Bethany Wasik

Effective with gin, sweet vermouth, dry vermouth, orange bitters, and at least one repetition.

Cheers, team.

A coupe cocktail glass on a bartop half-filled with amber liquid and garnished with an orange twist.

A Lone Tree #1 is the most effective way to end this exhausting week and start this weekend. Ask me how I know.

A book cover with teal bands at top and bottom, with white text in the bands for the title, A Guide to Mao's China, at top and the author name, Gavin Healy, at bottom. In the middle is a artistic rendition of tourists sing and playing music outside with the Great Wall of China and mountains in the background.

Behold, #SkyStorians, the fantastic cover for the fantastic upcoming addition to the @cornellupress.bsky.social Histories and Cultures of Tourism series - "A Guide to Mao's China" by the fantastic Gavin Healy. Intrigued? Great news! You can preorder here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

After years of calls, events, and track changes, Brian Drohan and I are excited to announce the publication of our edited volume, Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces, with @cornellupress.bsky.social in July 2026!

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Servants of God, Slaves of the Church by Lisa Kaaren Bailey | Hardcover | Cornell University Press In Servants of God, Slaves of the Church, Lisa Kaaren Bailey uncovers the surprising intimacy between sacred devotion and coerced labor in early medieval Europe. From queens who scrubbed monastery floors...

In SERVANTS OF GOD, SLAVES OF THE CHURCH, Lisa Kaaren Bailey uncovers the surprising intimacy between sacred devotion and coerced labor in early medieval #Europe. #Medieval #History #Religion

Learn more here: https://ow.ly/TST550XJrYZ

Are you an early career or alt-ac scholar considering editing a volume? #FeedingTheElephant co-editor @emily-elliott.bsky.social shares her experiences editing a volume as an early(ish) career academic specialist. The verdict: grab a red pen, find a mentor, and pour a coffee as you get to work.

The author copies of the paperback of my book just arrived! Available now @cornellupress.bsky.social and others: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

TFW you find a fancy chocolate bar in the freezer that you forgot you hid in there during the holidays thinking there would be some time in the next year you'd need it and this is that time.

This needs to be the back jacket author photo on your next book. Or the bottles of your gin brand. Whichever comes first.

Nominations are open now for this year's Cribiore Award, which recognizes outstanding translations from Ancient Greek or Latin by Society members. Review eligibility requirements: classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f... and apply here: apply.classicalstudies.org

The Filthiest Village in Europe by Andrew Demshuk | Paperback | Cornell University Press The Filthiest Village in Europe traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology—campaigns by diverse local...

In THE FILTHIEST VILLAGE IN EUROPE, Andrew Demshuk traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology. #History #Environment

Learn more here: https://ow.ly/xeBN50XJsmI

Row of books on a pink background, with speaker photos. Text reads: Publishing in a Series for Your First Book, March 2, 1-2 pm, part of the Ideas on Fire First Book Publishing Series

Publishing a book in an academic series can offer increased visibility and credibility. We’ll help you navigate the unique considerations that come with this opportunity during our March 2 webinar Publishing in a Series for Your First Book.

ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...

John Gallagher · Quickly Quickly Quickly: Early Modern News In early modern Europe, news took many forms. It could be words exchanged by the people who haunted Venice’s Rialto....

ICYMI: @rmidura.bsky.social's fantastic "Postal Intelligence" is highlighted in @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social's recent fantastic Quickly Quickly Quickly:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... (1/2)

A greyscale book cover showing a photograph of a tent display in a museum, with the book title, Near and Desired Things, in light green text at the top left.

Great news, #SkyStorians! Marisa Karyl Franz's (award-winning!) "Near and Desired Things" has a gorgeous cover and, even better news, what's inside is ready for pre-order! More on the book, praise, and pre-order instructions at @cornellupress.bsky.social: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

A view from a muddy lakefront, of a lake with patches of ice melting in the sun, surrounded in the distance by hills, under a blue sky.

The good news is that the snow is melting.

A strong and necessary dose of gin, vodka, Lillet, and a lemon twist for a serving of fruit. Oh and for fun, a dash of celery bitters. Fun.

A stemless martini glass on a bartop more than half-filled with clear liquid and a large lemon twist.

This week was rough, but it's over and things are looking up, because it's Friday and oh hello, Vesper, let's go all in and escape to the weekend. Cheers, team.

"Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000," by Martha Rampton, Cornell University Press, 2026

Today's featured title:

"Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000," by Martha Rampton, Cornell University Press, 2026

@cornellupress.bsky.social

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Book cover: Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by John Grindrod. It has an orange border with text in black and yellowy orange and features a black and white photograph of two men embracing each other as they stand in a kitchen.

Front cover of I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany by Samuel Clowes Huneke

A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.

Book cover: My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond by Hugh Ryan. The bright yellow cover features a marble stature of two men suggestively wrestling, on top of which sits an unspooling mix tape.

LGBTQ+ History Month (UK) is almost over, but #queerhistory is being made all year round! 🌈📚🗃️

Here are just a few fab-looking books that will be published in the coming months by wonderful authors @grindrod.bsky.social, @schuneke.bsky.social, @tomhulme.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social . . . 1/2

Oh there you all go making me add more to my to-reread list...

Ready for February. Let's publish some books!

Great news! Cornell University's Careers Beyond Academia and
@cornellupress.bsky.social are teaming up again to provide paid scholarly summer publishing/learning opportunities for *mid-career humanities Cornell grad students*.

How to apply can be found here: gradcareers.cornell.edu/opportunitie...

Did that 2 days ago.

Oh hello yet another day that I checked more books out from the library than can possibly be read in full before they're due.

Let's meet in the middle, hang out on Andrea's couch with her dog, for a paper plane party.

Managing more than good enough with sake, vodka, Lillet, and celery bitters.

A coupe cocktail glass on a bartop half-filled with clear liquid and no garnish because there's just no energy for that.

Well, well, well, Friday. Here we are again.
A Saketini to end another Week.
Cheers, team.
(I don't honestly know how we did it, or if we did good enough, but it's the weekend so somehow we did.)

YES!

At the very least. I think also a small jacket with coattails...

Definitely!