Amy Butler Greenfield
@abgreenfield.bsky.social
Writer & researcher, fascinated by history, mystery, art, science & espionage. Author of THE WOMAN ALL SPIES FEAR (Random House Studio) & A PERFECT RED (HarperCollins). Lover of libraries and archives.
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I can't wait to set aside the time for a close listen to this episode of @draftingthepast.bsky.social with @sdgorton.bsky.social.
#womenshistory #biography #nonfiction
#womenshistory #biography #nonfiction
New! What a delight to talk with Stephanie Gorton about THE ICON AND THE IDEALIST (@harpercollins.bsky.social), a fascinating dual biography of Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett. We talked about revising (12!) drafts, what draws her to a subject, and more. Listen: draftingthepast.com/?p=2722
June 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I can't wait to set aside the time for a close listen to this episode of @draftingthepast.bsky.social with @sdgorton.bsky.social.
#womenshistory #biography #nonfiction
#womenshistory #biography #nonfiction
Fascinating article about #history and A.I. in the @nytimes.com today. I agree with Stacy Schiff: "“To turn to A.I. for structure seems less like a cheat than a deprivation, like enlisting someone to eat your hot fudge sundae for you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fascinating article about #history and A.I. in the @nytimes.com today. I agree with Stacy Schiff: "“To turn to A.I. for structure seems less like a cheat than a deprivation, like enlisting someone to eat your hot fudge sundae for you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
Thrilled to be part of this podcast series, "Stories in Colour," coming soon from the National Gallery in London! It starts on May 28, and the cochineal episode will debut in June. (You can catch a glimpse of my jar of cochineal and some cochineal-dyed silk at the start of this trailer.)
May 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Thrilled to be part of this podcast series, "Stories in Colour," coming soon from the National Gallery in London! It starts on May 28, and the cochineal episode will debut in June. (You can catch a glimpse of my jar of cochineal and some cochineal-dyed silk at the start of this trailer.)
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80 years ago today, the war ended for my father.
The horror did not. His truck company transported prisoners released from the concentration camps to the hospital centers.
My dad suffered depression the rest of his life in large part from his WWII experiences.
#VEDay
The horror did not. His truck company transported prisoners released from the concentration camps to the hospital centers.
My dad suffered depression the rest of his life in large part from his WWII experiences.
#VEDay
May 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
80 years ago today, the war ended for my father.
The horror did not. His truck company transported prisoners released from the concentration camps to the hospital centers.
My dad suffered depression the rest of his life in large part from his WWII experiences.
#VEDay
The horror did not. His truck company transported prisoners released from the concentration camps to the hospital centers.
My dad suffered depression the rest of his life in large part from his WWII experiences.
#VEDay
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Another ask is for "Books for a 9 year old girl who likes graphic novels, cats, and nature." Here we suggest Ra the Mighty by @abgreenfield.bsky.social:
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1... #AskALibrarian
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1... #AskALibrarian
Ra the Mighty — Multnomah County Library
Ra the Mighty — Greenfield, Amy Butler, 1968- — In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh's pampered cat Ra and his scarab-beetle sidekick question the royal palace's animal inhabitants, solve a crime, and exoner...
multcolib.bibliocommons.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Another ask is for "Books for a 9 year old girl who likes graphic novels, cats, and nature." Here we suggest Ra the Mighty by @abgreenfield.bsky.social:
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1... #AskALibrarian
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1... #AskALibrarian
80 years since VE Day, a victory that depended on Allied cooperation. You can hear Churchill's 1945 announcement and see footage of the celebrations here, via the AP archive: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEav...
May 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
80 years since VE Day, a victory that depended on Allied cooperation. You can hear Churchill's 1945 announcement and see footage of the celebrations here, via the AP archive: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEav...
I'm relieved to hear that Elizebeth Smith Friedman is being honored again at the National Cryptologic Museum, along with other great codebreaking women and people of color. If only everything else that's broken could be fixed so easily!
Regarding the covering up of panels honoring women and minority greats of the National Security Agency: the National Cryptologic Museum posted this today. For now, this looks a victory for sanity and decency.
February 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm relieved to hear that Elizebeth Smith Friedman is being honored again at the National Cryptologic Museum, along with other great codebreaking women and people of color. If only everything else that's broken could be fixed so easily!
It's been a chaotic week. Taking a moment to appreciate that the light is coming back. And so are the snowdrops.
February 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's been a chaotic week. Taking a moment to appreciate that the light is coming back. And so are the snowdrops.
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
Great to see that this is open to artists and independent scholars, too!
This is an exciting new Fellowship opportunity, to fund travel to Boston to conduct research the Boston Public Library! www.bpl.org/blogs/post/a...
Apply for a Research Fellowship with the BPL’s Special Collections Department
The Boston Public Library is proud to announce two new research fellowships to support the use of special collections:
The Telling…
www.bpl.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Great to see that this is open to artists and independent scholars, too!
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It's #PublicDomainDay. U.S. Government photos, like Army Signal Corps, HAVE NO COPYRIGHT & are available from the Library of Congress, National Archives, & libraries (the #MarshallFoundationLibrary catalog: library.marshallfoundation.org/Portal/Defau... ).
DO NOT PAY BIG $.
A friendly librarian PSA.
DO NOT PAY BIG $.
A friendly librarian PSA.
Search - Soutron LMS
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January 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's #PublicDomainDay. U.S. Government photos, like Army Signal Corps, HAVE NO COPYRIGHT & are available from the Library of Congress, National Archives, & libraries (the #MarshallFoundationLibrary catalog: library.marshallfoundation.org/Portal/Defau... ).
DO NOT PAY BIG $.
A friendly librarian PSA.
DO NOT PAY BIG $.
A friendly librarian PSA.
Just arrived on Bluesky! Still tapping on the doors & testing the light switches to see how it all works.
January 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Just arrived on Bluesky! Still tapping on the doors & testing the light switches to see how it all works.