Theresa Kaminski
@theresakaminski.bsky.social
Free-range historian specializing in scrappy women in American history. Book on Jane Grant and The New Yorker in progress. Queen of the West: The Life and Times of Dale Evans out now.
And hopefully it has also landed in a bookstore near you! #MattersofSex
Anya Jabour@herstoryprof.bsky.social · last wk.MATTERS OF SEX has landed in Missoula!
I would immediately return it. I do not have a horror section on my bookshelf.
Man in Hat Says 'Get Out'
Alt: Cary Grant saying "Get out"
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Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · 2w agoA new thing that I hate: I’m reading a book right now that uses endnote citations, and directs the reader to SCAN A QR CODE to access the endnotes.
Is authoritarianism woven into American history? Historian Jackson von Uden joins me to explore fascism, communism, and authoritarianism from the Founding Era to today, revealing historical patterns that shape U.S. politics and democracy. What his research reveals may surprise you.
This week's #StaffPick is from Michelle Alamillo in marketing. More than a celebration of the vote, Suffrage and Its Limits takes a critical look at what suffrage achieved—and where it fell short—for women in New York State. sunypress.edu/Books/S/Suff...
It's time for #ScholarSunday. 🗃️
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · 2w agoAmidst this fraught, contested, deeply American holiday weekend, we need more than ever all the public scholarly goodness in my 297th #ScholarSunday thread. Add more writing & work, podcasts & conversations, new & forthcoming books below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
I'm still revising. 🗃️ theresakaminski.com/2026/10/07/d...
Dispatches from the Writing Life #22: Chapter Five Revisions
September blew by in a big hurry. A huge part of that was because of traveling: first to a lake house in northern Minnesota, then to a wedding in Las Vegas. And those were back-to-back trips, takin…
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After "Demon Copperhead," Barbara Kingsolver’s "Partita" turns down the emotional volume for a quieter story about thwarted ambition, old love, music, marriage, and learning to value the life you actually have. My review: roncharles.substack.com/p/barbara-ki...
Barbara Kingsolver in a Quieter Key
“Partita” follows a former piano prodigy confronting the life she lost — and the life she built instead.
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We're big fans of @bookshop.org's anti-Prime day! Free shipping today and tomorrow. Your purchase supports independent bookstores and, through our shop, independent book coverage! Find lists of books by podcast guests, new books we're anticipating, craft books, & more: bookshop.org/shop/draftin...
Drafting the Past Bookshop
Drafting the Past is a podcast dedicated to the craft of writing history, hosted by Kate Carpenter. Shop books by our guests, their recommendations, and some of our favorite craft books and support th...
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Did y’all see that @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social’s new book on Lillian Smith dropped today? It’s such a great read. Order one for you & your friends. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
An Inconvenient Woman
A revelatory and immersive biography of a white Southern woman who was a key figure in the early civil rights movement, devoting her life to ending segregati...
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🗃 EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE! 💙📚 My book "One Hundred Years of Fighting: The Long Conservative Women's Movement and the Equal Rights Amendment" will be published by UGA Press in April 2027. Pre-orders now available! cc: skystorians #WomensHistory #BookSky #NonFiction www.ugapress.org/978082037571...
One Hundred Years of Fighting
One Hundred Years of Fighting argues that for a century the Equal Rights Amendment has been highly contested, divisive among women, and symbolic of drastic s...
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Today's #history article pick from Damn History, my free newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @pdtoler.bsky.social & History in the Margins! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe www.historyinthemargins.com/2026/09/22/a...
Attic Wife: A Q & A with Marcia Biederman – History in the Margins
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"A true trailblazer." Today's pre-orderable #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @herstoryprof.bsky.social & @nyupress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
It's #ScholarSunday time. 🗃️
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · last mo.The first weekend of autumn brings not only a nor’easter, but also a great reason to stay hunkered down: my 295th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy the scholarly storm, all! 🗃️ +
"A message in a bottle from 1946." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @emilystjams.bsky.social & @laurentheisen.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Joan Scott's "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis" turns 40 this year! Do you assign it? Has it been meaningful for your work? We want to hear from you!! Please submit reflections & remembrances to Nursing Clio & we'll compile a celebratory post! 🗃️ nursingclio.org/2026/09/23/a...
Anglo-American Gender History turns 40!
Joan Wallach Scott’s 1986 article “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis” turns 40 this year. Published in the American Historical Review, this article laid the ground on which Anglo-Ame…
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Deesha Philyaw’s first novel stars a wealthy pastor’s wife with secrets, ambition, and a wicked wit. "The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman" is smart, saucy — and very funny. My review: roncharles.substack.com/p/holy-scandal
Holy Scandal
A wealthy pastor’s wife with secrets, ambition, and a wicked wit tells all in Deesha Philyaw’s smart, saucy first novel.
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This was a great episode! Be sure to subscribe to @cliodialogues.bsky.social if you aren’t already 💗
cliodialogues.bsky.social@cliodialogues.bsky.social · last mo.Some books don't just teach history—they change 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘵. I was thrilled to be able to tell Mary Beth Norton how her classic 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺’𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 1750-1800 shaped my early days in the classroom. 🎧Link in bio to listen to The Clio Dialogues.
I've been away from the writing life for a few days.
Coming on September 17 via @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social. Congratulations to @wagedj.bsky.social and @avitalnn.bsky.social!
Deborah Wage@wagedj.bsky.social · last mo.It’s almost here….book release September 17th! “The Perfect Birth Myth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry” published by @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Order anywhere books are sold. @avitalnn.bsky.social and I thank all of you who have already ordered it!!!
Doing my bit to share this week's #ScholarSunday.
Dr. Vaughn Joy@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · last mo.Ben's account has unfortunately been temporarily suspended for tagging all the wonder scholars in #ScholarSunday this week, so please make sure to subscribe to the newsletter to get it in your inbox every week! If you find value in Scholar Sunday, please share it with people who don't know it yet!
Rev up your Labor Day weekend with #ScholarSunday. 🗃️
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · 2mo agoHappy Labor Day weekend! There’s power in a union, & solidarity in my 292nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
Rabbit, rabbit. And here are some good history books to look forward to this month, via @draftingthepast.bsky.social 🗃️ www.draftingthepast.com/books-were-l...
New History Books We're Looking Forward to in September
Ten history books coming out this month that caught our eye
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So, how are those book revisions coming along? 🗃️ theresakaminski.com/2026/08/30/d...
Dispatches from the Writing Life #21: Just Write the Paragraph
While mucking around in chapter four revisions, which have been taking a very (very) long time, one of the things I got stuck on was where to place a new paragraph. That may seem odd, given that th…
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I'm so glad to know about the Daisy Chain Fields concert. Thanks to @emily.gorcen.ski theconversation.com/olivia-rodri...
Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields will recreate the impact, power and joy of Lilith Fair
Like Lilith Fair before it, Daisy Chain Festival is about more than supporting gender equity.
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I'm trying to survey historiography on witches - quickly - and Lord spare me these old British men! Someone please point to me to something good and feminist. #skystorians 🗃️