Bethany Wasik
@bethanywasik.bsky.social
Interim Editorial Director at Cornell University Press acquiring in classics, ancient history, military history, European history, and medieval studies. Has a biology PhD. Likes books, Criterion, rye, history, science, everything in between, and donuts.
An ironic variation of a Melting Snow. Because the snow will never actually melt because winter is being super uncool with this feels like -30 nonsense.
But,
It's Friday. Cheers to you, team. You deserve a break because you're all doing the best that you can. Except winter. No cheers for winter.
But,
It's Friday. Cheers to you, team. You deserve a break because you're all doing the best that you can. Except winter. No cheers for winter.
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
An ironic variation of a Melting Snow. Because the snow will never actually melt because winter is being super uncool with this feels like -30 nonsense.
But,
It's Friday. Cheers to you, team. You deserve a break because you're all doing the best that you can. Except winter. No cheers for winter.
But,
It's Friday. Cheers to you, team. You deserve a break because you're all doing the best that you can. Except winter. No cheers for winter.
More info and praise on his superb @cornellupress.bsky.social book here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
More info and praise on his superb @cornellupress.bsky.social book here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Ok, but have you seen the *electric* cover for @tomhulme.bsky.social's "Belfastmen"? Surely you have. Because how could you miss it? And surely you've pre-ordered a copy. To electrify your bookshelves and minds with such an important book. No? I'll wait:
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
February 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Ok, but have you seen the *electric* cover for @tomhulme.bsky.social's "Belfastmen"? Surely you have. Because how could you miss it? And surely you've pre-ordered a copy. To electrify your bookshelves and minds with such an important book. No? I'll wait:
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Team #SkyStorians,
New @cornellupress.bsky.social covers are dropping fast! Behold the captivating "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" by Gideon Reuveni. More info, praise, and how to get yours here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
New @cornellupress.bsky.social covers are dropping fast! Behold the captivating "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" by Gideon Reuveni. More info, praise, and how to get yours here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
February 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Team #SkyStorians,
New @cornellupress.bsky.social covers are dropping fast! Behold the captivating "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" by Gideon Reuveni. More info, praise, and how to get yours here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
New @cornellupress.bsky.social covers are dropping fast! Behold the captivating "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" by Gideon Reuveni. More info, praise, and how to get yours here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A sake and raspberry martini.
Because it's Friday.
Again.
But cheers, team.
No idea how we did it.
But we did.
Again.
Because it's Friday.
Again.
But cheers, team.
No idea how we did it.
But we did.
Again.
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 AM
A sake and raspberry martini.
Because it's Friday.
Again.
But cheers, team.
No idea how we did it.
But we did.
Again.
Because it's Friday.
Again.
But cheers, team.
No idea how we did it.
But we did.
Again.
On this Friday, essential winter storm prep with a Storm King. And as celebration for sending books into production before season deadlines, submitting grants before application deadlines, and snacks. Because snacks need celebrating.
Cheers, team, to restful and warm weekends that you so deserve.
Cheers, team, to restful and warm weekends that you so deserve.
January 24, 2026 at 2:57 AM
On this Friday, essential winter storm prep with a Storm King. And as celebration for sending books into production before season deadlines, submitting grants before application deadlines, and snacks. Because snacks need celebrating.
Cheers, team, to restful and warm weekends that you so deserve.
Cheers, team, to restful and warm weekends that you so deserve.
When life gives you lemons... bake lemon things with lots of glaze. #TooMuchOrNotEnough
January 19, 2026 at 1:49 AM
When life gives you lemons... bake lemon things with lots of glaze. #TooMuchOrNotEnough
Friday.
Rye.
Just rye.
Only 250 emails this week.
Zero this weekend.
Just rye.
Cheers, team.
Rye.
Just rye.
Only 250 emails this week.
Zero this weekend.
Just rye.
Cheers, team.
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Friday.
Rye.
Just rye.
Only 250 emails this week.
Zero this weekend.
Just rye.
Cheers, team.
Rye.
Just rye.
Only 250 emails this week.
Zero this weekend.
Just rye.
Cheers, team.
Friday.
Bastille.
I sent 300 emails this week.
Ready for the weekend.
And maybe no emails until next week.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.
Bastille.
I sent 300 emails this week.
Ready for the weekend.
And maybe no emails until next week.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Friday.
Bastille.
I sent 300 emails this week.
Ready for the weekend.
And maybe no emails until next week.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.
Bastille.
I sent 300 emails this week.
Ready for the weekend.
And maybe no emails until next week.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.
ICYMI: Andrew Demshuk's "The Filthiest Village in Europe
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!
Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!
Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
ICYMI: Andrew Demshuk's "The Filthiest Village in Europe
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!
Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!
Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
Hegelians! Great news! "Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of World History" is no longer pre-order and for-real order now! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social's book page to set your bookshelf up with this latest addition to the #AgoraEditions series!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Hegelians! Great news! "Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of World History" is no longer pre-order and for-real order now! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social's book page to set your bookshelf up with this latest addition to the #AgoraEditions series!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Friday.
Only two more days of not checking email and drinking cocktails and hiding in the last weekend before the chaos of this year begins because Monday is going to be Something.
Also Something but wonderful... A Monte Carlo variation with tequila, Bénédictine D.O.M, and lavender.
Cheer, team.
Only two more days of not checking email and drinking cocktails and hiding in the last weekend before the chaos of this year begins because Monday is going to be Something.
Also Something but wonderful... A Monte Carlo variation with tequila, Bénédictine D.O.M, and lavender.
Cheer, team.
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Friday.
Only two more days of not checking email and drinking cocktails and hiding in the last weekend before the chaos of this year begins because Monday is going to be Something.
Also Something but wonderful... A Monte Carlo variation with tequila, Bénédictine D.O.M, and lavender.
Cheer, team.
Only two more days of not checking email and drinking cocktails and hiding in the last weekend before the chaos of this year begins because Monday is going to be Something.
Also Something but wonderful... A Monte Carlo variation with tequila, Bénédictine D.O.M, and lavender.
Cheer, team.
Friday but feels like Sunday.
We did another Week.
Go us.
Cheering you, team, and the weekend with the great Give Me Fever.
We did another Week.
Go us.
Cheering you, team, and the weekend with the great Give Me Fever.
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Friday but feels like Sunday.
We did another Week.
Go us.
Cheering you, team, and the weekend with the great Give Me Fever.
We did another Week.
Go us.
Cheering you, team, and the weekend with the great Give Me Fever.
Not Friday,
but a beginning to a long break with a
Lavender Martini and
The Thin Man and
Don't tell me this isn't a great beginning to a long break,
because it really is.
Snacks not shown.
Cheers, team.
but a beginning to a long break with a
Lavender Martini and
The Thin Man and
Don't tell me this isn't a great beginning to a long break,
because it really is.
Snacks not shown.
Cheers, team.
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Not Friday,
but a beginning to a long break with a
Lavender Martini and
The Thin Man and
Don't tell me this isn't a great beginning to a long break,
because it really is.
Snacks not shown.
Cheers, team.
but a beginning to a long break with a
Lavender Martini and
The Thin Man and
Don't tell me this isn't a great beginning to a long break,
because it really is.
Snacks not shown.
Cheers, team.
Cheers to
The end of this week
The weekend
All of you
A long break
Cocktails and snacks and books
And a Heisenberg.
Because a friend provided lavender syrup and this just looked pretty.
Happy Friday, team.
The end of this week
The weekend
All of you
A long break
Cocktails and snacks and books
And a Heisenberg.
Because a friend provided lavender syrup and this just looked pretty.
Happy Friday, team.
December 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Cheers to
The end of this week
The weekend
All of you
A long break
Cocktails and snacks and books
And a Heisenberg.
Because a friend provided lavender syrup and this just looked pretty.
Happy Friday, team.
The end of this week
The weekend
All of you
A long break
Cocktails and snacks and books
And a Heisenberg.
Because a friend provided lavender syrup and this just looked pretty.
Happy Friday, team.
Celebrating this Friday, hiding from my inbox, and preparing for a weekend full of cookie baking with a Poet's Martini.
Cheers, team. We did it again. Cookies help.
Cheers, team. We did it again. Cookies help.
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Celebrating this Friday, hiding from my inbox, and preparing for a weekend full of cookie baking with a Poet's Martini.
Cheers, team. We did it again. Cookies help.
Cheers, team. We did it again. Cookies help.
When life gives you green olives,
make a dirty martini.
Friday cheers, team.
make a dirty martini.
Friday cheers, team.
December 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
When life gives you green olives,
make a dirty martini.
Friday cheers, team.
make a dirty martini.
Friday cheers, team.
FYI: @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social and Robert von Maier's "The German-Soviet War" "offers a richly varied set of insightful essays by renowned authors and is therefore, in fact, indispensable for those with an interest in the history of the Second World War." (1/2)
www.tracesofwar.com/books/6839/T...
www.tracesofwar.com/books/6839/T...
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
FYI: @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social and Robert von Maier's "The German-Soviet War" "offers a richly varied set of insightful essays by renowned authors and is therefore, in fact, indispensable for those with an interest in the history of the Second World War." (1/2)
www.tracesofwar.com/books/6839/T...
www.tracesofwar.com/books/6839/T...
New praise for Samuel Kalman's "Law, Order, and Empire!" It's an "outstanding & crucial addition to the literature on colonial Algeria & colonial policing... that should be widely read by scholars of colonialism, policing, & critical security studies" (1/2)
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New praise for Samuel Kalman's "Law, Order, and Empire!" It's an "outstanding & crucial addition to the literature on colonial Algeria & colonial policing... that should be widely read by scholars of colonialism, policing, & critical security studies" (1/2)
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Intrigued? Find out more at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page (www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...) and maybe throw in an award-winning copy to your cart with an exceptional 44% discount using 09WINTER. (2/2)
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Intrigued? Find out more at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page (www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...) and maybe throw in an award-winning copy to your cart with an exceptional 44% discount using 09WINTER. (2/2)
Friday. Long weekend. We did it again.
Confirming with an Almond Old-Fashioned, film noir, pie, all of the good things.
Cheers, team.
Confirming with an Almond Old-Fashioned, film noir, pie, all of the good things.
Cheers, team.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Friday. Long weekend. We did it again.
Confirming with an Almond Old-Fashioned, film noir, pie, all of the good things.
Cheers, team.
Confirming with an Almond Old-Fashioned, film noir, pie, all of the good things.
Cheers, team.
Cheers to books.
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Cheers to books.
Did you miss the very great book talk on Adelina Stefan's stellar “Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco's Spain” this afternoon? No problem - come see it IRL (with 40% off) at @cornellupress.bsky.social's #ASEEES25 booth.
November 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Did you miss the very great book talk on Adelina Stefan's stellar “Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco's Spain” this afternoon? No problem - come see it IRL (with 40% off) at @cornellupress.bsky.social's #ASEEES25 booth.
Did you miss this morning’s incredible book talk for Lilia Topouzova’s "Unsilencing: The History and Legacy of the Bulgarian Gulag?" No worries, we’ve got you covered. You can find her award-winning book at the cornellupress.bsky.social's #ASEEES25 booth, along with a 40% discount and free shipping.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Did you miss this morning’s incredible book talk for Lilia Topouzova’s "Unsilencing: The History and Legacy of the Bulgarian Gulag?" No worries, we’ve got you covered. You can find her award-winning book at the cornellupress.bsky.social's #ASEEES25 booth, along with a 40% discount and free shipping.
Friday, on the road.
Ending a good week of shouting about books, meeting with authors, and talking about publishing with a really generous Old-Fashioned.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.
Ending a good week of shouting about books, meeting with authors, and talking about publishing with a really generous Old-Fashioned.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Friday, on the road.
Ending a good week of shouting about books, meeting with authors, and talking about publishing with a really generous Old-Fashioned.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.
Ending a good week of shouting about books, meeting with authors, and talking about publishing with a really generous Old-Fashioned.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.