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Here it is, my 104th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Share more below & solidarity in the continued fight, all! #twitterstorians
Starting with a few favorite pieces from the week, including @brooklynrwhite’s obituary for the great Joyce Bryant for @Essence:
essence.com/culture/joyce-…
Kay Adams & Nancy Markey wrote for @Narratively on a compelling Gilded Age story (h/t @HiddenHistoryRI):

narratively.com/a-gilded-age-t…
@ashtonsusanna’s newest for @SouthernSpaces is a must-read on white supremacist domestic terrorism:

southernspaces.org/2022/ablaze-18…
& here’s @isabella_raye for @TexasMonthly on century-old but far too relevant attacks on Tejano journalists:
texasmonthly.com/being-texan/te…
Turning to current events, here’s @tressiemcphd for @nytimes on how & why we should be supporting Black farmers:
nytimes.com/2022/11/29/opi…
Also for @nytimes, @stewartdantec powerfully cuts to the chase when it comes to the Walker campaign:
nytimes.com/2022/12/02/opi…
@ThePlumLineGS interviews the one & only @kathleen_belew on that Mar-a-Lago dinner & white supremacy (h/t @KevinMKruse):
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
Speaking of, here’s @kathrynajoyce for @Salon on the internecine battles over Christian nationalism:
salon.com/2022/12/02/chr…
& check out @axios on the vital new @NatBoundUnbound site:
axios.com/2022/10/10/ind…
Lots of great podcast eps dropped this week, including the newest @Unsung__History featuring Vona Groarke:
unsunghistorypodcast.com/irish-immigrat…
@SilasLapham interviewed @janemcphers from @UGAsocialwork for the new ep of @LES_Center’s Dope with Lime:
soundcloud.com/user-396382788…
Check out this @Refusing2Forget thread on the latest @TexasMonthly podcast ep featuring @MonicaMnzMtz:

@Slate’s Slow Burn won Apple’s Show of the Year & has released new bonus episodes for the occasion (h/t @CarisAdel):

& check out @buzzkillprof’s recent episode featuring @lydia_moland on her new Lydia Maria Child book:
spreaker.com/user/16373114/…
Speaking of that book, @lydia_moland wrote for @WSJ on lessons from Child:
wsj.com/articles/lydia…
Tons of goodness for @madebyhistory this week as ever, including @Metzgurdlin & Ben Wright on the US, Liberia, & the World Cup:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…
@guprofbc wrote for @madebyhistory on a telling Arizona county:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…
While @SerenaZabin wrote for @madebyhistory on why voting isn’t the only crucial form of civic participation:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…
Also for @madebyhistory, here’s John Thelin on the historic & ongoing debates over higher ed admissions:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…
& finally for @madebyhistory, @HottyCouture on Naomi Biden & the history of White House weddings:
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…
Trio of great @BlkPerspectives pieces this week, including @candace_n_c on Albertha Johnston Murray:
aaihs.org/albertha-johns…
@aevers0n wrote for @BlkPerspectives on transnational Black feminism:
aaihs.org/tracing-the-pa…
& for the latest @SchomburgCBFS interview, @lucien_baskin spoke with @ksbaumg @hines_historic & @brainyandbrawny on Black educators:
aaihs.org/black-teachers…
Lots of important recent books to highlight, including @_blackpoetics & Vera Kutzinksi on Langston Hughes in Context from @CambridgeUP:
cambridge.org/core/books/lan…
Emilee Booth Chapman’s Election Day is now out from @PrincetonUPress:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…
Check out this @CanopyForum excerpt from @nickphistory’s Open Heart, Closed Doors from @NYUpress:
canopyforum.org/2022/11/30/ope…
Great @TheAtlantic interview with @Morgan_J_Talty on his Night of the Living Rez story collection, out now from @Tin_House:
newsletters.theatlantic.com/i-have-notes/6…
For @nybooks, @tobihaslett reviewed a collection of books from the great John Edgar Wideman:
nybooks.com/articles/2022/…
Glowing @nytimes review of @nataliapetrzela’s forthcoming Fit Nation from @UChicagoPress:
nytimes.com/2022/11/30/boo…
Also forthcoming is W. Fitzhugh Brundage’s edited collection A New History of the American South from @UNC_Press:

& one more forthcoming book, @peggyohdonnell’s Without Children from @BasicBooks (h/t @kathleen_belew)
basicbooks.com/titles/peggy-o…
Gonna end with a few more favorites from the week, including @jnthnwwlsn for @cliocontemp on the AHA controversy & the practice of history:
clioandthecontemporary.com/2022/11/30/wha…
@imaniperry wrote for @TheAtlantic on why that practice is about a lot more than facts:
newsletters.theatlantic.com/unsettled-terr…
& here’s @DanicaSavonick in @PublicBooks on the activist roots of student-centered pedagogies (the first column from new editor @roopikarisam):
publicbooks.org/student-center…
Finally, if you really want to get in the holiday spirit, make sure to follow along with @gvaughnjoy’s holiday movie bracket:

PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so add more public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books (including yours in all categories) below. Thanks & happy reading! #twitterstorians
PPS. Hadn't thought of this until right now (there's a reason I'm not a math professor...), but 104 means two full years' worth of these weekly threads. One of my very favorite things over these years! If you can't get enough, check out all of them here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1cm…
Adding this important new column from @Scandalous for @Independent:
independent.co.uk/voices/killer-…

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