order any of our in-stock story collections (Boxcutters, Sleep Decades, or First Aid for Choking Victims) we’ll throw in an extra story collection.
malarkeybooks.com/store
malarkeybooks.com/store
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“You tell the general and the admiral that we’re going to stick and fight it out."
Colonel David Shoup, Betio island, Battle of Tarawa
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Colonel David Shoup, Betio island, Battle of Tarawa
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"Sheer Courage": The Marines, Robert L. Sherrod, and Tarawa
The men aboard the U.S. Navy’s Harris-class attack transport USS Zeilin (named for Jacob Zeilin, the seventh commandant of the U.S. Marine...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“You tell the general and the admiral that we’re going to stick and fight it out."
Colonel David Shoup, Betio island, Battle of Tarawa
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2017/11/shee...
Colonel David Shoup, Betio island, Battle of Tarawa
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2017/11/shee...
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
From A PRIVATE SPY: THE LETTERS OF JOHN le CARRÉ
From A PRIVATE SPY: THE LETTERS OF JOHN le CARRÉ
December 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
From A PRIVATE SPY: THE LETTERS OF JOHN le CARRÉ
From A PRIVATE SPY: THE LETTERS OF JOHN le CARRÉ
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Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), 📸 by @riogiancarlo.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), 📸 by @riogiancarlo.bsky.social
Excellent listen
Happy holidays from Heartland History and the Midwestern History Association! To celebrate the season, we are releasing a special bonus episode as our gift to you!
December 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Excellent listen
💯 agree
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
💯 agree
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Delighted to receive my comp copy of this new book from the @illinoispress.bsky.social. Thanks to editor @andyoler.bsky.social for asking me to write about one of my favorite Hoosiers, John Barlow Martin.
December 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Delighted to receive my comp copy of this new book from the @illinoispress.bsky.social. Thanks to editor @andyoler.bsky.social for asking me to write about one of my favorite Hoosiers, John Barlow Martin.
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We've got a brand-new volume of #LiteraryLandscapes for you to peruse, this time on Mark Twain! Even before you click the link below, check out these portraits—they make me wonder if *anyone* at the turn of the 19-20c was photographed more.
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We've got a brand-new volume of #LiteraryLandscapes for you to peruse, this time on Mark Twain! Even before you click the link below, check out these portraits—they make me wonder if *anyone* at the turn of the 19-20c was photographed more.
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Today’s the day! Find your copy wherever books are sold!*
* preferably an independent bookstore somewhere between Cleveland and western Nebraska
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
* preferably an independent bookstore somewhere between Cleveland and western Nebraska
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Lingering Inland
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December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today’s the day! Find your copy wherever books are sold!*
* preferably an independent bookstore somewhere between Cleveland and western Nebraska
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
* preferably an independent bookstore somewhere between Cleveland and western Nebraska
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Introducing our Spring 2026 catalog—featuring bold new voices, groundbreaking studies, and artful reimaginings across genres.📚
#SpringReads #NewReleases #BookCatalog
#SpringReads #NewReleases #BookCatalog
November 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Introducing our Spring 2026 catalog—featuring bold new voices, groundbreaking studies, and artful reimaginings across genres.📚
#SpringReads #NewReleases #BookCatalog
#SpringReads #NewReleases #BookCatalog
This book looks amazing! Congratulations @andyoler.bsky.social & @illinoispress.bsky.social!
Happy Pub Date to LINGERING INLAND: A Literary Tour of the Midwest edited by @andyoler.bsky.social, with a foreword by @joseolivarez.bsky.social!
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#LiteraryStudies #Midwest
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#LiteraryStudies #Midwest
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This book looks amazing! Congratulations @andyoler.bsky.social & @illinoispress.bsky.social!
December 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM