Photo showing a dog (beagle-corgi?) lying diagonally across a doorway, with a colorful rug visible in the foreground and in the background bookshelves surrounding a person working at a computer
Photo showing a dog (beagle-corgi?) lying on a colorful rug with a dog bed and small bookshelf in the background
Dogs racked out after a sunny Sunday afternoon jaunt around the neighborhood
A green book cover with.golden lettering, for a book called Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them, by me, Jennifer A. Jordan.
A black and white photo of women in bonnets and long skirts, picking hops off of long poles laid across wooden boxes.
My book cover is now officially on the @uchicagopress.bsky.social website, coming out on October 20! Planning some cool events involving beer, fiddlers, and lantern light. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Photo showing two paperback books sitting on the rail of a blue front porch chair, with jasmine climbing over a porch rail in the background
Prepping for a discussion of ruination, conservation, and transformation in today’s Material Culture course—pairing Caitlin DeSilvey’s Curated Decay with Ness by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social (in Ghostways) and a musical version of Ness by Hayden Thorpe. Should be fun
Riding through the NC State campus under an almost full moon
No Kings, Raleigh, NC
No Kings, Raleigh, NC
No Kings, Raleigh, NC
No Kings, Raleigh, NC
Photo showing protesters at the North Carolina State Capitol
Photo showing protesters at the North Carolina State Capitol
Photo showing protesters at the North Carolina State Capitol
Photo showing protesters at the North Carolina State Capitol
No Kings, Raleigh, NC
Photo showing a lake, surrounded by trees, just before sunset, with colorful clouds reflected in the lake surface
Caught a beautiful sunset over Lake Raleigh on the NC State campus during my evening bike ride
Thanks to Lauren Dogaer for inviting me to chat about beer in ancient Mesopotamia on her new podcast Drunk on History
The gate keeper is hard at work again today
Photo showing a small dog (corgi-beagle?) lying in an open doorway in a sunbeam and a slightly larger dog (beagle-corgi?) sneaking up behind, trying to exit the door
Photo showing a small dog (corgi-beagle?) lying in an open doorway in a sunbeam and a slightly larger dog (beagle-corgi?) asking permission to exit the door
Photo showing a small dog (corgi-beagle?) lying in an open doorway in a sunbeam and a slightly larger dog (beagle-corgi?) squeezing past to exit the door
None shall pass! Oh, okay, you can pass
Photo showing a residential street marked with a sharrow and in the background a pale blue sunset sky with orange and purple clouds
Photo showing a bike path alongside a busy road and a bright to deep blue, post-sunset sky with gray clouds
Nice skies on my evening bike ride in Raleigh, NC
"...Paulette works with the archaeology and philology in ways few scholars can. By refusing to simplify the complexities of ancient beer culture, he has crafted something more valuable than easy answers—a work that highlights both the knowable and unknowable aspects of Mesopotamian civilization."
Thanks to Michael Kozuh for this kind and thoughtful review of my book in The American Historical Review (gift link)––"I wish more scholars would write one book like this." That's certainly nice to hear.
Photo showing cover of the book Patina
Photo showing cover of the book Invisible Cities
Some last-minute prep before I head off to discuss @shannonleedawdy.substack.com's Patina, as usual paired with selections form Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. Always a hit with the students in my Material Culture course. After this, looking forward to Curated Decay by Caitlin DeSilvey
Photo showing a dog (beagle-corgi?) stretched out on a bed with head hanging over the edge. In the background, a woman works at a laptop computer, surrounded by books on shelves
@kategrossman.bsky.social working hard, @daisydog hardly working
Same cute little dogs going down some stairs at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in Cary, NC, with @kategrossman.bsky.social
For your timeline, some cute little dogs out for a walk at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in Cary, NC, with @kategrossman.bsky.social
Yes, will let you know. At the very least, it's given me a broader set of comparative examples to work with. I appreciate your careful attention to equipment (e.g., ovens, brewing vessels), techniques (e.g., for mashing, drying out yeast), ingredients (e.g., herbs), and spatial distributions.
Just finished Historical Brewing Techniques by @larsga.bsky.social. I’ve been reading a few pages each evening as I wind down from the day. I loved this book and learned so much. As @kategrossman.bsky.social can attest, I regularly felt compelled to share what I had learned with those nearby
Photo showing two bookshelves with used books about alcoholic beverages, including In the Land of Ninkasi by Tate Paulette
Photo showing the front facade of a used bookstore with outdoor shelves full of books
First time running into my book at a used bookstore—Reader’s Corner in Raleigh, NC
What’s in the bag @kategrossman.bsky.social? Seriously, what’s in the bag?
Photo showing two dogs (beagle-corgis?) on leashes, sitting on a sidewalk, staring intently at the door of a white brick building
Our usual Sunday-morning walk to the local bakery, Boulted Bread. Waiting for @kategrossman.bsky.social to emerge with the goods
Also just ran across this cute little possum on my evening bike ride
Photo showing a man hugging a dog (beagle-corgi?), with clouds and a tree in the background
Photo showing a dog (beagle-corgi?) lying in a dog bed with baskets full of toys in the background
Photo showing two dogs (beagle-corgis?) sleeping in dog beds in a backyard
How I spent my NC State-mandated Wellness Day
Excellent! Let me know how it goes. I would also be happy to join in for a virtual chat with the class if that would be useful.
An advertising banner for “In the Land of Ninkasi” by Tate Paulette, which shows the book on the right next to a tagline reading “The first book-length treatment of Mesopotamian beer to appear in English.” At the top left, it says “Oxford University Press.”
Really enjoying IN THE LAND OF NINKASI by @tatepaulette.bsky.social, a beautifully written, super entertaining book about Mesopotamian brewing, history and culture.
