UMD BookLab and the Plaintxt Press
Founded in 2018, BookLab is the University of Maryland English Department’s letterpress workshop, book arts studio, and bibliographic makerspace; and the Plaintxt Press is our imprint. Come visit in Tawes Hall 3248.
We make small language models.
@breadandbytes.bsky.social
Long walks amongst the trees, lots of old and new thangs 3d printing, webhosting, joomla, baking, C&P letterpress printing, micro electronics, recycling, growing food and more walks to calm myself in these times.
@thepresswoman.com
“print’s not dead!” my tombstone, probably. she/her. graphic design educator, letterpress printer 🖨️ & Luddite. vehemently opposed to generative AI/LLMs. all opinions are my own 💭 based in Austin, TX.
@dcwritersroom.bsky.social
Washington, DC's 24/7 co-working studio for writers located in the heart of Tenleytown https://www.dcwritersroom.com/
@jessicapressman.bsky.social
Professor of English and Comparative Literature @ San Diego State University. Co-founder of SDSU's Digital Humanities Initiative. —Electronic literature, bookishness, and mermaids #mermaidlit jessicapressman.com
@micahbateman.bsky.social
Asst Prof in LIS at UIowa. DH, CHI, libraries/archives, digital heritage, poetry. Finishing Lyric Publics: The Uses of Poetry in American Social-Media Campaigns. Opinions do not reflect UI. bit.ly/MicahBateman
@whitneytrettien.bsky.social
Penn professor & faculty director of the Price Lab for Digital Humanities. Author, CUT/COPY/PASTE (2021). Weird old books & book history, thinking about data, craftwork, feminist media histories. Creative/critical. Still a punk.
@porterolsen.bsky.social
@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
@dvstudies.bsky.social
The Center for Digital Visual Studies (DVS) is an innovative interdisciplinary laboratory exploring the intersection of Computer Science and Art History, a part of the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History – hosted at the UZH (CH)
@19cwt.bsky.social
Designer & typographer & archivist & professor & (accidentally?) historian. I’m author & designer of the monograph _The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog_ published by UT Press. Image focused @19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
@docmofo.bsky.social
Computational & experimental poet, teacher, curator, editor, researcher. Faculty at MIT & UiB. Lab/studio: The Trope Tank. Micropress: Bad Quarto
@rcmapp.bsky.social
Director of the Digital Humanities Initiative (DHI) + the grad DH Certificate at UVA - PhD in 19C British Lit - MS in Mgmt of IT Opinions are my own Not here for the hot takes
@laurelmathe.bsky.social
Designer, illustrator, letterpress & budding lino printmaker. Nature, science, art nouveau, typography, scifi, Tolkien, Pratchett. Kindness. Owned by coffee. Modern world = enjoying artistic anachronisms more. Laurel & Lee Press & mysticdesign.net She/Her
@anasalter.bsky.social
Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining.
@umd-lsc.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary community advancing language science through research & training in science, education, tech, & health linktr.ee/umd_lsc
@umd-arhu.bsky.social
Cultivating creativity, critical thinking & global Leadership: ARHU at the University of Maryland is where learning, art, culture and social justice intersect.
@datasociety.bsky.social
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
@wgss-umd.bsky.social
Official Bluesky Account The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at The University of Maryland, College Park https://s.mtrbio.com/umdwgss
@wordsmith.bsky.social
Professor, @UoYEnglish. Printer, @thinicepress. Opinions mainly culled from the dustier corners of the sixenteenth century.
@georginaemw.bsky.social
Early Modern Lit and Material Texts between York and London. Book forthcoming Sep 2025 https://www.pennpress.org/9781512827446/paper-and-the-making-of-early-modern-literature/ https://www.the-tls.co.uk/authors/georgina-wilson
@doritocat.bsky.social
@umdenglish.bsky.social
Department of English at the University of Maryland. We teach students how to think critically, communicate clearly and create fearlessly. Literary & Cultural Studies | Language, Writing & Rhetoric | Creative Writing | Media Studies | english.umd.edu
@scotttrudell.bsky.social
my jams are poetry, drama, music, media studies, trans studies, and performance studies
@iangadd.bsky.social
Bibliographer; book historian. Opinions are my own. (Header image is cartoon by Stephen Collins: http://www.stephencollinsillustration.com/)
@fuse33calgary.bsky.social
Whether you are a hobbyist, artist, engineer, or entrepreneur, Fuse33 Makerspace can fuel your passion and help bring your visions to life. Let's create together! #MadeAtFuse33 fuse33.com
@ryancordell.org
he/him—textual technologies enthusiast—suspected mechanical paragraphist—Associate Professor at UIUC's School of Information Sciences & Department of English—DPCD—co-director of the Viral Texts Project (viraltexts.org) & Director of @skeuomorphpress.org
@primrosepress.bsky.social
Book Artsy Founder, Book/Print Collective **DM for commission inquiries**
@glennf.com
Technology journalist & printing historian. Columnist, Six Colors. Executive Editor, Take Control Books. Two-time Jeopardy! champ. Find out about my work at https://glennf.com Get a copy of my latest book https://sixcent.info
@reflexletterpress.bsky.social
#Printing & #instruction in the antique art of #letterpress by artist Mindhue, spun off of the Bow & Arrow Press. In Boston. @mindhue.bsky.social for conceptual art and snark
@birddesign.bsky.social
【活版印刷|箔押】深いレリーフ、現代的で芸術的感性が宿る印刷技術を大切にするレタープレススタジオです。 https://birddesignletterpress.com/
@rebeccaromney.com
Your bookish enabler. Rare book dealer, Type Punch Matrix. Author, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF. Co-founder of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize. Pawn Stars, The Booksellers doc.
@wynkenhimself.bsky.social
feminist bibliography, old books, and mutual aid // I wrote Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide, I edit The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and sometimes I play with wallpaper designs // sarahwerner.net
@bookartslab.bsky.social
Book Arts Lab in the Department of English at California State University, Northridge
@literaturegeek.bsky.social
@ScholarsLab Director: just+joyful critical tech+culture 🏳️🌈✨💻 *SJ+experimental/DH+library futures, communities *DIY scholcom=zine/blog/code *Bookadjacent data+making Enthusiast (3 !s in a hoodie); abolitionist Dr.! (exTTprof) 🏳️⚧️They/Them AmandaVisconti.com
@amandalicastro.bsky.social
Head of Digital Scholarship Strategies and Visiting Associate Professor of English at Swarthmore, Fellow at Rare Book School, Editor at JITP
@kleuner.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof at Santa Clara Univ., long 18c, book history, women's writing, DH, cats. Stainforth Library of Women's Writing http://stainforth.scu.edu. she/her
@calrbs.bsky.social
California Rare Book School is a continuing education program dedicated to providing the requisite knowledge and skills for the rare book and library community. More info: https://linktr.ee/calrbs
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: This Week in Google, AI Inside. Author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, The Web We Weave, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
@katierizz.bsky.social
Will die on niche hills, windows always open. Libraries, archives, preservation, art, turtles, Chicago, bricks, the desert.
@johnjoemctague.bsky.social
Assistant Prof in C18th Studies, Univ. Bristol. Book: ‘Things that Didn’t Happen’ (2019). Co-director @ Bristol Common Press (www.instagram.com/bristolcommonpress). Co-President of Bristol UCU branch. 🎸&🎤 in Autocorrect (https://spoti.fi/4fIaTAJ). He/him.
@erikthesimpson.bsky.social
English professor, Grinnell College. Romanticism, history and future of the book, digital humanities, paper engineering, jazz saxophony. I do not speak for anyone but myself. If that.
@pandemoniumpress.bsky.social
Consulting Typographer, letterpress printer, and feline enthusiast. Sometimes I write things. Native New Yorker, he/him, No DMs unless it's about printing. #TrueBlue www.pandemonium.press
@rblemberg.bsky.social
RB (they/them). Immigrant, SFF writer + academic. Neurodivergent. Le Guin Prize Shortlist 2023. Nebula, Ignyte, World Fantasy, Locus and Crawford finalist. Views always my own. <3 דאָיִקייט http://rblemberg.net/ https://patreon.com/rblemberg