THE FELICITY GENERATION By Rebecca Brenner Graham Imprint: St. Martin's Author of DEAR MISS PERKINS Rebecca Brenner Graham's THE FELICITY GENERATION: FROM AMERICAN GIRL TO HAMILTON, HOW POP CULTURE REWROTE THE REVOLUTION, following how pop culture shaped millennials' understanding of the American Revolution, exploring how national myths were constructed and commercialized, and interpreting what these stories reveal about American identity, nostalgia, and civic imagination, to Brigitte Dale at St. Martin's, in an exclusive submission, by Dani Segelbaum at Arc Literary Management (world).

author Courtney Maum facetiously called one of the genres of book deal announcements the Oscar’s speech (1/8)

I am back from my unplanned Bluesky break to say that I am SO PROUD of @emilysneff.bsky.social. A fellow grad school cohort-member articulated it beautifully: it is tremendous to see the incredible journey of Emily's rich research from talking about in class to it being published. Go go go!!! 🎉

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Join us on April 21 as The Revolution Is News continues with a conversation about Black Loyalism with Adam McNeil, a post-doctoral fellow at @woodsonuva.

Details at jcblibrary.org!

The healing powers of a little calico cat sauntering over for a quick head boop amid your cycle of fretting.

Feeling emotional!!!

Join us today, April 2, at noon as the series JCB Reads continues with a conversation about Katharine Gerbner's recent publication Archival Irruptions: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica.

Register at brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This Friday!

Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for ‘the Babies of Slaves.’ He’s Wrong.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about birthright citizenship. Here, for the NYTimes and with Kate Masur, I offer a view of what those of you who think historically should be listening for. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

Cross Talk on Labor Join Brown 2026 and the Discovery Through Dialogue project for Cross Talk: A Whole Campus, Distinct Disciplines Approach April 3, 2026, at 5pm:...

In Providence next week? We have your Friday plans all sorted!

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Some of the pre-1692 panic pamphlets are wildly on the nose. Less "I saw Goody Proctor dancing with the devil" and more "I saw Goody Proctor talking to a Quaker and that's where the trouble began" 😳

Boston Neck???

Betsy, the lore ever deepens

Heard Mary Dyer’s name mentioned on the NBC 10 Boston news and was summoned to the living room as if by magnetic force.

Law & History Review is pleased to announce publication of our joint special issue with The William and Mary Quarterly: New Legal Histories of the American Revolution [vol. 44, no. 1, Feb., 2026]

Here is our table of contents with links.

ALL articles are open access ✅ and ready for download/view.

I think in the US, it's so incredibly uncommon to learn anything meaningful about religion in public school that your mental map of the religious landscape of the entire country is informed by the way religion is lived/practiced/visible in your little world.

Right up there with shipping merchant Preserved Fish

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Invitation to celebration of unveiling of W. Hodding Carter III trade imprint from UNC Press at OAH annual meeting, April 16th, 4:30 pm in the book exhibit

So honored that my book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, will be the first in the new W. Hodding Carter III trade imprint from @uncpress.bsky.social. For those attending #OAH2026, please join us for a celebration of the new imprint!

Pre-order the book here! tinyurl.com/mwcc4977

Me, desperately trying to verify the identity of the man in the document I've been trying to find for at least three years ->😀

A man in 1789, right before he burns down the courthouse that housed the documents that would have verified the family connection -> 😜

I loved curating this with @kawulf.bsky.social. Come by the @jcblibrary.bsky.social, we’re thrilled to welcome you to the exhibit! ☺️

Either I found a record that I've been searching for for years or else it is totally unrelated and everyone has the same name and I!! Think that's!!! Neat!!

*archivists, rather!

Swarthmore‘s collections are invaluable, as are their incredible archives and librarians. Apply apply!

1776 Sit down, John...

a preliminary survey for the next component of my research: if you're willing to tell me about your connection to the movie/musical 1776...

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Betsy, this is so lovely! And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’d love to read your memoirs one day.

They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...

NEW: They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.

Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care.

By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social

Four images of Jamie Lee Curtis in an argument at a cafe: moving clockwise from the top left corner, she holds her finger up in reproach; leans forward with clench teeth bared; takes a stressed sip of water; and hold hers finger up once again with pursed lips

Rereading The Return of Martin Guerre on the train and once again reacting as if I was present in Toulouse

🧵 On immigration court:

In 2017, I observed immigration court and deportation proceedings in Phoenix. The events and results were sad; and the physical space was sterile. Despite this, staff was helpful and judges welcomed observers.

Yesterday I brought 9 college students to observe court in NYC.

Lucy Dacus playing: Richmond, I’m coming for you ❤️

You wouldn't believe the sheer volume of accusations of spreading "scurrilous epithets." Scurrilous!