Mark Alan Mattes / Hot Brown Press
@markalanmattes.bsky.social
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Literacy Propagandist - Book & Media History - Early American Lit - Native American and Indigenous Studies - Manuscript Studies
Editor, Handwriting in Early America:
A Media History (UMass 2023)
Literacy Propagandist - Book & Media History - Early American Lit - Native American and Indigenous Studies - Manuscript Studies
Editor, Handwriting in Early America:
A Media History (UMass 2023)
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I rebuilt my website. Phew! Check out the new hotbrownpress.com, now with a nifty banner, a little "about" page, and a gallery of my #letterpress work
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9yo: “In free countries, the law ought to be KING!”
Me: 👏👏👏🌈🇺🇸🥺❤️
Me: 👏👏👏🌈🇺🇸🥺❤️
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
9yo: “In free countries, the law ought to be KING!”
Me: 👏👏👏🌈🇺🇸🥺❤️
Me: 👏👏👏🌈🇺🇸🥺❤️
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"Tomatoes, sausages, fucking crispy bacon. We saved some for you Mr. Frodo!"
"Tomatoes, sausages, fucking crispy bacon. We saved some for you Mr. Frodo!"
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
“I am no fucking man!”
“I am no fucking man!”
December 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"Tomatoes, sausages, fucking crispy bacon. We saved some for you Mr. Frodo!"
"Tomatoes, sausages, fucking crispy bacon. We saved some for you Mr. Frodo!"
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Hi, hello! My book _Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England_ is forthcoming from University of Pennsylvania Press.
I think about print all the time but in ways you might not expect.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
I think about print all the time but in ways you might not expect.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself. It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hi, hello! My book _Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England_ is forthcoming from University of Pennsylvania Press.
I think about print all the time but in ways you might not expect.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
I think about print all the time but in ways you might not expect.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
it me
Bummer Theorists of all stripes are my target demo.
December 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
it me
Make a Bond movie academic
No Time To Write
No Time To Write
Make a Bond movie academic
Dr. It’s Complicated
Dr. It’s Complicated
Make a Bond movie academic
No Time To Write
No Time To Write
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Make a Bond movie academic
No Time To Write
No Time To Write
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Goodwill pie, a heroic amount of vegetables in dough
December 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Goodwill pie, a heroic amount of vegetables in dough
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As a Swedish-American, we had Swedish meatballs on Christmas Eve. So meatballs parmesan tonight.
December 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
As a Swedish-American, we had Swedish meatballs on Christmas Eve. So meatballs parmesan tonight.
Gratin thirst trap
December 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Gratin thirst trap
Big Beef Energy
December 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Big Beef Energy
This person and I just became family
It should be socially acceptable to disappear and read during family gatherings
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This person and I just became family
Imma gonna need everybody to share Xmas dinner content, stat (don't worry, per my CV, mine is *forthcoming*)
Anthony Bourdain's beef bourguignon as best as I am capable. Quiet. Jenn working on the 10k piece Lego Shire. Perfection.
December 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Imma gonna need everybody to share Xmas dinner content, stat (don't worry, per my CV, mine is *forthcoming*)
#letterpress santa got me a magnet!
December 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#letterpress santa got me a magnet!
He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake...
December 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake...
Christmas Eve keema on basmati, plus bonus pic of me, cooking, with crazy eyes
December 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Christmas Eve keema on basmati, plus bonus pic of me, cooking, with crazy eyes
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Cleaned up the shop. Just wanted to document this moment because it may never happen again lol!
December 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cleaned up the shop. Just wanted to document this moment because it may never happen again lol!
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Just an fyi, my colleague at @umasspress.bsky.social has acquired a couple of Shaker books recently so check out our small but powerful - and current! - Shaker list!
Celibate, communal — and once seen as a real threat to society.
“The Testament of Ann Lee”, starring Amanda Seyfried, hits theaters on Christmas Day and explores how the Shakers shocked 18th-century America, and still shape our music and culture today. buff.ly/06EcS2j
“The Testament of Ann Lee”, starring Amanda Seyfried, hits theaters on Christmas Day and explores how the Shakers shocked 18th-century America, and still shape our music and culture today. buff.ly/06EcS2j
The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America
‘The Testament of Ann Lee,’ Mona Fastvold’s 2025 film, depicts part of the long history of Shaker worship.
theconversation.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just an fyi, my colleague at @umasspress.bsky.social has acquired a couple of Shaker books recently so check out our small but powerful - and current! - Shaker list!
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Morning Kindergarten
(s/o to Louisville’s inimitable Hot Brown Press and @markalanmattes.bsky.social for the gorgeous letterpress print)
(s/o to Louisville’s inimitable Hot Brown Press and @markalanmattes.bsky.social for the gorgeous letterpress print)
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Xmas arrived early and won’t be silenced by tyranny, courtesy of @markalanmattes.bsky.social ‘s wonderful print!
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Xmas arrived early and won’t be silenced by tyranny, courtesy of @markalanmattes.bsky.social ‘s wonderful print!
On the day after Thanksgiving, I learned that mom had 6 boxes of different pastas with less than 20% of their original contents. We made lunch and progress that day. One can only imagine what we will accomplish this weekend with the 2 remaining, tho it wouldn't surprise me if there are 3 or 4 now.
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
On the day after Thanksgiving, I learned that mom had 6 boxes of different pastas with less than 20% of their original contents. We made lunch and progress that day. One can only imagine what we will accomplish this weekend with the 2 remaining, tho it wouldn't surprise me if there are 3 or 4 now.
A little 10L ornament "quilt" for "Textile Word Search No. 2" (in progress) #letterpress #printmaking #fiberart
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A little 10L ornament "quilt" for "Textile Word Search No. 2" (in progress) #letterpress #printmaking #fiberart
Read this article by @rezekjoe.bsky.social - a scholar in the broadsheets AND the streets!
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Read this article by @rezekjoe.bsky.social - a scholar in the broadsheets AND the streets!
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The new BOOK HISTORY is out! @sharpweb.org members check your mailboxes, and the whole issue is available at @projectmuse.bsky.social
I wrote a #bookhistory love letter to some smart folks: @ryancordell.org @rscar.bsky.social @jmadelman.bsky.social (& others!) - thx to @gbarnhisel.bsky.social and all who had their mitts on this thing, & to @amantiquarian.bsky.social for supporting the research back in 2009 - only took 16 yrs lol!
December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The new BOOK HISTORY is out! @sharpweb.org members check your mailboxes, and the whole issue is available at @projectmuse.bsky.social
I wrote a #bookhistory love letter to some smart folks: @ryancordell.org @rscar.bsky.social @jmadelman.bsky.social (& others!) - thx to @gbarnhisel.bsky.social and all who had their mitts on this thing, & to @amantiquarian.bsky.social for supporting the research back in 2009 - only took 16 yrs lol!
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I wrote a #bookhistory love letter to some smart folks: @ryancordell.org @rscar.bsky.social @jmadelman.bsky.social (& others!) - thx to @gbarnhisel.bsky.social and all who had their mitts on this thing, & to @amantiquarian.bsky.social for supporting the research back in 2009 - only took 16 yrs lol!
"Textile Word Search No. 1"
hotbrownpress.etsy.com/listing/4424...
Word list: weave, warp, weft, shed, hand, hank, dye, & yarn.
I'm also working on #letterpress posters for Knitting, Crotchet, Quilting, & Sewing
And to the #bookhistory nerds out there, this is absolutely a McKenzie homage!
hotbrownpress.etsy.com/listing/4424...
Word list: weave, warp, weft, shed, hand, hank, dye, & yarn.
I'm also working on #letterpress posters for Knitting, Crotchet, Quilting, & Sewing
And to the #bookhistory nerds out there, this is absolutely a McKenzie homage!
December 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"Textile Word Search No. 1"
hotbrownpress.etsy.com/listing/4424...
Word list: weave, warp, weft, shed, hand, hank, dye, & yarn.
I'm also working on #letterpress posters for Knitting, Crotchet, Quilting, & Sewing
And to the #bookhistory nerds out there, this is absolutely a McKenzie homage!
hotbrownpress.etsy.com/listing/4424...
Word list: weave, warp, weft, shed, hand, hank, dye, & yarn.
I'm also working on #letterpress posters for Knitting, Crotchet, Quilting, & Sewing
And to the #bookhistory nerds out there, this is absolutely a McKenzie homage!