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Andrew Berzanskis
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Book worker, University of Oklahoma Press. Personal account. [email protected]
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · Feb 3
Even rockier times ahead for academia.

I hope that any scholar serving as a peer reviewer will recognize the headwinds facing writers of serious books right now & feel the urgency to use peer review as an opportunity for solidarity in building things up, not tearing them down.
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 12h
Thrilled to open the latest New Yorker and see an @oupress.bsky.social author. The press published José A. Rodríguez's exquisite memoir "House Built on Ashes."
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 14h
You mean, that reports are sometimes glowing, or that peer reviewers finally got around to submitting their reviews?
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 14h
Feels good sending glowing reader reports to authors late Friday afternoon.
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University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · 15h
Senior Acquisition Editor, Alessandra Jacobi-Tamulevich, is representing OU Press at the American Society for Ethnohistory conference in the prettiest conference location we've ever seen! Can't visit our booth in person? Shop the sale online and connect with us there! www.oupress.com/ase-2025/
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Dr. Michael Phillips @drmphillipsut.bsky.social · 15h
During our talk at UT Arlington about our new book, “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas,” the wonderful staff at the UTA library put together a small exhibit on E.E. Davis, the eugenicist leader of the college that became UTA from 1925-1946. @oupress.bsky.social
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 22h
Adding our support to this statement. The Compact simultaneously tramples academic freedom and denigrates the humanities, both of which are essential to the work of our members and their authors.
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American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) @aacu.org · 7d
AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 1d
"The dog snapped suspiciously at all uniformed toilers—mailmen, milkmen, Good Humor men on bicycles, streetcar conductors and anyone carrying a lunch bucket—everyone, indeed, who didn't smell of beer and unemployment."

—Nelson Algren, "The Man with a Golden Arm"
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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d
i wrote a book about a small press getting cursed with an unsolicited manuscript submission. it's very scary. you should read it.

buy a signed & personalized copy here: ghoulish.rip/product/i-be...
the jacket art for i believe in mister bones
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University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · 1d
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EJ Murphy @ejmurphy.bsky.social · 2d
Love that this was written by a teacher and a former Park Ranger. Kudos, @oupress.bsky.social.
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World Literature Today @worldlittoday.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations to László Krasznahorkai, who has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature! WLT’s pages have reviews of English translations of three of his works, most recently Elaine Margolin’s review of Chasing Homer, translated into English by John Batki.

worldliteraturetoday.org/2022/january...
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 2d
A good night at a dive bar: "It was one of those nights when everyone felt, for some reason, he really never had to go to work again at all."

—Nelson Algren, "The Man with the Golden Arm"
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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 9d
UC Press is looking for a Publicist! Help amplify authors, pitch stories that spark conversation, & champion bold, field-defining books. Apply here. Or spread the word!
careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 2d
You are probably referring to journal articles, not books. But fwiw I tell authors to expect 18-24 months from a book draft to a printed book. That includes time for peer review (possibly one round, possibly two rounds), revisions, and then 12 months in the production process.
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 2d
That Joe Brainard painting from the first episode of 'The Lowdown'? Philbrook is now displaying it.

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That Joe Brainard Painting From The First Episode Of 'The Lowdown'? Philbrook Just Got It - The Pickup
The piece is called “Untitled (Nude on Newsprint),” and it’s on loan until The Lowdown ends.
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SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 4d
The Call for Applications for the 2026 Summer Seminar in Military History is now live! Application forms, a 2-page Letter of Interest, and CV/Resume are due December 12th.
www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...
Summer Seminar | The Society for Military History
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 3d
New Year's Eve in a dive bar: "They wandered in from all over the ward, the invited and the uninvited, the wary and the seeking, the strayed, the frayed, the happy and the hapless, the lost, the luckless, the lucky, and the doomed."

—Nelson Algren, "The Man with the Golden Arm"
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University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · 3d
Listen in! OUP author @geekypedagogy.bsky.social
talks about her book "Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom" on the Top Hat's Higher Listenings Podcast. tophat.com/teaching-res...
Top Hat Podcast | Higher Listenings | Top Hat
Dive into the Top Hat higher education podcast, where thought leaders, authors, and educators shape the future of higher learning. Tune in now!
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University of Arkansas Press @uarkpress.bsky.social · 3d
Deadline extended!

The Miller Williams Poetry Prize, edited by Patricia Smith, will accept submissions until October 21, 2025.

www.uapress.com/product-cate...
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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 3d
It's the official publication day for ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS. Want to know why the US turns 40 percent of the corn crop into fuel? How the US and Brazil became the world's two largest ethanol producers? Tom Rogers and I have answers.
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Ethanol - University of Oklahoma Press
Though ethanol, a liquid fuel made from agricultural byproducts, has generated controversy in recent years—good or bad for the environment? a big-ag boon o...
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Mike Crespin @mikecrespin.bsky.social · 3d
One week until we kick off the 22nd Rothbaum Lecture Series! If you can't join us in person, you can watch online here: youtube.com/@cacarchives...
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University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · 3d
Out Now! "Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels" by Jeffrey T. Manuel and Thomas D. Rogers reveals the transnational nature of ethanol's development by its two biggest producers, the U.S. and Brazil. www.oupress.com/978080619601...
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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 4d
Surprised there's not a definitive book on the history of government shutdowns in the United States.*

This seems unlikely to be the last shutdown, so if somebody wants to be momentarily relevant at some future date, start typing now.

*If there is one and I've missed it, please LMK
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 4d
"I like getting locked up now 'n then, it's how a guy stays out of trouble."

—a small-time crook in Nelson Algren's novel "The Man with the Golden Arm"
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 4d
Located between Chimera Café and Tulsa Violin Shop, Bygone Magazines is a new store specializing in vintage magazines and local literature. It's not trying to go viral. And that's a good thing. thepickup.com/bygone-magaz...
Bygone Magazines Isn’t Trying To Go Viral - The Pickup
This Arts District pop-up wants you to luxuriate in the joy of physical media.
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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 5d
Indeed it is!