Leah Pennywark
@ThePennywark
Humanities Editor @UMinnPress. Avid reader, amateur tweeter. Disabled. She/her/hers. http://lpennywark.bsky.social
I spoke about the white nationalist roots of Trump's NASA policies. youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7gHR…
Listen up! "How does a focus on blackness complicate traditional understandings of history and culture?" Parisa Vaziri rethinks the history of African enslavement in the western Indian Ocean through the lens of Iranian cinema newbooksnetwork.com/racial-blackne…
Melody Jue's absolutely beautiful Forerunner, Coralations, is here!

Check out Speculative Whiteness by Jordan S. Carroll @JordanSCarroll on the Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List! locusmag.com/2025/02/2024-r… via @locusmag
There are a lot of things I like about being disabled, all the upper body strength I’ve developed being a surprising example, but traveling is emphatically not one.
🧧🐍🎊🏮 Happy #YearOfTheSnake! eSIMS are in need even more. Help us raise money so people can stay connected. Update from @pipagaopoetry @thellpsx and me disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/01/29/cri… #LunarNewYear
Some good news: Suzanne Bost's Quiet Methodologies is here! This innovative book reimagines humanities scholarship with humility and inclusive attention.

Add Joshua Gooch's Capitalism Hates You to the top of your TBR pile now!

"Stardust: Cinematic Archives at the End of the World is an impressive, accessible, and luminous offering of scientific and cinematic enquiry." Annals of Light in Hannah Goodwin’s Stardust: Cinematic Archives at the End of the World sensesofcinema.com/2024/book-revi…
Just in and such a great start to the weekend: Jules O'Dwyer's @julesod2 The Seduction of Space

I talked with @JordanSCarroll about his new book Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right as part of @reacpolrn's new online book talk series. more talks to come over the coming year :) youtu.be/_Fq6f2YYwV0?si…
I need help! Job for a new Editorial Assistant in the UGA Press Acquisitions Department just posted. Happy to answer questions! ugajobsearch.com/postings/412496
I'm so excited to be holding Beenash Jafri's Settler Attachments and Asian Diasporic Film in my hands!

Rebecca Colesworthy @RColesworthy offers practical wisdom on dealing with "Reader 2" in her latest column How to Respond (Politely) to a Negative Peer Review chronicle.com/article/how-to…
Paris friends, next Monday (Jan 27), you can catch me and Théo Lepage-Richer talking about neural networks at the Social History of Informatics Seminar organized by , drawing upon our book, 'Neural Networks' (@UMinnPress and @meson_press, 2024), co-authored with Lucy Suchman.
As promised/threatened, I wrote about the MLA, the blocked resolution, parallels w/ AHA, Qs of procedure and "fiduciary" review, the bounty of letters from and actions by concerned members, and the need for solidarity now--incl b/w scholars & publishers. utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/01/resign…
It’s the last day to visit @UMinnPress at #mla25, but you can still visit our books online and take advantage of our sale at upress.umn.edu/mla25/
PSA: A 9th former MLA pres has signed a letter from former prezes to the Executive Council--Michael Berubé, who also co-chaired the ad hoc cmte that authored the review policy ref'd by the EC in blocking a vote. Read the letter: utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/01/mla-v-…
It’s day 2 in the book exhibit at #mla25! Stop by and see us @UMinnPress or check out our online exhibit at upress.umn.edu/mla25/
In Machine and Sovereignty, Yuk Hui develops a new political thought to address today’s planetary crises. Shop the book combinedacademic.co.uk/9781517917418/… Browse our virtual exhibit combinedacademic.co.uk/biapt-2025/ Use code APT25 for 30% off selected titles. @PolThought #BIAPT2025 @UMinnPress