Wheatley Census
Locating and describing all extant copies of Phillis Wheatley’s printed poetry before 1908. Directed by @jsench.bsky.social & @brigfield.bsky.social. Public launch forthcoming.
@courtneythorsson.bsky.social
I study, teach, and write about African American literature. **The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture** hc 2023, pb 2025 https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-sisterhood/9780231204729 https://www.courtneythorsson.com
@mlmcgill.bsky.social
C19 American Lit and Culture; poetry & poetics; trying to understand these dark times. Also, idly scrolling, interested in what you are reading….
@kappiah.bsky.social
Libraries, archives, African American history, public humanities. She/her
@drhardesty.bsky.social
Professor of History at Western Washington University. Historian of colonial America, labor, and slavery. Most recent book: https://hackettpublishing.com/the-suriname-writings-of-john-gabriel-stedman
@lehelton.bsky.social
Historian. Archivist. Teacher of public humanities. Author of Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History (Columbia University Press, 2024). https://cup.columbia.edu/book/scattered-and-fugi
@jsench.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Book History @UWMadison. Director @UW_CHPDC. Author: Intimacy of Paper @UMassPress. Summer class @CalRBS. Coeditor of PBSA. 4:56 marathoner. #BillsMafia. (Falo português, mais ou menos.)
@brigfield.bsky.social
Prof. of African American literature before 1900ish, Black children’s lit. 1773-now, & other things (neverending)19th Century. Co-editor, J19. Co-founder, TaughtByLiterature.org. I like birds & trains. Also cats. Mon français est nul. It’s “bridge-it.”
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: [email protected]