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Phil Reisman @phillipr360.bsky.social · Jun 30

@universalhub.com BearSwimmer is back. With its kids.

www.cbsnews.com/boston/video...

Mother bear swims across Massachusetts reservoir with cubs on her back

Fishermen captured video of a black bear swimming her cubs across the Quabbin Reservoir.

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Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · Jun 8

“There’s always something to do” is an (unrealized) echo of what Concordian Ellen Garrison (1823-1892) wrote as her mission in a recently discovered letter. African American woman went South to teach formerly enslaved people to read.
Happy Birthday, Nikki Giovanni, we are all warmed by your life.

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · Jun 7

happy bday poet Nikki Giovanni, b.1943, Knoxville, TN.

“i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live”

“We love because it's the only true adventure.”

“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well...

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · Jun 6

#booksky

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Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is highlighting a literary device and is not about the current state of the union. 🤭 🤣

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · Jun 6

Wikipedia definition of "idiot plot": In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",[1]: 26 and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case.

Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · Jun 4

Several academics escaped from the American Literary Association conference on her birthday to pay our respects! (And to leave a shell and a wooden rose) 🌹

Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · May 31

Joiri Minaya’s work is highly recommended! She engages with perceptions of nature, exoticism and “the other” in surprising ways.

Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · May 30

I reviewed Joiri Minaya's Venus Flytrap performance at Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia, which continues until Sunday.

Joiri Minaya Upends the Allure of Exoticization

The artist’s performance reflects the evolution of its garden site from starkly colonial origins to a different type of cultural cross-pollination.

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Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · May 28

Happy (belated) Birthday to Julia Ward Howe! If she lived, she’d be 206.

The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Passion Flowers, Hermaphrodite, Mother’s Day, plys her kids won the first Pulitzer for biography!

This was her gravestone at Mt. Auburn last week, well honored and loved throughout the year.

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Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · May 25

One of the best sessions of the American Literature Association conference was @alicedegalzain.bsky.social who reframed the bio of Margaret Fuller from the POV of Caroline Healey Dall, an acolyte who respected & loved her work, rather than the mainstream narrative from her more famous biographers.

An image of a ppt slide entitled “The life of Margaret Fuller is in everybody’s hands”: Caroline Healey Dall on the Stakes of a Feminist’s Death by Dr Alice de Galzain. There are also images of cemetery markers for both women writers.

At left, Dr. Alice de Galzain standing at a podium; she is standing next to a screen with an image of Margaret Fuller, which is on the right of the image.

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Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · May 25

For #ALA2025, the third day was one of the best. Here is a panel focused on the genealogy and generosity of Concord teachers and their students. Pictured are the dream team of researchers & biographers who are eager to encourage the next generations of Transcendental researchers!! 💖💖💖

Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · May 24

Margaret Fuller is featured on one of the coolest history blogs. She is having (yet another) Moment. @fullersociety.bsky.social

travsd.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/m...

Margaret Fuller’s Moment

Congratulations to Travalanche friend Tamara Rose of Transcendental Concord, recently elected to the board of the Margaret Fuller Society. Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was a remarkable American, one…

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Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · May 23

The Fullerines of the @fullersociety.bsky.social including @alicedegalzain.bsky.social in front of Margaret’s cenotaph. We hope she feels the birthday love. 💕

Four women smiling in a selfie in front of the cenotaph of their literary hero, Margaret Fuller!

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Margaret Fuller Society @fullersociety.bsky.social · May 23

Happy 215th birthday Margaret Fuller!
Some Fullerenes took an excursion to Mt Auburn to pay homage (thank you Tammy Rose @concordwriters.bsky.social for organizing this and Megan Marshall for being our guide)

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Transcendental Concord @concordwriters.bsky.social · May 23

Happy 215th Birthday to Margaret Fuller and her literary descendants! We visited today and left some precious objects: a shell and a wooden rose!

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · May 18

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1900: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is first published. One of the best-known stories in American literature, some analysts have argued that it has a political basis, particularly related to turn-of-the-century monetary policy. /1

The title page of the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Image credit: University of Virginia Library.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · May 17

We all need to channel Pedro Pascal 🔥🔥🔥
When asked at Cannes about America’s political chaos, Pascal said:

“Fear is how they win—so keep telling your stories, keep expressing yourself, and keep fighting. F*ck the people who try to scare you. Fight back. Don’t let them win.”

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · May 5

Do you think we don't know?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 5

The Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.

This is her third Pulitzer recognition.

Ann Telnaes

Ann Telnaes was an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post. She won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2001 and was a finalist for the prize in 2022.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · May 5

"These aren’t just impressive numbers – they represent a potential political force that could mobilize against lawmakers targeting library funding..."
#FundLibraries

Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · May 2

"More than 41,000 new borrowers signed up for library cards. That’s a 16% increase." (Ohio)
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/05...

“These numbers should terrify lawmakers:” Library borrowing boom threatens GOP funding cuts

Record-breaking 41,000 new library cardholders in Cuyahoga County become potential political force against state Republicans' attempts to slash guaranteed library funding

www.cleveland.com

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Alice de Galzain @alicedegalzain.bsky.social · Mar 2

Now in possession of the historic 1st LoA volume of Fuller’s writings (& other amazing books). This is why I love the @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social 🙌

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Margaret Fuller Society @fullersociety.bsky.social · Mar 11

Calling for papers for MLA 2026! “Margaret Fuller and 19C American Women Writers Observing Nature, Engaging Science” Abstracts due March 20: margaretfullersociety.org/call-for-pap... @modernlanguage.bsky.social @c19americanists.bsky.social @emersonsociety.bsky.social @amantiquarian.bsky.social

“Margaret Fuller and 19C American Women Writers Observing Nature, Engaging Science” – Margaret Fuller Society

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Library of America @libraryofamerica.bsky.social · Mar 7

“Do we really want to draw back the curtain on history and find people talking and acting the way we do?” In @nytimes.com, Margaret Fuller’s Pulitzer-winning biographer Megan Marshall discusses the possibilities and pitfalls of novels based on the lives of historical figures.

Do You Like Your History With Imaginative Leaps or Grounded in Fact?

Novelized accounts of historical figures’ lives are hugely popular. But do we really want to draw back the curtain on history and find people talking and acting the way we do?

www.nytimes.com

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Clearsky Tom @tjkenney.bsky.social · Apr 19

Concord Hymn

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The Concord Bridge @concordbridgema.bsky.social · Apr 19

Join us for LIVE Concord 250 coverage at 6 a.m. and throughout the day and evening! #PatriotsDay

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Concord Bridge

Join The Concord Bridge team for live coverage of the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution,

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David Allen Lambert @dlgenealogist.bsky.social · Apr 19

Today I pause and remember those we lost on both sides at the Battles of #Lexington and #Concord 250 years ago. @usarmy.bsky.social @britisharmy.bsky.social #Rev250 #Genealogy

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WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · Apr 19

250 years after the first battles of the American Revolution, we're watching reenactments unfold in the historic Massachusetts town of Lexington. Soon after, the Battle of Concord will also be reenacted. https://www.wcvb.com/article/patriots-day-april-19-2025-reenactment-lexington-concord/64524658

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · Apr 19

“Eight hundred of the best British troops in America having thus nobly vanquished a company of non-firing Yankees while dispersing and slaughtered a few of them by way of experiment, marched forward in the greatness of their might to Concord.”

The Battle of Lexington by Amos Doolittle

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