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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 15h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Shira Chess (she/her) @shirachess.bsky.social · 13h

My new book, THE UNSEEN INTERNET (about the intersections between magical thinking and tech innovation) is officially available for pre-order via @mitpress.bsky.social!

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255388...

The Unseen Internet

Our contemporary digital landscape often reflects a strange logic: Elon Musk believes there’s a one-in-a-billion chance that we are not living in a com...

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 13h

Hey Triangle friends!!!! Wanna go to Sleepyfest this weekend? www.sleepycatrec.com/sleepyfest

UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 1d

Need Weekend Plans? We’re giving away 1 adult general admission ticket to Sleepy Fest in Saxapahaw, NC this Saturday 10/11—plus an advance reader copy of CUTOM MADE WOMAN, the upcoming memoir by folk legend Alice Gerrard.

Giveaway ends Wednesday @ 11:59pm. Enter here 👇
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 6d

The number of registered Democrats in NC is declining. So is the number of registered Republicans rising? Find out in this @theassemblync.bsky.social piece by @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social, author of ANATOMY OF A PURPLE STATE 🗳️

www.theassemblync.com/politics/dem...

Democrats Are Losing Members in N.C. But Are the Republicans Gaining?

Much has been made of the decline in registered Democrats. But who is benefiting from that shift, and why, is more complicated.

www.theassemblync.com

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 6d

"I asked Chat GPT"

Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 6d

✨ An inspiring evening at the NC State Archives with @unchistory.bsky.social profs Fitzhugh Brundage, @kathleenduval.bsky.social, and Joseph Glatthaar to celebrate the publication of Foundations of American Democracy.

Now available to all North Carolinians via a free digital edition on NC LIVE! 📚

Editors & UNC-Chapel Hill Historians Miguel La Serna, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Kathleen DuVal with copies of Foundations of American Democracy: A Critical Documents Reader.

Panel moderated by Dr. Darin Waters, Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives & History

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 6d

a woman crying while holding a glass of beer and saying i love you both

ALT: a woman crying while holding a glass of beer and saying i love you both

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Brian Harnetty @bharnetty.bsky.social · 7d

A few of months ago, I had a great conversation with John P. Hastings about my book Noisy Memory (with @uncpress.bsky.social). Now, it is an article in The Brooklyn Rail! We talked re: archives, creative process, and Appalachian Ohio.

brooklynrail.org/2025/10/musi...

#noisymemory #appalachianohio

BRIAN HARNETTY with John P. Hastings | The Brooklyn Rail

Brian Harnetty is a composer based in Columbus, Ohio. Many of his works and projects begin from listening to audio from sources—spoken word, field recordings, music. Noisy Memory is about the process ...

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 6d

If you're looking for gripping true crime x Appalachia x memoir, check out Tim Silver's DEATH IN BRIAR BOTTOM. V good. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Now, Appalachia interview with historian Tim Silver

Podcast Episode ·

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 7d

"Zombies! Poison! Colonialism! Adventure! Mutual Aid! Maria Pinto's energetic use of language, irony, & humor will leave you grinning. Personal, daring, and utterly delightful."

Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless in @orionmagazine.bsky.social 🍄‍🟫📖
orionmagazine.org/article/2025...

12 New(ish) Reading Recommendations - Orion Magazine

Orion approved books to kick off your fall reading plans

orionmagazine.org

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 7d

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 8d

The Final Draft of *A Glorious Fate* Is Off To the Publisher
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

The Final Draft of *A Glorious Fate* Is Off To the Publisher

After five years of research and writing, A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw is off to the publisher.

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 8d

Love to see INTREPID GIRLS by @amyefarrell.bsky.social on @bookculture.com's most anticipated new books for October list! www.bookculture.com/blog/2025/09...

www.bookculture.com

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Ideas on Fire @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social · 8d

October 8: Hear from these 3 acquisition editors at Finding the Right Publisher for Your First Book:
- Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social
- Dominique Moore, @illinoispress.bsky.social
- Mike Baccam @mikebaccam.bsky.social, @uwapress.bsky.social

ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...

Puzzle pieces on a yellow background, with speaker photos. Text reads: Finding the Right Publisher for Your First Book, October 8, 12-1 pm, part of the Ideas on Fire First Book Publishing Series

Dominique Moore wearing a grey shirt and glasses

Mike Baccam wearing a green shirt in front of trees

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 8d

How is publishing adapting to digital formats, political pressures, and a fractured information landscape?

Find out from Spangler Family Director, @jesherer.bsky.social, next week (October 8th) @flyleafbooks.bsky.social

Get your tickets now 🎟️ 👇

humanities.unc.edu/event/humani...

Humanities in Action: The Book Reloaded: Publishing in the Era of AI, Censorship, and Disinformation - Carolina Public Humanities

CPH's Humanities in Action series is exploring revolutions this semester. This 90 minute lecture and discussion will focus on how publishing is adapting to digital formats, political pressures, and a ...

humanities.unc.edu

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 9d

I’m taking orders for advance review copies so hit me up

Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 9d

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP

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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 9d

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 9d

Unfortunately I do love: a Ken Burns documentary www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Opinion | Ken Burns on Why the American Revolution Never Ended

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12d

Please check out this thread about my undergrad advisor at UNC and an absolute legend in the field of political history, Bill Leuchtenburg.

UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 14d

Introducing the William E. Leuchtenburg Fund

Created to honor Bill Leuchtenburg’s decades of service on our board and his towering contributions to scholarship in American History. Learn more in this thread 🧵

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 17d

My book exploring how generations of Americans have fought over how to understand George Washington and slavery officially has a pre-order page up! a.co/d/j5sBjLH

Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s legacy of slavery and the fight for American memory by John Garrison Marks. Portrait of George Washington with shredded historical document nailed over top.

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 12d

@uncpress.bsky.social covers coming in hot (Lindsay Starr is a 🌟)

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 12d

It's so worth it. But that means I fall asleep by 9:30...

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 12d

INTREPID GIRLS by @amyefarrell.bsky.social are here! The cover looks hand-stitched 😍😍😍

3 copies of Amy Erdman Farrell’s new book, Intrepid Girls: The Complicated History of the Girl Scouts of the USA

Amy Erdman Farrell’s new book, Intrepid Girls: The Complicated History of the Girl Scouts of the USA

Amy Erdman Farrell’s new book, Intrepid Girls: The Complicated History of the Girl Scouts of the USA, open to Chapter 10, “An Active Education in Forgetting”

Close up of the front cover, to show the stitch-like quality of the title/badges.

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Cathleen D. Cahill @cathleendcahill.bsky.social · 13d

We are back!!! In this episode I interview my co-host Boyd Cothran about his recent book, _The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the Workd in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914_, published by @uncpress.bsky.social @shgape.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

104: The Voyage of the Edwin Fox

Podcast Episode · The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · 09/24/2025 · 1h

podcasts.apple.com

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