Helen Kyriakoudes
@hkyria.bsky.social
Book publicity @ the University of North Carolina Press | she/her
For media/review copies 📧 helen.kyriakoudes[at]uncpress[dot]org
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📣 Our new @uncpress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalog is HERE ✨
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
📣 Our new @uncpress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalog is HERE ✨
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
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Twenty Years of Writing Civil War Memory: Oh, the Changes I've Seen
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Twenty Years of Writing Civil War Memory: Oh, the Changes I've Seen
This week I am celebrating twenty years of writing Civil War Memory. On November 8, 2005, I wrote the following:
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November 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Twenty Years of Writing Civil War Memory: Oh, the Changes I've Seen
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Teen Vogue was one of the best voices on politics and @leximcmenamin.com was one of the reasons why. Ugh.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Teen Vogue was one of the best voices on politics and @leximcmenamin.com was one of the reasons why. Ugh.
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Stop what you're doing and check out this @wsj.com review for HOUSE OF DIGGS by @marionorrauthor.bsky.social 😎
"A rewarding portrait of Diggs’s career as a civil-rights activist and legislator . . . "—David Garrow
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"A rewarding portrait of Diggs’s career as a civil-rights activist and legislator . . . "—David Garrow
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‘House of Diggs’ Review: A Political Legacy Stained
Rep. Charles Diggs was a dogged fighter of racial exclusion and discrimination, though his tenure in office would end in scandal.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Stop what you're doing and check out this @wsj.com review for HOUSE OF DIGGS by @marionorrauthor.bsky.social 😎
"A rewarding portrait of Diggs’s career as a civil-rights activist and legislator . . . "—David Garrow
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"A rewarding portrait of Diggs’s career as a civil-rights activist and legislator . . . "—David Garrow
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Yeah the speed of bubble cycles are now faster than our ability to pivot. We will just be approving an AI textbook for a program that won’t start until two years after AI mania has completely receded
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Today's the official pub day for the Fate of the Americas, so that means my AMA on @askhistorians.bsky.social is live! Eeeek!! I hope I sound smart and don't embarrass myself! Thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social and @sonyabonczek.bsky.social for setting it up! #History #AskMeAnything
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Today's the official pub day for the Fate of the Americas, so that means my AMA on @askhistorians.bsky.social is live! Eeeek!! I hope I sound smart and don't embarrass myself! Thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social and @sonyabonczek.bsky.social for setting it up! #History #AskMeAnything
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Team @uncpress.bsky.social took a field trip to the NC Botanical Garden this morning for a behind-the-scenes tour, complete with giant bottle gourds and a front-row seat to carpenter bees escaping from a carnivorous tropical pitcher plant! 🌿🐝
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Team @uncpress.bsky.social took a field trip to the NC Botanical Garden this morning for a behind-the-scenes tour, complete with giant bottle gourds and a front-row seat to carpenter bees escaping from a carnivorous tropical pitcher plant! 🌿🐝
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October 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Need Weekend Plans? We’re giving away 1 adult general admission ticket to Sleepy Fest in Saxapahaw, NC this Saturday 10/11—plus an advance reader copy of CUTOM MADE WOMAN, the upcoming memoir by folk legend Alice Gerrard.
Giveaway ends Wednesday @ 11:59pm. Enter here 👇
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Giveaway ends Wednesday @ 11:59pm. Enter here 👇
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October 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Need Weekend Plans? We’re giving away 1 adult general admission ticket to Sleepy Fest in Saxapahaw, NC this Saturday 10/11—plus an advance reader copy of CUTOM MADE WOMAN, the upcoming memoir by folk legend Alice Gerrard.
Giveaway ends Wednesday @ 11:59pm. Enter here 👇
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Giveaway ends Wednesday @ 11:59pm. Enter here 👇
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FYI happening this Thursday—free and open to all. Just click the link to register. Featuring @dwcongdon.com, @dawnd.bsky.social, and Alyssa Napier talking all things diss to book—what’s the diff b/w them, how to find a press/approach an editor, tips for proposal writing. Join us & spread the word!
All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions.
Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M
Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
FYI happening this Thursday—free and open to all. Just click the link to register. Featuring @dwcongdon.com, @dawnd.bsky.social, and Alyssa Napier talking all things diss to book—what’s the diff b/w them, how to find a press/approach an editor, tips for proposal writing. Join us & spread the word!
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If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
CFP: A Time of Monsters
The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
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Scholars, are you interested in reviewing books for the JSH? Update the editors regarding your research and reading interests here: thesha.org/book-reviewer-interest-form
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Alt: a drawing of a yellow circle that says i want to read all the books
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August 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Scholars, are you interested in reviewing books for the JSH? Update the editors regarding your research and reading interests here: thesha.org/book-reviewer-interest-form
Attn media/reviewers: Two new @uncpress.bsky.social titles are now up on @netgalley.bsky.social— for one month only!
📚HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITE! by @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social (Dec)
📚JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM by @drkyliesmith.bsky.social
(Jan '26)
Check out UNC Press titles here: bit.ly/3ItM2WF
📚HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITE! by @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social (Dec)
📚JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM by @drkyliesmith.bsky.social
(Jan '26)
Check out UNC Press titles here: bit.ly/3ItM2WF
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October 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Attn media/reviewers: Two new @uncpress.bsky.social titles are now up on @netgalley.bsky.social— for one month only!
📚HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITE! by @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social (Dec)
📚JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM by @drkyliesmith.bsky.social
(Jan '26)
Check out UNC Press titles here: bit.ly/3ItM2WF
📚HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITE! by @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social (Dec)
📚JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM by @drkyliesmith.bsky.social
(Jan '26)
Check out UNC Press titles here: bit.ly/3ItM2WF
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"I asked Chat GPT"
Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.
Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.
October 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"I asked Chat GPT"
Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.
Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.
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Let's play "how many books do you have in the Anthropic settlement"? I have 4. I bet some of you have many many more than that secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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October 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Let's play "how many books do you have in the Anthropic settlement"? I have 4. I bet some of you have many many more than that secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.
Version of original on left, updated on right:
Version of original on left, updated on right:
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.
Version of original on left, updated on right:
Version of original on left, updated on right:
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Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
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My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
a.co/d/29c7EIP
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
a.co/d/29c7EIP
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All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions.
Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M
Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M
September 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions.
Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M
Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M
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“It’s for everyone, this book. You can go wherever you want. It’s just a place to start.”
Christian Leus talks with author Kristina Gaddy and musician @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social about "Go Back and Fetch It," their new book exploring early Black music.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/FZlSn
Christian Leus talks with author Kristina Gaddy and musician @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social about "Go Back and Fetch It," their new book exploring early Black music.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/FZlSn
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“It’s for everyone, this book. You can go wherever you want. It’s just a place to start.”
Christian Leus talks with author Kristina Gaddy and musician @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social about "Go Back and Fetch It," their new book exploring early Black music.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/FZlSn
Christian Leus talks with author Kristina Gaddy and musician @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social about "Go Back and Fetch It," their new book exploring early Black music.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/FZlSn
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"Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless challenges the reader to see mushrooms as more than merely an organism to be eaten, seen, or feared."
Read this review of FEARLESS, SLEEPLESS, DEATHLESS by Maria Pinto in @science.org
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Read this review of FEARLESS, SLEEPLESS, DEATHLESS by Maria Pinto in @science.org
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Fall Books 2025
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September 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless challenges the reader to see mushrooms as more than merely an organism to be eaten, seen, or feared."
Read this review of FEARLESS, SLEEPLESS, DEATHLESS by Maria Pinto in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Read this review of FEARLESS, SLEEPLESS, DEATHLESS by Maria Pinto in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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***Book Reviewers for the JAEH Needed***
If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History (@illinoispress.bsky.social ), fill volunteer reviewer form or send your contact information or email jaehreviews@gmail.com.
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If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History (@illinoispress.bsky.social ), fill volunteer reviewer form or send your contact information or email jaehreviews@gmail.com.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
***Book Reviewers for the JAEH Needed***
If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History (@illinoispress.bsky.social ), fill volunteer reviewer form or send your contact information or email jaehreviews@gmail.com.
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If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History (@illinoispress.bsky.social ), fill volunteer reviewer form or send your contact information or email jaehreviews@gmail.com.
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Thank you EBONY for including Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo in this list.
Kristina R. Gaddy and I are so excited that our book is finally out! Use 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%: bit.ly/go-back-and-fetch-it
Kristina R. Gaddy and I are so excited that our book is finally out! Use 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%: bit.ly/go-back-and-fetch-it
September 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Thank you EBONY for including Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo in this list.
Kristina R. Gaddy and I are so excited that our book is finally out! Use 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%: bit.ly/go-back-and-fetch-it
Kristina R. Gaddy and I are so excited that our book is finally out! Use 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%: bit.ly/go-back-and-fetch-it
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Reporter: Do you think it would have been fitting to lower the flags for Melissa Hortman who was killed as well?
Trump: Uh, I’m not familiar, who?
Trump: Uh, I’m not familiar, who?
September 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reporter: Do you think it would have been fitting to lower the flags for Melissa Hortman who was killed as well?
Trump: Uh, I’m not familiar, who?
Trump: Uh, I’m not familiar, who?
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"Fungi are so underloved and at the same time so overwhelmingly important in ecosystems. Once I took to the woods, I found these beings of incredible beauty everywhere."
Maria Pinto on Zombie Ants and Trumpets of Death for @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Maria Pinto on Zombie Ants and Trumpets of Death for @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Zombie Ants and Trumpets of Death: PW Talks with Maria Pinto
In 'Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless' (Univ. of North Carolina, Oct.), the naturalist and forager combines memoir, reporting, and nature
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August 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Fungi are so underloved and at the same time so overwhelmingly important in ecosystems. Once I took to the woods, I found these beings of incredible beauty everywhere."
Maria Pinto on Zombie Ants and Trumpets of Death for @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Maria Pinto on Zombie Ants and Trumpets of Death for @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...