Amanda Mecke
A Literary Agent/Book Coach with 45 years experience in both U Press and trade publishing, UCLA English PhD, Pitzer College BA, dog parent, teacher, married LGBTQ advocate, Democrat as long as the GOP exists.
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Whether or not you work in an academic field and you read, write or publish University Press books, let’s share what we would like to see more people reading — and talk about those books.
@rbreich.bsky.social
Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social. Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com Preorder my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
@astronomy.blue
Official announcements and information about the Astronomy feeds. This is a semi-automated account managed by @emily.space. Website: https://astronomy.blue | GitHub: https://github.com/bluesky-astronomy
@levesque-chris.bsky.social
"Loquacious history bastard." PhD in military history, adjunct professor of history, archivist. Focus on atrocities in Vietnam, Cold War culture, & religion.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy
@monicacmiller.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of English at Middle Georgia State University. I write about the intersections of region, gender, & sometimes music The Tacky South; Being Ugly: Southern Women Writers and Social Rebellion; Dear Regina: Flannery O'Connor's Letters from Iowa
@rcolesworthy.bsky.social
Acquisitions editor (gender & queer studies, lit crit, Latin American studies, education, & more); author, Returning the Gift (2018). Screamy about publishing, labor, most things. She/her.
@bquintiliani.bsky.social
Mom, Grandma, Democrat. NY>NC 💙My😻s & My kids & grandkids💙 Nature🌱Zen🧘♀️Spiritual☮️ 💙 Voted for HER in 2016 & 2024 💙 🇺🇲 Forever grateful to President Biden 🇺🇲 🇺🇦Slava Ukraine & President Zelenskyy 🇺🇦 🚫MAGA/Nazis/GoFundMe/Porn/Crypto🚫
@jbendery.bsky.social
I report on Congress, the White House + political campaigns for HuffPost. President emeritus of the Washington Press Club Foundation. Mama. 🏳️🌈 Tips: jen.bendery@huffpost.com / jbendery@proton.me Signal: jbendery.41
@abradschwartz.bsky.social
Historian of Media, Fake News, and Propaganda. Author/Co-Author of ELIOT NESS AND THE MAD BUTCHER; SCARFACE AND THE UNTOUCHABLE; BROADCAST HYSTERIA. History PhD Candidate at Princeton.
@mu-peter.bsky.social
Disruptive Digital Darwinist 💀#Neanderthal is in my DNA!🧬 #Evolution #PaleoAnth #EvoMed #OpenScience CBSA http://cbsaimtt.com
@meidastouch.com
The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
@lchabolla.bsky.social
A wandering Chicano. Former community foundation giving and communications guy. I worked for my retirement. Living in #HumboldtCountyCA. Current lover of my wife, cribbage, long naps and #JamesJoyce. Con Safos c/s #VoteBlue #Democracy #Resist #SpeakUp
@andreapitzer.bsky.social
Books! Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, and a Nabokov bio. Former painter, translator, karateka, and record store clerk. Subscribe to my newsletter and podcast: www.andreapitzer.com
@reburked.bsky.social
This is a support account for Rebecca Burke, a Welsh comics artist who been detained by ICE since February 26-March1 8. No one deserves imprisonment by ICE. reburke.myportfolio.com This account is run by @laurenhudgins.bsky.social until she recovers.
@richardbranson.bsky.social
Screw it, let's do it. Proof it's the real me: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rbranson_richard-branson-richardbransonbskysocial-activity-7267516793689124864--I14 Here's my blog: https://www.virgin.com/branson-
@algreen.house.gov
Proud to represent the Ninth Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
@neurotma.bsky.social
Neuro-inspired Theory, Modeling, and Applications research group led by Mihai A. Petrovici @unibern.bsky.social NeuroTMA website: https://physiologie.unibe.ch/~petrovici/group/
@weratedogs.com
Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹 links.weratedogs.com
@isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (plus others) who often talks books on the Today Show. Next up? American Dionysus. 🍎 I walk a lot.
@hugobookclub.bsky.social
The internet's definitive source for reliable factually accurate barely news and almost information about science fiction. Inexplicably a 5-time Hugo finalist.
@aijiang.bsky.social
🇨🇳🇨🇦 || she/her || Changle -> Toronto ||Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner || Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee || Odyssey ‘23 || BA,MSc || rep: UTA & The Tobias Literary Agency || A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (Titan Books ‘25) https://aijiang.carrd.co/
@katvan62desertrose.bsky.social
Reader 📚 Artist 🎨 Crocheter 🧶 Sewist 🧵 Mother, Grandmother. Difficult woman. 📎 Liberal AF 💙 Tacos 🌮 NM 🌈 Ally , Save planet 🌎 🚫 DM’s
@jococruise.bsky.social
A cruise full of music, comedy, gaming & general nerdery. Sails March 21-28th, 2026 from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, Loreto & La Paz. Visit jococruise.com for more info #jococruise
@xxunclemonkeyxx.bsky.social
If you can hear me, you are the resistance. Plan: |#Resistance |#Insurgency |#Opposition DM at your own peril. I will not suffer trumps.
@fedupstudio.bsky.social
Trump Did That stickers and other anti-Trump merch: www.etsy.com/shop/FedUpStudio Trump is president again and prices are up. Remind people whose fault it is with these stickers! Supporting good trouble + small acts of resistance
@irinadumitrescu.bsky.social
Writer and professor of medieval literature. I'm a columnist at the TLS, sometimes co-host a podcast with Mary Wellesley at the LRB, and am one of the editors of @creativecritical.bsky.social. irinadumitrescu.com
@robertemond.bsky.social
Jack of many trades master of none (good at a few). I’m doing my best to make life in my small corner of the world better one piece of art at a time. Proud member of #WestCoastKin #PNW #Oregon #Art #Archaeology🏺 All photos mine unless reposted or noted.
@pstnyc.bsky.social
Blogger @ http://TheGreatGrayBridge.com /editor @ PT Book Productions—http://philipsturner.com/about-ptbp. Live music&urban enthusiast http://HonouraryCanadian.com
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@shuwan1.bsky.social
A doctoral student in history at university at Buffalo
@david-obrien.bsky.social
"We are a primitive people," confessed a third emigrant, "wandering widely in a strange land." History grad student - @SalemState MA
@sddaction.bsky.social
@nrrphx.bsky.social
Board president @urbanphxproject.bsky.social 💙 Maps, stories, trees, bikes, beans, and people with grit | Mobility dignity 🚅🚶♀️🚴♀️👩🦽 | Affordable cities | Working families🐺 | Phoenix, AZ | Credit where credit is due♡
@angrysmile.bsky.social
Blue dot in middle TN, GenX, ally to LGBTQ+ community, she/her, CFO/CPA in nonprofit, INTJ, humanist, love all things nature, witchy, spooky, crochet, cross stitch, Scotland & Iceland travel, kayaking
@wokeleftistmama.bsky.social
📎Twitter refugee #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦Lover of Democracy;🏳️🌈 Ally; BLM ✊🏽 ; #girlmom x 2; MND (PLS) caregiver to my hubby
@divaliciouscandi.bsky.social
DivaliciousCandi.com (105K+)/Blogger (195K+)/Instagram (125K+)/ReverbNation (110K+)/LinkedIn (15K+)/YouTube (15K+)/TikTok (10K+)/Threads- NEW: DivaliciousCandi X (105K+)/SnapChat (40K+)/Pinterest (10K+): DvaliciousCandi Facebook (65K+): TheDivaliciousCandi
@srsrensoc.bsky.social
SRS, the main academic organisation in UK & Ireland dedicated to the promotion of the study of the Renaissance. Hatched in 1967. 🐥 🔥 🐣 🐦🔥
@fightingliberal.bsky.social
Liberal Texas Yellow Dog Dem - even if Yellow Dog ran for office as Dem I would vote for them. #NotMyPresident #BLM #Resistance #Democrat 🌈💙🦋 Political junkie since 1960s going back to days of Selma. ✊️💪✊️ 👍 Slava Ukraine ✊️💪✊️👍
@marinde.bsky.social
Scientist, parent, expat. Living in Germany, but I still bleed Dodger blue. Connoisseur of all things Hygge. #FactsMatter #ScienceMatters #DemocracyMatters
@themanequest.com
The Mane Quest is a website dedicated to "horse games" and the portrayal of horses in video games. Always happy to learn about and give feedback to upcoming games with horses! 💖 themanequest.com created by Alice Ruppert malicedafirenze.bsky.social