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Molly G. Yarn

@mgyarn.bsky.social

Chronicler of bookwomen (misc.) Currently 17thC women printers. Previously SHAKESPEARE'S 'LADY EDITORS' (CUP). Freelance indexer/editor/researcher. A remarkably Independent Scholar.

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📚Fedorak Indexing@indexosaurus.bsky.social · last yr.

Here's your reminder to check in early with your press regarding their process and timeline for indexing. If you want someone with subject expertise, start your search for an indexer at least 3 months before you will need to hire them. 1/2

Andrew Berzanskis@aberzanskis.bsky.social · last yr.

Talking publishing with an author who last published a book five or six years ago can be like talking to Rip Van Winkel—so, so much about the scholarly publishing ecosystem has changed.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.

As others have noted, it’s truly wild to see Terry Doughty write this. He is one of the most extreme MAGA judges appointed in Trump’s first term, author of many wacky, hard-right rulings reversed on appeal. When even he is appalled by an illegal deportation—it’s a sign of something. Wow.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country. Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Miriam Posner@miriamposner.com · last yr.

They’re taking *our* investment—the money that we spent months writing grants for, the hours and hours we all spent reviewing each others’ work, the money that was supposed to go to libraries and community groups—and blowing it on this nonsense.

Rob Townsend@rbtownsend.bsky.social · last yr.

“the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is pleased to announce a special funding opportunity to support the design and creation of statues of important American historical figures for the planned National Garden of American Heroes.” bit.ly/42KlpCz

Matthew Steggle@matthewsteggle.bsky.social · last yr.

So I've got this article which should be coming out in the journal _Shakespeare_ any moment now, but in the meantime - Briefly, it's about a C17 letter preserved in the binding waste of a book now in Hereford Cathedral.

Laura Portwood-Stacer@lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Your periodic reminder that if you plan to hire an indexer and/or proofreader for your academic book, you should be looking for them as soon as you get your production schedule (shortly after turning in your final MS). If your publisher doesn’t tell you when to expect typeset proofs, ask!

Jola (Close Reading)@closereadingie.bsky.social · 2y ago

So true! I hate having to turn down authors, especially because the books are often so very interesting. If you get on my schedule early, I will do everything I can and more to keep you on it if the timing slips. But once I’m booked, I can’t squeeze in a new project. #IndexSky

Molly G. Yarn@mgyarn.bsky.social · 2y ago

I wish I could be at MLA to accept my book award, but it’s appropriate, given the category is books by Independent/Contingent Scholars — without institutional support, I can only afford one conference a year. Please cheer loudly if you’re at the ceremony, and I’ll see my SAA/RSA gang in Boston soon!

Kathleen E. Kennedy@themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is actually full of good reporting on casualization of UKHE at even the most prestigious institutions. And the fact that the Observer pressed Christ Church directly on ad wording, and then reported on the college's sidestepping is nothing short of astonishing.

Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff

Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms

theguardian.com

Molly G. Yarn@mgyarn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello, new people! Super glad you’re here! I’ll try to catch up on follows, but in the meantime, I just went to Australia, so here’s a picture of me with a kangaroo!

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Molly G. Yarn@mgyarn.bsky.social · 2y ago

From Eric Rasmussen and myself, new evidence and observations on Shakespeare’s handwriting in Sir Thomas More, out now in PBSA. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

A Newly Discovered Manuscript of Vincent of Lérins’s Commonitorium and Shakespeare’s Hand D in Sir Thomas More | The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America: Vol 118, No 3

Abstract A newly discovered sixteenth-century manuscript leaf of Vincent of Lérins’s Commonitorium manifests a distinctive scribal habit in the formation of cursive h-a previously thought to be unique...

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 2y ago

NEW: Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes Insurance Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible & their lives miserable.

Why I Left the Network

Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made thei...

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Martine van Elk@martinevanelk.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today on the blog, in a meticulously argued post, Joe Black discusses two books almost certainly owned by Aphra Behn, the second of which has hardly ever been noted in scholarship buff.ly/4dp08CK #HerBook

Thomas Killigrew, Comedies and Tragedies (1664); Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatall Dowry: A Tragedy (1632)

Only one surviving book has so far been identified as belonging to the poet, playwright, proto-novelist, translator, and spy Aphra Behn (1640-89), a copy of Thomas Killigrew’s Comedies and Tragedies (...

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