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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 · 10h

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 · 7d

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 · 16h

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 · 20h

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 · 2d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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.
www.oupress.com/978080619601...

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

"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 · 2d

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 · 3d

Indeed it is!

Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 3d

She called herself Nadja, she said, "because in Russian it's the beginning of the word for hope, and because it's only the beginning."

—André Breton, "Nadja"

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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 4d

"She makes me promise to bring some of my books, even though I strongly advise her against reading them. Life is other than what one writes."

—André Breton, "Nadja"

Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 4d

One play into the inning, our right fielder ran back to the dugout, having realized that he was without a glove.

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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 4d

"De Chirico recognized that he could paint only when surprised (he first of all) by certain arrangements of objects, and that the whole enigma of revelation was contained for him in the word 'surprise.'"

—André Breton, "Nadja"

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University Press of Florida @floridapress.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t forget to register for our Fall 2025 Publishing Symposium!

Please join us for this free virtual event on October 23rd, starting at 1pm EST. It is open to anyone who would like to learn more about book publishing. Register here: upress.ufl.edu

This is a promotional graphic for the University Press of Florida’s Fall 2025 Publishing Symposium. It features the three sessions that make up the symposium, “Understanding Editors,” “Careers in Publishing,” and “Publishing Career Meetup,” as well as their respective start and end times in multicolored bands against an azure background. University Press of Florida and UF Press logos appear in white in the bottom right corner, while white text in the left corner reads, “Fall 2025 Publishing Symposium.”

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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 5d

Ha! Yes, very appropriate

Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 5d

Love to hear this memory! (For some reason the library in my small Texas town had a lot of Stan Musial biographies on the shelf so the Cardinals always had a mystique.)

Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 6d

"Everything seemed so simple until you were confronted with real people."

—from Renata Šerelytė's Lithuanian noir novel, "The Music Teacher," translated by Marija Marcinkute

Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 6d

It's fun to be the person who gets to share such an important fact!

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Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 6d

One kid on our team, who is newer to baseball than I realized, asked how a batter gets a walk.

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