Julia Boss
@juliaboss.bsky.social
Developmental editor working with scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Lapsed historian. Ex-Algonquin Books.
More at https://www.juliabossediting.com/.
More at https://www.juliabossediting.com/.
Those same plums, a week later. .
August 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Those same plums, a week later. .
August 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So excited to receive in the mail—just in time for its July 29 @princetonupress.bsky.social pub date—a copy of Susanna Berger's gorgeous and beautifully argued The Deformation: Attention and Discernment in Catholic Reformation Art and Architecture.
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
July 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So excited to receive in the mail—just in time for its July 29 @princetonupress.bsky.social pub date—a copy of Susanna Berger's gorgeous and beautifully argued The Deformation: Attention and Discernment in Catholic Reformation Art and Architecture.
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
When Wordle refuses to be a pleasant distraction but manages to be visually appealing.
February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When Wordle refuses to be a pleasant distraction but manages to be visually appealing.
Here we go, for its bunker vibe:
November 13, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Here we go, for its bunker vibe:
The Beinecke is the library building—bunker, though not strictly speaking brutalist—I can't stop thinking of. Can't find an easy free photo of the marble-"windowed" exterior, but interior stacks are also gorgeous.
November 13, 2024 at 10:09 PM
The Beinecke is the library building—bunker, though not strictly speaking brutalist—I can't stop thinking of. Can't find an easy free photo of the marble-"windowed" exterior, but interior stacks are also gorgeous.
If you see this, quote post something purple
October 28, 2024 at 10:13 AM
If you see this, quote post something purple
The Bluesky echo chamber, where even the bots and imposters flatter you and assume your best intentions.
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September 23, 2024 at 5:46 PM
The Bluesky echo chamber, where even the bots and imposters flatter you and assume your best intentions.
Not quite an elder, not a hip new user.
Being the Gen X of Bluesky.
Being the Gen X of Bluesky.
September 16, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Not quite an elder, not a hip new user.
Being the Gen X of Bluesky.
Being the Gen X of Bluesky.
We should share all our lovely Wordle patterns. :-/
I was proud enough of my stair-step accomplishment from Sunday to save it; thanks for giving me an excuse to post!
I was proud enough of my stair-step accomplishment from Sunday to save it; thanks for giving me an excuse to post!
September 12, 2024 at 4:03 PM
We should share all our lovely Wordle patterns. :-/
I was proud enough of my stair-step accomplishment from Sunday to save it; thanks for giving me an excuse to post!
I was proud enough of my stair-step accomplishment from Sunday to save it; thanks for giving me an excuse to post!
The color, yes.
But also: the sheer *size* of the new Chicago Manual of Style!
But also: the sheer *size* of the new Chicago Manual of Style!
September 6, 2024 at 3:36 PM
The color, yes.
But also: the sheer *size* of the new Chicago Manual of Style!
But also: the sheer *size* of the new Chicago Manual of Style!
Agree with @somoroffmatthew.bsky.social on Debbie Berne's excellent The Design of Books. Also new and good is @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social's Big Fiction. Some other (fairly academic) favorites here:
June 21, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Agree with @somoroffmatthew.bsky.social on Debbie Berne's excellent The Design of Books. Also new and good is @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social's Big Fiction. Some other (fairly academic) favorites here:
Just received my copy of The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook. Thank you, @allisonvandev.bsky.social! You and @katelynknox.bsky.social have created a wonderful resource I will definitely recommend. I especially like how the workbook addresses parallelism and incorporating (or not) the "pet chapter."
November 21, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Just received my copy of The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook. Thank you, @allisonvandev.bsky.social! You and @katelynknox.bsky.social have created a wonderful resource I will definitely recommend. I especially like how the workbook addresses parallelism and incorporating (or not) the "pet chapter."