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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 1d

an owl is sitting on a tree branch in a field with cows .

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 2d

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 2d

This is your every now and then reminder that if you got to @uncpress.bsky.social website and enter 01HATM30 you’ll get 30% off of any title. I don’t get anything for it, but it’s a nice thing for my readers and the #HATM community.

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Home - The University of North Carolina Press

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, tour was with their director of programs and we booked some Spring events for our authors. 🤪

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 2d

Team @uncpress.bsky.social took a field trip to the NC Botanical Garden this morning for a behind-the-scenes tour, complete with giant bottle gourds and a front-row seat to carpenter bees escaping from a carnivorous tropical pitcher plant! 🌿🐝

Team UNC Press Publicity holding up some bottle gourds in the herb drying cabin at NC Botanical Garden

Carpenter bees trying to escape from a tropical pitcher plant

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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 4d

Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!

How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?

Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.

Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy

Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Shira Chess (she/her) @shirachess.bsky.social · 3d

My new book, THE UNSEEN INTERNET (about the intersections between magical thinking and tech innovation) is officially available for pre-order via @mitpress.bsky.social!

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255388...

The Unseen Internet

Our contemporary digital landscape often reflects a strange logic: Elon Musk believes there’s a one-in-a-billion chance that we are not living in a com...

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 3d

Hey Triangle friends!!!! Wanna go to Sleepyfest this weekend? www.sleepycatrec.com/sleepyfest

UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 4d

Need Weekend Plans? We’re giving away 1 adult general admission ticket to Sleepy Fest in Saxapahaw, NC this Saturday 10/11—plus an advance reader copy of CUTOM MADE WOMAN, the upcoming memoir by folk legend Alice Gerrard.

Giveaway ends Wednesday @ 11:59pm. Enter here 👇
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 9d

The number of registered Democrats in NC is declining. So is the number of registered Republicans rising? Find out in this @theassemblync.bsky.social piece by @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social, author of ANATOMY OF A PURPLE STATE 🗳️

www.theassemblync.com/politics/dem...

Democrats Are Losing Members in N.C. But Are the Republicans Gaining?

Much has been made of the decline in registered Democrats. But who is benefiting from that shift, and why, is more complicated.

www.theassemblync.com

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 9d

"I asked Chat GPT"

Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 9d

✨ An inspiring evening at the NC State Archives with @unchistory.bsky.social profs Fitzhugh Brundage, @kathleenduval.bsky.social, and Joseph Glatthaar to celebrate the publication of Foundations of American Democracy.

Now available to all North Carolinians via a free digital edition on NC LIVE! 📚

Editors & UNC-Chapel Hill Historians Miguel La Serna, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Kathleen DuVal with copies of Foundations of American Democracy: A Critical Documents Reader.

Panel moderated by Dr. Darin Waters, Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives & History

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 9d

a woman crying while holding a glass of beer and saying i love you both

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Brian Harnetty @bharnetty.bsky.social · 10d

A few of months ago, I had a great conversation with John P. Hastings about my book Noisy Memory (with @uncpress.bsky.social). Now, it is an article in The Brooklyn Rail! We talked re: archives, creative process, and Appalachian Ohio.

brooklynrail.org/2025/10/musi...

#noisymemory #appalachianohio

BRIAN HARNETTY with John P. Hastings | The Brooklyn Rail

Brian Harnetty is a composer based in Columbus, Ohio. Many of his works and projects begin from listening to audio from sources—spoken word, field recordings, music. Noisy Memory is about the process ...

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 9d

If you're looking for gripping true crime x Appalachia x memoir, check out Tim Silver's DEATH IN BRIAR BOTTOM. V good. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Now, Appalachia interview with historian Tim Silver

Podcast Episode ·

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 10d

"Zombies! Poison! Colonialism! Adventure! Mutual Aid! Maria Pinto's energetic use of language, irony, & humor will leave you grinning. Personal, daring, and utterly delightful."

Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless in @orionmagazine.bsky.social 🍄‍🟫📖
orionmagazine.org/article/2025...

12 New(ish) Reading Recommendations - Orion Magazine

Orion approved books to kick off your fall reading plans

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 10d

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 11d

The Final Draft of *A Glorious Fate* Is Off To the Publisher
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The Final Draft of *A Glorious Fate* Is Off To the Publisher

After five years of research and writing, A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw is off to the publisher.

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 11d

Love to see INTREPID GIRLS by @amyefarrell.bsky.social on @bookculture.com's most anticipated new books for October list! www.bookculture.com/blog/2025/09...

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Ideas on Fire @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social · 11d

October 8: Hear from these 3 acquisition editors at Finding the Right Publisher for Your First Book:
- Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social
- Dominique Moore, @illinoispress.bsky.social
- Mike Baccam @mikebaccam.bsky.social, @uwapress.bsky.social

ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...

Puzzle pieces on a yellow background, with speaker photos. Text reads: Finding the Right Publisher for Your First Book, October 8, 12-1 pm, part of the Ideas on Fire First Book Publishing Series

Dominique Moore wearing a grey shirt and glasses

Mike Baccam wearing a green shirt in front of trees

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 11d

How is publishing adapting to digital formats, political pressures, and a fractured information landscape?

Find out from Spangler Family Director, @jesherer.bsky.social, next week (October 8th) @flyleafbooks.bsky.social

Get your tickets now 🎟️ 👇

humanities.unc.edu/event/humani...

Humanities in Action: The Book Reloaded: Publishing in the Era of AI, Censorship, and Disinformation - Carolina Public Humanities

CPH's Humanities in Action series is exploring revolutions this semester. This 90 minute lecture and discussion will focus on how publishing is adapting to digital formats, political pressures, and a ...

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 12d

I’m taking orders for advance review copies so hit me up

Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 12d

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 12d

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 12d

Unfortunately I do love: a Ken Burns documentary www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Opinion | Ken Burns on Why the American Revolution Never Ended

www.nytimes.com

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