@thedailyhistorian.bsky.socialA woman who had been kidnapped as a child and enslaved in a society that denied Black people equal rights had established herself as an internationally recognized poet.
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#PhillisWheatley #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #LiteraryHistory #OnThisDay
@westendmuseum.bsky.socialAnnouncing FREE TO ALL: WEST END BRANCH LIBRARY opening in one month.
Reserve your FREE spot to the opening and book swap here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-to-all-west-end-branch-library-exhibit-opening-and-book-swap-tickets-2002570407998?aff=oddtdtcreator
@sunypress.bsky.social"Chura has offered us our first extensive study of an author who has long needed attention." — Eugene O'Neill Review
#SundayReview #ReadUP tinyurl.com/2shfhv26
#AmericanLiterature #LiteraryHistory #LaborHistory #JewishAmericanHistory
@columbiaup.bsky.socialWe’re honored that Jasmin Pittman includes THE SISTERHOOD among six books highlighting the lives, work, and legacies of Black women writers in The Christian Century. buff.ly/6mM0PCB@chri...
#BlackWomenWriters #BlackLiterature #LiteraryHistory #Sisterhood
@mabelquill.bsky.socialCharlotte Brontë Publishes Jane Eyre #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #JaneEyre #CharlotteBronte #LiteraryHistory #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@commonplacefacts.bsky.socialWilliam Goldman convinced thousands of Princess Bride readers to request a scene that didn't exist. His publisher responded with fictional lawsuits, imaginary lawyers, and an international crisis involving NASA. And the joke lasted for decades. #PrincessBride #LiteraryHistory
@troycap.bsky.socialStevenson Memorial — a tribute to Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde). Looks at his legacy, influence on adventure/psychological fiction, and how he's remembered. Read more: buff.ly/PsEFCrO #LiteraryHistory
@tessatnt.bsky.social🍯 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TESSA TNT
ON THIS DAY — OCTOBER 14, 1926
WINNIE-THE-POOH TURNS 100!
— Tessa TNT
#WinnieThePooh #OnThisDay #LiteraryHistory #AA Milne #TessaTNT #HouseJemini
@the-kaleido-path.bsky.socialThe horrifying story and the inspiration the inspired Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde youtu.be/bMNdxdty-pk #DrJekyllandMrHyde #LiteraryHistory
@barnthorn.bsky.socialWe are delighted to announce Michael Crowley’s second Barnthorn book, ‘Orwell’s Children: How We Failed to Heed the Writing on the Wall’. It will explore Orwell’s warnings for today and the contemporary war on the past.
@layman-publishing.bsky.socialMatthew J. Bruccoli and C. E. Frazer Clark, Jr., discuss what will become the Dictionary of Literary Biography in 1977. Read more about our first fifty years here: laymanpublishing.com/history/
#ScholarlyPublishing #LiteraryHistory #Layman50
@columbiaup.bsky.socialNow available! CROWD CONTROL tells the story of how efforts to contain Black resistance led to the invention of American literary excellence. buff.ly/XAhmHVM #LiteraryHistory #BlackMilitancy #CulturalPolitics #RacialJustice #PhilanthropyAndPower
@brepols.net𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲́𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱’𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗹’𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲́-𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 (𝟭𝟭𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟲𝟬𝟬)
Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas (ed)
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@layman-publishing.bsky.socialAs part of our 50th anniversary celebration, this week we're going back to 1975, the year before our founding, when Richard Layman was a PhD student of Matthew J. Bruccoli.
@mabelquill.bsky.socialThe Hobbit Begins Its Journey On September 21, 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published in Britain, introducing Bilbo Baggins and helping shape modern fantasy literature. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #TheHobbit #JRRTolkien #LiteraryHistory #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@mcgillenglish.bsky.socialCongratulations to Michael Van Dussen on being elected Member of the Royal Society of Canada!
Prof. Van Dussen was recognized for his innovative contributions to the study of English and Slavic literary and religious milieus from the XIV through XVI centuries.
@frabernardo.bsky.social#GFHandel read this?
A 1712 #TheSpectator essay turns its satirical gaze on gender, fashion and social identity. Addison mocks women in riding coats, hats and periwigs—revealing as much about 18th-century anxieties as about the fashions he attacks. #JosephAddison #EighteenthCentury #LiteraryHistory
@tedmorrissey.bsky.socialMary, age 21, left for Italy before #Frankenstein was officially released - she was astonished six months later when she learned her strange #book was the talk of London #LiteraryHistory
@withinthewalls.bsky.socialLook into the fascinating world of the London book trade 250 years ago.
withinthewallslondon.blogspot.com/2026/09/pate...
#BookHistory #HistoryOfTheBook #PaternosterRow #LondonHistory #EighteenthCentury #PublishingHistory #Booksellers #PrintCulture #GeorgianLondon #LiteraryHistory