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Emma Morris
@curtainlecture.bsky.social
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Aspiring Sacred Monster. Astro Literate. Acquisitions Manager @ Newberry Library. She/her. Opinions mine & with apologies to the collective unconscious.
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Emma Morris @curtainlecture.bsky.social · Sep 7
Yep, still library week.
Typed black text in all caps on an orange slip of paper that reads: "Please leave in book. Due Date [blank]. [Image of a bold exclamation mark within a circle]. Important Notice Please Read. This item belongs to another library. For your protection please avoid: highlighting, writing, underlining, pencil marking, pen marking, spilling, staining, dog earring pages, ripping. Doing so may incur fines from the lending library."
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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 4d
We have know your rights and Migra Watch literature in English and Spanish at the store 7 days a week. We’re open M-F 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm and have water, a public restroom, and climate control.
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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 4d
Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another.

For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY)

Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693

National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244
A banner hung on a fence that says: HELP WITH LEGAL SERVICES REPORT ICE SIGHTINGS AND ARRESTS SE HABLA ESPANOL 855-435-7693 ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK
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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 5d
Just donated here. Gotta support our street vendors while their own government terrorizes them.
www.gofundme.com/f/chicago-st...
Donate to Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund, organized by Maria Orozco
Support Chicago’s Street Vendors We are the Street Vendors Association of Chicago… Maria Orozco needs your support for Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund
www.gofundme.com
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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 6d
A ROSE SHOULDERS UP

Don't ever be surprised
to see a rose shoulder up
among the ruins of the house:
This is how we survived.

by Mosab Abu Toha
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Analú López @analulopez.bsky.social · 7d
Check out this new teaching resource/essay I worked on that’s finally published! www.analulopez.com/exploring-th...
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Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 8d
A floral palate cleanser. My designs for Field Notes’ fall flowers edition, inspired by publishers bindings. Thanks, librarians!
Three Field Notes notebooks lined up to showcase floral designs.
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Erika Supria H @drcanonic.bsky.social · 10d
marching in front of the Newberry Library, shamelessly hospitable to people who really love genealogical research and Renaissance partbooks & like there's a park across the street that people just hang out in and the El is super scary b/c like everyone takes it www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/28/i...
masked and armed men marching in camo with badges that say "Border Patrol" and "Police" in front of a sunny Chicago building that is recognizable as the Newberry Library
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 9d
Third World Press Foundation and the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection build upon the legacy of Chicago’s south side as “a hub of Black creativity, scholarship, and political imagination.” https://bit.ly/3Kulyol
Building a living, Black literary archive - Chicago Reader
Celebrating their 58th anniversary this month, Third World Press Foundation seeks to inspire a new generation to build upon the radical roots of its founding.
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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 13d
Chicago! I'll be at Roman Susan at 1224 W. Loyola Ave this Sunday, 9/28 from 1-5 PM with a full table of Public Collectors publications for sale. Others will join me in presenting their publications too. It should be a wonderful day. Hope to see you!
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 14d
🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Check out this funding opportunity to support events in your community! 📖✨

📅 Deadline: 3 November – Don’t miss your chance to apply! Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
Pink background with white text about applying for funding from the BSA for a book-related events by 3 November. White background with dark pink text providing some details about the types of events BSA can fund
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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 15d
The devaluing of infrastructural labor all kinds, the ceding of the ground of human truth to machines, its definitely part of it.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 15d
In hindsight, all the problems started when we moved away from hand-written library catalog cards.
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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 22d
Happy pub day ENEMY OF THE SUN, the reissue of the iconic 1970 collection of Palestinian poetry originally published by Drum & Spear (the publishing arm of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Great work, @sevenstories.bsky.social!
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/kJGRmM40Tbc2Acap_id6Nw
A stack of ENEMY OF THE SUN displayed in the bookstore next to a broadside of the poem "Enemy of the Sun"
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24d
I've said it before but people in the future are going to have a better understanding of the 17th-19th centuries than the 20th-21st centuries. Why? PAPER [the most durable technology invented by humans]
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Emma Morris @curtainlecture.bsky.social · 27d
📚 Registration for Fall adult education classes at the Newberry Library is open! So many rad classes to choose from. Many are virtual! 📚

www.newberry.org/learn/adult-...
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Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 28d
I attended a talk from a museum professional last night who praised librarians for their organized systems of mentorship for new members of the profession.
RBMS is in need of new mentors! THAT MEANS YOU. Invest the time to make that praise true! 📜
rbms.info/committees/m...
RBMS Mentoring Program
The Mentoring Program, administered by the Membership and Professional Development Committee, is designed to facilitate communication between RBMS members and to support their professional developm…
rbms.info
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Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social · 29d
Raise your ✋ if you believe libraries are for everyone!
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Kristen Haas Curtis @hellomizk.bsky.social · Sep 8
SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS! Announcing the Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize: two juried mini-grants of $250.00 each to support emerging artists l for the creation of a new minicomic that engages with medieval culture. More details available here:
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize
Juried mini-grants for emerging comic artists interested in engaging with medieval culture.
www.newberry.org
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · Sep 8
Are you a journalist, podcaster, producer or someone else who covers books?

Would you like an advance copy of my book on the Jewish labor Bund

Email your address and a bit about what you do to [email protected]
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Emma Morris @curtainlecture.bsky.social · Sep 7
Yep, still library week.
Typed black text in all caps on an orange slip of paper that reads: "Please leave in book. Due Date [blank]. [Image of a bold exclamation mark within a circle]. Important Notice Please Read. This item belongs to another library. For your protection please avoid: highlighting, writing, underlining, pencil marking, pen marking, spilling, staining, dog earring pages, ripping. Doing so may incur fines from the lending library."
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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Sep 6
If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at [email protected] if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · Sep 5
Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago. Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists, or get in touch via email [email protected].
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Rose Knapp 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @roseknapp.bsky.social · Sep 4
There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt @haymarketbooks.org

#poetry #transpoetry
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Toby Altman @browatch.bsky.social · Sep 4
The RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU is BACK! With old friends and new laureates, mathematicians and performance artists, we are here to demand, to insist, that poetry is a living thing! (See the following posts for a complete rundown of events)
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Emma Morris @curtainlecture.bsky.social · Sep 3
davidsafran.bandcamp.com/album/the-ho... :)
The Hotwife of Hyde Park (demos), by David Safran
15 track album
davidsafran.bandcamp.com
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · Sep 1
Today is Sextidi the 16th of Fructidor in the year 233.
Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness.
Today we celebrate lemons.#JacobinDay

More information on lemons
An old time-y illustration of a Lemons.
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Emma Morris @curtainlecture.bsky.social · Aug 31
The musical that kinda almost was.
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David Safran @davidsafran.bsky.social · Aug 31
10 years after @curtainlecture.bsky.social and I received a sponsorship and residency to co-write a horror-schlocker musical, Chicago's incredible High Concept Labs now has a profile of our still unproduced yet rollicking cult gem.
David Safran & Emma Morris — HIGH CONCEPT LABS
highconceptlabs.org
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