Laura Ansley
@lmansley.bsky.social
Editor, historian, feminist, & book-lover | Director of Publications, @historians.org | Emerita, @nursingclio.bsky.social | she/her
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Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind?
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind?
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
See also: if you’re on an editorial board or in another role in which you recommend peer reviewers for journal articles. It’s ROUGH these days.
if your press asks for names, give 6 to 8--NOT the biggest, most senior stars in your field. None of them will do it. part of the problem is that the ppl best poised are "mid-career"--i.e. have a book, tenure. TWIST: the mid-career folx, IF THEY EXIST, are so fucking overloaded I can't even tell you
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
See also: if you’re on an editorial board or in another role in which you recommend peer reviewers for journal articles. It’s ROUGH these days.
God, I loved this one. If you need a treat during the holidays, pick this one up. But warning: you will get hungry reading about his baking.
SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
God, I loved this one. If you need a treat during the holidays, pick this one up. But warning: you will get hungry reading about his baking.
YAY! This book is gonna be sooooo good.
I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
YAY! This book is gonna be sooooo good.
Love this every year. So many good books!
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Love this every year. So many good books!
Just 3 New York guys.
Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Just 3 New York guys.
Pluribus should be named Hey, Carol! Otherwise, good show.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Pluribus should be named Hey, Carol! Otherwise, good show.
Happy birthday to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social, and congrats to @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social and @cindyermus.bsky.social on this achievement.
We published our first essay 10 years ago today on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. It was based on a side idea I had for my dissertation that would explore news of Franklin’s death around the revolutionary Atlantic. ageofrevolutions.com/2015/11/21/f...
“Franklin is Dead”: Celebrity, Genius, and Religion in the Age of Revolutions
By Bryan A. Banks On June 11, 1790, an emotionally wrought Mirabeau took to the rostrum of the National Constituent Assembly after numerous days away suffering from ophthalmia to announce Benjamin …
ageofrevolutions.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Happy birthday to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social, and congrats to @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social and @cindyermus.bsky.social on this achievement.
Love love love this baseball book, and the other two were already on my TBR!
It’s #RomanceColumn time and this month’s books are: a sweet and sexy second-chance m/m romance in Italy, a queer fake-dating Jewish baseball contemporary, and a light but tart romantasy about a villain’s henchwitch trying to do good after the villain’s defeat (gift link!).
#booksky #Romancelandia
#booksky #Romancelandia
Smart, Sizzling New Romance Novels
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November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Love love love this baseball book, and the other two were already on my TBR!
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We're hiring an editor in our New York office!
Apply by December 1st, 2025
Apply by December 1st, 2025
Job Openings
US Editor Verso Books is looking for an Editor to join the team in Verso’s New York office. This role will be responsible for acquiring and editing books for the Verso list, which covers a wide range ...
www.versobooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We're hiring an editor in our New York office!
Apply by December 1st, 2025
Apply by December 1st, 2025
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Check out Allison's #AHAPerspectives article from 2024 describing her career path and work at the ANC. "Whether I’m speaking to tourists or dignitaries, writing a blog post or a book, I have opportunities each day to use my historical skills for the benefit of our nation.” 🗃️
Finding Fulfillment as a Federal Historian – AHA
Allison S. Finkelstein shares her career path to becoming senior historian at Arlington National Cemetery.
www.historians.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Check out Allison's #AHAPerspectives article from 2024 describing her career path and work at the ANC. "Whether I’m speaking to tourists or dignitaries, writing a blog post or a book, I have opportunities each day to use my historical skills for the benefit of our nation.” 🗃️
Wrong answers only: What do you think is “the greatest sentence ever written”?
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Wrong answers only: What do you think is “the greatest sentence ever written”?
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was fun to work on this with @rhigarthjones.bsky.social - about choosing different ways to talk to different publics
In #AHAPerspectives, Rhiannon Garth Jones and Matthew Gabriele argue for moving away from the traditional bibliography in trade books and toward something more conversational to engage with the wider public. 🗃️
Bibliographies for the People – AHA
Embracing alternative citation help the public better engage with trade history books.
www.historians.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
was fun to work on this with @rhigarthjones.bsky.social - about choosing different ways to talk to different publics
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Read more about it here:
www.historians.org/perspectives...
www.historians.org/perspectives...
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Read more about it here:
www.historians.org/perspectives...
www.historians.org/perspectives...
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In #AHAPerspectives, Rhiannon Garth Jones and Matthew Gabriele argue for moving away from the traditional bibliography in trade books and toward something more conversational to engage with the wider public. 🗃️
Bibliographies for the People – AHA
Embracing alternative citation help the public better engage with trade history books.
www.historians.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, Rhiannon Garth Jones and Matthew Gabriele argue for moving away from the traditional bibliography in trade books and toward something more conversational to engage with the wider public. 🗃️
Finally the Texas State Boaard of Education meeting has reached the discussion of the social studies standards. @drwhit.bsky.social is posting about what’s happening in this livestreamed meeting. 🗃️
Okay, we're about to start agenda item #8 "Discussion of Social Studies Framework Key Topics." These key topics will set the agenda for the work groups, who will write the individual TEKS.
If you're confused about TEKS revision and what it entails, the AHA has you covered.
If you're confused about TEKS revision and what it entails, the AHA has you covered.
Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide - AHA
Support Honest History in Texas Public Schools Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social s...
www.historians.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Finally the Texas State Boaard of Education meeting has reached the discussion of the social studies standards. @drwhit.bsky.social is posting about what’s happening in this livestreamed meeting. 🗃️
Spent the afternoon touring Arlington National Cemetery with senior historian Allison Finkelstein. I love few things as much as listening to smart people talk about their expertise, so it was a true pleasure for me and other AHA staff members.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Spent the afternoon touring Arlington National Cemetery with senior historian Allison Finkelstein. I love few things as much as listening to smart people talk about their expertise, so it was a true pleasure for me and other AHA staff members.
In #AHAPerspectives today, @rhigarthjones.bsky.social and @profgabriele.com write about creative ways to approach citations and bibliography in trade books. 🗃️
Bibliographies for the People – AHA
Embracing alternative citation help the public better engage with trade history books.
www.historians.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In #AHAPerspectives today, @rhigarthjones.bsky.social and @profgabriele.com write about creative ways to approach citations and bibliography in trade books. 🗃️
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Are you looking for more information, talking points, and other avenues to help shape the Texas social studies standard revision? Check out the American Historical Association’s Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide.
Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide - AHA
Support Honest History in Texas Public Schools Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social s...
www.historians.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Are you looking for more information, talking points, and other avenues to help shape the Texas social studies standard revision? Check out the American Historical Association’s Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide.
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The SBOE meeting starts at 9 AM CT. Civics and social studies topics are agenda items 7 and 8, and these meetings are unpredictable in length. I am committed to watching the whole day, but we are likely in for a very long day. Link for the livestream: www.adminmonitor.com/tx/tea/commi...
Texas Education Agency - Texas - Admin Monitor
www.adminmonitor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The SBOE meeting starts at 9 AM CT. Civics and social studies topics are agenda items 7 and 8, and these meetings are unpredictable in length. I am committed to watching the whole day, but we are likely in for a very long day. Link for the livestream: www.adminmonitor.com/tx/tea/commi...
The AHA's own @drwhit.bsky.social will updating us all day on the TEKS discussions at the Texas State Board of Education today. Follow her for updates on the meeting.
Good morning! Texas is revising its K-12 social studies standards (TEKS) for 5.5 million kids, & the State Board of Education (SBOE) is meeting today to discuss their progress today. I will be live-tweeting (posting?) about anything that concerns social studies. Follow this thread for updates!
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The AHA's own @drwhit.bsky.social will updating us all day on the TEKS discussions at the Texas State Board of Education today. Follow her for updates on the meeting.
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In #AHAPerspectives, Samuel Miner reflects on the end of a 20-year project examining the postwar history of West German federal ministries and their Nazi pasts. 🗃️
The End of an Era? – AHA
A 20-year project delving into the postwar history of West German federal ministries and their Nazi pasts is wrapping up.
www.historians.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, Samuel Miner reflects on the end of a 20-year project examining the postwar history of West German federal ministries and their Nazi pasts. 🗃️
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You can't beat the low price of free.
Current K-12 teachers at public schools in Chicago are eligible to receive free registration to #AHA26. Send a request from your school email address to the AHA’s annual meeting email for a discount code. 🗃️
Annual Meeting - AHA
Join Us at the Annual Meeting Connect with Your Community Since 1884, the American Historical Association annual meeting has been the premier gathering for historians to come together to share researc...
www.historians.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
You can't beat the low price of free.
In Germany, historians are wrapping up a 20-year project to investigate the Nazi involvement of postwar West Germany government officials. Samuel Miner writes about what the project did and what future work could include in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
The End of an Era? – AHA
A 20-year project delving into the postwar history of West German federal ministries and their Nazi pasts is wrapping up.
www.historians.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In Germany, historians are wrapping up a 20-year project to investigate the Nazi involvement of postwar West Germany government officials. Samuel Miner writes about what the project did and what future work could include in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.