Kinohi Nishikawa
kinohi.bsky.social
Kinohi Nishikawa
@kinohi.bsky.social
English & African American Studies and Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities at Princeton.
I'm such a nerd for these usage notes from @modernlanguage.bsky.social. Here Laura Kiernan clarifies when to use e.g. and i.e. and whether to use one or the other style.mla.org/eg-and-ie/?u...
E.g. and I.e.: Choosing the Right Abbreviation | MLA Style Center
Learn how and when to use e.g. and i.e.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Piercing essay on the history of comparative philology and its universalist presumptions by Aditi Rao: "What exactly are we to do with the spoils of our shared past?... How do we speak together, live together, write together, in Babel’s wake?" www.publicbooks.org/against-babe...
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers - Public Books
Allegedly, some 45% of languages descend from one, ancient ”Proto-Indo-European“ tongue. But why focus on a hypothetical lost language, when we can work instead to hear one another today?
www.publicbooks.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Great story about Cornell's acquisition of the George Bixby James Baldwin Collection, facilitated by Type Punch Matrix. I agree with Ph.D. candidate Dominique Joe that there's tremendous value in the collection's ephemera, not just the published work. www.library.cornell.edu/about/news/l...
Library puts rare James Baldwin collection on exhibit
New York City-based publisher and book collector George Bixby spent a lifetime tracking down the works of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin – ...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"(Re)discovering Facsimiles and Forgeries at Williams College," a hands-on workshop and presentation by Anne Peale (Williams College) #BibWeek26 @bibsocamer.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM
"Stalking the Wild Fur Trade: Bibliographic Control of Modern Trapping Literature," co-presented by Nathan E. Bender and Eric Rossborough (Buffalo Bill Center of the West) #BibWeek26 @bibsocamer.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"The Case of the Missing Type: Investigating LOGONOMIA ANGLICA (1619)," co-presented by Erika Giddens and Samantha Foster #BibWeek26 @bibsocamer.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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Gearing up for a quick transatlantic flight to talk about (publishing) pirates and detective fiction! 📚🕵️‍♀️
Couldn't be more excited for @norabenedict.bsky.social's keynote lecture for @bibsocamer.bsky.social's Annual Meeting Friday (1/23) at Convene, NYC, 3:00pm EST: "Erle Stanley Gardner and the Case of the Mexican Pirates." Free and open to the public with registration 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/calen...
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Today (1/21) at 2:00pm EST at #BibWeek26: an exhibition tour of SPANISH STYLE: FASHION ILLUMINATED, 1550-1700 at the Hispanic Museum and Library in NYC. Free and open to the public with registration @bibsocamer.bsky.social 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/calen...
January 21, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Couldn't be more excited for @norabenedict.bsky.social's keynote lecture for @bibsocamer.bsky.social's Annual Meeting Friday (1/23) at Convene, NYC, 3:00pm EST: "Erle Stanley Gardner and the Case of the Mexican Pirates." Free and open to the public with registration 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/calen...
January 21, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Very excited to attend Jacqueline Goldsby and Meredith L. McGill's Black Bibliography Project conference "Networking Black Print: Reimagining Black Bibliography" at Rutgers, April 9-10. Events free and open to the public with registration 👉 globalracialjustice.rutgers.edu/event/networ...
January 21, 2026 at 1:11 AM
A great leader for PUL. I've had the privilege of deepening my involvement in different facets of Special Collections during Jarvis's term.
Anne Jarvis, a distinguished academic librarian who has led Princeton University Library through a decade of growth and transformation, will retire later this summer, concluding her tenure as dean of libraries and the Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian: https://bit.ly/4b9D3pw
January 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Join @bibsocamer.bsky.social today (1/20) in kicking off #BibWeek26 with the Grolier Club's Rendell Lecture: Glen Miranker on "meaning and magic in handwritten material" -- a talk based on his extensive collection of Sherlock Holmes material. Open to the public 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-an...
[Virtual] Annual Rendell Lecture | Meaning & Magic In Handwritten Material
With Glen Miranker
www.eventbrite.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Marta Mateus's FIRE OF WIND is a meditative reflection on class struggle as it relates to Portugal's history of dictatorship and revolution. A rare chance to see this beautifully shot, Béla Tarr-paced film @lightboxfilmcenter.bsky.social www.lightboxfilmcenter.org/events/fire-...
Fire of Wind (Fogo do Vento) | Lightbox
Philadelphia premiere
www.lightboxfilmcenter.org
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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This looks great, and I'm shocked I didn't realize these Oxford Bibliographies of American Lit were out there, will definitely be consulting them and recommending to graduate students...
Happy to see my co-written bibliography of Ralph Ellison debut on Oxford Bibliographies Online. Paul Devlin and Diana Filar were ideal collaborators: working across subfields in literary studies brought a unique set of resources together for this project. www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Happy to see my co-written bibliography of Ralph Ellison debut on Oxford Bibliographies Online. Paul Devlin and Diana Filar were ideal collaborators: working across subfields in literary studies brought a unique set of resources together for this project. www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Join @bibsocamer.bsky.social today (1/15) at 6:30pm EST for New Scholar Clara Shaw's presentation "Printing for the People: THE NEOLITH, a Lithographic Magazine, 1907-1908." Link 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/calen...
January 15, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Join @bibsocamer.bsky.social today (1/14) at 6:30pm EST for New Scholar Cassandra Gillig's presentation "I Have STONE BUTCH BLUES: Tracing the Publication Lineage of a Trans Bestseller." Link 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/calen...
January 14, 2026 at 11:35 PM
On the new book MIRACLE CHILDREN: "Much as you can’t cheat an honest man, the Landry confidence game required a college admissions culture that saw poor Black children as trophies more than people." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
The Lie That Elite Colleges, and a Nation, Wanted to Believe
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Join us on Thursday 22 January at 11am for an in person, guided tour of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's centennial exhibition, 100: A Century of Collections, Community, and Creativity.

Registration is required and limited to 20 participants - link in bio 🔗

#BibWeek26
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Join @bibsocamer.bsky.social today (1/13) at 6:00pm EST for New Scholar @mindyzhang.bsky.social's presentation "Biblio-Internationalism: Chinese Rare Books and Transpacific Alliance between the National Library of Beiping and the Library of Congress, 1926-1945." Link 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/calen...
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Next at #MLA26: "Autotheory: History, Practice, Genre," feat. Sylvie Thode, "Before Autotheory: Queer Theory's AIDS Novelesque," and Angelica Fenner, "Sensing, Feeling, and Writing Feminist (Film) Theory." Sponsored by TC History and Literature, of whose organizing committee I roll off this year.
January 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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"I think for those in the diaspora, it feels like we've been forgiven."

Princeton's @yarimarita.bsky.social talks with @npr.org about Bad Bunny's recent San Juan residency and its significance to Puerto Ricans.
What Bad Bunny means to Puerto Ricans : Consider This from NPR
This summer, the island of Puerto Rico was under the thrall of Bad Bunny. His 31-concert residency at a stadium in San Juan was a homecoming for the global superstar.It's also a homecoming for many th...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
On Thursday join me, Ben Mangrum, Amanda Anderson, Timothy Aubry, Andrew DuBois, and Emily Ogden for "Authenticity and Criticism," a roundtable that's part of the #MLA26 presidential theme "Family Resemblances" @modernlanguage.bsky.social 👉https://mla.confex.com/mla/2026/meetingapp.cgi/Session/22120
January 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Attend the #BibWeek26 orientation session! Held online, our orientation session provides an overview of this mainstay in the book world, taking place at the end of January each year. Coming this year? Join us! Thinking about coming some time in the future? This is the great way to learn more!
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM