Rebecca Brenner Graham
@theotherrbg.bsky.social
Brown postdoc | author, Dear Miss Perkins | writing on female millennial popular culture and the American Revolution | rebeccabrennergraham.com
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The Reinvention of George Washington's Mother, From Paragon of Virtue to Greedy Shrew to Widow Striving for Independence
A new biography examines how 19th-century Americans remembered Mary Ball Washington, who raised the future president largely on her own after her husband’s death in 1743
www.smithsonianmag.com
for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social I had the pleasure & privilege of interviewing Kate Haulman re: her new book THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA out from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social today! www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
over a year into my time at Brown, finally making use of the Absolute Quiet library room. arguably better than Quiet Car 😇
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
over a year into my time at Brown, finally making use of the Absolute Quiet library room. arguably better than Quiet Car 😇
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Today in incredibly generous things, my colleagues at SUNY Press decided to highlight me (!!!) for UP Week. Have I mentioned that I have the BEST coworkers in the whole world?? This past yr has been the most difficult of my life & they supported me every step of the way. ❤️ you guys. #TeamUP
For University Press Week, we're highlighting the important, collaborative work that Senior Acquisitions Editor @rcolesworthy.bsky.social does to build bridges across the scholarly publishing ecosystem: tinyurl.com/3t7mdnef/
#TeamUP #ReadUP
#TeamUP #ReadUP
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today in incredibly generous things, my colleagues at SUNY Press decided to highlight me (!!!) for UP Week. Have I mentioned that I have the BEST coworkers in the whole world?? This past yr has been the most difficult of my life & they supported me every step of the way. ❤️ you guys. #TeamUP
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This article is about the decline of journalistic integrity and the specific lack of it at the NYT. An excellent read
worth the hype lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This article is about the decline of journalistic integrity and the specific lack of it at the NYT. An excellent read
worth the hype lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
worth the hype lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Turned in proofs! It’s getting more real!
COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
The Public Scholar
A Practical Handbook
www.press.jhu.edu
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Turned in proofs! It’s getting more real!
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Few better ways to spend a Friday afternoon than to scheme with other history nerds about how to commemorate the US 250th anniversary.
Panel features @sarageorgini.bsky.social, @lizcovart.bsky.social, @theotherrbg.bsky.social, @jmadelman.bsky.social, & @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social.
Panel features @sarageorgini.bsky.social, @lizcovart.bsky.social, @theotherrbg.bsky.social, @jmadelman.bsky.social, & @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social.
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Few better ways to spend a Friday afternoon than to scheme with other history nerds about how to commemorate the US 250th anniversary.
Panel features @sarageorgini.bsky.social, @lizcovart.bsky.social, @theotherrbg.bsky.social, @jmadelman.bsky.social, & @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social.
Panel features @sarageorgini.bsky.social, @lizcovart.bsky.social, @theotherrbg.bsky.social, @jmadelman.bsky.social, & @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social.
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Coming this afternoon at #USIH2025, a fun session on thinking about public history and #America250, moderated by @sarageorgini.bsky.social and featuring me, @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social @theotherrbg.bsky.social @lizcovart.bsky.social (unfortunately @katejewell.bsky.social can’t be here).
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Coming this afternoon at #USIH2025, a fun session on thinking about public history and #America250, moderated by @sarageorgini.bsky.social and featuring me, @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social @theotherrbg.bsky.social @lizcovart.bsky.social (unfortunately @katejewell.bsky.social can’t be here).
omw to be at #usih2025 all day today/Fri but not at all tomorrow/Sat. had an unusually high-stress week and all I want is to frolic in the suburbs w/ my sister & her bf
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
omw to be at #usih2025 all day today/Fri but not at all tomorrow/Sat. had an unusually high-stress week and all I want is to frolic in the suburbs w/ my sister & her bf
Ben Franklin’s Uber
(hitched a ride with @lizcovart.bsky.social & @jmadelman.bsky.social ) #usih2025
(hitched a ride with @lizcovart.bsky.social & @jmadelman.bsky.social ) #usih2025
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Ben Franklin’s Uber
(hitched a ride with @lizcovart.bsky.social & @jmadelman.bsky.social ) #usih2025
(hitched a ride with @lizcovart.bsky.social & @jmadelman.bsky.social ) #usih2025
778 words so far on the conference panel proposal #team500
November 6: in the airport ~3hr before flight. let’s get 500 words on a conference panel proposal and 500 words toward starting next draft chapter 🤞🏼 #5amwritersclub
the grinch from the movie the grinch is drinking from a cup .
ALT: the grinch from the movie the grinch is drinking from a cup .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
778 words so far on the conference panel proposal #team500
what’s longer: my flight delay or the line for dunkin at the pvd airport
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
what’s longer: my flight delay or the line for dunkin at the pvd airport
“I am a historian who uses her expertise to help others broaden the reach of their work. And for me, that’s a dream realized” - @lmansley.bsky.social @historians.org www.historians.org/perspectives...
A Dream Realized – AHA
Leaving academia doesn’t mean leaving behind disciplinary dreams.
www.historians.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“I am a historian who uses her expertise to help others broaden the reach of their work. And for me, that’s a dream realized” - @lmansley.bsky.social @historians.org www.historians.org/perspectives...
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The fearmongering we have seen from some Jewish institutions and leaders surrounding Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is harmful, overblown, and risks needlessly deepening divisions in the city and in our community. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The fearmongering we have seen from some Jewish institutions and leaders surrounding Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is harmful, overblown, and risks needlessly deepening divisions in the city and in our community. 🧵
I love this 💚 @astrangecharm.bsky.social @llassabe.bsky.social @susih.bsky.social s-usih.org #USIH 2025/11/member-spotlight-brandon-james-render-2/
Member spotlight: Sanjana Rajagopal | Society for US Intellectual History
Sanjana Rajagopal is an adjunct assistant professor at Lehman College, City Tech, and Fordham University. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy in May of 2025. Her dissertation was titled, "A New Tript...
s-usih.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I love this 💚 @astrangecharm.bsky.social @llassabe.bsky.social @susih.bsky.social s-usih.org #USIH 2025/11/member-spotlight-brandon-james-render-2/
maybe worth noting that I said “2002 was a long time ago, except Hillary Duff apparently has a new single this week,” to which a student replied “who’s Hillary Duff”
November 4: got to lead a discussion on Libertys Kids. students had a lot to say. I had fun
a cartoon of a woman and a boy with the words zey are to be married
ALT: a cartoon of a woman and a boy with the words zey are to be married
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
maybe worth noting that I said “2002 was a long time ago, except Hillary Duff apparently has a new single this week,” to which a student replied “who’s Hillary Duff”
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You can pre-order at Bookshop, B&N, Amazon, your local indie, or my beloved Inkwood Books (for a signed copy). www.inkwoodnj.com/item/6CvPe_C...
Middlemen by Laura B McGrath | Inkwood Books
A revealing account of how agents have shaped book publishing and the literary canon from the 1950s to todayMiddlemen rewrites literary history from the perspective of one of its most important but le...
www.inkwoodnj.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
You can pre-order at Bookshop, B&N, Amazon, your local indie, or my beloved Inkwood Books (for a signed copy). www.inkwoodnj.com/item/6CvPe_C...
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Excited to reveal the cover of my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, which is available for pre-order now!
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Excited to reveal the cover of my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, which is available for pre-order now!
scheduled two medical appts this morning — accepting applause
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
scheduled two medical appts this morning — accepting applause
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AOC says "if people don't want people to be on SNAP wick and EBT, they can't also be opposing minimum wage increases too which is what they also, they save no snap. No, Medicaid, and also no minimum wage." Says "They just want to keep people poor and desperate."
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
AOC says "if people don't want people to be on SNAP wick and EBT, they can't also be opposing minimum wage increases too which is what they also, they save no snap. No, Medicaid, and also no minimum wage." Says "They just want to keep people poor and desperate."
I described to my gen-z sister how I’m feeling, & she replied “brain scrambled egg.” YES THAT
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I described to my gen-z sister how I’m feeling, & she replied “brain scrambled egg.” YES THAT
as an ADHD-er living alone, I learned on Sunday at 9:40pm that Saturday/last night was daylight savings
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
as an ADHD-er living alone, I learned on Sunday at 9:40pm that Saturday/last night was daylight savings
had a great writing month for most of October, producing two draft chapters. I’m stressed right now & need to find my footing again. stressed abt work, book review rewrite, couple conferences, & draft chapters. I wish I were more confident heading into ✨writing month✨but I can tread water not drown
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
had a great writing month for most of October, producing two draft chapters. I’m stressed right now & need to find my footing again. stressed abt work, book review rewrite, couple conferences, & draft chapters. I wish I were more confident heading into ✨writing month✨but I can tread water not drown
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I was at Harvard in the history department at this exact time and had friends who were TFing literally in that classroom and.... i'll just say that certainly was not any of our experience
This is an absolutely incredible thing to say. As someone in Ivy-ish (Duke) classrooms from 2016-2022… I call bull.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I was at Harvard in the history department at this exact time and had friends who were TFing literally in that classroom and.... i'll just say that certainly was not any of our experience
3hr flight delay
finished my leaving dc tears 😢 ahead of schedule
wandering around but hoping to be productive
finished my leaving dc tears 😢 ahead of schedule
wandering around but hoping to be productive
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
3hr flight delay
finished my leaving dc tears 😢 ahead of schedule
wandering around but hoping to be productive
finished my leaving dc tears 😢 ahead of schedule
wandering around but hoping to be productive
thanks @gratefulbookprize.bsky.social for a fabulous night and an elegant silver medal, & congrats to @halseanderson.bsky.social ❤️
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
thanks @gratefulbookprize.bsky.social for a fabulous night and an elegant silver medal, & congrats to @halseanderson.bsky.social ❤️