Professor and professional dog-handler. Author of 5 books of varying quality. I like bikes and birds and being outside.
25 percent off and free shipping through August 6 at @hopkinspress.bsky.social with code HSUM26 - never been a better time to pre-order "A Full Measure of Freedom: The Black Press at 200" ! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
A Full Measure of FreedomThe Black Press at 200www.press.jhu.eduCongrats to Lydia and Megan, who have a cool new collection out on teaching American Studies in Britain with @edinburghup.bsky.social. I have an chapter on spatial literacy and disciplinary identity, lots of other great contributions too! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-teachin...
Teaching American Studies in BritainTeaching American Studies in Britainedinburghuniversitypress.comBeen meaning to recommend Amani's wonderful new book on kitchenettes and the Great Migration in Chicago - wonderful to see this important project develop over the years and a fantastic contribution to urban studies, literary studies, and histories of Black Chicago, nyupress.org/978147984088...
A Kitchenette to Fit Your NeedsUncovers how Chicago's kitchenette apartments shaped housing, race, and urban life in the twentieth centuryDuring the twentieth century’s Great Migration, ...nyupress.orgEvelyn Welch, what the fuck are you talking about? You're pushing through a voluntary redundancy scheme in the humanities at Bristol right now! This is just the hotdog guy meme but with actual stakes. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Florence Welch’s mother says cuts to arts and humanities ‘absolutely tragic’Exclusive: Prof Evelyn Welch, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, believes her daughter’s success shows value of arts educationwww.theguardian.comCautiously excited for new Ali miniseries on Amazon Prime, and a good moment to reflect on Michael Mann's 2001 biopic - a wildly flawed film with some transcendent moments, including the opening scene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAx0...
Ali Opening Scene "Bring it on Home to Me" (4K Remastered )YouTube video by Berna Cruzwww.youtube.comI don't know if Berger has a direct email, but the Office of the Provost is provost@saic.edu if anyone wants to express their thoughts about this abject cowardice from SAIC and Berger's "leadership and vision"...
Hrag VartanianI had to comment on this story coming out of SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where a prof was put on leave for using a Palestine reference. Wild part is the provost who did it has made a career publishing about civil rights & whiteness. Like … wut?! hyperallergic.com/saic-puts-pr...
820 EBONY/JET Really pleased to see this come together for Barbara, who has been working on this project for more than a decade. Text by Deb Willis, Brenna Greer, Carla Williams, myself and others, available to pre-order for SEP '26 release. www.artbook.com/978196930304...
Registration now open for the BMRC 20th anniversary symposium, Chicago, June 17-18 - join us! Full line-up here: bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/events/bmrc-...
Getting closer to the Black Press bicentennial in 2027 and we have a cover for our collection marking this landmark anniversary! Out in December and available to pre-order now from www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... - please consider asking your local library or university to purchase.
Wonderful project on poetry in the early Black Press by Charline Jao: periodicalpoets.com
About · Periodical Poetsperiodicalpoets.comOur forthcoming JHUP collection to mark the Bicentennial of the Black Press in 2027 now has a webpage! You can see the provisional ToC with all our fantastic contributors. Cover design will hopefully be getting confirmed soon, book out December '26 www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
A Full Measure of FreedomThe Black Press at 200www.press.jhu.eduThis sucks man. What a loss.
UNC PressWe are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Kevin Mumford, author of NOT STRAIGHT, NOT WHITE: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues 💚 history.illinois.edu/news/2026-02...