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Kelsey Squire
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Professor of English, teacher of American literature, co-editor at The Willa Cather Review.
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literaryhub.bsky.social
If you love a small press, check out these 100 notable small press books from 2025!
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/
About | Literary Arts Fund
The Literary Arts Fund advances support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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beltpublishing.bsky.social
One thousand followers huh.... well well well. Who wants to win a copy of The Great Black Swamp then?

Comment a wild fact about your town, and we'll pick a random winner to get a finished copy of this incredible environmental disaster book!

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October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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jstor.bsky.social
Explore @drewuniversity.bsky.social’s Willa Cather Collection on JSTOR, an extensive archive of printed and manuscript material. 📚 Digitized using JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, it’s a rich foundation for literary history and authorship studies.

Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/46yD8yO
Promotional JSTOR graphic on a dark red background with the JSTOR logo and the text ‘Collection — The Willa Cather Collection.’ At right is a cropped image from the My Ántonia cover: a silhouette of a farmer leading two horses uphill with sun rays bursting behind.
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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sarosecav.bsky.social
My latest for @chronicle.com.

Wherein George Orwell and I share some thoughts on nurturing academic well-being in a time of so many threats to our mission and really, the world at large. And also get cranky about AI.

www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Advice | How to Get Through The Year, and Maybe Even Thrive
Four ways to nurture academic well-being in these uniquely challenging times.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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erinbartram.bsky.social
Never fear, we are working through all of the Face/Off submissions, but if anyone knows a contingent scholar who studies religious conversion in the US in a non-history discipline, let me know. We want to work out the kinks of the process with an editor first!

(Still accepting submissions tho!)
Face/Off
Lots of scholars from different disciplines study and write about things that happened in the past. So what, if anything, makes history a separate and coherent discipline? While Contingent is a histor...
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August 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
kelseysquire.bsky.social
Another bookish survey, this one on cover design!
oliviagw.bsky.social Olivia Wood @oliviagw.bsky.social · Jul 31
Hello, I’m Olivia Wood and I am a Publishing MLitt student at Stirling University. For my dissertation, I am running a survey to examine the reader response to the use of people on book cover designs. The survey should take around 5 – 10 minutes to complete. Thank you!
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Microsoft Forms
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August 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Look at what the fabulous Dr. Sarah Mesle and I are up to!!! We’re offering a seminar at C19's 2026 conference in Cincinnati, Ohio! Proposals aren't due until September 15th, so you've got plenty of time. Spread the word!

Details on how to apply, etc., at www.c19society.org/2026-confere...
July 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
kelseysquire.bsky.social
Love to see audiobook research!
chelsbells7.bsky.social Chelsey Hahmann @chelsbells7.bsky.social · Jul 29
Hi everyone,

As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration.

If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts!

You can find the survey here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have you listened to any audiobooks lately? I would love to hear your thoughts on audiobook narration via the link above.
July 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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recoveryhubaww.bsky.social
THIS WEDNESDAY, July 9th, join us for our next free Zoom "Tech Hour" workshop on "Project Management for Digital Humanities Projects," led by Recovery Hub Cultivation Coordinator Emily Rau. Register to get the Zoom link: recoveryhub.siue.edu/.../14/summe...
July 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.

That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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honeypisquared.bsky.social
We found that AI tools - both general like #ChatGPT and research-specific like #Elicit - lack the reliability, relevancy and accuracy to summarise research for teachers. This is important because we have been sold the idea that AI will make research more accessible.
honeypisquared.bsky.social Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith @honeypisquared.bsky.social · Jun 9
I am delighted to announce that my new paper with @darrenmacey.bsky.social is now published, entitled 'All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by summarising evidence in mathematics education'

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A picture of the title and abstract of the research paper: All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by summarising evidence in mathematics education Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Darren Macey University of Cambridge Current discourse around AI (artificial intelligence) tools suggest they can offer users quick access to research evidence, with the goal of improving our practice and policies in mathematics education. However, recent evaluations suggest that AI often falls short of human capabilities in accurately summarising complex information, raising questions about trust, credibility, and reliability. In this paper, we investigate whether AI tools are able to successfully perform the educational knowledge brokering function of finding, selecting, and summarising research with implications for practitioners. In particular, we ask if AI tools are able to find research papers that actually exist (accuracy), are relevant to the question (relevancy) and are able to interpret findings into useful, actionable implications for practitioners (applicability). We find that generally they are not, and even when they are, they do so in a way that is so inconsistent as to be a serious threat to credibility. Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI; knowledge brokering; large language models; mathematics education
June 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Ohio! This is happening—underdogs fighting back against a higher ed law that will regulate classroom discussions on “controversial beliefs,” including climate policy, marriage, immigration and electoral politics; plus weakens union efforts and strikes DEI. salon.com/2025/06/07/j...
“Just three people” took on Ohio education law — and sparked a movement
"We've had a huge groundswell of support. I mean, it was shocking how many people" signed on," professor says.
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June 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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nehafge3403.bsky.social
"There are hundreds of local history organizations in this state that rely on our grant funding so that they can make sure they’re preserving our story, preserving our heritage and giving access to these wonderful stories to the public." - Rebecca Asmo, Exec. Dir. #Ohio #Humanities #NEH
Ohio museums grapple with federal cuts to the humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities cancelled millions in already-awarded, but not-yet-disbursed grants as part of federal cuts.
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June 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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recoveryhubaww.bsky.social
Join us for our FREE Tech Hour Zoom workshops on getting started with digital literary recovery projects, digital humanities project management, and teaching with existing digital recovery projects! All are welcome. #academicsky
#disruptthecanon

Learn more: recoveryhub.siue.edu/.../14/summe...
May 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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nehafge3403.bsky.social
"The arts express the human experience; the humanities ask why that experience matters. The humanities explore how we live, think and connect across time and culture. And when we fail to support them, our civic fabric unravels." - Rebecca Brown Asmo, Exec. Dir. #Ohio #Humanities #NEH
Saving Our Stories: The Impact of Funding Cuts on Ohio Humanities
Ohio Humanities strives to tell and preserve the stories of our culture, but federal funding cuts put that work in jeopardy.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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erinbartram.bsky.social
As a scholar, as a teacher, and now as a museum educator, Chronicling America has been invaluable.

Beyond that, though, it's OURS. We paid for it. It's a public good.
ryancordell.org Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · May 12
Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down

Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...
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May 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Wow! #Sinners www.aaihs.org/the-sinners-...
The ‘Sinners’ Movie Syllabus - AAIHS
The 'Sinners' Movie Syllabus is a curated educational resource inspired by the 2025 film 'Sinners,' directed by Ryan Coogler. This syllabus delves into the multifaceted historical, cultural, and socia...
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May 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Also worth noting, on Indie Bookstore Day, that Libro.fm is having an incredible sale which will directly support the local bookshop of your choice. libro.fm/sale/all
All sale audiobooks
Check out the selection of Libro.fm’s on-sale audiobooks!
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April 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
kelseysquire.bsky.social
While it’s hard to imagine what 2026 will be like, I’m going to try to organize a potential panel for C19. Info here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...
cfp | call for papers
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April 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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If you’re in Ohio, please contact your representatives (ohiohouse.gov) and let them know you don’t want them to cut the library budget. I know the Columbus Metropolitan Library has a beloved social media presence, so here’s the letter they sent out today discussing what’s going on:
Ohio’s libraries urgently need your help! We need you to contact your state representative today and tell them not to cut library funding. The Ohio House of Representatives is currently working on the state budget for the next two years. The House Finance Committee accepted an amendment yesterday that eliminates the Public Library Fund and replaces it with a line-item appropriation, representing a $100 million cut to library funding compared to Governor DeWine’s budget. The unprecedented elimination of the Public Library Fund comes at a time when libraries across the state already saw a $27 million shortfall in state funding in 2024. Ohio’s libraries are currently funded at the same level we were in the year 2000 with no adjustment for inflation. Since then, our community has grown while the cost of library resources and services has increased, and we have evolved to serve our customers. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT YOU? We rely on funding from the state’s Public Library Fund to support not just operations and capital investments but the very books, library resources, programs and services our community relies on. This includes: Ready for Kindergarten programs School Help Centers Digital literacy efforts Adult education resources Business and Nonprofit Resource Center, and so many more Eliminating the Public Library Fund and replacing it with the same level of funding libraries received a quarter of a century ago is a threat to all library programs, materials, and services. HOW CAN YOU HELP? Contact your state representative and Speaker Matt Huffman TODAY. Tell them to restore the Public Library Fund to the amount designated in the Governor’s proposed budget and share how important the library is to you and your family and how a cut to libraries would impact you and your neighbors.
April 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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sistahscifi.bsky.social
🚨 Big News! 🚨
Positive Obsession by @susiemaye drops August 19, 2025! 📚
A cultural biography of the legendary Octavia E. Butler, chronicling her trailblazing legacy in sci-fi and how history shaped her writing.
Pre-order now🔥
Published by @AmistadBooks
#PositiveObsession #OctaviaButler #SistahSciFi
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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bethgodbee.bsky.social
Last call for this round of weekly writing groups!

Groups are meeting on Wednesdays and Fridays and co-facilitated with @candacewrites.bsky.social -- heart-head-hands.com/product/onli...

Sliding-scale and multiple registration options available. And a one-day retreat is included with registration.
This image shows a writing scene (coffee, flowers, blank page, and pen against wooden planks) and shares information: “Writing Groups. Final Hours. January-April Weekly Writing Groups. One-day writing retreat included with writing group registration. Come Write Together: Heart-Head-Hands.com.”
February 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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newyorker.com
“People are not incorrect about Octavia Butler predicting the future, but they’re not always clear about what kind of future she was envisioning.” In a new Essay, Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on Butler, legacy, and the L.A. fires.
Lessons for the End of the World
On Octavia Butler, the L.A. fires, and the uses and misuses of the things that cannot be recovered.
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections."

More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...

#WomensHistory #GLAM
WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers
First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference  Online via Zoom    Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…
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January 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM