Andrew Berzanskis

Even rockier times ahead for academia. I hope that any scholar serving as a peer reviewer will recognize the headwinds facing writers of serious books right now & feel the urgency to use peer review as an opportunity for solidarity in building things up, not tearing them down.

Making it as an athlete: "Until now coverage of Shannon's gymnastics successes had been largely confined to the Community section of the newspaper. Now she had graduated to the Sports page." —Claudia Miller, "Shannon Miller: My Child, My Hero"

"The last session in gymnastics competitions is usually considered the best position because early in an event judges seem to be more cautious about granting high scores, reserving the top marks in case someone better comes along." —Claudia Miller, "Shannon Miller"

We are looking for a new acquisitions editor! If you have a solid background in peer-reviewed scholarly publishing, an interest in both quality and market, and of course, impeccable judgment, this may the perfect position for you. #AcademicBooks

Want clues about Sterlin Harjo's new @FXNetworks show 'The Lowdown'?' A film series at the @Philbrook in #tulsa has them oklahoman.com/story/entertai…

"People who have Olympic ambitions for their little girls ask me how we found a gym, assuming I have some great formula. The truth is I left messages at three different gyms in the Yellow Pages but only one returned my call." —Claudia Miller, "Shannon Miller: My Child, My Hero"

This week's read is winner of the 2001 Russian Booker Prize, THE KUKOTSKY ENIGMA by Ludmila Ulitskaya, translated here by Diane Nemec Ignashev. A brilliant novel, it follows a gynecologist contending with Stalin's prohibition of abortions in 1936. spr.ly/6010fHgxw

“Un cliché sobre Oklahoma City y sobre Oklahoma en el imaginario nacional es que es un lugar de paso…” Desde las páginas de @worldlittoday, @robroensch reflexiona sobre una ciudad sorprendente en un texto traducido por Micaela Paredes Barraza: latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/es/2025/06/okl…

Somehow, the more work you do for an author outside of the usual publishing workflows, the more likely that extra labor will be taken for granted.

The Oklahoma Historical Society has extensive records for anyone doing genealogy research. It includes the Dawes Rolls and related records, marriage information, directories, land resources, and more. Find the online catalog at okhistory.org/genealogy. #Genealogy

Amy Von Lintel's "Art at the Crossroads: The Surprising Aesthetics of the Texas Panhandle" is superb art history. I grew up in the Panhandle, and this is the kind of book that makes you proud to be from a place. (And what a beautifully published book, @TTUPress!)

Out Now! "Sins of Excess: The Spatial Politics of Idolatry and Magic in Colonial Mexico" by Anderson Hagler. oupress.com/9780806195636/…

Our top story: The majority of U.S. states enacted forced-sterilization laws that targeted the non-white and the disabled, leading to more than 60,000 coerced operations. Texas, surprisingly, never passed such a law. This new book explains that story. texasobserver.org/texas-eugenics…

Our top story, from @GusBova: The majority of U.S. states enacted forced-sterilization laws that targeted the non-white and the disabled, leading to more than 60,000 coerced operations. But Texas, perhaps surprisingly, never passed such a law. texasobserver.org/texas-eugenics…

"The horizon, Georgia O'Keeffe reminds us, is an idea, a perception, and not a literal or physical line. O'Keefe's watercolors ... captured this quality by leaving a thin horizontal gap of open paper not colored by pigment." —Amy Von Lintel, "Art at the Crossroads"

★ In this enthralling saga, Caleb Gayle resurfaces the little-remembered late-19th-century effort to turn Oklahoma into a Black state. His stylish, brisk account elegantly incorporates many tangents. @riverheadbooks buff.ly/AVhi8Qy

Love to see my forthcoming book BLACK MOSES get a STARRED review from the fine folks at @PublishersWkly

A few more scenes from our event promoting “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas.”

Scenes from our talk promoting our new book “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas” at Interabang Books in Dallas.