Sonya Bonczek
@sonyabonczek.bsky.social
Director of Publicity and Communications at UNC Press 📚📣 Currently reading: Fed Up: A History of Why You're So Stressed About What to Feed the Kids by Carla Cevasco (Spring 27, a W. Hodding Carter III book) and Maria, Maria by Jennifer Galvão (2/27, RHPG)
Did you know Nina Simone and Langston Hughes first met in Asheville? Check out this excerpt from DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD: Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and the Birth of Black Power by @wjasonmiller.bsky.social (out next week 9/29) in @indyweek.bsky.social 🎶 indyweek.com/news/culture...
The Day the Priestess and the Poet Met in Asheville
Langston Hughes first met Nina Simone in 1949, when he visited her high school NAACP chapter. Their friendship would go on to make history.
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One last pub day for September! Meet our four newest releases: https://uncpress.org/hot-off-the-press/
This Molly Brookfield x @annehelen.bsky.social Culture Study convo is FASCINATING and also disturbing (a Black farmer got sentenced to 2 years after a white girl accused him of “leering”; 5 years later, white men had a published guide to “girl-watch”)…
An Unaccountably Fascinating History of Street Harassment | Culture Study
But first, don't miss: Friday's thread on how to commemorate death anniversaries; Tuesday's thread on Fix It/Maintain It/Responsibly Dispose
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Feeling incredibly grateful this morning. Thank you to everyone at the John L. Nau Center for Civil War History at UVA for making my visit this week so enjoyable. I can't think of a better way to kick off the book tour for my new bio of Robert Gould Shaw. #booksky 🗃️ uncpress.org/978146969717...
A Glorious Fate
Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment—one of the first regiments of Black so...
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🛥️ Climb aboard and come along for a double sea otter release in Monterey Bay!
I’ll be speaking at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture tomorrow, so I talked to Richmond’s alternative weekly about it.
Style Weekly@styleweekly.com · last wk.A historian examines the contradictory legacy of America's founding father.
Authors, have you ever wondered how to turn a revised dissertation into a proposal? Or when the best time is to submit? Our acquisitions team has answers to these FAQs and more 👇 uncpress.substack.com/p/what-autho...
What Authors Ask Most
Advice from UNC Press acquisitions staff on proposals, timelines, and more
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BREAKING: @uncpress.bsky.social's 2026 Employee Duo of the Year, presented to Sonya Bonczek and Brock Schnoke by a rigorous selection committee consisting of Sonya Bonczek and Brock Schnoke. No questions will be taken at this time.
"An informed, moving exploration of an important and neglected national story...[Blair] constructs a narrative of resistance and hard-won autonomy unfolding over nearly a century." Kirkus Reviews on Bill Blair's ARLINGTON: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, out in November uncpress.org/978146969658...
Congratulations to Kathryn Benjamin Golden! THIS INSURGENT GROUND: Black Women, Marronage, and Rebellion in the Great Dismal Swamp is out in the world! This is a tremendously well-written and insightful history of Black women’s fugitive world making.
@johngmarks.com "has produced the kind of book that everyone should read before visiting Mount Vernon or Philadelphia." @johnfea1.bsky.social www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/the-...
The Founding Father Most Americans Couldn’t Name - Christianity Today
Three biographies of America’s founders.
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If you're at NCPH and AASLH this week in Providence, I have AskHistorians stickers and a lot of time to discuss doing public history on Reddit!
“This is no way to run a democracy.” Fantastic synthesis in @motherjones.com of Supremacy and @rachelshelden.bsky.social’s can’t-miss book on The Political Supreme Court
Pema Levy@pemalevy.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Supreme Court rules over us, with 5 unelected judges wiping out legislation passed by the people's representatives. Is this how democracy is supposed to work? Two new books argue the court seized power it was never intended to have. And how to take it back. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Terrific review of SUPREMACY by @nikobowie.bsky.social and @daphnarenan.bsky.social alongside my book, THE POLITICAL SUPREME COURT: 
Pema Levy@pemalevy.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Supreme Court rules over us, with 5 unelected judges wiping out legislation passed by the people's representatives. Is this how democracy is supposed to work? Two new books argue the court seized power it was never intended to have. And how to take it back. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Really appreciate @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social giving me the opportunity to talk about my new book. cc: uncpress.bsky.social
The Tattooed Historian@tattooedhistorian.bsky.social · 2w agoIt was great to sit down with @civilwarmemory.bsky.social to discuss his upcoming book release. I had an awesome time talking history with Kevin, as always. Check out the video now! youtube.com/live/Na_5zPM...
One of the important hills I'll die on is that the digital rights space needs more historians because so we understand that many of the problems we're facing stem from pre-digital ways of organizing society and need holistic fixes that don't get bogged down in the high-tech boogeyman of the week.
Matthew Guariglia@mguariglia.bsky.social · 3w agoReally happy to say that today's episode of @npr.org's Code Switch is wide reaching interview with me about the current state of police surveillance, the harms being caused by this system, and the deep history of how we got here.
So grateful for this kind review of Canal Dreamers on H-Oceans! It describes the book as "a well-researched and detailed study" that will be of interest to scholars of diplomatic history, global history and history of science, technology, and the environment. @uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️
H-Net Reviews@hnetreviews.bsky.social · 3w agoNew book review: Wilson on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Oceans. Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20161300
Looks to be another challenging and illuminating read on the legal roots of vigilantism, providing vital context as we continue to confront and challenge the realities of white supremacy and White Christian nationalism. @gauthamrao.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social 🧵 1/4
And here I was thinking maybe I could become an audiobook narrator on the side, like, how hard can it be?! LOL, apparently you do not simply sit down with a mic and read a book. Cool piece! Love audiobooks so much - it has completely changed daily chores and long runs for me!
Watch (and Hear) a Buzzy New Novel Become an Audiobook
We followed the audiobook production of Emma Cline’s Booker Prize nominee “Switzy” from start to finish to show you how it’s done.
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Dan Howlett@dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 3w agoToday Molly Brookfield joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to answer questions on her new book Watching the Girls Go By: A History of Street Harassment in the United States, new from @uncpress.bsky.social. Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
Here’s another example of a great author website 😍 The book is front and center, great blurbs, a clear link to buy/learn more, and then there’s additional content for anyone who wants to keep exploring, including an interactive timeline and an excerpt!
Thomas G. Andrews
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openai: there is a nonzero chance this kills everyone all of us uploading photos of our face: ok but what would i have looked like in the 80s 🫠🥴
Working from the porch is even better now with this little guy under my chair ☀️♡
Page proofs are innnnnnnn!! Book coming your way March 9, 2027
