Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor
@drbwerner.bsky.social
Developmental & line editor for academic authors. Historian of Latin America. Former postdoc @Princeton. PhD @UWMadison. She/Her. views mine. https://www.throughlineediting.com/
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No film gets historians right, but that's only because no audience wants to watch someone quietly work their way through a cardboard box of old papers, in total silence, for eight straight hours.
an interesting subtopic! which shows/movies are beloved by the profession for Getting It Right! Lawyers famously love MY COUSIN VINNIE, doctors I believe love SCRUBS, apparently Aussie barristers are surprisingly fond of RAKE's depiction of some aspects of the law.
Oh god I remember watching HOUSE with some doctors, it was a the usual mix of “you would get fired instantly and never practice medicine again no matter how good u are” and “that case actually isn’t hard to solve at all”
August 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
No film gets historians right, but that's only because no audience wants to watch someone quietly work their way through a cardboard box of old papers, in total silence, for eight straight hours.
I had the immense honour to work on this book at several different points in its development over the years. An *essential* ethnography of migrant childhood. Buy it. Read it. Gabrielle knows the job. This work has never been more urgent.
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
Now We Are Here | Stanford University Press
Who gets to live a life with dignity? Each day, families around the world make the difficult decision to leave their homes in search of safety, stability, and opportunity. For many migrant families, t...
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July 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I had the immense honour to work on this book at several different points in its development over the years. An *essential* ethnography of migrant childhood. Buy it. Read it. Gabrielle knows the job. This work has never been more urgent.
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
I line edited this fantastic book and you should pre-order it! Sociology! History! Surveillance studies! A sobering must-read!
www.sup.org/books/asian-...
www.sup.org/books/asian-...
Colonial Surveillance | Stanford University Press
In order to compete with Western powers, Japan began to rapidly modernize its governing institutions, in the process creating a national population registration and identification bureaucracy, the Kos...
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July 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I line edited this fantastic book and you should pre-order it! Sociology! History! Surveillance studies! A sobering must-read!
www.sup.org/books/asian-...
www.sup.org/books/asian-...
Who do I know with availability to line edit a dissertation (on committee's recommendation) this summer?
June 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Who do I know with availability to line edit a dissertation (on committee's recommendation) this summer?
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For #LASA2025, we are fortunate to share original content from our authors.
"The depth of impunity in Mexico allowed for unimaginable forms of terror that implicated vast swaths of the population."
THE LAST DOOR author Gladys McCormick on the use of torture in 1970s Mexico:
"The depth of impunity in Mexico allowed for unimaginable forms of terror that implicated vast swaths of the population."
THE LAST DOOR author Gladys McCormick on the use of torture in 1970s Mexico:
A History of Torture in Mexico's War against Subversives
In the same way that impunity reigns today, it reigned supreme in 1970s Mexico. Gladys McCormick writes about how state-sponsored torture became routine practice in the Mexican government's war…
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May 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
For #LASA2025, we are fortunate to share original content from our authors.
"The depth of impunity in Mexico allowed for unimaginable forms of terror that implicated vast swaths of the population."
THE LAST DOOR author Gladys McCormick on the use of torture in 1970s Mexico:
"The depth of impunity in Mexico allowed for unimaginable forms of terror that implicated vast swaths of the population."
THE LAST DOOR author Gladys McCormick on the use of torture in 1970s Mexico:
On Wisconsin! *cracks a Spotted Cow*
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
On Wisconsin! *cracks a Spotted Cow*
I had the immense good fortune to work with Santiago on this book - run don't walk!
Hi everyone, my book is here!! And there‘s a 50% off flash discount at Duke today and tomorrow using FLASH50!!
"The New Kingdom of Granada," by Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez tells the history of the making and unmaking of empire in the diverse and decentralized Indigenous landscapes of the Northern Andes. Read the intro for free on our website! #LatinAmericanStudies #History
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March 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I had the immense good fortune to work with Santiago on this book - run don't walk!
I made the rookie mistake of anticipating that other parents at school drop-off care generally about students' safety (spoiler: not if doing so would inconvenience them) this week, and all I got was berated in my driveway by two different men and an object lesson in misogyny for my 6-year-old.
February 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I made the rookie mistake of anticipating that other parents at school drop-off care generally about students' safety (spoiler: not if doing so would inconvenience them) this week, and all I got was berated in my driveway by two different men and an object lesson in misogyny for my 6-year-old.
Hi - an excellent thread that gets at why information isn't knowledge, and the search for information is part of what generates knowledge, and not only makes us more critical thinkers (and more resourceful!) but also means we have more interesting things to say at parties and ask better questions.
So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
February 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hi - an excellent thread that gets at why information isn't knowledge, and the search for information is part of what generates knowledge, and not only makes us more critical thinkers (and more resourceful!) but also means we have more interesting things to say at parties and ask better questions.
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Great news, #BlueSkyStorians... The pre-order button is gone for @rmidura.bsky.social's "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe"! Check it out and ship away at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
February 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Great news, #BlueSkyStorians... The pre-order button is gone for @rmidura.bsky.social's "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe"! Check it out and ship away at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Apropos of nothing, really enjoying making structural and line-level suggestions for how this chapter on Mexico's cold war could more effectively expose the cruelty of the national security state ...
January 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Apropos of nothing, really enjoying making structural and line-level suggestions for how this chapter on Mexico's cold war could more effectively expose the cruelty of the national security state ...
In *joyful things this week* (never more urgent): Helped a client submit their urgent, beautiful, heart-wrenching MS for publication! [me, every edit: 😭] Made plans w/ other clients! Helped a client clinch their comps! Chapter edits! Snuggles w/ my kids! Acquired a winter coat of duvet proportions!
January 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In *joyful things this week* (never more urgent): Helped a client submit their urgent, beautiful, heart-wrenching MS for publication! [me, every edit: 😭] Made plans w/ other clients! Helped a client clinch their comps! Chapter edits! Snuggles w/ my kids! Acquired a winter coat of duvet proportions!
So I *don't* want to ask gemini to summarize this e-mail but I also *do* want to know how it would summarize this circular, 30-message back and forth with a university's accounts payable department regarding the secure handling of personal information and appropriate postage for int'l cheques.
January 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So I *don't* want to ask gemini to summarize this e-mail but I also *do* want to know how it would summarize this circular, 30-message back and forth with a university's accounts payable department regarding the secure handling of personal information and appropriate postage for int'l cheques.
This summer camp registration has a waiting room. My estimated wait time is 50mins. Which circle of hell is this?
January 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This summer camp registration has a waiting room. My estimated wait time is 50mins. Which circle of hell is this?
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My book, STRENGTH THROUGH DIVERSITY with @rutgersupress.bsky.social, is officially out! I hope you'll take a look and consider reading! This book tells the inspiring story of a multicultural school in the late 1960s and early 1970s in NYC. Learn more here: www.strengththroughdiversity.com
Strength through Diversity: Harlem Prep and the Rise of Multiculturalism — Barry M. Goldenberg
In Strength through Diversity, Barry M. Goldenberg traces the inspiring history of Harlem Prep, a unique multicultural institution that became a phenomenon in the iconic Harlem neighborhood and nation...
www.strengththroughdiversity.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My book, STRENGTH THROUGH DIVERSITY with @rutgersupress.bsky.social, is officially out! I hope you'll take a look and consider reading! This book tells the inspiring story of a multicultural school in the late 1960s and early 1970s in NYC. Learn more here: www.strengththroughdiversity.com
Edibuddies with more Word proficiency than me: I need to format page numbers in individual Word docs to include a prefix. For example: Introduction-1, Introduction-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, etc.
For the life of me I can't figure out how to automate this - any tips?
For the life of me I can't figure out how to automate this - any tips?
January 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Edibuddies with more Word proficiency than me: I need to format page numbers in individual Word docs to include a prefix. For example: Introduction-1, Introduction-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, etc.
For the life of me I can't figure out how to automate this - any tips?
For the life of me I can't figure out how to automate this - any tips?
Really loving how summer camp enrolment season follows just immediately on the heels of holiday season. Love that for us.
January 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Really loving how summer camp enrolment season follows just immediately on the heels of holiday season. Love that for us.
Have recently learned that 5 books that I was *ridiculously* privileged to edit are dropping in early 2025!
Brace yourselves for pre-order links and shameless promotion.
Brace yourselves for pre-order links and shameless promotion.
a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face ..
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face ..
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November 22, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Have recently learned that 5 books that I was *ridiculously* privileged to edit are dropping in early 2025!
Brace yourselves for pre-order links and shameless promotion.
Brace yourselves for pre-order links and shameless promotion.
*fires up indexing software*
Page proofs are here! Coming to bookshelves near you in April. @uncpress.bsky.social
And official news coming sometime next week, but it will be published in Brazil at the same, with Editora Garamond.
And official news coming sometime next week, but it will be published in Brazil at the same, with Editora Garamond.
November 22, 2024 at 2:43 PM
*fires up indexing software*
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I'm an historian of Latin America, mostly social movements, memory, and development studies. My newest book (forthcoming this spring) is a biography of Aluízio Palmar, a former political prison in Brazil who became a human rights activist. It's about his life, but also how he has narrated his life.
November 22, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I'm an historian of Latin America, mostly social movements, memory, and development studies. My newest book (forthcoming this spring) is a biography of Aluízio Palmar, a former political prison in Brazil who became a human rights activist. It's about his life, but also how he has narrated his life.
I had the opportunity to index this amazing book - which means I read it really closely - this is essential reading, people.
@llassabe.bsky.social revealed that . . . powerful Republican figures who went on to lead their party, including Newt Gingrich, Bill Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Karl Rove, cut their teeth in the campus conservative movement during these years. 🗃️
What The New Right Learned In School
Essential reading for anyone interested in higher education or Republican politics, either today or in the past.
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November 19, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I had the opportunity to index this amazing book - which means I read it really closely - this is essential reading, people.
half agony, half hope, etc etc
November 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
half agony, half hope, etc etc
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It took me eight years to write something about the Fascism Debate, so let me say this: what is most exasperating is that no one (save Paxton) seems to be willing to change their mind. Well...
Trump in the Garden - Dissent Magazine
Eight years into the fascism debate, few skeptics seem to be willing to admit that they were wrong.
www.dissentmagazine.org
October 29, 2024 at 8:51 PM
It took me eight years to write something about the Fascism Debate, so let me say this: what is most exasperating is that no one (save Paxton) seems to be willing to change their mind. Well...
Saints preserve us, we've received a head lice notice from Grade 1.
October 22, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Saints preserve us, we've received a head lice notice from Grade 1.