Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (#TTRPG digital storytelling performance) (MIT)
ecfriedman.com
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Dr. Emily Friedman
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Look at all these humans who are unbelievably fascinating!
Dr. Emily Friedman
Eliza Raine was the ‘first and best and dearest love’ of Anne Lister. She was sent from India to England as a child, and never saw her parents again. Orphaned, heiress, lover, lunatic: she broke all the rules. Her letters offer unique insights into sex, race, money and madness in Regency Britain…
well this looks ruddy glorious for anyone with their second book underway ( @onslies.bsky.social 👀👀👀)
To to play Misery Poker (I’ll lose) but I would only note that the only thing suckier than trying to list who you can trust to support your book is when multiple folks you list:
- stop giving a shit about your work
- lose their careers as the profession is gutted
- die tragically young
So, um.
And that’s how I found out it is now WEBSITE OFFICIAL:
It's a good day when you get to bust out a sentence like this. #18C
Bless the open web for trying to reinvent the best parts of LiveJournal in 2005 🙏
Carol Adlam
Actually it won’t kill you to remember that the person you are speaking to is a person
Ever wonder how parasocial relationships took over social media, pop culture, and fandom? I got you.
My first general audience book on social media, PARASOCIAL: HOW STRANGERS STRUCTURE OUR ONLINE (AND OFFLINE) LIVES will be published by Sourcebooks in North America & Urano in Spain in Spring 2028
