Reading in Public
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Adventures in the Public Domain. I am an avid reader with eclectic interests and I hold an MS-LIS, which honestly lends no credence to this venture except I'm good at finding things... Also at https://ko-fi.com/knightswriter
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Information about lesser-known works from the public domain.
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Exploring lesser-known works in the public domain, with a slant toward authors from marginalized groups. Also other things public-domainy that catch my interest. I also post on ko-fi.com/knightswriter
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February 11, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Yf tech billionaires reallye reade their Tolkien thei wolde understande that it was the obsessive searche by Sauron for selfish immortalitye, individual power, vain conquest, hoarded wealth, and exploitation of othirs that above all else broughte disaster to Middle Earthe.
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Yf tech billionaires reallye reade their Tolkien thei wolde understande that it was the obsessive searche by Sauron for selfish immortalitye, individual power, vain conquest, hoarded wealth, and exploitation of othirs that above all else broughte disaster to Middle Earthe.
New Essay: Matthew Henson's Expedition to the North Pole. For Black History Month.
History likes to say Robert Peary was the first American to reach the North Pole--but was he really? (And was it the North Pole at all?)
History likes to say Robert Peary was the first American to reach the North Pole--but was he really? (And was it the North Pole at all?)
Black History Month: Matthew Henson's Expedition to the Arctic
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February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
New Essay: Matthew Henson's Expedition to the North Pole. For Black History Month.
History likes to say Robert Peary was the first American to reach the North Pole--but was he really? (And was it the North Pole at all?)
History likes to say Robert Peary was the first American to reach the North Pole--but was he really? (And was it the North Pole at all?)
African American Poets for Black History Month. #poetry #BlackHistoryMonth (from April 2025)
https://ko-fi.com/post/African-American-Poets-Part-I-U7U51D73ZH
https://ko-fi.com/post/African-American-Poets-Part-I-U7U51D73ZH
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
African American Poets for Black History Month. #poetry #BlackHistoryMonth (from April 2025)
https://ko-fi.com/post/African-American-Poets-Part-I-U7U51D73ZH
https://ko-fi.com/post/African-American-Poets-Part-I-U7U51D73ZH
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“The Object of that incomprehensible Being, which alone and in himself comprehends and constitutes supreme Perfection.”
One of the 32 stunning illustrative plates to feature in Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750): publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
One of the 32 stunning illustrative plates to feature in Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750): publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
February 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
“The Object of that incomprehensible Being, which alone and in himself comprehends and constitutes supreme Perfection.”
One of the 32 stunning illustrative plates to feature in Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750): publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
One of the 32 stunning illustrative plates to feature in Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750): publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
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some recs for Black history month! (and always!)
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
some recs for Black history month! (and always!)
A new feed for Reading in Public! Adventures in the Public Domain, with a slant toward lesser-known works and marginalized authors. I also l love historical shenanigans.
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A new feed for Reading in Public! Adventures in the Public Domain, with a slant toward lesser-known works and marginalized authors. I also l love historical shenanigans.
Exploring lesser-known works in the public domain, with a slant toward authors from marginalized groups. Also other things public-domainy that catch my interest. I also post on ko-fi.com/knightswriter
Buy Reading in Public a Coffee
Information about lesser-known works from the public domain.
ko-fi.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Exploring lesser-known works in the public domain, with a slant toward authors from marginalized groups. Also other things public-domainy that catch my interest. I also post on ko-fi.com/knightswriter