Dr. Nicholas Rabb @nickrabb.bsky.social Researching misinformation, AI, ethics, social change. Currently postdoc at Cal State LA studying STEM education and AI in education.
https://linktr.ee/nickrabb
Elyse Graham @elysegraham.bsky.social Spies and the archives.
Professor, Stony Brook University. Four books, including the New York Times bestseller BOOK AND DAGGER (Ecco, 2024).
Tim Watson @timwatson.bsky.social English professor in Miami. British-American. London > Bishop's Stortford > Brighton > Brooklyn > Miami. Subtropical gardener. Florida Mangos: A Cultural History, forthcoming from U of Florida Press. Posts are my own and do not represent my employer.
Countess of Monte Fisto @slstalter.bsky.social Opinions expressed here are my own and not reflective of my institution. English prof, writing about NYC performance and mobility. Modernist, mom. Work in Progress on the New York Hippodrome. Pronouns: she/her. https://www.sunnystalterpace.com/hippodrome
Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social American Vandal Pod | Prof of AmLit & Twain Studies + Director of Media Studies, Elmira College | Resident Scholar @MarkTwain.bsky.social | Political Economy of Mass Media
TheAmericanVandal.com
MattSeybold.com
Brian Glavey @glavey.bsky.social Author of Relatability: Sharing and Oversharing with the New York School Poets (forthcoming from University of Chicago Press) and the host of Some Marvelous Experience, a podcast about friendship and art.
American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social Nonprofit organization
Sharing America’s stories for more than 200 years.
185 Salisbury St, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609
Peter Sokolowski @petersokolowski.bsky.social Dictionary ambassador, Merriam-Webster.
Forthcoming book:
"By Definition: The Surprising History of the English Dictionary"
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250347589/bydefinition/
Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social PhD. political theorist, feminist, cultural critic. 2023-24 Guggenheim Fellow working on a book about performativity (the good kind), and 2025 International Fellow, British Academy
Brendan Bartanen @brendanbartanen.bsky.social Associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia. Stumbling my way through the AI revolution at https://brendanbartanen.substack.com/
Bruce Holsinger @bruceholsinger.bsky.social Author of CULPABILITY, Oprah's Book Club summer 2025 pick, from Spiegel & Grau.
Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com The best art publication on Bluesky 🌞 with daily art news and reviews. hyperallergic.com
Valeria Vescina @valeriavescina.bsky.social Author 'That Summer in Puglia' (2018). Creative-writing tutor, runs writing retreats in the Alps. Founder member & co-manager @WomenWritersNet. #HistFic novel inspired by true events in 16th-century Italy will be out in 2026. Women's history nerd.
Evan MacKay @evanforcambridge.bsky.social evanforcambridge.com
Organizing in Cambridge for social, racial, economic, and environmental justice. Our community is our power! 🌹🏳️🌈✊
Show your support and canvass! actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/evan-for-cambridge
Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social #Author: THE NAZI & THE PSYCHIATRIST (adapted to movie NUREMBERG). Coming: THE CASE OF THE AUTOGRAPHED CORPSE. #Writer of DAMN #HISTORY newsletter. Bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/el-hai
Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social
Archives, DH, Museums, African American studies, C19 and early C20.
all opinions my own, not my employer's
https://www.dorothy-berry.com
Deborah Lam @deborahlam.bsky.social Non-English Lecturer in English @UoBrisEnglish | art historian in literary critic’s clothing | Art and literature in the overlong 19c
Boston Public Library @bpl.boston.gov Official Bluesky account of the Boston Public Library. A library built by the people and dedicated to the advancement of learning. Free to all.
linktr.ee/bplboston
The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop.
https://publicdomainreview.org
R.D. Pohl @rdpohl.bsky.social Writer, critic, literary journalist, poetry editor. Trained as language philosopher. Follow at POETRY/POETICS/LANGUAGE/COMMUNITY (https://rdpohl.substack.com). Formerly with The Buffalo News, currently The Buffalo Hive, a non-profit arts & culture startup.
Mark Alan Mattes + Hot Brown Press @markalanmattes.bsky.social https://hotbrownpress.etsy.com & hotbrownpress.com
Literacy Propagandist - Letterpress - Book & Media History - Manuscript Studies - Early American Lit - Native Am & Indigenous Studies
Editor, Handwriting in Early America: A Media History (UMass 2023)
Tom Comitta @tomcomitta.bsky.social Author of The Nature Book and two others coming in 2025: Patchwork (Coffee House) and People’s Choice Literature: The Most Wanted & Unwanted Novels (Columbia U Press). they/them linktr.ee/tomcomitta
David Woodruff @dmwoodruff.bsky.social Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, LSE. CPE, central banks, BoE & quantitative tightening, monetary history, Keynes, Karl Polanyi, Soviet economic history, complaining about neoliberalism, etc. He/him. Views my own not employer's.
Gabriel Mckee @secret-terror.bsky.social Print culture, libraries, religion, science fiction, comics, PKD, Coptic language. "The Saucerian: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker" available now from the MIT Press.
Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
Harry Ransom Center @ransomcenter.bsky.social Humanities research library and museum at @utaustintx | Opening August 15: The Worlds of Gertrude Stein • Opening August 29: Houdini’s Library
Erin Dorney @erindorney.bsky.social Sober bi writer in Western NY ꩜ Author of "Yes I Am Human I Know You Were Wondering" (Autofocus), that book of Shia LaBeouf erasures, and many zines.
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.
Leslie Howsam @lesliehowsam.bsky.social Book historian. Special interests in history books (as material objects) and Eliza Orme (Victorian lawyer). Past president of SHARP (2009-2013).
https://lesliehowsam.ca/
Anna Muenchrath, PhD (she/her) @annamuenchrath.bsky.social Academic studying 20-21 C. World Lit and Book/Media History.
New project: The World Republic of Data.
Books: Making World Literature (UMass Press) and Selling Books With Algorithms (Cambridge UP)
Opinions Mine
Emi Hastings @unseenlibrary.bsky.social Curator of Books and Digital Projects Librarian at U-M Clements Library. Collects books about women bibliophiles.
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
KEEP PLANNING @keep-planning.net A cultural apparatus of sober ambition and unglamorous posture. Edited by @davidcporter.net. "Es hilft nur Gewalt wo Gewalt herrscht."
Submissions currently open.
Cat @catbed.bsky.social Real person, but don’t like oversharing online. 
The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social The home for American book people, studying text objects together since 1904. More info at linktr.ee/bibsocamer.
Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu The world's largest Shakespeare collection - plus, home to Folger Theatre, Consort, Poetry, Exhibitions, Research, Education, and more!
Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social /'əʊɪn 'mæsiː/
librarian・pedestrian・own views・they/them・Net Zero・Vision Zero・pro-trans・pro-trains・not my king・no gods・no masters・no borders・no statues・no heroes・❄️
Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social Special Collections Librarian / Print Historian
Fascinated by the history of scientific illustration. Documenting natural history books I encounter in my research 📚🦋
Mary M. Burke @maryburke.bsky.social "Race Politics & Irish America" (Oxford UP bit.ly/3XKj0nn) Winner: 2025 Sharon Harris Book Award. Excerpt: bit.ly/3FuH1sa Podcast: bit.ly/3ZT7pnW Juanita Casey "Horse of Selene" Afterword: bit.ly/3QTOlSo Page: https://english.uconn.edu/person/mary-burk
Christine Cipriani @christinecipriani.bsky.social Architecture and history / Biography of Ada Louise Huxtable forthcoming (Norton, Mar. '27) / Coauthor, CAPE COD MODERN (Metropolis)
anarchic aesthete @anarchicaesthete.bsky.social "I don't read novels. I prefer good literary criticism." – Metropolitan | Academic Librarian | Information, (open) data and knowledge | Interested in the history of queer, feminist and marginalized SFF | they/them
The Matterhorn @thematterhorn.bsky.social A large mountain
J. Connell Stryker @jconnellstryker.bsky.social PhD in History, UT Austin; Pratt Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland - Women's Work at Sea, Histories of Maritime, Gender, Labor, Empire, Technology, and the Digital Humanities, etc
Hannah Frydman @hannahfrydman.bsky.social Assistant Prof of French @ Harvard. c19-20; gender/sexuality; print culture; queer lit & reading. Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France shipping now from Cornell 🌈🌱 😷♾️
Jann Matlock (formerly @autopsiesgroup in the Other Place) @drjannmatlock.bsky.social Visual representation and French cultural history 1789-1914. Comments and likes are my own and do not implicate my employer. https://jannmatlock.weebly.com/ 
Sarah Calise (she/they) @sarahcalise.bsky.social *views expressed here are my own, not those of my employer*
🗃 archivist, public historian, writer and pro-wrestling watcher
🦋 founder of Nashville Queer History
📚 Y'all Come Out Now Y'Hear: Nashville's LGBTQ History coming soon via Vanderbilt Press
Dr. Jim Downs @jimdowns.bsky.social Author of Author of Maladies of Empire & Sick from Freedom; Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation; Gilder Lehrman NEH Prof at Gettysburg College; https://www.jimdownsofficial.com
Radical Left Lemmasmith @k8bowers.bsky.social Archivist at Harvard, librarian, contributing editor (Dictionary of Archives Terminology), Oxford comma enthusiast, grumpable knowmudgeon
#archives #records #metadata #saawords #cataloging #bornDigital Mount Holyoke ‘86
she/her
@stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social 
Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social
"Are you okay?"
MN, January 2026
New book: “Killing Spree”,Carcanet (UK); FSG (US). “The Dream of The Unified Field”(Pulitzer Prize for Poetry).
Niko Kontovas @nikokontovas.bsky.social Linguist | Digital Humanist | Subject Librarian and Curator for the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Turkey/Türkiye @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social | Lecturer in Uzbek and Chaghatay | http://www.turkolog.ist
Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social I’m a Latin professor and book historian working on slavery and scribal labor in Ancient Rome. Co-edited volume “Writing, Enslavement and Power in the Roman Mediterranean” out now from OUP. Find my other writing in The Nation.
AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social University of Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP–Penn)
Dr. Anca Wilkening @historianca.bsky.social Religious Studies, Indigenous Studies, Queer Studies in Early America. UPenn Postdoc on Lenapehoking. Archival and Mushroom Nerd. Chronic Former Gifted Kid.
Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
garyshteyngart.substack.com
http://facebook.com/shteyngart
Erin Qualey @miffedcupcake.bsky.social Tea and cake or death? Um, cake please / she/her / Bylines: LA Times, Romper, Slate, vulture + more / Therapist specializing in addiction & trauma / @OfficialTCA
@lexiegrace88.bsky.social @lexiegrace88.bsky.social 
@letterlocking.bsky.social @letterlocking.bsky.social 
Christina Davis @indavisible.bsky.social Poet, singer, activist, ambler. Curator of the Poetry Room & co-organizer of the Enormous Chorus. Based in Cambridge, Mass. 
Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.
rarebookschool.org
Tyler Shoemaker @t-shoemaker.bsky.social tylershoemaker.info
Meanwhile...Letterpress @meanwhilelttrpress.bsky.social Trans and Queer owned letterpress studio resisting erasure through the power of print. 
Matt Ryan @heggledepeg.bsky.social Historian | Writer | Curator
Not often here. Insta below...
Insta: https://tinyurl.com/3byn6z6n
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social
More: www.matttellsstories.co.uk
Elizabeth Young @lizzyoungbooks.bsky.social Rare Books, Ephemera, and Manuscripts with a focus on Food & Drink History, Women's History, Cultural History, and anything else that makes us smile.
lizzyoungbookseller.com
Heather Ann Thompson @historianheather.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winning author, book on Attica, next on Bernie Goetz/80s, then MOVE Bombing. In NYT, TIME, New Yorker, Atlantic, etc. + CJ policy work & script consulting. WritersHouse & CAA repped.
www.heatherannthompson.com
Elizabeth Hinton @elizabethkai.bsky.social Historian of U.S. Inequality, Author of America on Fire and From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime, Professor of History, Black Studies, and Law @Yale
Aaron Bekemeyer @abekemeyer.bsky.social Historian and teacher
NYU
Cinephile Books @cinephilebooks.bsky.social Where movies are lit.
. . . .
https://linktr.ee/cinephilebooks
em wilson @emwilsonpastry.bsky.social that west philly pastry / pretzel person
Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com Sharing news about my endeavors and enthusiasms. Publicist since 2001. Independent.
Logo design: Mark McCoy. Photo: Joanna Tillman.
laurencerand.com
Christian Rincon @christianrincon.com human designer + illustrator • activism, data viz, merch • nj ➡️ dc ➡️ sea
https://christianrincon.carrd.co/
Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social Curator, fangirl, utter nerd. Assoc. Prof/Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at U of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Co-Editor Women in Book History Bibliography at womensbookhistory.org. Fan Studies, Tolkien Studies, SFF Studies. I just really love books ok
SAA SNAP @saa-snap.bsky.social Students and New Archival Professionals Section of the Society of American Archivists
Anna Kijas @akijas.bsky.social Music librarian, historian, digital humanist. SUCHO co-founder. First-gen Polish-American immigrant. Pronouns: she series
Online: annakijas.com / sucho.org
LB Hunktears @hunktears.online socialist. luddite. writer & narrative designer @gardens.dev & @insecretplaces.com. father of dog. i love the beach boys. they/them (formerly blaseball, fanbyte, weird twine games) https://linktr.ee/hunktears
Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social Supergirl's Family Vacation, Monster Middle School (Disney,2027), Golden Girls: Love is Golden, Rube Goldberg, Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest, Dark Knight Manual, Marvel & DC books, Mad Libs, I'm an actor too! SAG-AFTRA 🏳️🌈 cootiekid.com
Sam Lemley @samlemley.bsky.social Curator of Special Collections @cmulibraries.bsky.social @carnegiemellon.bsky.social | http://samlemley.info
analytical & computational bibliography, history of the book, science, natural history, and early technology
gardener, husband, & papa 
𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 @sugarkat.bsky.social tallish, bookish, anti-social, pale
Karen Goldsum @karensglimmers.bsky.social Diatribes and contemporary art zines (she/her)
Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social A bite-sized, newsletter-based book review, sending subscribers well-crafted reviews by distinguished & engaging writers direct to their inboxes. linktr.ee/bookpostusa
Josh Kantor @jtkantor.bsky.social Organist for Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park. I also do a bunch of other music stuff.
Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
University of Mordor.- H @halflungclub.bsky.social @halflungclub.bsky.social
Sam Byers @sambyers.bsky.social Author of Idiopathy, Perfidious Albion, and Come Join Our Disease
Fenimore Art Museum @fenimoreartmuseum.bsky.social Dedicated to connecting people to our cultural heritage through a unique collection of American art, including folk art, fine art, and Native American art. Cooperstown, NY. 
Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social civil rights lawyer, exhausted
DM for Signal info
H.E.D. Houseman @hedhouseman.bsky.social Leaves + sparkles + thread ✨ creative director, community builder, editor & writer 📬: hedhouseman@gmail.com 📷: hedhouseman
Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social Matmos guy with my husband @lordchiefjustice / English professor at Hopkins / also known as The Soft Pink Truth.
Christine Nelson @cnlibrarian.bsky.social Special collections librarian / curator / archivist. Longtime Morgan Library manuscripts curator, Thoreauvian, Brontëite, Belle da Costa Greene devotee. Studying Shaker book culture.
Paul Goode @jpaulgoode.bsky.social Russia, Eurasia, nationalism, propaganda, autocracy
Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social Editor in Chief at Cornell University Press acquiring in ancient, medieval, military, *and* European history. In a past life, completed a biology Ph.D. In this life, likes books, Criterion, rye, history, science, all the things in between, *and* donuts.
Lucille Munoz @lucillemunoz.bsky.social Special Collections Librarian at St John's College, Cambridge. Views my own.
Michelle Mitchell @msmitchell357.bsky.social Founder “The Phenomenal Women Group” Publisher, early adopter, yahoo alumni, PR Diva, PR Czar, Community builder. Brown Skin Brunchin, Long Island, NY, NASA Social Alumni, 2nd Vice-President; Long Island Cross County NCNW, OES 💙💛🤍💚♥️
ProgGrrl @proggrrl.bsky.social I work in TV whatever that means now. Cinephile. News junkie. Treehugger. Brooklyn NY. Hating on fascists and authoritarians. I follow tons of folks to grow a great news/culture feed for myself to read, so there.
Ciara Daly @dalykeeks.bsky.social Your friendly neighbourhood Archivist at Trinity College Dublin ✨ Street art enthusiast 🖍️ 📍Galway Girl in Dublin (she/her) 🖤🌻
Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social Itinerant scholar from Chicago (he/him) | PhD Middle Eastern Studies | current Humboldt Fellow at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de | former Leverhulme Fellow at @cam.ac.uk | @biajs.bsky.social award-winning author | publications: nickposegay.com
Bucknell Special Collections/University Archives @bucknellscua.bsky.social Rare books, manuscripts, artists' books, University archives: putting primary sources into the classroom and beyond. 
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
Sarah Mead Leonard @smeadleonard.bsky.social Associate Director of Fellowships and Academic Programs, Newberry Library (all views my own). PhD. Victorian Art History, #MaterialCulture, #HistoricLandscapes, those kinds of things. Also @morris-on-screen.bsky.social
@magsjoy.bsky.social @magsjoy.bsky.social Cataloger, librarian, book and travel enthusiast.