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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · 6d

I'm very excited to share the cover for a forthcoming @cornellupress.bsky.social book that I sponsored on the International Workers Order (IWO), a 1930-50s immigrant and minority workers' cooperative undone by the Red Scare. The cover art/design is by the inimitable Ben Katchor (Julius Knipl, etc.)

Cover for the forthcoming Cornell University Press/ILR Press book, "From Popular Front to Cold War: The Interracial Left and the International Workers Order, 1930–1954," edited by Elissa Sampson and Robert M. Zecker, with cover art and design by Ben Katchor. The cartoon art depicts a street scene from NYC's Lower East Side, with a boy selling newspapers outside the IWO offices.

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · Jul 14

The margins were never empty.

MICROLITERATURES by Jesús R. Velasco uncovers the hidden world of #medieval readers who turned scribbles and side notes into a public, #political act.

#Reading will never look the same.

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Microliteratures by Jesús R. Velasco. translated by Consuelo López-Morillas. foreword by M. Cecilia Gaposchkin and Anne E. Lester | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

Microliteratures is an innovative examination of writings done in the margins of medieval manuscripts and early modern books. Not always as formal as glosses, sometimes feverish and abbreviated, these...

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · Jun 3

Before Sleepy Hollow, there was satire, #folklore, and... Dutch?

In THE DUTCH WORLD OF WASHINGTON IRVING, Elisabeth Paling Funk uncovers the hidden roots of America's #literary legend.

It all starts in 1809 with a prank and a pseudonym.

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

The Dutch World of Washington Irving by Elisabeth Paling Funk | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

The Dutch World of Washington Irving tells an alternative origin story of American literary culture. In December of 1809, before finding fame with "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,".....

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · May 15

And a feisty Canadian superhero fighting off a rampaging monster from below the 49th parallel does have a satisfying resonance today

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · May 15

Hulk 181 famously introduced Wolverine in 1974, which is when 8-year-old me bought a copy at the local convenience store. If I’d had the foresight to hermetically seal it then, I could retire today. Ah well …It’s still a fun read, torn cover and all, fifty years later. #Marvel #comicbooks

The cover of The Incredible Hulk, issue 181, with the Green Goliath fighting a yellow-and-blue costumed Wolverine, claws out, while the ape-like Wendigo charges in the background.

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · May 7

And here’s what awaits attendees when they arrive tomorrow morning for the first day of #Kzoo2025.

The first person the bring me a Sweetwater’s donut will get a free ARC of Beni Kedar’s new book, “The Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem.” (Just kidding ….)

Photo of three tables with “Cornell University Press” tablecloths draped over them, with new and recent books in medieval studies elegantly arranged on them.

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · May 7

Just arrived in Kalamazoo!

Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · May 7

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the International Congress on #MedievalStudies in Kalamazoo.

To get you ready, we're offering 40% off all books in our virtual ICMS booth with code 09EXPO40.

#Kzoo2025 @kzooicms.bsky.social

See all books: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/our-icms-202...

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Apr 18

#PublishingOnScreen

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936). Jean Renoir (dir.), Jacques Prévert (scr.)

Film still of a woman telling a group, “He worked for a publisher. Not much of a job.”

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Apr 12

Spending this rainy Saturday cataloguing my comic book collection (mostly ‘70s-90s) with the enthusiastic assistance of my 17-year-old daughter, who is amused by the back cover ads and impressed … OK, alarmed …by my ability to remember obscure characters and plotlines

Photo of four stacks of comic books. Clockwise from top left: Black Panther, X-Men, Marvel Adventures feat. Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Apr 6

Welcome to Ithaca, Museum Association of New York attendees! @cornellupress.bsky.social has a table laden with new and recent books about all aspects of the Empire State - history, nature, biography, public health, even fiction - so stop by to browse, admire, and order (at a 40% discount)

Table in a conference center with books about New York State and a red table cloth proudly identifying the publisher as Cornell University Press

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Mar 27

I will be forever grateful I had the opportunity to meet Leonard Nimoy and tell him how much his portrayal of Spock inspired me as a half-Indian, half-English immigrant kid growing up in 1970s suburbia. He was, of course, gracious and kind as, I’m sure, my voice broke with emotion.

Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Mar 21

Or stop by @cornellupress.bsky.social’s stand at #RSA/SAA25 to hold the book and order a copy of the print copy (to complement your Open Access edition) at our too-good-to-be-true conference discount. (By law, I’m not allowed to state how big this discount is.)

Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · Mar 21

👇An excellent interview with the excellent @rmidura.bsky.social on the latest #1869Podcast.👇

Find out more on her excellent book, order your copy, or bonus (!): download an OA copy of "Postal Intelligence," all at @cornellupress.bsky.social's book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · Mar 20

In this latest #1869Podcast, we speak with Rachel Midura, author of POSTAL INTELLIGENCE, about how early modern postal services became central to domestic governance and foreign policy enterprises.

#Renaissance #PostalService #NewBooks

soundcloud.com/1869thecuppo...

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Mar 21

Today I crossed the Charles to attend #RSA/SAA 2025 for the first time and have been amazed by the enthusiasm at the book exhibit for our @cornellupress.bsky.social books like this ….

Book cover for Laura Levine’s “Afterlives of Endor: Witchcraft, Theatricality, and Uncertainty from the Malleus Maleficarum to Shakespeare” featuring a painting by William Blake.

Book cover for Adhaar Noor Desai’s “Blotted Lines: Early Modern English Literature and the Poetics of Discomposition” featuring an illustration from a Renaissance writing manual.

Book cover for Christopher Lynch’s
“Machiavelli on War” featuring a Renaissance painting of a battle

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Mar 20

A welcome flurry of excitement and interest at the #MAA25 book exhibit to start this year’s Medieval Academy. And on the program for Friday, TWO sessions on representative medieval governance inspired by this @cornellupress.bsky.social book by Jacques Dalarun, TO GOVERN IS TO SERVE

Cover for the book TO GOVERN IS TO SERVE: AN ESSAY ON MEDIEVAL DEMOCRACY by Jacques Dalarun, translated by Sean Field. The cover image features a nun washing the feet of another nun as an act of service, while other women religious look on.

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Mar 19

The stage is set for #MAA2025. The book exhibit opens Thursday morning and I’ll be there to stand behind (literally and figuratively) @cornellupress.bsky.social’s latest titles in medieval history and literature. #medievalsky

Three tables in a paneled room draped with Cornell University Press tablecloths and displaying books in medieval studies

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Feb 17

My favorite in the franchise, too. Baltimore’s own Charles Dutton is terrific as leader of the convicts, the prison setting is inspired (yes, @kermodemovie.bsky.social, even if it’s not the wooden monastery planet that Vincent Ward envisioned 🙄) and it’s driven by Sigourney’s best outing as Ripley.

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Jan 31

This was such a beautiful story. It inspired me to set up monthly donations to the @prisonjournalism.bsky.social. Prisons are only going to become more inhumane in the coming years and these reminders of our shared humanity will be more and more important.

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Jan 20

Red Eye is nerve-jangling ride with a creepy Cillian Murphy and a resilient Rachel McAdams, directed by Wes Craven, and coming in under 90 minutes. What more do you want from cinema?

Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Jan 11

Psssst ... Did you hear that @cornellupress.bsky.social is giving away its #MLA25 display copies to graduate students on Sunday? Visit the Cornell UP stand (#116) between 9:00 and noon!

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Jan 11

@cornellupress.bsky.social is known for many wonderful things: award-winning books, engaged authors, dedicated staff … But really, it’s all about the SOCKS! And you can get your free pair at #MLA2025

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Jan 10

Congratulations to our #MLA2025 award winners: Adhaar Noor Desai, Sean Franzel, and Eric Keenaghan & Rowena Kennedy-Epstein. You can find these books and lots more at the @cornellupress.bsky.social stand in the exhibit hall.

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Jan 9

I’ve been away from the socials for a few months but #MLA2025 seems an especially gentle way to reengage. @cornellupress.bsky.social is here in New Orleans. Booth #116: Laissez les bons livres rouler!

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Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Nov 26

Mark will pick Planes, Trains, one of the rare Thanksgiving movies. My choice would be Rogue One: it’s my favorite movie in the Star Wars canon, and it spawned my favorite Star Wars (and among my favorite of all time) TV series, Andor

Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Nov 26

It’s time for Mark & Simon to get over their hatred of Q of S and to stop pretending (I hope they’re pretending!) that they don’t understand the title. It’s certainly not the worst Craig film (that would be Spectre) and, by long shot, not the worst Bond in the canon (View 2 a Kill, Die Another Day)

Mahinder Kingra @mahinder.bsky.social · Nov 24

It’s The Last Jedi of the Gladiator franchise!