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Jana Byars
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Michigander in Amsterdam, early modern historian, avid reader of mystery and horror, hobby cook, nascent weaver, yoga teacher, podcast host with the New Books Network, Detroit sports fan, Basset Hound lover, slowly but surely becoming a tough old bird.
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
#Witches? Oh yes! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social talk with Alison Rowlands about the new edition of her classic @manchesterup.bsky.social #Witchcraft Narratives in #Germany: Rothenburg, 1561-1652.
#skystorians #EarlyModern #BookSky

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January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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Somehow “I want Greenland because you don’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize for being the best at Peace” makes total sense for such an incredibly childish and petty despot.
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Another from the vault: @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social chat with Sara Petrosillo about Hawking #Women: #Falconry, #Gender, and Control in #Medieval Literary Culture @ohiostatepress.bsky.social #skystorians #medievalist

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January 19, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Hot @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with @elwinhofman.bsky.social about @leuvenup.bsky.social The Business of Pleasure: A History of Paid Sex in the Heart of #Europe. Magaly Rodriguez Garcia and Pieter VanHees, eds. #skystorians #HistSex #Belgium

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January 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Sam Fullerton joined me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about the paperback release of @manchesterup.bsky.social Sexual Politics in Revolutionary #England. Learn a lot you did not know about #Stuart discourse. #skystorians #EarlyModern #HistSex

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January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM
@rmidura.bsky.social joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about her @cornellupress.bsky.social release #Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and #Communications Revolution in #EarlyModern Europe #skystorians #BookSky 📚💙

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January 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Interessante column van Europakenner Hendrik Vos: de EU is veel sterker dan het zelf denkt, en Trumps brute optreden is geen teken van kracht maar van zwakte.
January 8, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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Make it viral.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Connections
Puzzle #942
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I know this account isn't about this, but I just need to tell someone when I get the reverse rainbow.
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Ted Karamanski joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his @uofmpress.bsky.social Great Lake: An Unnatural History of #LakeMichigan. She's the best lake and I love her with my whole heart. #skystorians #Michigan #EnvHist
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January 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Joseph Harley joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his and Vicky Holmes' fantastic @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social volume Objects of #Poverty: #MaterialCulture in #Britain from 1700.
#skystorians #BookSky 📚💙 #anthropology

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December 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Reading Liboiron's "Pollution is Colonialism" for my engineering ethics class and what an excellent first footnote.
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
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The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The pod just rereleased an oldie for your enjoyment! @kweingarten.bsky.social joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about her @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social release, #Pregnancy Test. #skystorians #Gender #HistSex
Reminder to consult our back catalog!

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November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
November 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Winner of best mustache and super smartie Ken Appold joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his new book: #Luther and the Peasants: #Religion, Ritual and the #Revoltof1525 @oxunipress.bsky.social #Reformation #earlymodern #skystorians
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October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM