Andrew Berzanskis

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Editorial Director, University of Oklahoma Press. Personal account. [email protected]

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not to be ungrateful for, frankly, any book hype we can get these days but I wish these kinds of lists would (a) say who the publishers are and (b) not link to Amazon

Most Anticipated: The Great Summer 2024 Previewthemillions.com Summer has arrived, and with it, a glut of great books. Here you’ll find more than 80 books that we’re excited about this season. Some we’ve already read in galley form; others we’re simply eager to d...

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I've been awaiting @cjdenial.bsky.social's book ever since she mentioned it was in the works, and now it's here!!! We could definitely use more kindness in higher ed, and I'm so glad that we have this book to help light the way. #HigherEd #FacDev #EdDev #Academia #BeKind

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Not only is preordering books a good way to support authors, it also is a delightful gift from past self to present self! @cjdenial.bsky.social

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My pre-order of "A Pedagogy of Kindness" by @cjdenial.bsky.social has arrived and it could not have come at a better time. Can't wait to dive in!

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Summer #MustRead for everyone teaching in #HigherEd! #AcademicSky @cjdenial.bsky.social @derekkrissoff.bsky.social @sarosecav.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social @liznorell.bsky.social @vijisathy.bsky.social @michellemillerphd.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social www.oupress.com/978080619385...

A Pedagogy of Kindness - University of Oklahoma Presswww.oupress.com Academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Individualism and competition are what count. But without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, highe...

"In a field that’s relied (sometimes to an exploitive extent) on a sense of joy that comes from making things, my largely anecdotal sense is that post-pandemic reserves of joy may be running low." @derekkrissoff.bsky.social on book publishing's "return to normal":

Books after Covidderekkrissoff.substack.com A contested return to normal

On the live show for her band Le Tigre: "NSYNC had backing tracks and choreography—why couldn't we? Because of some outdated notion of punk purity?" Kathleen Hanna REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

On taking a break from Bikini Kill to write the songs that became The Julie Ruin: "I was so excited to be making stuff without a big mission statement." Kathleen Hanna REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

On finding fame but not financial success in punk: "In truth, I was broke and couldn't afford to buy most of the magazines we were in." Kathleen Hanna, REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

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Hot off the presses! Super excited to dig into Pedagogy of Kindness by @cjdenial.bsky.social Congratulations, Cate! I am honored to serve on the editorial board of this press series. If you have ideas for a book, please let me know.

How divorce unfolded for Kamala Harris's parents: "They didn't fight about money. The only thing they fought about was who got the books." From Harris's THE TRUTHS WE HOLD: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY.

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I had such a blast chatting with @katecarp.bsky.social. I hope you’ll give it a listen!

New! I was stoked to interview @jasonheppler.org about his new book SILICON VALLEY AND THE ENVIRO INEQUALITIES..., his work with @rrchnm.bsky.social, and his career path! Plus, I wanted the scoop on what digital tools a developer uses in his writing. Listen now: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

Episode 45: Jason Heppler Wants Tools That Fit His Questions – Drafting the Pastdraftingthepast.com

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Great episode. Like @jasonheppler.org , I’ve recently made the switch to Obsidian for capturing and storing notes. We need a place where historians can share interesting use cases/plugins/etc. since it’s a big ecosystem.

Episode 45: Jason Heppler Wants Tools That Fit His Questions – Drafting the Pastdraftingthepast.com

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Episode 45: Jason Heppler Wants Tools That Fit His Questions – Drafting the Pastdraftingthepast.com

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#HigherEd friends, has the news got you down, sad, mad, or frustrated lately? Want to be able to *do something*? The new @OUPress book from @cjdenial.bsky.social, *A Pedagogy of Kindness,* has practical strategies for strengthening our human connections in the classroom and as institutions.

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Hey look what showed up in today's mail! Congratulations, @cjdenial.bsky.social! I'm excited to dive in

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Paths in Publishing is officially on Bluesky! We are so excited to have Megan Levine of @undpress.bsky.social join the team and can't wait to engage with all you wonderful scholarly publishing people who are here!

☀️Hello BlueSky!☀️ We're so excited to be joining you all on this platform. For those who don't know, we're PathsinPub, a scholarly publishing mentorship program. We offer job advice, mock interviews, resume reviews & more. Visit our website at pathsinpublishing.wordpress.com

PathsInPubpathsinpublishing.wordpress.com ...for the forks in the road Sign up for our newsletter here! Have ideas for the program? Submit them here Paths in Publishing (PIP) is a free mentorship program to help prepare early career applicant...

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I would absolutely read a comic novel about the challenge of trying to get a single small invoice paid at an institution of higher education. Sort of a “Dear Committee Members” meets “The Myth of Sisyphus” sort of thing.

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First sighting of my book in the wild! So exciting!

"I also decided I didn't want guys moshing in the front because they were blocking girls from seeing Kathi's hands move on the bass. How are girls gonna start bands if they can't see other girls playing instruments?" Kathleen Hanna, REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

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The early days of Bikini Kill at house parties and punk venues: "I almost always sang through shitty PAs, which meant most people couldn't hear the words. So I'd walk around handing lyric sheets to girls before every show." Kathleen Hanna, REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

Bikini Kill needed to make copies of their demo. "Kurt gave her boxes of 'Bleach' that were headed for the junkyard (someone had taped side A on both sides). I designed a cassette sticker to perfectly cover the names of Nirvana songs with ours." Kathleen Hanna, REBEL GIRL

Listening to records with Kurt Cobain: "He studied songs like they were medical journals and he was a doctor, always looking for new techniques he could use at practice." From Kathleen Hanna's memoir REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

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I really, really cannot stress this enough: historians, if you want your book to be read, reviewed, translated, sold overseas, produced as an audiobook — it needs to be shorter. Whatever it is now, cut 10% of your total word count, to start.

Working at a domestic crisis shelter: "Nearly every crisis call I took involved a survivor telling me she shouldn't take up my time because other women had way worse things happen to them." From Kathleen Hanna's memoir REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

Kathy Acker's advice to a young Kathleen Hanna, then a spoken word performer: "You should start a band. Most people go outside and smoke when someone gets up to do spoken word, but people wanna see bands." From Kathleen Hanna's memoir REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

"Performing for an audience was changing me. I began entering rooms like a warrior instead of a victim." Kathleen Hanna, REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK

Kathleen Hanna's father "noticed when my mother brought the feminist novel 'The Women's Room' back from the library. He immediately went to the bookstore and bought himself a hard copy so he could read it in tandem and tell her everything that was wrong from it." From her memoir REBEL GIRL