Lisa Maruca
@lmaruca.bsky.social
C18 English professor, student of old and new media, SHARPist, tree hugger, dog lover, mom, cook, eater, hiker, reader. Not in that order.
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When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
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Very exciting: the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published a cluster of new entries on women stationers. See the intro by Valerie Wayne: www.oxforddnb.com/newsitem/906...
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
www.oxforddnb.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Very exciting: the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published a cluster of new entries on women stationers. See the intro by Valerie Wayne: www.oxforddnb.com/newsitem/906...
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
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Such an impressive group of finalists for the @sharpweb.org book history prize…
…and extra congratulations to prize recipient Martin Paul Eve for his “Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History”!
#SHARP2025
…and extra congratulations to prize recipient Martin Paul Eve for his “Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History”!
#SHARP2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Such an impressive group of finalists for the @sharpweb.org book history prize…
…and extra congratulations to prize recipient Martin Paul Eve for his “Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History”!
#SHARP2025
…and extra congratulations to prize recipient Martin Paul Eve for his “Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History”!
#SHARP2025
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Wow! I won the SHARP Book History Prize for my last book with Stanford University Press, Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History!
July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wow! I won the SHARP Book History Prize for my last book with Stanford University Press, Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History!
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#SHARP2025 people! If you use #BookHistory in your posts, it will show up in the Book History feed (which you should also add to your feeds!)
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July 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#SHARP2025 people! If you use #BookHistory in your posts, it will show up in the Book History feed (which you should also add to your feeds!)
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Excellent first #SHARP2025 keynote by Katie Mitchell, author of “Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores.” Mitchell conducted deep research in archives & communities, & interviewed 1960s+ bookstore owners & their families. Fascinating & varied stories!
www.prosetothepeople.com
www.prosetothepeople.com
Prose to the People by Katie Mitchell
Prose to the People by Katie Mitchell is a visual homage to Black bookstores in the United States. Prose to the People chronicles the Black bookstore's past and present lives by combining narrative pr...
www.prosetothepeople.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Excellent first #SHARP2025 keynote by Katie Mitchell, author of “Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores.” Mitchell conducted deep research in archives & communities, & interviewed 1960s+ bookstore owners & their families. Fascinating & varied stories!
www.prosetothepeople.com
www.prosetothepeople.com
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The BOOK HISTORY editors are here in Rochester at the @sharpweb.org conference and ready to answer your questions or help you with any issues you might have missed! #bookhistory #sharp2025
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The BOOK HISTORY editors are here in Rochester at the @sharpweb.org conference and ready to answer your questions or help you with any issues you might have missed! #bookhistory #sharp2025
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nothing has made me lose more hope for the future recently than seeing how many people who claim left wing politics were unable to pass the "is it ethical to stay on the nazi brainwashing site" test. smallest possible sacrifice being asked, and so many people can't even manage it.
July 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
nothing has made me lose more hope for the future recently than seeing how many people who claim left wing politics were unable to pass the "is it ethical to stay on the nazi brainwashing site" test. smallest possible sacrifice being asked, and so many people can't even manage it.
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This is the book! Check it out. #SHARP2025
July 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is the book! Check it out. #SHARP2025
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And this is what keynotes are for! 💖
Answering my (recurring) question about working with non-dead people, Katie Mitchell has provided wonderful advice about working on dead people:
- you need to love them
- you need to treat them like they are still alive to be able to tell their story
#SHARP2025
Answering my (recurring) question about working with non-dead people, Katie Mitchell has provided wonderful advice about working on dead people:
- you need to love them
- you need to treat them like they are still alive to be able to tell their story
#SHARP2025
July 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
And this is what keynotes are for! 💖
Answering my (recurring) question about working with non-dead people, Katie Mitchell has provided wonderful advice about working on dead people:
- you need to love them
- you need to treat them like they are still alive to be able to tell their story
#SHARP2025
Answering my (recurring) question about working with non-dead people, Katie Mitchell has provided wonderful advice about working on dead people:
- you need to love them
- you need to treat them like they are still alive to be able to tell their story
#SHARP2025
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Make sure to tag us in your @sharpweb.org Rochester posts! We wanna see it what ya'll are up to!
Safe travels to everyone heading to Rochester. We hope you have a blast!!
#BookHistory
#SHARP2025
Safe travels to everyone heading to Rochester. We hope you have a blast!!
#BookHistory
#SHARP2025
July 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Make sure to tag us in your @sharpweb.org Rochester posts! We wanna see it what ya'll are up to!
Safe travels to everyone heading to Rochester. We hope you have a blast!!
#BookHistory
#SHARP2025
Safe travels to everyone heading to Rochester. We hope you have a blast!!
#BookHistory
#SHARP2025
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#sharp2025 first keynote is Katie Mitchell's Prose to the People, an incredible book of Black book history
July 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#sharp2025 first keynote is Katie Mitchell's Prose to the People, an incredible book of Black book history
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If you’re at #SHARP2025 this week and you’re interested in becoming the next SHARP bibliographer, come talk to me! We’re going to start looking for the next bibliographer(s) soon!
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If you’re at #SHARP2025 this week and you’re interested in becoming the next SHARP bibliographer, come talk to me! We’re going to start looking for the next bibliographer(s) soon!
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
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i have come to love all the old grandmas with their homemade signs about protecting democracy or immigrants. it's so heartwarming. goals honestly
April 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
i have come to love all the old grandmas with their homemade signs about protecting democracy or immigrants. it's so heartwarming. goals honestly
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Author copies are here! What a weird wonderful feeling to get your 1st book in print!
Binding Media. Hybrid Print Digital Literature from across the Americas can be preordered now and will be officially out in March from @stanfordpress.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/bindin...
Binding Media. Hybrid Print Digital Literature from across the Americas can be preordered now and will be officially out in March from @stanfordpress.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/bindin...
January 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Author copies are here! What a weird wonderful feeling to get your 1st book in print!
Binding Media. Hybrid Print Digital Literature from across the Americas can be preordered now and will be officially out in March from @stanfordpress.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/bindin...
Binding Media. Hybrid Print Digital Literature from across the Americas can be preordered now and will be officially out in March from @stanfordpress.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/bindin...
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If you work at a university remind your bosses that there's no such thing as an illegal protest.
March 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If you work at a university remind your bosses that there's no such thing as an illegal protest.
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New, from @pamherd.bsky.social & I:
Trump said "Social Security would not be touched."
Now the Trump admin proposes a 50% cut in Social Security employees.
This will absolutely gut SSA's ability to serve everyone who depends on the program - which is everyone. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Trump said "Social Security would not be touched."
Now the Trump admin proposes a 50% cut in Social Security employees.
This will absolutely gut SSA's ability to serve everyone who depends on the program - which is everyone. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Trump's Assault on Social Security
The plan to cut America's most successful safety net program in half
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New, from @pamherd.bsky.social & I:
Trump said "Social Security would not be touched."
Now the Trump admin proposes a 50% cut in Social Security employees.
This will absolutely gut SSA's ability to serve everyone who depends on the program - which is everyone. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Trump said "Social Security would not be touched."
Now the Trump admin proposes a 50% cut in Social Security employees.
This will absolutely gut SSA's ability to serve everyone who depends on the program - which is everyone. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Legislation HB2037 (Bulova) progressed to the Governor's desk. ALLOW localities to require Solar canopies! #DillonRuleState
Letter: Solar canopies over parking lots are a win-win
Michael Shank’s Feb. 7 column ("Despite assault on clean energy, the future remains bright for solar") notes that location choices for solar power are critical. The recently passed bill promoting
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February 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Legislation HB2037 (Bulova) progressed to the Governor's desk. ALLOW localities to require Solar canopies! #DillonRuleState
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In France, we have a specialty. We like to cut off crowned heads.
We can help you.
We can help you.
February 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In France, we have a specialty. We like to cut off crowned heads.
We can help you.
We can help you.
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NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”
February 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”
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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
February 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
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Cars were the worst invention in human history and I cannot be moved off that opinion
After one year of the Bradford clean air / low emission zone, GP visits for breathing and heart problems were down by a quarter.
My latest for @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My latest for @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Cars were the worst invention in human history and I cannot be moved off that opinion
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The folks overseeing the General Services Administration have disabled the spoon emoji on its videoconferencing platform because employees were using the symbol yesterday to mock the Elon Musk-influenced "Fork in the Road" resignation offer.
Goodnight 🥄.
Goodnight 🥄.
February 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The folks overseeing the General Services Administration have disabled the spoon emoji on its videoconferencing platform because employees were using the symbol yesterday to mock the Elon Musk-influenced "Fork in the Road" resignation offer.
Goodnight 🥄.
Goodnight 🥄.