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marthahodes.bsky.social
Historian. Writer. Professor at NYU. Author most recently of My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering.
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Great conversation, great book--a great event!

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Great event!

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Thank you, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis for naming *My Hijacking* as one of the books “on your night stand” in this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. I can’t wait to read Lewis’s new book, *The Stained Glass Window.* www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

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They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

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for fans of historical true crime - the case that started it all - see you Saturday @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social #bksky

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There is still time to register for this event, which takes place on Saturday at the Charles River Museum. Join us in honoring @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social on his wonderful book, *Murder in a Mill Town.* <https://www.masshist.org/events/peter-j-gomes-memorial-book-prize-ceremony-2024>

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"It is ... for us, the living" to "be dedicated to the great task remaining before us" that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

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Wow. Thank you very kindly, Honor Sachs @drhonor.bsky.social.

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Book launch!

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Boston area folks: On Feb, 22, join me for a conversation with @manionjen.bsky.social about "Murder in a Mill Town." I'm honored to receive the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize. #Boston #Massachusetts #Skyhistorians

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Boston, Feb. 22!

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January 19, 2025: Things do get worse. Tomorrow will be worse. January 20, 2025: Besides that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? January 21, 2025: Horrible, thanks for asking.

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January 20, 2025: Besides that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

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January 19, 2025: Things do get worse. Tomorrow will be worse.

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Two wonderful sessions at #AHA25. Honored.

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Thank you for selecting *Sea Captain’s Wife*!

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*Murder in a Mill Town*: A great book, and surprisingly relevant to our own historical moment, as in #MeToo!

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Full-page ad in this week’s New Yorker! Happy to have an essay in this beautiful volume.

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Great book event last night at the Swarthmore Discussion Group, Swarthmore, Pa., talking about *My Hijacking* with an interested and empathetic audience. Thank you!

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PBS just reposted this "Brief but Spectacular" segment of my father (1924-2023). I love you, Dad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSX_...

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Wow.

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Thank you, @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social. I'm still so fond of Eunice and her unusual story.

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ATTENTION again dear followers: Some of you are also following me on a fake account: @marthahodess.bsky.social--note extra “s” in last name, with same picture as my real account. I’ve reported it. Please UNFOLLOW and BLOCK that account, but keep following me here: @marthahodes.bsky.social. Thanks!

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Together let’s inspire history-writers…thank you, [email protected]

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ATTENTION dear followers: Some of you are also following me on a fake account: @marthahodess.bsky.social--note extra “s” in my last name, with the same picture as my real account. I’ve reported it. Please UNFOLLOW and BLOCK that account, but keep following me here: @marthahodes.bsky.social. Thanks!

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My father, Stuart Hodes (1924-2023), would have turned 100 years old today. Here he is dancing Appalachian Spring with Martha Graham, in 1958. I love you, Dad. youtu.be/tPihm_UR9zk

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Scholars and Their Kin: So happy to be in such fine company, with my essay, “The Diary of a Twelve-Year-Old Hostage.” Coming in February 2025. Thank you, Stéphane Gerson @sag111.bsky.social!

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