Helen Kyriakoudes
@hkyria.bsky.social
Book publicity @ the University of North Carolina Press | she/her
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Stephen was a remarkable scholar and person, and I was honored to work with him on his latest book. We were delighted to have him stop by the press offices in November to celebrate its release.
Sending my deepest condolences to his friends, family, and scholarly community at this difficult time.
Sending my deepest condolences to his friends, family, and scholarly community at this difficult time.
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Stephen was a remarkable scholar and person, and I was honored to work with him on his latest book. We were delighted to have him stop by the press offices in November to celebrate its release.
Sending my deepest condolences to his friends, family, and scholarly community at this difficult time.
Sending my deepest condolences to his friends, family, and scholarly community at this difficult time.
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@publisherswkly.bsky.social on @drshabazz.bsky.social’s PRINCE’S MINNEAPOLIS (@uncpress.bsky.social) as a book that celebrates Black history: “Shabazz analyzes Prince’s life, career, and discography, showing how it was intrinsically shaped by Minneapolis, and shaped Minneapolis in turn.”
10 Books that Celebrate Black History
Among the new books hitting the shelves for Black History Month are two novels about the legacy of Black American soldiers in WWII, works of history that trace the fight for freedom and justice, and b...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on @drshabazz.bsky.social’s PRINCE’S MINNEAPOLIS (@uncpress.bsky.social) as a book that celebrates Black history: “Shabazz analyzes Prince’s life, career, and discography, showing how it was intrinsically shaped by Minneapolis, and shaped Minneapolis in turn.”
This is just awful
The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
February 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This is just awful
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Had a great conversation about #ChasingBandits (@uncpress.bsky.social) with the guys at Crawlspace Podcast. We covered a lot of foreign policy ground - even beyond the book. Here's the YouTube link to watch. Podcast link in comments below. youtu.be/YPS1LA48R7E?...
620 // A History of Terrorists w/ Prof. Michael E. Neagle
YouTube video by Crawlspace Podcast
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February 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Had a great conversation about #ChasingBandits (@uncpress.bsky.social) with the guys at Crawlspace Podcast. We covered a lot of foreign policy ground - even beyond the book. Here's the YouTube link to watch. Podcast link in comments below. youtu.be/YPS1LA48R7E?...
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Land is not scenery.
Language is not metaphor.
History is not neutral.
And women are not on the periphery.
This conversation with @jreedmo.bsky.social wrestles with what Cherokee land and language reveal about power, memory, and who gets to define meaning in America.
Language is not metaphor.
History is not neutral.
And women are not on the periphery.
This conversation with @jreedmo.bsky.social wrestles with what Cherokee land and language reveal about power, memory, and who gets to define meaning in America.
February 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Land is not scenery.
Language is not metaphor.
History is not neutral.
And women are not on the periphery.
This conversation with @jreedmo.bsky.social wrestles with what Cherokee land and language reveal about power, memory, and who gets to define meaning in America.
Language is not metaphor.
History is not neutral.
And women are not on the periphery.
This conversation with @jreedmo.bsky.social wrestles with what Cherokee land and language reveal about power, memory, and who gets to define meaning in America.
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There are so many great publishers in Minneapolis—one thing the rest of us can do is support their books. Here are a few recent novels from Coffee House, Graywolf, and Milkweed sure to give the goons from ICE a stroke: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
In Solidarity, Read a Book From a Minnesota Press | Kirkus Reviews
Publishers like Coffee House, Graywolf, and Milkweed are international in outlook and open to voices beyond the mainstream.
www.kirkusreviews.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
There are so many great publishers in Minneapolis—one thing the rest of us can do is support their books. Here are a few recent novels from Coffee House, Graywolf, and Milkweed sure to give the goons from ICE a stroke: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad. n.pr/4t3yQtH
Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S.
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad.
n.pr
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad. n.pr/4t3yQtH
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Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
Now Hiring: Acquisitions Editor, History
Acquisitions Editor, History UNC Press is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, and mission-driven publishing professional who will acquire general
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January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
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Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans.
Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans.
Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
That hand on this child's backpack is so unspeakably evil..
You know this picture has them rattled. It's the reason for this press conference.
January 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
That hand on this child's backpack is so unspeakably evil..
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@johngmarks.com is the perfect person to talk about this issue. He is the Vice President of Research and Engagement at the American Association for State and Local History and the author of a forthcoming book about how Americans have remembered and forgotten George Washington and slavery. Join us.
Tomorrow at noon I will be speaking live with @johngmarks.com about the decision to remove a slavery exhibit at Independence Park in Philadelphia. Hope you can join us. #NationalParks open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: National Park Service Ordered to Remove Slavery Exhibit In Philadelphia
Starting Jan 23 at 12:00 PM EST
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January 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM
@johngmarks.com is the perfect person to talk about this issue. He is the Vice President of Research and Engagement at the American Association for State and Local History and the author of a forthcoming book about how Americans have remembered and forgotten George Washington and slavery. Join us.
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The clergy just keep coming to this anti-ICE protest.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The clergy just keep coming to this anti-ICE protest.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
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What does US intervention in Venezuela mean for Latin America and how did we get here?
Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion.
Watch it here👇
youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4
Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion.
Watch it here👇
youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4
Authors on US–Venezuela Intervention: History & Context
YouTube video by UNCPress
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January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
What does US intervention in Venezuela mean for Latin America and how did we get here?
Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion.
Watch it here👇
youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4
Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion.
Watch it here👇
youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4
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Respect to this lady, my God
“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”
January 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Respect to this lady, my God
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We've published deeply on Cuba, Venezuela, and US policy toward Latin America, and as these issues return to the headlines, history matters more than ever. Authors: if you’ve written on this topic, drop your book title + link below and let's build a thread that helps make sense of this moment.
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
We've published deeply on Cuba, Venezuela, and US policy toward Latin America, and as these issues return to the headlines, history matters more than ever. Authors: if you’ve written on this topic, drop your book title + link below and let's build a thread that helps make sense of this moment.
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"This book is as inviting, unassuming and unconventional in form as it is illuminating."
Alice Gerrard's CUSTOM MADE WOMAN listed as a best music book of 2025 from @rollingstone.com 🙌
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Alice Gerrard's CUSTOM MADE WOMAN listed as a best music book of 2025 from @rollingstone.com 🙌
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
The Best Music Books of 2025
Rolling Stone editors review the best music books of 2025, including books about Cameron Crowe, Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Tupac Shakur, and Bruce Springsteen.
www.rollingstone.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"This book is as inviting, unassuming and unconventional in form as it is illuminating."
Alice Gerrard's CUSTOM MADE WOMAN listed as a best music book of 2025 from @rollingstone.com 🙌
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Alice Gerrard's CUSTOM MADE WOMAN listed as a best music book of 2025 from @rollingstone.com 🙌
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Buy University Press Books This Holiday Season #academicpresses cc: @uncpress.bsky.social @utpress.bsky.social @lsupress.bsky.social @fordhampress.bsky.social @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Buy University Press Books This Holiday Season
Whatever success I can claim as a published author is the result of editors at academic publishers believing in and supporting my projects.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Buy University Press Books This Holiday Season #academicpresses cc: @uncpress.bsky.social @utpress.bsky.social @lsupress.bsky.social @fordhampress.bsky.social @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
A lovely remembrance of an even lovelier person. D.G. Martin made an immeasurable impact on the citizens (and readers) of North Carolina.
@lucaschurch.bsky.social said it perfectly, "D.G. was, in many ways, the glue that held literary North Carolina together."
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@lucaschurch.bsky.social said it perfectly, "D.G. was, in many ways, the glue that held literary North Carolina together."
uncpressblog.com/2025/12/10/r...
Remembering D.G. Martin - UNC Press Blog
We are deeply saddened by the passing of D.G. Martin. In the tribute below, Executive Editor Lucas Church reflects on his time working with D.G. and the lasting impact he made on our local community. ...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A lovely remembrance of an even lovelier person. D.G. Martin made an immeasurable impact on the citizens (and readers) of North Carolina.
@lucaschurch.bsky.social said it perfectly, "D.G. was, in many ways, the glue that held literary North Carolina together."
uncpressblog.com/2025/12/10/r...
@lucaschurch.bsky.social said it perfectly, "D.G. was, in many ways, the glue that held literary North Carolina together."
uncpressblog.com/2025/12/10/r...
New bookstore alert! So thrilled to see Floodplain Books opening in Wilmington next year 🙌
What do authors do in uncertain times? They open an #independentbookstore and plan on the support of their local community. Announcing Floodplain Books. www.floodplainbooks.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New bookstore alert! So thrilled to see Floodplain Books opening in Wilmington next year 🙌
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BREAKING: Federal agents detained at least three people in Durham on Tuesday, chasing them through a shopping center parking lot as stores locked down and shoppers fled.
“They’re Just Kind Of Grabbing People”: Fear Grips Durham As Federal Agents Arrive
Federal agents detained at least three people as volunteers mobilized to track the agents through Durham.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
BREAKING: Federal agents detained at least three people in Durham on Tuesday, chasing them through a shopping center parking lot as stores locked down and shoppers fled.
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📣 Our new @uncpress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalog is HERE ✨
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
📣 Our new @uncpress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalog is HERE ✨
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
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Twenty Years of Writing Civil War Memory: Oh, the Changes I've Seen
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Twenty Years of Writing Civil War Memory: Oh, the Changes I've Seen
This week I am celebrating twenty years of writing Civil War Memory. On November 8, 2005, I wrote the following:
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November 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Twenty Years of Writing Civil War Memory: Oh, the Changes I've Seen
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Teen Vogue was one of the best voices on politics and @leximcmenamin.com was one of the reasons why. Ugh.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Teen Vogue was one of the best voices on politics and @leximcmenamin.com was one of the reasons why. Ugh.