Jason Weidemann
@fiveoclockbot.bsky.social
Writer, dog dad, Editorial Director at the University of Minnesota Press
Holy shit they ARRESTED Nekima Levy Armstrong?
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Holy shit they ARRESTED Nekima Levy Armstrong?
And a major contribution to black studies: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF KATHERINE MCKITTRICK. Expertly curated by Brittany Meché & Camilla Hawthorne, this collection gathers McKittrick's most significant writings. At 544 pages, this will be essential.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791706...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791706...
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
And a major contribution to black studies: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF KATHERINE MCKITTRICK. Expertly curated by Brittany Meché & Camilla Hawthorne, this collection gathers McKittrick's most significant writings. At 544 pages, this will be essential.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791706...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791706...
Sp26 see a major publishing event: a 20th anniversary ed of Katherine McKittrick's influential DEMONIC GROUNDS: BLACK WOMEN AND THE CARTOGRAPHIES OF STRUGGLE with a foreword by Simone Browne speaking to the long impact an enduring relevance of groundbreaking book.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792141...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792141...
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Sp26 see a major publishing event: a 20th anniversary ed of Katherine McKittrick's influential DEMONIC GROUNDS: BLACK WOMEN AND THE CARTOGRAPHIES OF STRUGGLE with a foreword by Simone Browne speaking to the long impact an enduring relevance of groundbreaking book.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792141...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792141...
The Press's Mass Markets series continues to develop unexpected approaches to previously overlooked media phenomena. Super accessible works that take their objects of study seriously.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Press's Mass Markets series continues to develop unexpected approaches to previously overlooked media phenomena. Super accessible works that take their objects of study seriously.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...
At a moment when our fortunes seem increasingly under the control of stupid white male billionaires, Lisa Nakamura's long-awaited excavation of the roles women of color played in developing the techs that shape our lives. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
At a moment when our fortunes seem increasingly under the control of stupid white male billionaires, Lisa Nakamura's long-awaited excavation of the roles women of color played in developing the techs that shape our lives. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...
The lead title on our Spring 26 list is HOME OF THE DROWNED by Samí author and rising international literary voice Elin Anna Labba. A novel of Samí trauma and endurance. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791895...
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The lead title on our Spring 26 list is HOME OF THE DROWNED by Samí author and rising international literary voice Elin Anna Labba. A novel of Samí trauma and endurance. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791895...
On this snowy December morning, spend some time imagining the world to come.
Our Spring/Summer 2026 list has arrived.
www.upress.umn.edu/spring-summe...
Our Spring/Summer 2026 list has arrived.
www.upress.umn.edu/spring-summe...
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
On this snowy December morning, spend some time imagining the world to come.
Our Spring/Summer 2026 list has arrived.
www.upress.umn.edu/spring-summe...
Our Spring/Summer 2026 list has arrived.
www.upress.umn.edu/spring-summe...
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'll still be acquiring books when all this over, and I look forward to acquiring one on the particular aesthetics of this fascist regime.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'll still be acquiring books when all this over, and I look forward to acquiring one on the particular aesthetics of this fascist regime.
The last few days I’ve been unpacking my childhood mammal skull collection, retrieved from the family barn in northern Minnesota last weekend.
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The last few days I’ve been unpacking my childhood mammal skull collection, retrieved from the family barn in northern Minnesota last weekend.
63% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.
When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.
September 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
63% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.
When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.
I LOVE a good Shrike joke.
September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I LOVE a good Shrike joke.
Happy 6th birthday and 5th anniversary of her "gotcha day" to Judy who has saved my ass on several occasions over the last five years. She has a trip to the Minnehaha Dog Park and quite a few licks off a cherry-dipped DQ cone to look forward to today.
August 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy 6th birthday and 5th anniversary of her "gotcha day" to Judy who has saved my ass on several occasions over the last five years. She has a trip to the Minnehaha Dog Park and quite a few licks off a cherry-dipped DQ cone to look forward to today.
I love the keychain library in my neighborhood.
August 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I love the keychain library in my neighborhood.
Here for the sociologists!
August 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Here for the sociologists!
I love that the strib is bringing back listicles.
July 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I love that the strib is bringing back listicles.
Very proud to see advances for Mark Griffith's CHECKPOINT 300, a sensitive, detailed, and impeccably researched study of Israel's spatial control over Palestinians.
July 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Very proud to see advances for Mark Griffith's CHECKPOINT 300, a sensitive, detailed, and impeccably researched study of Israel's spatial control over Palestinians.
We have an amazing sale going on at the University of Minnesota Press this week... stock on summer reading with $10 paperbacks presswide when you buy 3 or more and use checkout code MN93820!
Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:
Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:
June 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We have an amazing sale going on at the University of Minnesota Press this week... stock on summer reading with $10 paperbacks presswide when you buy 3 or more and use checkout code MN93820!
Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:
Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:
🎉Time to stock up on summer reads!🎉
The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout.
Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...
The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout.
Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...
June 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🎉Time to stock up on summer reads!🎉
The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout.
Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...
The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout.
Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...
Gave Judy some sliced turkey from Cecil's and this is the face she made..
June 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Gave Judy some sliced turkey from Cecil's and this is the face she made..
The criminal reflects on her crime... eating an entire loaf of pumpernickel from Cecil's off the counter last night.
June 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The criminal reflects on her crime... eating an entire loaf of pumpernickel from Cecil's off the counter last night.
May 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Good morning from the North Shore!
April 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Good morning from the North Shore!
Off to Detroit to hang with geographers. Hope to see many scholar and publishing colleagues this week!
March 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Off to Detroit to hang with geographers. Hope to see many scholar and publishing colleagues this week!
