Hope LeGro (she/her)
@hopelegro.bsky.social
Georgetown UP editor/interim director, poet, language nerd, Chicago native, and DC citizen
Greetings to @mesa1966.bsky.social and #MESA2025 attendees! Come by the @georgetownup.bsky.social booth and see what’s new! Or come chat about your new book project!
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Greetings to @mesa1966.bsky.social and #MESA2025 attendees! Come by the @georgetownup.bsky.social booth and see what’s new! Or come chat about your new book project!
Are you at #ACTFL2025? Come see @georgetownup.bsky.social‘s new books or come talk to me about writing your own!
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Are you at #ACTFL2025? Come see @georgetownup.bsky.social‘s new books or come talk to me about writing your own!
Join us this Wednesday to hear how punk zines were an integral part of DC’s punk and hardcore scene!
@georgetownup.bsky.social @jrdarchivist.bsky.social
@georgetownup.bsky.social @jrdarchivist.bsky.social
John Davis — Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC - with Ian MacKaye — at Conn Ave
politics-prose.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join us this Wednesday to hear how punk zines were an integral part of DC’s punk and hardcore scene!
@georgetownup.bsky.social @jrdarchivist.bsky.social
@georgetownup.bsky.social @jrdarchivist.bsky.social
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I'll be talking about my new book, "Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington DC" at @politicsprose.bsky.social's Connecticut Ave. location in DC on Wednesday 10/29 at 7pm with Ian MacKaye.
John Davis — Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC - with Ian MacKaye — at Conn Ave
politics-prose.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'll be talking about my new book, "Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington DC" at @politicsprose.bsky.social's Connecticut Ave. location in DC on Wednesday 10/29 at 7pm with Ian MacKaye.
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Now Available
In Keep Your Ear to the Ground, University of Maryland archivist and former Q and Not U drummer John Davis documents the history of fanzines as they evolved alongside Washington, DC’s punk music scene.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Keep-Yo...
@jrdarchivist.bsky.social
In Keep Your Ear to the Ground, University of Maryland archivist and former Q and Not U drummer John Davis documents the history of fanzines as they evolved alongside Washington, DC’s punk music scene.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Keep-Yo...
@jrdarchivist.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Now Available
In Keep Your Ear to the Ground, University of Maryland archivist and former Q and Not U drummer John Davis documents the history of fanzines as they evolved alongside Washington, DC’s punk music scene.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Keep-Yo...
@jrdarchivist.bsky.social
In Keep Your Ear to the Ground, University of Maryland archivist and former Q and Not U drummer John Davis documents the history of fanzines as they evolved alongside Washington, DC’s punk music scene.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Keep-Yo...
@jrdarchivist.bsky.social
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On November 3, I'll be taking part in the George Washington University Museum's "DC Mondays" series of online talks about DC history. I'll be focusing on the punk fanzine creators that I chronicled in "Keep Your Ear to the Ground," my forthcoming book for @georgetownup.bsky.social. Register now!
D.C. Mondays: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington | The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum | The George Washington University
D.C. Mondays: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington
museum.gwu.edu
August 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
On November 3, I'll be taking part in the George Washington University Museum's "DC Mondays" series of online talks about DC history. I'll be focusing on the punk fanzine creators that I chronicled in "Keep Your Ear to the Ground," my forthcoming book for @georgetownup.bsky.social. Register now!
Excited to see this fantastic piece by Ursula Lindsey on Mohamed Choukri in the latest @nybooks.com and featuring @georgetownup.bsky.social book Faces translated by Jonas Elbousty, MPhil, PhD, OPA (paywall, apologies). www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Mohamed Choukri’s Unromantic Tangier | Ursula Lindsey
The Moroccan writer's works are a bracing corrective to the myth of his city as a glamorous, bohemian playground.
www.nybooks.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Excited to see this fantastic piece by Ursula Lindsey on Mohamed Choukri in the latest @nybooks.com and featuring @georgetownup.bsky.social book Faces translated by Jonas Elbousty, MPhil, PhD, OPA (paywall, apologies). www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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We mourn the loss of Director Al Bertrand, who passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025, after a brief and sudden illness. He is deeply missed and remembered for the strong legacy he leaves for the Press as well as his kindness, good humour, and love of books.
press.georgetown.edu/In-Memoriam-...
press.georgetown.edu/In-Memoriam-...
April 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We mourn the loss of Director Al Bertrand, who passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025, after a brief and sudden illness. He is deeply missed and remembered for the strong legacy he leaves for the Press as well as his kindness, good humour, and love of books.
press.georgetown.edu/In-Memoriam-...
press.georgetown.edu/In-Memoriam-...
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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Check out the new book on Nannie Helen Burroughs from @georgetownup.bsky.social ! www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
'Thank goodness for them': Black History Month honors labor leaders amid Trump rollbacks
Black labor leaders fought for workers of color, trailblazing work that continues as the Trump administration strips away key protections.
www.usatoday.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Check out the new book on Nannie Helen Burroughs from @georgetownup.bsky.social ! www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Good morning #lsa2025 - Please stop by *before 11* to take a ✨free book✨ from @georgetownup.bsky.social home with you! I’m not shipping these back
January 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Good morning #lsa2025 - Please stop by *before 11* to take a ✨free book✨ from @georgetownup.bsky.social home with you! I’m not shipping these back
@georgetownup.bsky.social is here at #LSA2025! Come by and chat with me in the exhibit hall about your book idea starting tomorrow at 10.
January 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@georgetownup.bsky.social is here at #LSA2025! Come by and chat with me in the exhibit hall about your book idea starting tomorrow at 10.
Hello from #ACTFL2024! Please come see @georgetownup.bsky.social in the exhibit hall and check out our new books. Have an idea for a new book? Come find me there!
November 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Hello from #ACTFL2024! Please come see @georgetownup.bsky.social in the exhibit hall and check out our new books. Have an idea for a new book? Come find me there!