Today we launch Read More Books, a semi-regular Commonplace series featuring @kawulf.bsky.social asking authors five questions about their new book. We kick off with @johngmarks.com and his fascinating study of the long fight over Washington's legacy of slavery.🗄️
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A photo of a hand holding Anna O. Law's pathbreaking book, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship," in front of a bookshelf that holds books and a lovely pothos plant.
My pre-ordered copy of @unlawfulentries.bsky.social's book arrived! Can't wait to read this very necessary book!
Are you curious about stories from Indigenous and Native American history, freedom from slavery, or the American Revolution? Don’t miss out on 30% off during the 2026 Organization of American Historians conference, April 16-July 18, 2026. Browse our featured titles: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/oah26/
We're thrilled to announce our 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows. Huge congratulations to these 223 exceptional individuals in the Creative Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and a range of interdisciplinary fields. You can find out more at www.gf.org. 🎉
A pile of Anna O. Law's Migrations and the Origins of American Citizenship and one copy propped up on top. The cover is an USA flag with a figure of a man behind it like the stripes are bars
📣 🎉Today is the official release day of my book, even tho many of you have it in hand already. 🙏 to all who purchased. Availability: Amazon has the paper w/ discount, Bookshop/OUP on back order. Should be an e-version that is missing. I will check w/ my press. More: www.annaolaw.com/book-migrati...
New issue of the Journal of Haitian Studies includes a roundtable on Sara Johnson's fantastic Encyclopédie Noire, with pieces from Leslie Alexander, Manuel Covo, Elise Mitchell, and me, and an insightful response from Johnson. www.haitianstudies.org/2026/03/jour...
I CANNOT WAIT to assign this book to undergrads. Such clear, lucid, and smart writing about a singular individual whose life traversed so many important parts of the early America survey.
What an absolute triumph! @gogogomalley.bsky.social 🗃️
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Screenshot of text that says: "Sir, I can liken this proclamation," he derided, "to nothing but the idle vapourings of a fettered maniac, menacing, from the grates of his cell, the overthrow of the world."
A quotation from my first book that I think about often these days...
This book is so incredible! Thank you for writing it!!!
Thank you!
If you've got 10.5 hours to spare, you can now listen to _I Have Avenged America_ as an audiobook! @yalepress.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social
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Cannot tell you how depressing it is to read that people are simply refusing to read nonfiction after you’ve worked really hard to write a nonfiction book you believe in, in case anyone is wondering why I’m posting so much about my book which comes out in a few weeks #BookSky
@oieahc.bsky.social is accepting applications for a 12-week workshop, The Historian’s Writerly Craft: A Summer Intensive Grounded in Discipline and Artistry, geared toward authors who are working on their second book or beyond. April by 4/20 for the summer workshop!
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If you are already tired of America 250 🥱, read about "The Journey of the Haitian Declaration of Independence" by Marlene Daut over on her blog! 😄
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We're just one week away from our #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series! Join authors @juliagaffield.bsky.social & Marlene L. Daut on Feb. 25 for a lecture and discussion inspired by their biographies on Haitian Revolutionaries and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.
🎟️: https://bit.ly/4c2Ajuf
The audiobook for _I Have Avenged America_ will be available on March 10! @yalepress.bsky.social
On Jan. 1, 1804, the generals of the Haitian Revolution declared their independence from France.
@juliagaffield.bsky.social writes more about the country’s declaration and how it was different from the U.S. document as explored in our exhibition “The Declaration’s Journey": https://bit.ly/4kztKSj
The uniforms may have had to remove Louverture, but the ambassador made sure they took his picture in front of Jean-Jacques Dessalines 🫡
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The image of Toussaint Louverture had to be removed because the Olympic committee considered it a "political statement"??
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A great review of _I Have Avenged America_ by Carolyn Fick for The Journal of Military History!! 🙌
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Team Haiti has one of the best winter Olympic fits and it's ironic given the country doesn't have snow
Check out the latest episode of Revolutions in Retrospect featuring the excellent @juliagaffield.bsky.social and the remarkable story of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Haitian Revolutionary who swore to avenge America.
Now playing on your favorite podcast app.
I'm so grateful for this thoughtful review of _I Have Avenged America_ by Amanda T. Perry for H-Early-America!
@yalepress.bsky.social
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Tracing the complex story of Haiti’s revolution and Declaration of Independence from France, @juliagaffield.bsky.social explores the early days of the nation's independence from the perspective of leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines in "I Have Avenged America."
#ReadtheRevolution: https://bit.ly/4rogjqH
Beat the winter chill at the Museum!
📆 Feb. 7: “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding” Forum
📆 Feb. 8: Member Morning
📆 Feb. 14-16: Presidents Day Weekend
📆 Feb. 25: #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series: @juliagaffield.bsky.social + Marlene L. Daut
Join us: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
Finally got my copy from the county library, @juliagaffield.bsky.social! Excited to dive in.
Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
