Michelle Chen
@michellechn.bsky.social
Senior Editor at the Univ Press of Colorado (Utah State UP & U of Alaska Press) acquiring books in composition & rhetoric, folklore, & polar studies. Formerly at OUP (music), Palgrave (politics) & Bloomsbury (33 1/3). Based in Brooklyn. Opinions my own.
Some interesting stats from the @publisherswkly.bsky.social annual salary report (note that sizable gender wage gap)
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Some interesting stats from the @publisherswkly.bsky.social annual salary report (note that sizable gender wage gap)
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Sometimes you get a real gem from the catsitter 😉
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sometimes you get a real gem from the catsitter 😉
There are *some* good things about Texas
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There are *some* good things about Texas
For all of us battling our AI demons
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For all of us battling our AI demons
Really important point from this article. If you're going to argue that the humanities are out of touch and elitist (disagree), then maybe the answer should be MORE equitable access to a humanities education--not less.
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Really important point from this article. If you're going to argue that the humanities are out of touch and elitist (disagree), then maybe the answer should be MORE equitable access to a humanities education--not less.
She's a 10 but she has no chill when it comes to treats
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
She's a 10 but she has no chill when it comes to treats
Sometimes it's nice to get out of the city and touch grass #StormKingArtCenter
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sometimes it's nice to get out of the city and touch grass #StormKingArtCenter
I rewatched Funny Face last night and couldn't help myself. Happy end of #UPWeek friends! Today is a great day to tell your university libraries about how important it is to support the work of nonprofit university presses. Repeat after me: More UPs; less predatory journal publishers.
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I rewatched Funny Face last night and couldn't help myself. Happy end of #UPWeek friends! Today is a great day to tell your university libraries about how important it is to support the work of nonprofit university presses. Repeat after me: More UPs; less predatory journal publishers.
🎵 it's that most wonderful time of the year 🎵
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🎵 it's that most wonderful time of the year 🎵
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As an impulse reader I just have to say that this should be illegal
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As an impulse reader I just have to say that this should be illegal
When you feel a little too comfortable with your primary care physician and this is what ends up in your post-appointment clinical notes:
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
When you feel a little too comfortable with your primary care physician and this is what ends up in your post-appointment clinical notes:
"Hinder AI innovation or adoption" is incredibly euphemistic language for "we want to be immune from copyright law and fully free to pirate authors' works"
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Hinder AI innovation or adoption" is incredibly euphemistic language for "we want to be immune from copyright law and fully free to pirate authors' works"
This dreary Monday seems a good enough day as any to remind everyone of this glorious meme
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This dreary Monday seems a good enough day as any to remind everyone of this glorious meme
Just sent my partner off on a Halloween adventure dressed up as Frodo Baggins while I chill at home like the sensible un-Tookish hobbit I am
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Just sent my partner off on a Halloween adventure dressed up as Frodo Baggins while I chill at home like the sensible un-Tookish hobbit I am
This is the ideal halloween movie and you can't convince me otherwise iykyk
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is the ideal halloween movie and you can't convince me otherwise iykyk
It’s not a daguerreotype but may I present to you my precious little thrift store bust of Chopin looking miserable at a salon?
October 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It’s not a daguerreotype but may I present to you my precious little thrift store bust of Chopin looking miserable at a salon?
From now on I shall be regularly referring to myself as “Chinese with disappointment”
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
From now on I shall be regularly referring to myself as “Chinese with disappointment”
My cat, after I come home from a conference, every time I need to be not physically touching her
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My cat, after I come home from a conference, every time I need to be not physically touching her
Yeah, that’s right. I made a necklace for LEGEND TRIPPING because that’s just the kind of silly little editor I am.
Shoutout to our friends at the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Center for supplying the beads! #AFS2025
Shoutout to our friends at the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Center for supplying the beads! #AFS2025
October 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Yeah, that’s right. I made a necklace for LEGEND TRIPPING because that’s just the kind of silly little editor I am.
Shoutout to our friends at the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Center for supplying the beads! #AFS2025
Shoutout to our friends at the Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Center for supplying the beads! #AFS2025
#NOKINGS
~Just Folklore~
(All conferences should have crafting stations tbh)
#AFS2025 @upcolorado.bsky.social
~Just Folklore~
(All conferences should have crafting stations tbh)
#AFS2025 @upcolorado.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
#NOKINGS
~Just Folklore~
(All conferences should have crafting stations tbh)
#AFS2025 @upcolorado.bsky.social
~Just Folklore~
(All conferences should have crafting stations tbh)
#AFS2025 @upcolorado.bsky.social
V important update: there’s a Tim Hortons (next to a gentlemen’s club?) by the hotel so I’ve added donut holes to my repertoire of booth treats 🍩
**add witty connections between donuts and folklore here
#AFS2025
**add witty connections between donuts and folklore here
#AFS2025
October 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
V important update: there’s a Tim Hortons (next to a gentlemen’s club?) by the hotel so I’ve added donut holes to my repertoire of booth treats 🍩
**add witty connections between donuts and folklore here
#AFS2025
**add witty connections between donuts and folklore here
#AFS2025
