My most important & inspiring life’s work (pictured here an amount of time back we won’t contemplate) began about 18 ½ years ago. But 4 years ago this month I added my #ScholarSunday threads to that life’s work, & I’m damn proud of them too. +
So on this special day for Dads, to make it a little more special for all of us here’s my 181st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Share widely, add more below, & enjoy, all!
This week I’ll mostly share work through Tweets, to highlight scholars’ accounts & help get more engagement for all this great work. Starting with a few favs from the week, including @JaneScimeca1 for @BrookdaleCCNews on the 1912 founding of @VNAHealthGroup:
https://twitter.com/JaneScimeca1/status/1800173743622492262
@NikilSaval wrote for @nybooks on a groundbreaking collaboration between June Jordan & Buckminster Fuller to redesign Harlem:
https://twitter.com/nybooks/status/1800530940860506517
Check out @osuhistorydept grad student @JustinSalgado for @OriginsOSU on a 1993 border experiment (h/t @LorienTinuviel):
https://twitter.com/LorienTinuviel/status/1800166513628131656
& great stuff from @michaelwwaters for @lithub on all the ways queer communities can be found in government records:
https://twitter.com/michaelwwaters/status/1801312002171601178
Turning to other excellent public scholarly writing, check out @gerry_cadava & @Vegalteno in conversation for @PublicBooks’ Writing Latinos series:
https://twitter.com/PublicBooks/status/1801304275361857883
To complement her book on 1938 Grand Canyon adventurers, @MelissaSevigny wrote for @NPCA on her own adventurous journey:
https://twitter.com/MelissaSevigny/status/1801059606585888784
Important article from @NicoleGrajewski & @james_acton32 for @ForeignPolicy on the forgotten US-Soviet war scare of 1980:
https://twitter.com/NicoleGrajewski/status/1800224467098177840
@AlexiaCampbell @aprilleticia & @pratheekrebala have launched the incredibly important 40 Acres & a Lie project for @MotherJones (h/t @jamilahking):
https://twitter.com/jamilahking/status/1801259660302749977
For more coverage of that project, check out the first part of a three-part @reveal series with @publicintegrity:
https://twitter.com/reveal/status/1801966645084123349
Speaking of vital new projects, here’s @SarahKuta for @SmithsonianMag on Ancestry’s release of enslaved people’s records (h/t @reportbywilson):
https://twitter.com/reportbywilson/status/1800535962516164806
@TrevonDLogan wrote for @ConversationUS on how white women as well as white men profited from American slavery:
https://twitter.com/TrevonDLogan/status/1800146339822797308
& for @friezeofficial, @jacobinoire wrote a moving obituary for the inspiring artist & performer Faith Ringgold:
https://twitter.com/jacobinoire/status/1800489258203148443
Turning to current events, here’s @queenie4rmnola for her @Medium column on a stubbornly persistent myth about Black families (h/t @LeftofBlack):
https://twitter.com/LeftOfBlack/status/1800185115773124827
Speaking of persistent myths, powerful essay from @agnesjuliet for @nursingclio on nostalgia around pregnancy & childbirth (h/t @sarahbelle721):
https://twitter.com/sarahbelle721/status/1801222999611523157
While the great @PhilKlay tackled persistent mythic narratives around war & its effects for @commentmag:
https://twitter.com/commentmag/status/1801272370826559871
Here’s @BVivian14 for @insidehighered on how anti-university rhetoric is directly linked to pro-authoritarian movements:
https://twitter.com/BVivian14/status/1800880384340836546
& @ethranris wrote for @LPE_Project on why our collective obsession with the Ivy Leagues might help higher ed in general keep doing its vital work:
https://twitter.com/ethanris/status/1800187641427874147
Lots of important coverage of Gaza & Palestine this week, including @djolder for @lithub on PEN America & genocide (h/t @danpjsheehan):
https://twitter.com/danpjsheehan/status/1800531121886941480
Bracing essay from @AlaSirriyeh for @TheSocReview on the experiences of a multi-generational Palestinian family (h/t @hebagowayed):
https://twitter.com/hebagowayed/status/1800814453010960668
@EdgeofSports for @thenation is a must-read as always, this time on why the US sports media is ignoring Palestine:
https://twitter.com/EdgeofSports/status/1800532701914808521
& thanks to @johnastoehr for re-sharing @perdricof’s @LiberalCurrents essay on the desperate need for a two-state solution:
https://www.editorialboard.com/the-bloody-river/
Elsewhere in great public scholarly writing this week, here’s @mcrane_12 for @lithub on femininity, basketball, & Caitlin Clark:
https://twitter.com/mcrane_12/status/1800221612509388964
Interesting article on clothing & the women’s suffrage movement from Julia Teti for @wwd, featuring @DrEinavRFox’s scholarship:
https://twitter.com/DrEinavRFox/status/1801751125038670293
For @the_revealer, @mjcressler analyzed Killers of the Flower Moon & The Zone of Interest through perspectives on evil (h/t @plthomasEdD):
https://twitter.com/mjcressler/status/1800882401016766488
& check out all the goodness in @yalereview’s new “Criticism” issue, featuring @AmitChaudhuri @tausifnoor @tejucole @mervatim & many more:
https://twitter.com/AmitChaudhuri/status/1800144493431370042
Lots of great new podcast episodes this week, including the latest @Unsung__History featuring @PaulGagliardi1 on the Federal Theatre Project:
https://twitter.com/Unsung__History/status/1800190906475458578
For @PublicBooks’ excellent @noveldialogue podcast, here’s @mntshanga in conversation with @magarmtis:
https://twitter.com/PublicBooks/status/1800213839612432402
For @EndofSportPod, hosts @derekcrim & @nkalamb interviewed Michigan soccer player @ZeitzUriel on college sports & campus protests:
https://twitter.com/EndofSportPod/status/1800186680185597987
The latest episode of @realfreedompod features Gen Z activist & gun violent prevention organizer @abbyjkisicki:
https://twitter.com/realfreedompod/status/1800210099618689462
For the new episode of @buzzkillprof, @GALLIFRAEAN talked about her work as a US Navy civilian historian:
https://twitter.com/buzzkillprof/status/1800564512439013397
Episode 21 of @waitmanb’s @HolocaustPod features film scholar & screenwriter Barry Langford on The Zone of Interest:
https://twitter.com/HolocaustPod/status/1800255271752675362
& for @LeftofBlack, host @NewBlackMan interviewed @c_thorsson on her new book on the sisterhood of Black feminist writers:
https://twitter.com/c_thorsson/status/1800533342078800285
A trio of great pieces for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory this week, including @fourstories for Loving Day on mixed-race families in WWII incarceration camps:
https://twitter.com/fourstories/status/1800987445397233808
@daschloz & @sam_rosenfeld wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on how conservatives changed the point of political parties:
& just in time for this weekend’s @usopengolf, here’s Craig Gill for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on how Black caddies shaped the tourney’s course:
https://twitter.com/TIMEHistory/status/1801253684115841096
@BlkPerspectives is back from its summer hiatus with @LeeCilli’s announcement of an important new website, Migrant Voices:
https://twitter.com/BlkPerspectives/status/1789959301127172214
Lots of important new book releases this week, including @leahacowan’s Why Would Feminists Trust the Police from @VersoBooks (h/t @UA_Books):
https://twitter.com/UA_Books/status/1800454478568755310
Also out this week is @william_sturkey’s The Ballad of Roy Benavidez from @BasicBooks (h/t @migrantherstory):
https://twitter.com/migrantherstory/status/1800528791284154501
Likewise published this week was @orenkz’s Unsettled: American Jews & the Movement for Justice in Palestine from @NYUpress:
https://twitter.com/orenkz/status/1800585567056679249
& one more new publication this week, @EmilSeidenfaden’s Informing Interwar Internationalism from @BloomsburyBooks:
https://twitter.com/EmilSeidenfaden/status/1801156115649999345
For @NewBooksNetwork, @Reighangillam interviewed @SalasLanda on her new book Visible Ruins from @UTexasPress:
https://twitter.com/Reighangillam/status/1800121480736538755
For @TheAtlantic, @ehaspel reviewed @JessicaCalarco’s vital new book Holding It Together from @penguinrandom:
https://twitter.com/ehaspel/status/1801232909514195365
For @thenation, @robgreeneII reviewed @profblmkelley’s wonderful recent book Black Folk from @wwnorton:
https://twitter.com/thenation/status/1800906407769718935
For @DemJournal, @victorerikray reviewed @AndrewKharl’s important recent book The Black Tax from @UChicagoPress:
https://twitter.com/victorerikray/status/1801300697473782215
& for her website, @sarahrrobbins made the case for reading Percival Everett’s new novel James in an intertextual way:
https://twitter.com/sarahrrobbins/status/1801076743249228271
Gonna end with a few more favorites from the week as usual, including @frumpenberg for @newrepublic on the American novel’s fatphobia (h/t @lsjamison):
https://twitter.com/lsjamison/status/1800209686173720599
Here’s @xwaldie for @NewYorker on the emerging genre of Covid fiction:
https://twitter.com/xwaldie/status/1800204783124717977
While @keithroysdon wrote for @CrimeReads on spooky illustrations for 1960s children’s books:
https://twitter.com/keithroysdon/status/1800170389340860432
& for another excellent #Pride piece for her Review Roulette newsletter, here’s @gvaughnjoy with a thoughtful & insightful review of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994):
https://twitter.com/gvaughnjoy/status/1802045249864573307
Finally, I was inspired by @gvaughnjoy’s recent review of The Gay Deceivers (1969) to write my own #Pride @SatEvePost Considering History column on the film:
https://twitter.com/AmericanStudier/status/1800536192397783438
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PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more writing, podcasts, & books below. Happy reading, listening, & learning, & happy Father’s Day to all who celebrate! #twitterstorians