Emily Silk
@emsilk10
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Editor @Harvard_Press
Joined July 2020
I'm delighted to join the team @Harvard_Press as an editor, and to officially return to twitter in my new role! Welcoming book proposals across subfields & periods in American history, culture, literature, religion.
Warmest welcome to our two new editors @Harvard_Press. Joseph Pomp is signing books in politics, critical theory, & current events. Emily Silk is signing books in American history, culture, literature, & religion. Pitch them! @pompqmoq @emsilk10 @aupresses
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A pleasure to host @JasonBJackson a couple of weeks ago in Cambridge to discuss his excellent new book
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@CMCnews @Harvard_Press @AARWeb What is Teena Purohit reading in the @Harvard_Press booth? Enquiring minds want to know. #AARSBL25
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We love it when our authors stop by the @Harvard_Press booth. Pictured below: Daniel Vaca, @BrownUniversity prof & author of Evangelicals Incorporated. Travis Zadeh, @Yale prof & author of Wonders and Rarities, w/ our very own @emsilk10. Visit us at Booth 620! #AARSBL2025
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All set up at #AARSBL25! Welcome to Boston — @Harvard_Press is ready for you at Booth 620 in the exhibit hall!
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More than a century after driving out their Chinese residents, some cities in the West are saying sorry, with parks, plaques, and proclamations. But apologies can’t heal the wound, Beth Lew-Williams writes.
newyorker.com
More than a century after driving out their Chinese residents, cities across the West are saying sorry, with parks, plaques, and proclamations. But it’s seldom clear who they’re talking to—or what...
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And be sure to check out Katie Ebner-Landy's debut book, THE CHARACTER SKETCH AS PHILOSOPHY, forthcoming from @Harvard_Press on October 21! https://t.co/sJgXVP0ljl
hup.harvard.edu
An insightful exploration of the moral and political power of the character sketch in early modern Europe—and the implications for our own relationship to this genre today.In the fourth century BCE,...
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"[B]efore Hume, we can catch a glimpse of an alternative, more literary mode of philosophy – one that existed before a commitment to general principles foreclosed it." In @aeonmag today, Katie Ebner-Landy on the character sketch as a form of philosophy:
aeon.co
Hume distrusted literature and worked to discredit character sketches as legitimate forms of philosophy
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Tonight @ 6 pm ET -- don't miss @ZaraAnishanslin presenting her new book THE PAINTER'S FIRE at the Massachusetts Historical Society! @Harvard_Press
https://t.co/MJT286RrjM
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"A sweeping new history explores...hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion." Sarah Gold McBride's WHISKEROLOGY reviewed by Margaret Talbot in @NewYorker! @sgoldmcbride @Harvard_Press
newyorker.com
A sweeping new history explores facial hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion.
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I am extremely thankful to receive this generous review of my book by the prestigious magazine, Kirkus Reviews. https://t.co/JNZwA6vwqT
#BanishedCitizens @Harvard_Press @emsilk10
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Forthcoming October 2025, Marla A. Ramírez's BANISHED CITIZENS tells the stories of Mexican American women who faced coerced mass removal between 1921 and 1944 -- and of their descendants, who continue to confront and resist the legacies of this injustice today. @marla_a_ramirez
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“The orchids we see in shops and nurseries today…are grown commercially,” Jenny Uglow writes. “[Yet] orchids are still victims of plunder in the wild, even in places where vulnerable plants are protected or grown for reintroduction.”
nybooks.com
The discovery of a Brazilian orchid with huge red-and-purple flowers in the early nineteenth century set off a mania for the exotic plants in Victorian England.
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Happy publication day, @sgoldmcbride! WHISKEROLOGY makes its debut today. Get your copy now: https://t.co/49xAERzALc
@Harvard_Press @emsilk10
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It's almost closing time! Come by the @Harvard_Press booth at #OAH25 today to find your next great read... We're selling all hardcovers for $10 and all paperbacks for $5 at the booth until 5 pm today!
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