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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 20h

The Prussian city of Konigsberg is a microcosm for the twentieth century. This week, explore the it's storied legacy as we deep dive with @nicoleeaton.bsky.social into her book, "German Blood, Slavic Soil: How Nazi Königsberg Became Soviet Kaliningrad."
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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 5h

Check it out: we turned our September "Identify Your Audience and Find Target Presses" webinar into a free self-paced course, with video clips and a worksheet!

(We took out all the info that would have identified participants and their projects and re-recorded some clips)

#AcademicSky

Katelyn E. Knox @katelynknox.bsky.social · 4d

Get a taste of our teaching styles and learn how to identify your audience more succinctly in this FREE course.

workshops.dissertationtobook.com/l/pdp/audience

#academicbookcentral #academicwriting #freeworkshop

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 9d

Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War” has an official publication date of December 15, 2025!

Please pre-order a copy (40% discount: 09FORTY) & consider asking your local or university library to order a copy!

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

Orchestrating Power by Nathan K. Finney | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

Orchestrating Power explores how the expansion of the American state for the First World War reshaped the nature of governance. This wartime state expansion is examined through the creation, structure...

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 3d

Did I mention the rye?

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 3d

Finally, Friday.
Bensonhurst.
Rye, dry vermouth, Cynar, and maraschino liqueur.
Cheers, team.
You did it again.

A coupe cocktail glass on a bartop half-filled with amber liquid and garnished with a cherry. In a skeleton hand. It's really actually being held by a skeletal hand.

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roxanne panchasi @rpanchasi.bsky.social · Aug 19

Can’t wait to get my hands on BETWEEN THE SHEETS by @hannahfrydman.bsky.social (@cornellupress.bsky.social 2025).

Hannah Frydman @hannahfrydman.bsky.social · Aug 12

"As sex worker, queer, and, more recently, abortion activists continue to remind us, the rights infringements oppressed communities are experiencing [on the internet] will not stop on the margins."

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/media-sex-fr...

Media, Sex, and Freedom: A Fraught History

Hannah Frydman, author of Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France, discusses the history of sexual advertising.

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · Aug 20

FYI: Great, well-deserved recognition for Dr. Trinidad Rico in @foreignaffairs.com on her @cornellupress.bsky.social book "The Heritage State: Religion and Preservation in Contemporary Qatar": www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/heri...

Intrigued? More here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 4d

Book recommendations, the best authors, ferociously adorable baby hippo videos, the best friendships, ridiculous hashtag inspiration, connections to cool humans all over the planet, cocktail recipes, encouragement I didn't know I needed during a career shift, then a pandemic, and now All of This.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 6d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 5d

I feel soothed from afar. It's wonderful. 🐦

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 5d

This is the content we need.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 5d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 6d

Rough day?
#AmateurRamenPhotography
For the win.

A bowl filled with ramen, bok choy, and eggs.

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

Hannah Frydman, author of BETWEEN THE SHEETS, discusses the history of sexual #advertising and the modern ways we see #media and #FreeSpeech grapple with sexual content.

@hannahfrydman.bsky.social

Now on the #SageHouseBlog: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/media-sex-fr...

Media, Sex, and Freedom: A Fraught History

Hannah Frydman, author of Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France, discusses the history of sexual advertising.

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 8d

All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions.

Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 8d

FYI! The awesome @nathankfinney.com's awesome book "Orchestrating Power" has an awesome cover! Find more about (and maybe pre-order...) his upcoming addition to the #Battlegrounds series at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783777/orchestrating-power/

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 10d

Friday.
The only solution is bourbon. And bitters.
Lots of bitters.
Cheers, team.

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Ideas on Fire @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social · 10d

Have your sights set on publishing your first scholarly book? We’re just a few days away from kicking off our free First Book Publishing Series! 💥 Our inaugural webinar topic: Finding the right publisher for your first book. Register: ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...

#IoFFirstBookSeries

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

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 11d

ICYMI: A *fantastic* interview with Robert F. Williams on his superb book, "The Airborne Mafia", just landed on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-airborne... and learn more about the @cornellupress.bsky.social book here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 19d

FYI #FrenchHistory, @sfhs.bsky.social, @fhp.bsky.social, and
@cornellupress.bsky.social fans: The stunning cover for Samuel D. Anderson's "The French Médersa: Islamic Education and Empire in Northwest Africa" is a real thing(!) and you can pre-order here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

A book cover that features a circular colorful pattern on top and the title, The French Medersa, in blue text in the middle, and the author name, Samuel D. Anderson, in blue text at the bottom.

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ICCIT @iccit-utm.bsky.social · 18d

Lilia Topouzova discusses her new book, Unsilencing: The History and Legacy of the Bulgarian Gulag, in an informal interview with the European Review of Books. Published by Cornell University Press, her book is a study of Bulgaria's forced labour camps. europeanreviewofbooks.com/texting-with...

Texting with ... Lilia Topouzova - The European Review of Books

I wanted to show that history and memory are inseparable—and that unsilencing is itself a method.

europeanreviewofbooks.com

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 17d

Vodka, Lillet, simple syrup, Angostura bitters, and an orange garnish for a serving of fruit. Like all gangsters do.

Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 17d

Absolute Gangster.
Because, Friday.
Cheers, team.
Let's weekend.

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 18d

We had a @cornellupress.bsky.social new book party and there were new published pretty books and colleagues excited about books and snacks and they were all very good things.

Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 18d

It’s a good day to celebrate our new books @cornellupress.bsky.social! And a good time to celebrate free speech and critical thinking!

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 19d

FYI #FrenchHistory, @sfhs.bsky.social, @fhp.bsky.social, and
@cornellupress.bsky.social fans: The stunning cover for Samuel D. Anderson's "The French Médersa: Islamic Education and Empire in Northwest Africa" is a real thing(!) and you can pre-order here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Amanda Madden @amandamadden.bsky.social · Aug 29

Why does having a cover for your book make it feel more official? Thrilled to share mine for Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy out Nov 15 with @cornellupress.bsky.social This book has some things to say about the intersections between violence and statecraft.

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