Historian (from below), award-winning author, filmmaker, playwright, Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh
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@marcusrediker.bsky.socialMarcus Rediker
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@marcusrediker.bsky.social@marcusrediker.bsky.socialHere is one of my favorite essays, from 2009, when I was a visiting professor at Cornell University and worked in their Prison Education Program at Auburn Prison (NY). Here is my account of that experience, originally published in CounterPunch.
@beaconpress.bsky.socialReposted by @marcusrediker.bsky.socialWhat is the role of the artist? @marcusrediker.bsky.social, David Lester, and Paul give voices to people of the past (and future!) with their graphic novel THE BLACK SCHOONER
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialIt is a real honor to receive this year’s Slavery Archive Book Prize for *Freedom Ship*. The award means all the more to me because I have such respect for what @araujohistorian.bsky.social and her colleagues have built through the Slavery Archive Digital Initiative (@slaveryarchive.bsky.social).
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialOne of the many joys of giving a talk about *The Black Schooner* with my co-author David Lester at the New Haven Museum last Wednesday evening was to see my dear friends Christina Heatherton and Jordan T. Camp.
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialHope to meet you!
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialJoin us for a staged reading of my play, *The Return of Benjamin Lay*, co-written with Naomi Wallace, to be at Georgetown University's Riggs Library, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, at 7:30pm EDT.
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialI look forward to working again with the gifted vocalist Karen Somerville as we present "Stories and Songs of Maritime Liberation in the Chesapeake" at the Sultana Downrigging Festival in Chestertown, MD, Friday, Oct. 30, 6:15 pm, details below. Join us!
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@marcusrediker.bsky.socialI am honored to say that my book *Freedom Ship* has been awarded the 2026 Marion Brewington Book Prize for Maritime History by the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialFilm screening at NYU on Monday, Sept. 28 at 7:00 pm: *Becoming Benjamin Lay* will be screened in the Espacio de Culturas auditorium, King Juan Carlos Center, 53 S. Washington Square.
Please help us spread the word for this free event. Please register here:
@beaconpress.bsky.socialReposted by @marcusrediker.bsky.socialTHE BLACK SCHOONER transports us from the 1839 Amistad rebellion to the resulting trials in New Haven and an unexpected international victory for the abolitionist movement. Join @marcusrediker.bsky.social and David Lester for their event on September 30! buff.ly/uFsn0LF
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialJoin us for the launch of our new book, *The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad, A Graphic Novel*, Wed., Sept. 30, 6:00 pm, at the New Haven Museum. I will be there in person and co-author David Lester will join remotely. The event is free. Register here:
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialA great book about a great historical figure.
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialDelighted to say, our film *Becoming Benjamin Lay* has won the 2026 “Audience Award,” Best Feature-Length Film in the ReelAbilities Film Festival Pittsburgh.
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialMy blurb for Chloe Ireton’s new book, forthcoming from Hurst in November: “Chloe Ireton has brought to vivid life a love story in *Plotting for Freedom* and thereby made a unique, moving, deeply human, and sure to be lasting contribution to Atlantic history.”
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialWonderful!
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialFinally indeed! Graham's book on Ruggles was very important to me in writing *Freedom Ship*.
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialHe talks a lot about Walker but I don't recall a mention of Dewson.
@marcusrediker.bsky.socialMy blurb: “Graham Hodges has made a lifetime of major contributions to the study of American slavery and abolition. His biography of Henry Highland Garnet is a triumph -- a deeply-researched and altogether brilliant portrait.”
