Dawn Durante
@dawnd.bsky.social
Editorial Director at @uncpress.bsky.social • acquiring books in history, Black studies, girlhood studies, carceral studies • H-Net's #FeedingTheElephant • real housewife of the other Orange County
Best bookish weekend: new Reading Rainbow PLUS first visit to @mcintyres.bsky.social books, which was amazing. My TBR list got a workout with everything I just added.
October 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Best bookish weekend: new Reading Rainbow PLUS first visit to @mcintyres.bsky.social books, which was amazing. My TBR list got a workout with everything I just added.
Minding my own business only to come across Netflix’s brutal new category “Hope They Don’t End Up on the Kiss Cam.”
July 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Minding my own business only to come across Netflix’s brutal new category “Hope They Don’t End Up on the Kiss Cam.”
The annual @aupresses.bsky.social meeting is wrapping up today. The closing plenary, which I’ll be moderating, will discuss the current publishing landscape with @rebseger.bsky.social (@ithakasr.bsky.social), John Donatich (@yalepress.bsky.social), and Roy Kaufman (Copyright Clearance Center).
June 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The annual @aupresses.bsky.social meeting is wrapping up today. The closing plenary, which I’ll be moderating, will discuss the current publishing landscape with @rebseger.bsky.social (@ithakasr.bsky.social), John Donatich (@yalepress.bsky.social), and Roy Kaufman (Copyright Clearance Center).
The @aupresses.bsky.social annual meeting is in full swing, and I look forward to presenting on “Navigating Editorial Board Relationships” on 6/11 (today!) at 1:15 pm with Walter Biggins, @stephanyehunter.bsky.social, and @doughild.bsky.social.
June 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The @aupresses.bsky.social annual meeting is in full swing, and I look forward to presenting on “Navigating Editorial Board Relationships” on 6/11 (today!) at 1:15 pm with Walter Biggins, @stephanyehunter.bsky.social, and @doughild.bsky.social.
Welcome home to my copy of Oathbound! United with your series siblings. I love live close to the amazing @flyleafbooks.bsky.social that I can easily swing by AND thanks to @tracydeonn.bsky.social for sending signed copies to local independent bookstores!
March 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Welcome home to my copy of Oathbound! United with your series siblings. I love live close to the amazing @flyleafbooks.bsky.social that I can easily swing by AND thanks to @tracydeonn.bsky.social for sending signed copies to local independent bookstores!
If you loved Angela Shanté’s beautifully written THE UNBOXING OF A BLACK GIRL, may I also recommend @drariahalliday.bsky.social’s BLACK GILRS AND HOW WE FAIL THEM?
March 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
If you loved Angela Shanté’s beautifully written THE UNBOXING OF A BLACK GIRL, may I also recommend @drariahalliday.bsky.social’s BLACK GILRS AND HOW WE FAIL THEM?
We had clear skies tonight, so we were able to see the #planetparade: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus.
January 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We had clear skies tonight, so we were able to see the #planetparade: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus.
A Real Housewife in a crossword puzzle dress? This is a combo of Bravo + word game content that I never knew I wanted.
(Garcelle Beauvais in a Diane von Furstenberg dress, RHBH S14E1).
(Garcelle Beauvais in a Diane von Furstenberg dress, RHBH S14E1).
November 23, 2024 at 8:10 PM
A Real Housewife in a crossword puzzle dress? This is a combo of Bravo + word game content that I never knew I wanted.
(Garcelle Beauvais in a Diane von Furstenberg dress, RHBH S14E1).
(Garcelle Beauvais in a Diane von Furstenberg dress, RHBH S14E1).
Hello to the first full day of #2024ASA! We have lots of new books ready for you to browse at the @uncpress.bsky.social exhibit. I’m also presenting on a panel today (11/15) about “Where to Begin with Book Publishing: A Panel for First-Generation Scholars” at 2 pm in Baltimore Hilton, Johnson A.
November 15, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Hello to the first full day of #2024ASA! We have lots of new books ready for you to browse at the @uncpress.bsky.social exhibit. I’m also presenting on a panel today (11/15) about “Where to Begin with Book Publishing: A Panel for First-Generation Scholars” at 2 pm in Baltimore Hilton, Johnson A.
Feels like an especially good day to mention J Finley’s new book, SASS: BLACK WOMEN’S HUMOR AND HUMANITY, which explores the transformative power of Black women’s comedy.
It’s the 1st book in @uncpress.bsky.social’s new series, MF! Momentary Futures in Black Studies, edited by LH Stallings.
It’s the 1st book in @uncpress.bsky.social’s new series, MF! Momentary Futures in Black Studies, edited by LH Stallings.
November 11, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Feels like an especially good day to mention J Finley’s new book, SASS: BLACK WOMEN’S HUMOR AND HUMANITY, which explores the transformative power of Black women’s comedy.
It’s the 1st book in @uncpress.bsky.social’s new series, MF! Momentary Futures in Black Studies, edited by LH Stallings.
It’s the 1st book in @uncpress.bsky.social’s new series, MF! Momentary Futures in Black Studies, edited by LH Stallings.
The election atmosphere made for the perfect mood to finish Stacey Abrams’ ROGUE JUSTICE. Now ready/hoping for Avery Keene #3.
August 24, 2024 at 7:04 PM
The election atmosphere made for the perfect mood to finish Stacey Abrams’ ROGUE JUSTICE. Now ready/hoping for Avery Keene #3.
Elizabeth Winkler coming with fire in SHAKESPEARE WAS A WOMAN AND OTHER HERESIES. This authorship debate has more drama than a Real Housewives reunion!
Scholars who ignore literary references that raise the authorship question “must, in short, commit literary malpractice.”
Scholars who ignore literary references that raise the authorship question “must, in short, commit literary malpractice.”
June 8, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Elizabeth Winkler coming with fire in SHAKESPEARE WAS A WOMAN AND OTHER HERESIES. This authorship debate has more drama than a Real Housewives reunion!
Scholars who ignore literary references that raise the authorship question “must, in short, commit literary malpractice.”
Scholars who ignore literary references that raise the authorship question “must, in short, commit literary malpractice.”
I'm humbled and excited to share the news that I have the opportunity to lead the @uncpress.bsky.social acquisitions department in the role of Editorial Director.
May 30, 2024 at 12:48 AM
I'm humbled and excited to share the news that I have the opportunity to lead the @uncpress.bsky.social acquisitions department in the role of Editorial Director.
Please trust me when I say that no one is more surprised than me about the current standings of the @uncpress.bsky.social #MarchMadness bracket challenge.
March 21, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Please trust me when I say that no one is more surprised than me about the current standings of the @uncpress.bsky.social #MarchMadness bracket challenge.
Just got back from my first AAIHS meeting with @uncpress.bsky.social. I had some great meetings and a wonderful time catching up with lots of @aupresses.bsky.social editors! #AAIHS2024
March 10, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Just got back from my first AAIHS meeting with @uncpress.bsky.social. I had some great meetings and a wonderful time catching up with lots of @aupresses.bsky.social editors! #AAIHS2024
Spending my Sunday morning with Stacey Abrams.
January 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Spending my Sunday morning with Stacey Abrams.
#FeedingTheElephant gained 111 new subscribers in 2023! Visit us on the H-Net Book Channel if you want to subscribe, too: networks.h-net.org/feeding-the-.... (7/8)
December 31, 2023 at 8:29 PM
#FeedingTheElephant gained 111 new subscribers in 2023! Visit us on the H-Net Book Channel if you want to subscribe, too: networks.h-net.org/feeding-the-.... (7/8)
@catherinefte.bsky.social, @emily-elliott.bsky.social, and I write some posts throughout the year, but most #FeedingTheElephant content is thanks to contributors invested in thinking about scholarly communication. In 2023, we published 18 guest contributors and 2 people wrote for us twice. (6/8)
December 31, 2023 at 8:29 PM
@catherinefte.bsky.social, @emily-elliott.bsky.social, and I write some posts throughout the year, but most #FeedingTheElephant content is thanks to contributors invested in thinking about scholarly communication. In 2023, we published 18 guest contributors and 2 people wrote for us twice. (6/8)
In 2023, #FeedingTheElephant’s 39 posts featured over 25 unique topics. With a focus on scholarly communications, we always try to feature content and pieces relevant to scholars, publishers, and librarians. (5/8)
December 31, 2023 at 8:28 PM
In 2023, #FeedingTheElephant’s 39 posts featured over 25 unique topics. With a focus on scholarly communications, we always try to feature content and pieces relevant to scholars, publishers, and librarians. (5/8)
The #FeedingTheElephant forum published 39 individual posts in 2023! As a three-person team, we publish weekly content throughout the spring and fall semesters, with biweekly posts in the summer, and the discussion forum is on hiatus from mid-December to mid-January. (4/8)
December 31, 2023 at 8:27 PM
The #FeedingTheElephant forum published 39 individual posts in 2023! As a three-person team, we publish weekly content throughout the spring and fall semesters, with biweekly posts in the summer, and the discussion forum is on hiatus from mid-December to mid-January. (4/8)
PRISON CAPITAL: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana, by Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, is an essential work for understanding the carceral state in the prison capital of the world, and the efforts to dismantle unjust systems of incarceration everywhere.
November 29, 2023 at 2:29 PM
PRISON CAPITAL: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana, by Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, is an essential work for understanding the carceral state in the prison capital of the world, and the efforts to dismantle unjust systems of incarceration everywhere.
Headed to #2023SHA? Join me at a Meet-and-Greet with @drkarenlcox.bsky.social at the @uncpress.bsky.social exhibit hall on 11/10. Karen Cox edits the Boundless South series with Francoise N. Hamlin. We look forward to celebrating the #BoSo series at @thesouthernsha.bsky.social!
November 6, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Headed to #2023SHA? Join me at a Meet-and-Greet with @drkarenlcox.bsky.social at the @uncpress.bsky.social exhibit hall on 11/10. Karen Cox edits the Boundless South series with Francoise N. Hamlin. We look forward to celebrating the #BoSo series at @thesouthernsha.bsky.social!
The endpapers in the Britney Spears memoir are divine. I actually gasped when I first opened the book.
October 28, 2023 at 4:17 PM
The endpapers in the Britney Spears memoir are divine. I actually gasped when I first opened the book.