Kylie M. Smith
@drkyliesmith.bsky.social
Historian. Assoc Prof. Making jimcrowintheasylum.com with @UNCPress. Knitter, baker, dog lover. From Eora Country, living on Muskogee Creek land. Un-American.
My last thanksgiving here and I’m on pie duty - going out with an old favourite
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My last thanksgiving here and I’m on pie duty - going out with an old favourite
The best coffee in America is the one I make in my own kitchen with my Barazza, Aeropress, and single origin Guatemalan beans roasted by partners coffee (who, no coincidence, started as Australia’s Toby’s Estate in Brooklyn). At least coffee is not one thing I will miss here #coffeesnob
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The best coffee in America is the one I make in my own kitchen with my Barazza, Aeropress, and single origin Guatemalan beans roasted by partners coffee (who, no coincidence, started as Australia’s Toby’s Estate in Brooklyn). At least coffee is not one thing I will miss here #coffeesnob
Time for a Stranger Things rewatch. I’ve had the dubious pleasure of being inside “the Hawkins lab”!
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Time for a Stranger Things rewatch. I’ve had the dubious pleasure of being inside “the Hawkins lab”!
Two months, eight weeks, sixty days….
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Two months, eight weeks, sixty days….
Weekend sweater knitting
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Weekend sweater knitting
Yes ! I am having an official book launch at Charis Bookstore in Decatur on January 16, the day before I leave! Here are the details:
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yes ! I am having an official book launch at Charis Bookstore in Decatur on January 16, the day before I leave! Here are the details:
I still can’t quite believe I made this. 7 years, 127,000 words, 330 pages. I won’t ever do anything like it again.
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I still can’t quite believe I made this. 7 years, 127,000 words, 330 pages. I won’t ever do anything like it again.
The wonderful people at @uncpress.bsky.social sent me an advance copy of my book and I think I’ll have a little cry now. You can order it from here and it will arrive soon (use code 01UNCP30) for a discount uncpress.org/978146968920...
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The wonderful people at @uncpress.bsky.social sent me an advance copy of my book and I think I’ll have a little cry now. You can order it from here and it will arrive soon (use code 01UNCP30) for a discount uncpress.org/978146968920...
I find this little excerpt from the Epstein emails particularly interesting
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I find this little excerpt from the Epstein emails particularly interesting
The best way to cook bolognese is slowly #nojarsauce
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The best way to cook bolognese is slowly #nojarsauce
Out two nights in one week what’s wrong with me
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Out two nights in one week what’s wrong with me
If you are in Atlanta please come to the Arts and Social Justice showcase at Spelman on December 4. My class is part of it and creating something pretty awesome. Registration here www.eventbrite.com/e/emory-arts...
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you are in Atlanta please come to the Arts and Social Justice showcase at Spelman on December 4. My class is part of it and creating something pretty awesome. Registration here www.eventbrite.com/e/emory-arts...
It’s very hard, being Cookie
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It’s very hard, being Cookie
The trials of Cookie: waiting for new treat box
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The trials of Cookie: waiting for new treat box
Working with my favourite activists (and book) in class today #seizethehospital
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Working with my favourite activists (and book) in class today #seizethehospital
Explaining to Cookie that she can’t have any of the freshly baked pumpkin bread because it has choc chips in it
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Explaining to Cookie that she can’t have any of the freshly baked pumpkin bread because it has choc chips in it
Sometimes I have to do a double take about my life. What am I doing in Texas?!
October 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Sometimes I have to do a double take about my life. What am I doing in Texas?!
I will be in Texas tomorrow to give a talk about #jimcrowintheasylum at Sam Houston state. You can join by zoom too if you’re keen! (Link and QR code in image)
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I will be in Texas tomorrow to give a talk about #jimcrowintheasylum at Sam Houston state. You can join by zoom too if you’re keen! (Link and QR code in image)
When you drop into a coffee shop in Wilmington to work on the North Carolina story you were hoping to make into a documentary with the amazing women at Honeyhead Films and find that Sarah and Kristi are also here!
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
When you drop into a coffee shop in Wilmington to work on the North Carolina story you were hoping to make into a documentary with the amazing women at Honeyhead Films and find that Sarah and Kristi are also here!
Knitting at the @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social board meeting
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Knitting at the @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social board meeting
Got some hair cut off
October 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Got some hair cut off
Eeeeee I also have the full jacket design now too. It’s all happening today!
October 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Eeeeee I also have the full jacket design now too. It’s all happening today!
This is how she gets what she wants
October 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is how she gets what she wants
Obsessed with my current knitting project
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Obsessed with my current knitting project