Sarah Werner
@wynkenhimself.bsky.social
feminist bibliography, old books, mutual aid, and doikayt // author, Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide; editor, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America // sarahwerner.net
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Exciting news, Bluesky! I’m editing a new book series for Bloomsbury with Tom Mole and Lisa Gitelman: Book History for the Future! Do you focus on material textual artifacts and innovative methodologies? We’re actively soliciting proposals, so give us a shout! www.bloomsbury.com/media/cecjzl...
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Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
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Passive optimism is the opposite of hope
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Passive optimism is the opposite of hope
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Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing:
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing:
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
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Do you (or does someone in your network) want to tour New York City's book world with me on a "study abroad - at home!" trip next May? We'll be going to the Morgan Library, Grolier Club, Christie's book department, and the NYPL (the one with the lions) and a few other places I'm still looking into!
Librarians’ Tour of New York City
Tour Dates: May 17-23, 2026 Location: New York City, see tour highlights Cost per person: $2,725* for a double room, $3,980* for a single room *Air fare not included, see cost details below for more ...
ischool.wisc.edu
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Do you (or does someone in your network) want to tour New York City's book world with me on a "study abroad - at home!" trip next May? We'll be going to the Morgan Library, Grolier Club, Christie's book department, and the NYPL (the one with the lions) and a few other places I'm still looking into!
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Taking "ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter" energy into everything now.
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Taking "ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter" energy into everything now.
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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With the Boston International Antiquarian book fair fully in the rear view, here are two early books BPL acquired over the course of that week. We of course added a bunch of other amazing stuff to the collections as well, which I'll detail a bit later . . . 1/7
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
With the Boston International Antiquarian book fair fully in the rear view, here are two early books BPL acquired over the course of that week. We of course added a bunch of other amazing stuff to the collections as well, which I'll detail a bit later . . . 1/7
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People need to reckon with the hypocrisies of governments prepared to suport products that algorithmically fabricate history while stripping funding from the archives and repositories that hold actual historical artifacts. This is far more expansive than the cyberattack on the British Library.
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
People need to reckon with the hypocrisies of governments prepared to suport products that algorithmically fabricate history while stripping funding from the archives and repositories that hold actual historical artifacts. This is far more expansive than the cyberattack on the British Library.
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PUB DAY for DICTIONARY
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
PUB DAY for DICTIONARY
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This arrived in the mail today. My essay analyzes Greg’s Bibliography of English Printed Drama and its idiosyncratic taxonomies for “Collections,” which prioritized canonical authors like Shakespeare but completely excluded dramatists like Margaret Cavendish.
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This arrived in the mail today. My essay analyzes Greg’s Bibliography of English Printed Drama and its idiosyncratic taxonomies for “Collections,” which prioritized canonical authors like Shakespeare but completely excluded dramatists like Margaret Cavendish.
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The deadline to apply for the SHARP News Editor-in-Chief position has been extended through November 28th. This is such a great opportunity for any one interested in public-facing book history work!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The deadline to apply for the SHARP News Editor-in-Chief position has been extended through November 28th. This is such a great opportunity for any one interested in public-facing book history work!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
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NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
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The new features are still in alpha—but @djevans.bsky.social's contextual tools for Viral Texts data are live clusters.viraltexts.org
Click "View witness in context" to see a given reprint on the newspaper page, alongside other reprints on that page—click a cluster ID here to see its other reprints
Click "View witness in context" to see a given reprint on the newspaper page, alongside other reprints on that page—click a cluster ID here to see its other reprints
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The new features are still in alpha—but @djevans.bsky.social's contextual tools for Viral Texts data are live clusters.viraltexts.org
Click "View witness in context" to see a given reprint on the newspaper page, alongside other reprints on that page—click a cluster ID here to see its other reprints
Click "View witness in context" to see a given reprint on the newspaper page, alongside other reprints on that page—click a cluster ID here to see its other reprints
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This - the Wheatley Census - has been at the center of my research life for the last year (and a half, honestly)! Proud to finally share the first iteration of it publicly. Take a look. Poke around. And send me your info about copies you work with!
Pleased to announce the Wheatley Census is ready for 1.0 public release! As detailed a census as possible (right now) of the first six editions - those printed in the 18th century - of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, is available here: www.wheatleycensus.org.
Wheatley Census
www.wheatleycensus.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This - the Wheatley Census - has been at the center of my research life for the last year (and a half, honestly)! Proud to finally share the first iteration of it publicly. Take a look. Poke around. And send me your info about copies you work with!
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Pleased to announce the Wheatley Census is ready for 1.0 public release! As detailed a census as possible (right now) of the first six editions - those printed in the 18th century - of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, is available here: www.wheatleycensus.org.
Wheatley Census
www.wheatleycensus.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Pleased to announce the Wheatley Census is ready for 1.0 public release! As detailed a census as possible (right now) of the first six editions - those printed in the 18th century - of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, is available here: www.wheatleycensus.org.
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Wild how the Boy Mayor age for cis white men overlaps with the geriatric pregnancy age
This is some weapons-grade nonsense
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Wild how the Boy Mayor age for cis white men overlaps with the geriatric pregnancy age
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ON STRIKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH REFUSES TO RULE OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES!
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
ON STRIKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH REFUSES TO RULE OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES!
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Top 5 movie genres are:
An important cultural artifact is, has been, or will be stolen!
Movie is fine but the soundtrack absolutely slaps
The Mummy
French farce where everyone speaks very quickly
High-production value, award-seeking period piece
An important cultural artifact is, has been, or will be stolen!
Movie is fine but the soundtrack absolutely slaps
The Mummy
French farce where everyone speaks very quickly
High-production value, award-seeking period piece
Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
Top 5 movie genres are:
People being shits at a dinner party
Rotting mansion, faded starlet/society beauty, high-camp fuckdown
Either nothing or everything happened, glacially slowly & visually stunningly
Woman is being haunted or maybe there’s actually a gross guy
Tilda Swinton hears a weird noise
People being shits at a dinner party
Rotting mansion, faded starlet/society beauty, high-camp fuckdown
Either nothing or everything happened, glacially slowly & visually stunningly
Woman is being haunted or maybe there’s actually a gross guy
Tilda Swinton hears a weird noise
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Top 5 movie genres are:
An important cultural artifact is, has been, or will be stolen!
Movie is fine but the soundtrack absolutely slaps
The Mummy
French farce where everyone speaks very quickly
High-production value, award-seeking period piece
An important cultural artifact is, has been, or will be stolen!
Movie is fine but the soundtrack absolutely slaps
The Mummy
French farce where everyone speaks very quickly
High-production value, award-seeking period piece
I had a job interview in the late 1990s in hotel room in which one man was the sole interviewer; he sat on the bed and I got a chair. It was a nightmare. Oh, and another one where two men interviewed me in a suite around a table while their wives sat on the sofa waiting for a museum to open!!
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I had a job interview in the late 1990s in hotel room in which one man was the sole interviewer; he sat on the bed and I got a chair. It was a nightmare. Oh, and another one where two men interviewed me in a suite around a table while their wives sat on the sofa waiting for a museum to open!!
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If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
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Saved by folding. These printed side notes extend beyond the point to which the binder was trimming the margins.
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Saved by folding. These printed side notes extend beyond the point to which the binder was trimming the margins.
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important reminder that, while we appreciate her sticking a knife in Trump at this present moment, Marjorie Taylor Greene is a committed antisemite and is not and will never be your friend
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Dana Bash: "You should have Nick Fuentes on your show"
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
important reminder that, while we appreciate her sticking a knife in Trump at this present moment, Marjorie Taylor Greene is a committed antisemite and is not and will never be your friend
today in shul we had a guest speaker who cited "Rabbi William Wordsworth" as someone we should learn from about mindfulness and my brain just stuttered and never recovered
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
today in shul we had a guest speaker who cited "Rabbi William Wordsworth" as someone we should learn from about mindfulness and my brain just stuttered and never recovered
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That conversation with satan is exclusive to those with more money than sense should have been expected.
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
That conversation with satan is exclusive to those with more money than sense should have been expected.