Issue 264 includes a forum on “Black Bibliography, Book History, and Print Culture in Canada" that is rounded out by a peer-reviewed interview by Kristin Moriah with George Elliott Clarke, as well as a continuation of issue 263's "Indigenous Literary Biography" forum.

We're thrilled to announce that issue 264, Solidarity: Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogies, is now live❗ In this issue's editorial, guest editor Dr. Smaro Kamboureli writes:

And on Day 1 of the 2026 conference of @c19americanists.bsky.social !!!

Hopkins Press@hopkinspress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists 13.2, Fall 2025 tinyurl.com/yjddkuey CONTRIBUTORS Kristin Moriah Rafael Walker Susannah Sharpless Rachel Conrad Bracken Alexandra Burgess Matt Sandler Sabrina Evans Danielle Procope Bell Koritha Mitchell and more

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists 13.2, Fall 2025 tinyurl.com/yjddkuey CONTRIBUTORS Kristin Moriah Rafael Walker Susannah Sharpless Rachel Conrad Bracken Alexandra Burgess Matt Sandler Sabrina Evans Danielle Procope Bell Koritha Mitchell and more

Our special issue for @j19journal.bsky.social honoring Frances E.W. Harper's 200th birthday is now out! It features *8* terrific essays on intriguing facets of Harper's work and concludes with a stirring afterword by @profkori.bsky.social. @dark-stars.bsky.social @c19americanists.bsky.social

Called by his ancestors, Ken Johnston walked 1,360 kilometres through southern Ontario to retrace parts of the Underground Railroad. Here's what he learned about Black history in Canada, including the outdoor survival skills needed to escape enslavement. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-nort...

Walking 1,300 km of Black history in Ontario | The Narwhal

Ken Johnston walked from Niagara Falls to Owen Sound, following the boggy, buggy Underground Railroad path of early Black settlers in Ontario

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We are thrilled to announce that Kristin Moriah will be joining the Legacy editorial team as Book Review Editor! Please join us in welcoming her! 1/5

Pleased to announce this small but mighty display at the Stauffer and W.D. Jordan libraries at Queen’s University. @queensulibrary.bsky.social

Thrilled to be able to announce that I have been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Black Feminist Technologies and Artistic Praxis! www.queensu.ca/gazette/stor...

Queen’s welcomes five new Canada Research Chairs | Queen's Gazette

In addition to the new positions, three current chairs have been renewed. Announcement also included new research support funding.

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writing residency. kingston. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today at 1 PM! Join us to learn more about “Insensible of Boundaries: Studies in Mary Ann Shadd Cary.”

Congregational Library & Archives@congrelib.bsky.social · last yr.

Juneteenth is two weeks away, and we hope you’re making plans to spend an hour with us at 1 pm EDT hearing Dr. Kristin Moriah speak about the life and legacy of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Registration for this virtual talk is free and open to all at congregationallibrary.org/events/insen...

EVENT: Don't miss @dark-stars.bsky.social discussing her new edited volume INSENSIBLE OF BOUNDARIES in a virtual book talk hosted by @congrelib.bsky.social for their 2025 Juneteenth Lecture on Thursday 6/19 at 1 p.m. ET! Register today to reserve your spot.

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The @pennpress.bsky.social Summer Reading Sale begins today! The sale provides 40% off all available books on pennpress.org when customers use promo code PENN-SUMMER25 at checkout, and it runs through Friday, June 20th. It’s a great time to get “Insensible of Boundaries”.

The 2025 edition of the Black Studies Summer Seminar considers ways of being together while asking: what do we owe each other in this constellation of Black study? Join us for our public keynotes on June 9th, 10th and 11th. Tickets are available here: blk-s3tudies.com/events

Juneteenth is two weeks away, and we hope you’re making plans to spend an hour with us at 1 pm EDT hearing Dr. Kristin Moriah speak about the life and legacy of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Registration for this virtual talk is free and open to all at congregationallibrary.org/events/insen...

Congregational Library & Archives@congrelib.bsky.social · last yr.

Make plans to join us for our 2025 Juneteenth Lecture, a virtual talk with Dr. Kristin Moriah about her book, “Insensible of Boundaries,” and learn more about trailblazing Black feminist, activist, journalist, and educator, Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823–1893).

SUMMER READING SALE! Save 40% on all available books on pennpress.org with code PENN-SUMMER25 at checkout, now through Friday, June 20!

The @pennpress.bsky.social Summer Reading Sale begins today! The sale provides 40% off all available books on pennpress.org when customers use promo code PENN-SUMMER25 at checkout, and it runs through Friday, June 20th. It’s a great time to get “Insensible of Boundaries”.

September will mark the 200th anniversary of Frances E. W. Harper’s birth. Here’s the fourth of six essays in the forum commemorating Harper in the current Legacy, Nazera Sadiq Wright’s amazing study of Harper, Gertrude Bustill Mossell, & Black library use & creation: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...

Make plans to join us for our 2025 Juneteenth Lecture, a virtual talk with Dr. Kristin Moriah about her book, “Insensible of Boundaries,” and learn more about trailblazing Black feminist, activist, journalist, and educator, Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823–1893).

September will mark the 200th anniversary of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s birth. Here’s the second of six essays in the forum commemorating Harper in the current issue of Legacy, the powerful “We Need to Speak about Home” by Kristin Moriah @dark-stars.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...

Thank you all for this forum on Frances Ellen Harper! We're so greateful! Have a look at all those great contributions teased by Eagan Dean...

Eagan Dean@eagandean.bsky.social · last yr.

Max Chapnick & I are proud of this forum commemorating the 150th anniversary of Louisa May Alcott's novel _Work_. Six innovative authors offer insights on C19 gender & labor in literature, very needed as we stand on the precipice of a new Gilded Age & a nadir of modern gender justice. Open Access! 🧵

My publisher - Feminist Press - had their 35k NEA grant terminated. This is the highest level of government censorship attacking marginalized voices and stories. Please support FP by donoting, buying their books from your local bookstore, or from their website #NEA #neagrants www.feministpress.org

Volume 41, Number 2, 2024 of Legacy is online! 🎉 You can find the entire issue here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53522 ! We'll be covering each piece and why you should reach them in the coming days!

New drop in the @legacy1984.bsky.social Frances Harper Special Issue: "We Need to Speak about Home: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Domestic Concerns" dx.doi.org/10.1353/leg....

Tonight is the #MetGala, celebrating the upcoming opening of the new exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," which was inspired by Monica L. Miller's 2009 book "Slaves to Fashion." buff.ly/BTlV1TY

The first event for 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 will be a pre-release @haymarketbooks.org virtual event next Wednesday, 4/30 at 5pm ET featuring Garrett Felber in conversation with Ruth Wilson Gilmore. RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

the crisis sure isn't wasting time (if you're excited about #3, you shouldn't be)

I can hardly believe that I was just inducted into membership in the @amantiquarian.bsky.social. But I am excited to join the ranks of colleagues like @profgardner.bsky.social @drkmttr82.bsky.social @xineyaophd.bsky.social and @benbascom.bsky.social. And I’m so excited to see what the future holds!