Mark Alan Mattes / Hot Brown Press
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Literacy Propagandist - Book & Media History - Early American Lit - Native American and Indigenous Studies - Manuscript Studies - Letterpress
Editor, Handwriting in Early America:
A Media History (UMass 2023)
Literacy Propagandist - Book & Media History - Early American Lit - Native American and Indigenous Studies - Manuscript Studies - Letterpress
Editor, Handwriting in Early America:
A Media History (UMass 2023)
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Thank you all for supporting my ACLU fundraiser. We've raised $625 so far! I just updated things for the 250th anniversary of Common Sense. Fresh copies are available in my store: www.etsy.com/listing/4334...
#vastearlyamerica #c18 #nokings #commonsense #letterpress #printmaking #aclu #thomaspaine
#vastearlyamerica #c18 #nokings #commonsense #letterpress #printmaking #aclu #thomaspaine
imo that @literaturegeek.bsky.social 's doggy has excellent taste 😆😍
Just unpackaged a print from earlier in your series—looks amazing!
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 PM
imo that @literaturegeek.bsky.social 's doggy has excellent taste 😆😍
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Visit the student-curated exhibit “Revolutionary Paine” weekdays from 12-4 pm to view this and other materials relating to the impact of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” or check out the extended online exhibit: myumi.ch/jJA29
Revolutionary Paine - UM Clements Library
The William L. Clements Library holds 58 editions of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America. Upon the 250th anniversary of its January 1776 publication, one might ask: Wh...
myumi.ch
January 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Visit the student-curated exhibit “Revolutionary Paine” weekdays from 12-4 pm to view this and other materials relating to the impact of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” or check out the extended online exhibit: myumi.ch/jJA29
More 'lil hot brown #letterpress fun on snow day #2!
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM
More 'lil hot brown #letterpress fun on snow day #2!
we're a little extra today
January 26, 2026 at 9:05 PM
we're a little extra today
snow day fun in the #letterpress shop with one of my lil' hot browns
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
snow day fun in the #letterpress shop with one of my lil' hot browns
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I’m at the exciting stage of the quilt now, picking binding! Opinions #DHmakes crew? The blue would be the obvious choice and I have barely enough, but I’m kind of jazzed by the green/blue one!
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I’m at the exciting stage of the quilt now, picking binding! Opinions #DHmakes crew? The blue would be the obvious choice and I have barely enough, but I’m kind of jazzed by the green/blue one!
Textile Word Search No. 3" just dropped!
Word list: sew, thread, eye, needle, seam, bias, stitch. Can you find the visual pun? (Hint: it's a three-term combination this time!)
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#dhmakes #letterpress #printsky #printmaking #textiles #sewing #fiberart
Word list: sew, thread, eye, needle, seam, bias, stitch. Can you find the visual pun? (Hint: it's a three-term combination this time!)
hotbrownpress.etsy.com/listing/4424...
#dhmakes #letterpress #printsky #printmaking #textiles #sewing #fiberart
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Textile Word Search No. 3" just dropped!
Word list: sew, thread, eye, needle, seam, bias, stitch. Can you find the visual pun? (Hint: it's a three-term combination this time!)
hotbrownpress.etsy.com/listing/4424...
#dhmakes #letterpress #printsky #printmaking #textiles #sewing #fiberart
Word list: sew, thread, eye, needle, seam, bias, stitch. Can you find the visual pun? (Hint: it's a three-term combination this time!)
hotbrownpress.etsy.com/listing/4424...
#dhmakes #letterpress #printsky #printmaking #textiles #sewing #fiberart
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We need this in multiple languages.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
We need this in multiple languages.
Morning reflection.
January 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Morning reflection.
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With alt-text
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM
With alt-text
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Such a beautiful statement, it’s so sad that they had to make it.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Such a beautiful statement, it’s so sad that they had to make it.
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“We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.”
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:21 AM
“We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.”
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Yeats--always Yeats:
"We know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?"
"We know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?"
Easter, 1916
I have met them at close of day
poets.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Yeats--always Yeats:
"We know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?"
"We know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?"
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Imagine the bravery of this pediatrician, who witnessed the execution, and then their next action was to "immediately put on my boots and coat, ran outside, and approached ICE agents who were near the victim" – to render aid.
Second direct witness to Alex Pretti's killing comes forward.
Court declaration:
"I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind.
Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground."
🧵
Court declaration:
"I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind.
Suddenly, an ICE agent shoved him to the ground."
🧵
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Imagine the bravery of this pediatrician, who witnessed the execution, and then their next action was to "immediately put on my boots and coat, ran outside, and approached ICE agents who were near the victim" – to render aid.
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You don’t need to watch another killing. Here is what happened, acc to the NYT review of the videos. They just decided to execute Alex Pretti
January 25, 2026 at 12:03 AM
You don’t need to watch another killing. Here is what happened, acc to the NYT review of the videos. They just decided to execute Alex Pretti
Rest cornbread rest!
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Rest cornbread rest!
Go chili go!
January 24, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Go chili go!
Oh hey, it's National Handwriting Day!
www.umasspress.com/978162534719...
#bookhistory #manuscriptstudies #handwriting #manuscripts
www.umasspress.com/978162534719...
#bookhistory #manuscriptstudies #handwriting #manuscripts
Handwriting in Early America
As digital communication has become dominant, commentators have declared that handwriting is a thing of the past, a relic of an earlier age. This volume of ...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Oh hey, it's National Handwriting Day!
www.umasspress.com/978162534719...
#bookhistory #manuscriptstudies #handwriting #manuscripts
www.umasspress.com/978162534719...
#bookhistory #manuscriptstudies #handwriting #manuscripts
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First office hours of the new semester, and there was already a queue when I entered Barker Center this morning.
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
First office hours of the new semester, and there was already a queue when I entered Barker Center this morning.
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While I couldn't be farther from it today, I grew up *deep* in the Protestant church and I gotta say that I find the singing of hymns in this context almost unbearably moving & powerful.
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 6:11 PM
While I couldn't be farther from it today, I grew up *deep* in the Protestant church and I gotta say that I find the singing of hymns in this context almost unbearably moving & powerful.
Bye bye, peanut butter
January 23, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Bye bye, peanut butter
A true artist!
January 22, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A true artist!
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In all seriousness, this is the most interesting piece of performance art in ages and I hope somebody familiar with Roberto Schwarz and Latin American traditions of cannibal counter-modernities is writing about this as we speak. Or I might have to and I don’t have time because I am middle management
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
In all seriousness, this is the most interesting piece of performance art in ages and I hope somebody familiar with Roberto Schwarz and Latin American traditions of cannibal counter-modernities is writing about this as we speak. Or I might have to and I don’t have time because I am middle management
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Print history fam— ICE is terrorizing & threatening this small business print shop in Minneapolis: Smart Set Community Printing.
If you’re in the area and need some printing (fine prints, business cards, stickers, saddle-stitched booklets, posters, etc) please consider supporting them! smartset.com
If you’re in the area and need some printing (fine prints, business cards, stickers, saddle-stitched booklets, posters, etc) please consider supporting them! smartset.com
Smart Set · Smart Set, Quick Printing, Minneapolis, MN
Certified B Corp and Union quick printer located in Minneapolis
smartset.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Print history fam— ICE is terrorizing & threatening this small business print shop in Minneapolis: Smart Set Community Printing.
If you’re in the area and need some printing (fine prints, business cards, stickers, saddle-stitched booklets, posters, etc) please consider supporting them! smartset.com
If you’re in the area and need some printing (fine prints, business cards, stickers, saddle-stitched booklets, posters, etc) please consider supporting them! smartset.com
Lol!
Someone got in trouble yesterday trying to steal the groceries. Here for a good morning laugh
January 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Lol!