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Powered by @bunkhistory.bsky.social at the University of Richmond.
Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social Music Curator at Alexander Turnbull Library | JD Stout Fellow 2023, Victoria University of Wellington | Author of "Eyeliner's BUY NOW" (33 1/3 Oceania) | Personal account | https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/eyeliners-buy-now-9781501394997/
33 1/3 Books @3313books.bsky.social Short books about legendary albums and music genres. 📚 🎶 Published by Bloomsbury.
Explore the 33 1/3 hub! ⬇️
www.bloomsbury.com/33-13-hub
Apollo @apollo-magazine.com The International Art Magazine. Published monthly since 1925, we cover everything from antiquities to contemporary work | London | https://www.apollo-magazine.com/
Rememberist @rememberist.bsky.social Owner/bookseller at Berkeley Books of Paris (2005-2019). Veteran of St. Mark's Bookshop and Posman's in NYC, and Serendipity Books in Berkeley.
Treadwell's Books @treadwells-books.bsky.social Esoteric arts, great books, high culture, witchcraft, scholarship. Advanced degrees in the banned, the burned, the ridiculed.
Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social Texas news, politics, food, culture, travel, yee-haw, and more since 1973. 🤠
Paid Writing Opportunities @paidwritingopps.bsky.social Paid Writing Opportunities only shares calls for submissions/pitches, and job ads. We are not a recruitment agency.
Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social Bram Stoker Winning first novel, BEULAH. Work in Apex, Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, 3LBE, etc. Three Collections from Flame Tree Press.
https://linktr.ee/christinogle
Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social Artist and educator in NYC, mostly ceramics
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social Independent researcher, archivist and librarian researching in the fields of conspiracy theories and death studies. Always open to discussing new projects and collaborations.
https://www.robert-spinelli.com
Patrick McKelvey @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social
Performance historian, disability historian.
Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation (NYU, 2024)
30% off with code NYUP30
https://nyupress.org/9781479824878/disability-works/
https://linktr.ee/patricktmckelvey
anthony petro @apetro.bsky.social Historian of religion, visual culture, sexuality
Mostly nerdy academic stuff & whippet pics
Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, & the Culture Wars (OUP 2025)
After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, & American Religion (OUP 2015)
https://linktr.ee/anthonypetro
Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social Head of Fellowships & Scholarly Programs at the Harry Ransom Center; Author of The TVs of Tomorrow-How RCA's Flat-Screen Dreams Led to the First LCDs (Chicago 2018). Posting in a personal capacity.
International Gothic Association @igagoths.bsky.social The International Gothic Association is a large family of academic researchers, students, artists and writers with a shared interest in all things Gothic. www.globalgoth.org
Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, OK | Dedicated to sharing Woody’s message of diversity, equality and justice.
woodyguthriecenter.org
Anna Della Subin @annadella.bsky.social Author of ACCIDENTAL GODS: ON MEN UNWITTINGLY TURNED DIVINE (Metropolitan/ Granta). Essays in the LRB, NYRB, TLS, The Nation & elsewhere. Senior editor at Bidoun.
www.annadellasubin.com
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Alice Kelly @dralicekelly.bsky.social Assistant Prof. in Literature & History @ University of Warwick | Commemorative Modernisms (2020) | Ed. Wharton, Fighting France (2015) | Currently working on NYC in the 1920s
Rick Paulas @rickpaulas.bsky.social LOOPS, a walking audio mystery through Prospect Park. Also: THE PALMER HOTEL (sold out), EASTERN SPAN (sold out), THE LADY IN GREENPOINT (walk now), MALINKO (buy now). Subscribe to @hellgatenyc.com
Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives, Ohio University Libraries @aldenlibrary.bsky.social, Athens.
https://bit.ly/m/archives-ohiouniversity
(Not that XL public uni in Columbus)
@kellygjohnston.bsky.social @kellygjohnston.bsky.social
Zine Club Chicago @zineclubchicago.bsky.social A free community event series for zine enthusiasts. Our cut-and-paste hijinks include meetups, South Side Zine Fest + Carnival, South Side Zine Library, Southwest Side Zine Library + more! Produced and founded by Cynthia E. Hanifin. zineclubchicago.com
Andrew Wehrman @profwehrman.bsky.social History professor at CMU and author of "The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution" Vaccination is patriotic.
New book project(!) tentatively titled: Afterlife and Liberty: New York City’s Doctors’ Riot of 1788
Kathryn Holliday @kehcalling.bsky.social Architecture and landscape history, Historic preservation, museums, and cultural heritage. Biallas Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Transplant from Texas and New Orleans. Working on Telephone City 📞
Inga Saffron @ingasaffron.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize-winning Arch. Critic phillyinquirer & author “Becoming Philadelphia”, 20 years of columns, from rutgersupress Lotsa buildings on IG.
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Sequencer Magazine @sequencermag.bsky.social Decode the universe. A popular science magazine, writer-owned forever. From @goesbykim.bsky.social @maxlevy.bsky.social @dsamorod.bsky.social and @maddiebender.bsky.social
https://www.sequencermag.com/
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books?
Our website = https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/
Dr. Devin Guthrie @drdevinguthrie.bsky.social Existential Psychologist, ACT Coach, Death Doula. (They/Them) LifeandDeathCoaching.com
Work centers neurodiversity, disability, climate crisis, queerness, & meaning in life in spite of the inevitability of death.
Currently accepting new clients!
Discovering NYC @discovering.nyc Writer, public historian & former tour NYC guide sharing the stories behind intriguing pieces of New York City history. Elsewhere @Discovering_NYC, writing at discovering.nyc
🦇 𝖋𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖚𝖟𝖆 𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖙𝖍 🦇 @fairuzafilth.bsky.social Just a girl living in a spooky world 💀 Horror, history, the occult, and a side of filth ⛓️🖤✨ witch in the #ADK | #ailuddite #fuckfascists
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
Overlapse @overlapsebooks.bsky.social Visual arts publisher collaborating with photographers, artists and storytellers from around the world, making books you'll want to collect! 💞
https://www.overlapse.com
Michelle Legro @michellelegro.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Inc. Previously: WIRED, Medium, Topic, New Republic, Lapham's Quarterly.
Erin Chapman @elcwt.bsky.social
CENTRAL BOOKING @centralbooking.bsky.social (Art + Science) x bookart = CENTRAL BOOKING
https://centralbookingnyc.com
The Frick Collection @frickcollection.bsky.social NOW OPEN—The museum that’s a masterpiece. Get closer in our newly renovated home. Plan your visit today at www.frick.org!
The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social Our experts bring you crucial art stories from around the world.
📍London / New York
Pen + Brush @penandbrushnyc.bsky.social 130-year-old not-for-profit supporting women in the contemporary arts and literature.
Located at 29 East 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010
www.penandbrush.org
Louise Hung @louisehung1.bsky.social Author of HUNGRY BONES (Scholastic). Ghosts, death, Asians. Of xoCreepyCorner. Ask a Mortician. Workin’ for the cats of Good Home Pet Adoptions in Brooklyn! “Overly sincere” she/her
For contact, reviews, fave works, cats visit https://linktr.ee/louisehung1
David J. Goodwin @davidjgoodwin.bsky.social Writer, historian, and public speaker. Author of "Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham."
Arthur Fournier @arthurfournier.bsky.social Broker of manuscripts & archives, ABAA/ILAB dealer of rare books. Active in BSA, RBMS, ARLIS communities. Qualified appraiser. Literature, the arts, social-political movements, underground / DIY press, pop culture + https://linktr.ee/arthurfournier
Blackwell's Rare Books @blackwellrare.bsky.social Blackwell's Rare Books buys and sells rare books of all kinds, since 1879. Purveyor of #badlydrawnanimals. Follow us on Instagram @blackwellrare
Alexis Clements @alexisclements.bsky.social Writer, filmmaker, hiker, camper, reader, maker and consumer of tasty eats.
Robin Cembalest @rcembalest.bsky.social Journalist, educator, Instagrammer, former ARTnews editor, SVA faculty. I teach writing and career skills to art professionals. Find my upcoming free workshops at RobinCembalest.com!
McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
Souris Hong @sourishong.bsky.social 👁❤️👁 @creativecabal.bsky.social
🕊️💛 Refugee
🎨📚 NYT Bestselling Author
📣⚖️ Holds a MINORITY opinion
sourishong.com
Smarthistory: the Center for Public Art History @smarthistory.bsky.social Smarthistory, a nonprofit, collaborates with museums, academics, conservators, and knowledge-bearers to make art history accessible and engaging while retaining nuance and the highest academic standards—plus everything is free! https://smarthistory.org
Natalie 𝕷𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖗 @tombstonetues.bsky.social Artist • cemetery-lover • UCATS3882
💻: www.natalielerner.com
Karen Leader @proftinkerbell.bsky.social Art historian, intersectional feminist, activist, sharp-tongued, soft-hearted. Despite name, mostly a follower on socials. She/her. No DMs. 🚫
☮️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐈⬛💙🇺🇸
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social News, events and stories from the library, archive and museum at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/ #histmed #libraries #archives #museums
@ronnypreciado.bsky.social @ronnypreciado.bsky.social
Two Coats of Paint @twocoatsofpaint.com Two Coats of Paint is an award-winning NYC blogazine focused primarily on contemporary painting https://twocoatsofpaint.com/links
Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social Cambridge University Library
Lilian Calles Barger @liliancbarger.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, & culture, feral theologian, author of three books, writing "Second Sight: Simone de Beauvoir and The Renewal of American Feminism" art dabbler, hiker, wisdom seeker. New Mexico.
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social 🍉 • art • architecture • historic preservation • urbanism • ecology • advocacy • NYC Landmarks whisperer • wit wry and champagne dry
Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.
@glennricci.bsky.social @glennricci.bsky.social
Alasdair Lane @alasdairlane.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Guardian, Economist, Politico, New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, Fortune, Atlantic, BBC, NBC, etc. I also run a journo / writer jobs newsletter – writeathome.beehiiv.com
Marni Kessler @marnikessler.bsky.social Prof. 19th-C French art. Thinking about aerial & subterranean environments, materiality, & always gender | Books (UMinn Press): Discomfort Food: The Culinary Imagination in Late 19th-C. French Art; Sheer Presence: The Veil in Manet's Paris
Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social Art Historian, working on exh. proposal re: Pissarro-Millet-Courbet for 2030. Sometimes teaching at Univ of Toronto Mississauga. Ph.D., U of Michigan. Live in Toronto. Canadian. Gardening, travel, philately. I block probable bot accts.
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
The Morning News @themorningnews.org Newsy, artsy, bloggy by @andrewwomack.net and Rosecrans Baldwin → themorningnews.org
@foldedsunset.bsky.social @foldedsunset.bsky.social British in NYC. Longtime in Brooklyn, now in Queens. Arts, housing, green spaces, maps, buses & subways, stuff on the street.
Tricia Vita @triciavita.bsky.social Writer, oral historian, reminiscence facilitator, teaching artist. Former carny kid. Coney Island, carnivals, fairs, amusement business. It's the front of the show that gets the dough! Authors Guild member.
https://linktr.ee/triciavita
Ariana @resonance-archive.bsky.social Sculptor, printmaker, sound artist. Art/design educator.
Mark Athitakis @mathitak.bsky.social Writer, mostly about books. Designed with American values in mind. www.markathitakis.com
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social Museum in Oxford. We hold over 1,000 of the most magnificent musical instruments in the world. Part of the University of Oxford.
linktr.ee/bate.enquiries
Donna Yates @profdonnayates.bsky.social I'm the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime as well as a criminologist, an archaeologist, and an unqualified dinosaur lawyer. I study passion and deviance related to rare and precious things at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Michelle Y. Lee @nahmichelle.bsky.social Artist and professor of poetic visualization, image reader, rummaging through the bins of US History, Visual Cultures, Asian American History, and purveyor of various other miscellany, de-centering colonial hegemony. Keeper of the weird. www.mylstudio.art
Corinne Elicona 🪦 @celicona.bsky.social Writer • Mortal Being • 🎗Cancer Survivor
Education & Digital Content Manager at Mount Auburn Cemetery
🪦 #deathpositive | opinions are my own.
Phyllis A Sears @phyllisasears.bsky.social @HerstoricalMonuments (Fbk, Thrds, IG, X) is my project of mapping the statues of historical women and sharing their stories on social media.
Brooklyn Museum @brooklynmuseum.org Art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act.
Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social Connecting you to art 🖼 Art UK is an art education charity and digital space that connects everyone with the UK's public art collection.
Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!
https://artuk.org/
https://linktr.ee/artukdotorg
RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed
https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk
https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
Paloma Checa-Gismero @palomacg.bsky.social Modern and contemporary art historian at Swarthmore College. Author of Biennial Boom: Making Contemporary Art Global (Duke, 2024).
www.palomachecagismero.com
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social Art Historian. Curator. Consultant. Writer. Sculpture Obsessive. Proud Chicagoan.
sculpturalthings.com
Tatiana Berg @tatianaberg.bsky.social Art world person, painter turned marketer turned Art Basel social media lead
Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social Situationist Cybernetics. I make films with and against AI to see what isn’t there. Gates Scholar, Cambridge Digital Humanities. Affiliated Researcher, Machine Visual Culture Research Group (Max Planck Institute). Aim to be kind. cyberneticforests.com
Light Industry @lightindustry.bsky.social Light Industry is a venue for cinema in all its forms, overseen by @thomasbeard.bsky.social and @edhalter.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/lightindustry
361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn
Lindsay Packer @lindsaypacker.bsky.social
that guy @kylepetreycik.com a beautiful mind 💫
Ilise S. Carter, The Lady Aye @theladyaye.bsky.social I'm a historian & journalist specializing in women's experience in America. Books on the history of lipstick & a forthcoming look at spiritualism. Oh, and also I'm the flame proof, pain-proof Sweetheart of the Sideshow. She/Her
www.lipstickbook.com
@batgrrlnyc.bsky.social @batgrrlnyc.bsky.social
Edward Jones-Imhotep @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social Historian of science and technology | Professor @ University of Toronto | Director @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social | New book - The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self @mitpress.bsky.social
jennie rose halperin @littlewow.online Director at Library Futures, a project of NYU Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy. MPA, MLIS. Words at Flaming Hydra and other places sometimes. she/her
JSTOR Daily @jstordaily.bsky.social Providing insights to past and current events based on scholarly research at JSTOR. Subscribe free: http://daily.jstor.org/newsletter
Lydia Pyne @lydiapyne.bsky.social Writer, Historian, Tortoise Enthusiast. Currently writing about ochre. Author of ENDLINGS ('22.) Also, GENUINE FAKES, BOOKSHELF, & SEVEN SKELETONS, etc.
Wellcome Collection @wellcomecollection.bsky.social A free museum and library in London and online. Explore the past, present and future of health with us.
wellcomecollection.org
Kurt Kohlstedt @kurtkohlstedt.bsky.social Skeptical urbanist & design journalist @ 99% Invisible || NYT Best Seller: http://99pi.org/book || M. Arch || Visual musings @ http://instagram.com/kurtkohlstedt 🦝 More @ kurtkohlstedt.com
Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
🪦𝕮𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝕮𝖑𝖚𝖇🪦 @cemeteryclub.bsky.social Cemeteries are museums of people! Exploring places of rest as social history. By public historian Sheldon K. Goodman (he/him). ⚰️ 🏛💀 🏳️🌈