A Call to Support New History Books and Their Authors

From left to right: Kate Clifford Larson, Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer; Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of America; Megan Kate Nelson, Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America; Scott Nelson, Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World; Laura F. Edwards, Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing & the Hidden History of Power in the 19th-Century United States; Carole Emberton, To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner

Yesterday my friend and fellow historian Megan Kate Nelson posted a tweet that highlights just how difficult it is to publish right now amidst the ongoing COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

Dr. Megan Kate Nelson is the co-host now @megankatenelson

Remember when I tweeted about how rough 2022 was going to be as a publication year? Well, it's worse than I thought it would be. So if you know authors whose books are out now or coming out soon, give them some love. We will appreciate it.

I want to do what I can to help get the word out about new history books that have recently been published or are scheduled for publication in the next few months.

To the authors out there, please take the time to briefly introduce yourself and your book in the comments section below. Include a link to where your book can be purchased. [Don’t forget to include a discount code if applicable.] I know some of you don’t feel comfortable playing this role, but your work matters and it’s important to get it into the hands of people who will benefit and learn from it.

For the rest of you, feel free to share new history titles that you’ve read or those that you are looking forward to reading, along with a link to where they can be purchased.

Please do what you can to give these scholars and writers some love and support.

Thank you.

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