Lucas Church
@lucaschurch.bsky.social
Executive editor @uncpress.bsky.social. I acquire books in: Lit studies, social sciences, trade, CNF, App Studies, music. Writer. Recovering Appalachian. Book @Press53. He/Him.
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Lucas Church
@lucaschurch.bsky.social
· Apr 26
It’s been a huge few months for me. I came out 🏳️🌈 at 46 and am living on my own for the first time in my life. I was in a very dark place until I accepted my truth. The second pic is of me scared yet excited for the future. Also sorry for the earnest post lol love y’all
One of the books I’m proudest of. Congratulations, @drkyliesmith.bsky.social!
The wonderful people at @uncpress.bsky.social sent me an advance copy of my book and I think I’ll have a little cry now. You can order it from here and it will arrive soon (use code 01UNCP30) for a discount uncpress.org/978146968920...
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
One of the books I’m proudest of. Congratulations, @drkyliesmith.bsky.social!
Ready to talk about your book at #ASA2025! Come on down to @uncpress.bsky.social’s booth and talk to me! 😎📖
August 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ready to talk about your book at #ASA2025! Come on down to @uncpress.bsky.social’s booth and talk to me! 😎📖
Man, I always forget how good Angels of Light are
June 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Man, I always forget how good Angels of Light are
I want someone to pitch me a book on Southern gay comix and how they changed queer lit. Any takers?
June 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I want someone to pitch me a book on Southern gay comix and how they changed queer lit. Any takers?
Quarterly check in! How are we doing?
May 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Quarterly check in! How are we doing?
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You can support Mike Africa, Jr., great nephew of the founder of MOVE, in reclaiming one of the homes from the bombing with his fundraiser today.
May 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You can support Mike Africa, Jr., great nephew of the founder of MOVE, in reclaiming one of the homes from the bombing with his fundraiser today.
It’s been a huge few months for me. I came out 🏳️🌈 at 46 and am living on my own for the first time in my life. I was in a very dark place until I accepted my truth. The second pic is of me scared yet excited for the future. Also sorry for the earnest post lol love y’all
April 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It’s been a huge few months for me. I came out 🏳️🌈 at 46 and am living on my own for the first time in my life. I was in a very dark place until I accepted my truth. The second pic is of me scared yet excited for the future. Also sorry for the earnest post lol love y’all
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Amidst all of this, I am looking forward to hosting the fabulous Ryan Emanuel from Duke today. His book “On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice” from @uncpress.bsky.social and edited by @lucaschurch.bsky.social was the best book I read last year uncpress.org/book/9781469...
On the Swamp | Ryan Emanuel | University of North Carolina Press
Despite centuries of colonialism, Indigenous peoples still occupy parts of their ancestral homelands in what is now Eastern North Carolina—a patchwork quil...
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March 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Amidst all of this, I am looking forward to hosting the fabulous Ryan Emanuel from Duke today. His book “On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice” from @uncpress.bsky.social and edited by @lucaschurch.bsky.social was the best book I read last year uncpress.org/book/9781469...
What if you never actually stop putting together IKEA furniture
February 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What if you never actually stop putting together IKEA furniture
I want someone to pitch me a good, empathetic book about the history of the mobile home.
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I want someone to pitch me a good, empathetic book about the history of the mobile home.
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You’ll get 25% off my book if you pre-order today-Friday via Barnes & Noble. I’m really proud of IN THE RHODODENDRONS & I want to find its people.
AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.
AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.
February 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
You’ll get 25% off my book if you pre-order today-Friday via Barnes & Noble. I’m really proud of IN THE RHODODENDRONS & I want to find its people.
AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.
AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.
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Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
Academic Freedom and Open Discourse - UNC Press Blog
For over 100 years UNC Press has championed the principles of academic freedom, open discourse, and the free exchange of ideas—values essential to a democratic society and the pursuit of knowledge. R...
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January 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
Will always be one of my favorites books I've acquired
They are also important because they published my weird little book on professional wrestling fandom!
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
January 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Will always be one of my favorites books I've acquired
There aren't enough good shitposts on here but they're doing Sieg Heils on Twitter so Hello Again! I'm an acquisitions editor in trade books (music, literary nonfiction, Southern regional) and sociology, lit studies, Appalachian Studies, and probably other stuff. Let's start anew! No more Nazi shit!
January 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
There aren't enough good shitposts on here but they're doing Sieg Heils on Twitter so Hello Again! I'm an acquisitions editor in trade books (music, literary nonfiction, Southern regional) and sociology, lit studies, Appalachian Studies, and probably other stuff. Let's start anew! No more Nazi shit!
How do we make this not the dregs asking for me, a friend
December 1, 2024 at 1:07 AM
How do we make this not the dregs asking for me, a friend
Bluesky the social media safety school
November 27, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Bluesky the social media safety school
The vibe here continues to elude me. Where are the dumb people
November 24, 2024 at 9:46 PM
The vibe here continues to elude me. Where are the dumb people
This is what being an editor is btw
November 23, 2024 at 12:14 AM
This is what being an editor is btw
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I have the devil's number of followers i am scared for my afterlife pls help and follow
November 21, 2024 at 12:13 AM
I have the devil's number of followers i am scared for my afterlife pls help and follow
Hello, here is the secret of being a good acquisitions editor: read widely and develop a hunger for knowledge; in that wide reading, develop good taste. Be expansive, empathetic, but never accept less than incredible work. Have no hobbies except books and what they could mean. Rinse and repeat.
November 20, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Hello, here is the secret of being a good acquisitions editor: read widely and develop a hunger for knowledge; in that wide reading, develop good taste. Be expansive, empathetic, but never accept less than incredible work. Have no hobbies except books and what they could mean. Rinse and repeat.
I went to a memorial service today and the only person whose phone went off during the eulogy was wearing a Donald Duck tie.
November 17, 2024 at 2:16 AM
I went to a memorial service today and the only person whose phone went off during the eulogy was wearing a Donald Duck tie.
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Hi if you’re new here and new to me, I published a weird fiction novel last year with @malarkeybooks.bsky.social called Thunder From a Clear Blue Sky. That’s an awesome title and the cover is amazing, so the novel doesn’t even have to be any good.
November 15, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Hi if you’re new here and new to me, I published a weird fiction novel last year with @malarkeybooks.bsky.social called Thunder From a Clear Blue Sky. That’s an awesome title and the cover is amazing, so the novel doesn’t even have to be any good.
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Well if we’re talking about the south, nobody stands a chance against the ironclad voter suppression & gerrymandering of the southern GOP, & yes they do have many crooked ways of ensuring only votes for them get counted. @lucaschurch.bsky.social
For some reason I feel in my soul that some concrete foul sh*t actually took place with ballots, counts, or something. Just a feeling I have.
November 15, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Well if we’re talking about the south, nobody stands a chance against the ironclad voter suppression & gerrymandering of the southern GOP, & yes they do have many crooked ways of ensuring only votes for them get counted. @lucaschurch.bsky.social