Annette Gordon-Reed
@agordonreed.bsky.social
Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard, Author of, among other books, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings:An American Controversy,The Hemingses of Monticello,, Vernon Can Read: A Memoir with Vernon Jordan, On Juneteenth
OK, this is kind of a picture of me and the Boss together…
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
OK, this is kind of a picture of me and the Boss together…
This is about right…
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is about right…
Edinburgh on Thursday. Sunny, temperate weather, Frederick Douglass, @frankcogliano.bsky.social , and me.
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Edinburgh on Thursday. Sunny, temperate weather, Frederick Douglass, @frankcogliano.bsky.social , and me.
The panel and my co-panelists, Patrick Griffin, Meg Roberts, & Lige Gould.
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The panel and my co-panelists, Patrick Griffin, Meg Roberts, & Lige Gould.
Here’s something I never expected: to be in the pages of Vogue.
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Here’s something I never expected: to be in the pages of Vogue.
Bruce Springsteen at the NYPL Library Lions dinner tonight singing my favorite of his songs, Thunder Road. I met him but resisted the temptation to ask to take a picture with him. Regret?
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Bruce Springsteen at the NYPL Library Lions dinner tonight singing my favorite of his songs, Thunder Road. I met him but resisted the temptation to ask to take a picture with him. Regret?
1) Went to see Earth, Wind, & Fire at the Venetian Theater in Vegas last night. They were amazing! For many years, they were one of my favorite bands, but this was actually the first time I saw them in person.
October 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
1) Went to see Earth, Wind, & Fire at the Venetian Theater in Vegas last night. They were amazing! For many years, they were one of my favorite bands, but this was actually the first time I saw them in person.
In Hanover today after Greece.
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In Hanover today after Greece.
In some personal news, I have taken my first REAL vacation ever.
October 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
In some personal news, I have taken my first REAL vacation ever.
Wonderful meeting yesterday with board members of the Burns-Belfry museum in Oxford, Mississippi.
October 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Wonderful meeting yesterday with board members of the Burns-Belfry museum in Oxford, Mississippi.
The blessing of Daisy.
October 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The blessing of Daisy.
With Bailey Howell, Miss Juneteenth DFW 2025!
September 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
With Bailey Howell, Miss Juneteenth DFW 2025!
What is up at Gordon-Reed Elementary School
September 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What is up at Gordon-Reed Elementary School
Please no rain. Yankees v White Sox. White Sox manager, Will Venable, is my husband’s cousin.
September 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Please no rain. Yankees v White Sox. White Sox manager, Will Venable, is my husband’s cousin.
Earless Lamb Chop. Stuffing-deprived Lamb Chop. Time for a new Lamb Chop.
September 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Earless Lamb Chop. Stuffing-deprived Lamb Chop. Time for a new Lamb Chop.
I’ve always respected documentary editors, but after this experience I’m more in awe. It’s so much easier dealing with copy editing & getting a handle on a manuscript of one’s own prose as compared to the letters of another person, even if you are quite familiar with the person’s epistolary record.
August 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’ve always respected documentary editors, but after this experience I’m more in awe. It’s so much easier dealing with copy editing & getting a handle on a manuscript of one’s own prose as compared to the letters of another person, even if you are quite familiar with the person’s epistolary record.
Omohundro Institute Council and Executive Board meeting, 2006
August 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Omohundro Institute Council and Executive Board meeting, 2006
At the Smithsonian.
August 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
At the Smithsonian.
I think it’s time…
July 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I think it’s time…