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#ReadingRec: Whether you're prepping for your first conference or want to refine your skills, Sharon Marcus's How to Give a Good Academic Talk can help. Intended for scholars at all stages in all disciplines, it can help you communicate clearly and confidently. Check it out here: buff.ly/ErdWAVN
How to Give a Good Academic Talk
An essential guide to giving effective and engaging talks for academics at all career stages, across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences
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August 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Looking for something to read this summer while you wait for #WhaleFall? Check out my fave literary magazines! All FOUR are free to read online.

(Pssst. #Preorder Whale Fall today! Out 09/15).

#literarymagazine #shortstory #poetry #art #freetoread #WritingCommunity #LitMag #amwriting #readingrec
June 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
#ReadingRec: Today's job market requires you to be proactive, a mindset at the heart of Ilana M. Horwitz's The Entrepreneurial Scholar. Intended for scholars at all stages of their careers, her work asks, "What opportunities can you create based on who you are, what you know, and who you know?"
June 11, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Four people are waiting on Let the Poets Govern by Camonghne Felix and, while I technically finished it this afternoon, I’m hanging onto the library loan for five more days so I can listen to the last two chapters on repeat repeat repeat

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Language as Resistance: Camonghne Felix on the Liberatory Potential of Poetry
A poetic education is premised on the assumption of creative agency, on the idea that each reader has the ability to imagine illusion, to see illusion, to articulate illusion. The training is in le…
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May 19, 2026 at 4:13 PM
#ReadingRec: One of the most difficult skills to master as a writer is time management. If you want some additional guidance, check out Jan Allen's The Productive Graduate Student Writer, a book for those looking to become more productive.
The Productive Graduate Student Writer: How to Manage Your Time, Process, and Energy to Write Your Research Proposal, Thesis, and Dissertation and Get Published
This book is for graduate students--and others--who want to become more productive writers. It's especially written for those who want to:• increase their motivation, focus, and persistence to move a…
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May 1, 2026 at 1:09 PM
#ReadingRec: Pursuing an academic career can be rewarding, but the job market is challenging and choosing a different path is an option. If you're considering alternatives, Christopher L. Caterine's Leaving Academic offers some practical advice that can help with that decision:
Leaving Academia
An indispensable guide for grad students and academics who want to find fulfilling careers outside higher education
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April 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
2026 reading challenge:
Tell us every great local or indie or less well known author you read this year.
Blackfish City, by Sam J Miller.
A mysterious woman arrives in the floating Arctic city of Qaanaaq, in a future where rising seas have caused dramatic geopolitical changes.
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March 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Next installment. If you want to start from the beginning I have links that help you to easily navigate all that has been published so far. Enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/paulruth...
#books #author #academicsky #read #readingrec
It’s Just Enough: Ch. 2 part 2
A serialized novel analyzing a new American identity
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January 30, 2026 at 4:38 PM
A6 #WomenWritersNet I love the idea of a novel focused on Hera! Now, there's a character whose so often painted as jealous, vindictive person. I'd love to see how she's portrayed. Thanks for the #ReadingRec, Emily!
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#ReadingRec: Want a great starting point for thinking about your style? Check out the classic The Elements of Style from Strunk & White. Fun fact: Strunk wrote the original text in 1918 to use in his classes at Cornell University where he taught English.
January 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
#ReadingRec: Based on their experience working with thousands of doctoral candidates, Drs. Roda and Saunders offer practical tips for completing your dissertation in PhDone: A Professional Dissertation Editor's Guide to Writing Your Doctoral Thesis and Earning Your PhD. Learn more:
PhDone: A Professional Dissertation Editor's Guide to Writing Your Doctoral Thesis and Earning Your PhD
A Professional Dissertation Editor's Guide to Writing Your Doctoral Thesis and Earning Your PhD
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January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
#ReadingRec: Thinking about audience is vital in any field. Leonard Cassuto's Academic Writing As If Readers Matter offers writers at all levels advice about "how to write better for both specialized and broad audiences." Learn more here:
Academic Writing as if Readers Matter
A guide to writing with the reader in mind
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December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Two truths and a lie:

1. My #novel Tyrant Reptile 2087: The Revengening is available to buy now on #Books2Read!
2. It's also available on Amazon if that's more your style
3. Links to buy it are *not* in my bio 😉

#booksky #readingsky #readingrec #promo #readersky #sciencefiction #humor #book #ebook
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#ReadingRec: Just embarking on your graduate work @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social? Check out Karen Kelsky's The Professor Is In 2.0 (an updated version of her 2015 favorite coming out this fall) for tips on building your CV, attending conferences, drafting job materials, and more. buff.ly/XElK91n
October 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#ReadingRec: If you're on the job market this fall @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social check out Kathryn Hume's "Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhDs" for tips on all aspects of the process, from developing your materials to prepping for interviews.
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Book 66!

This story was nothing short of enchanting! I absolutely loved every single second of it!

#booksky #readingrec #bookchallenge
September 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tell us your favorite poem based either on an ancient myth or character! We personally can't get enough of mythology in poetry (duh). 🤎

#classicalstudies #classics #writingcommunity #readingrec
August 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Best summer read so far? Let us know your thoughts!

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August 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Us Dark Few by Alexis Patton - 4.5/⭐
Hauntingly empowering w/ beautiful representations of injustice, rage, perseverance, & resistance.

"Loss starts with your first breath. Either accept defeat with smeared eyes or smile when you encounter death" - pg. 12

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August 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Excited to read our upcoming release? You can prepare by reading all of our previous issues online! ☀️

#classics #ancientstudies #indielit #indiemagazine #poetrycommunity #readingrec

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Aôthen Magazine
A literary magazine devoted to the world of classics.
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August 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Finally started @swordsjew.bsky.social's Wild Faith, and it is as impressive and important as people have been saying!

A great compliment to @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's When the Clock Broke and also good to cross read with Orlando Patterson.

Bravo!!!

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July 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
What are you currently reading? How far into the book are you? Would you recommend it so far? Why or why not?

#candlewickwriters #candlewickorlando #candlewick #writers #writing #reading #currentread #writersoforlando #readingrec #booktalk
July 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#MGLit #ReadingRec: Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez, illustrated by Gabriela Epstein. The #graphicnovel format shows dialogue in both English and Spanish with solid and dash-lined bubbles.
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#writingcommunity
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Invisible: A Graphic Novel
Check out Invisible: A Graphic Novel - <p><b>A USA TODAY and Indie Bestseller!</b></p><p></p><p><b>For fans of <i>New Kid<b><i></i></b></i>and <i>Allergic</i>, a must-have graphic novel about five ver...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What are you currently reading? How far into the book are you? Would you recommend it so far? Why or why not?

#candlewickwriters #candlewickorlando #candlewick #writers #writing #reading #currentread #writersoforlando #readingrec #booktalk
July 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM