Sarah Werner

Back to Esther and while I had thought I didn’t like Bleak House, I’m realizing it’s more that I don’t like the orphans. 🔒

I understand the purpose of sizing, but it’s generally been assumed that since printing ink is oil-based, it’s not needed for the press the way it is for writing ink. About a decade ago, Josh Calhoun and Tim Barrett presented research that suggested sheets would be sized post-printing in the bindery

Thank you!

Reese Dallas Bice - The Moby Dick Tarot This is an ongoing project adapting Herman Melville’s Moby Dick into a fully illustrated tarot deck. Each card features a scene or character from the book, based on descriptions written by A.M Gerber.

Whoa do you mean this? They are incredible! reesebice.com/the-moby-dic...

I don’t actually have an office! I’ve fully embraced independent scholar life, which I guess makes my kitchen my office and the cats my bosses

I am also going feral but it’s because I have to play both the role of the ignored staff with expertise and the management who doesn’t listen

being straight seems hard sticker pack from duopoly being straight seems hard sticker pack from duopoly

its bandcamp friday and i will be filling orders this weekend if you want some truly delightful stickers! like these! duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch/being-...

lol these are indeed delightful

I hope Shabbat this week is better than Shabbat last week was. It's a very low bar.

Last Shabbat I literally heard the news from the bimah and wow was that the worst way to experience services

This.


The image is of graves being dug for the girls killed when the U.S. bombed their school.

my two favorite orgs!

Close up of a cat sleeping with their head on their paw while lying on a blanket.

Today in cat companion: This is also why I am behind on my reading, because what am I supposed to do, not stare in admiration at Junior??

#BookHistory mutuals, pls do your magic. A student in my seminar is looking for sources on fingerprints in books. Other than Darnton's reference to inky fingerprints left on the plates of the Encyclopedie, & Folger blog posts by @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, I'm short of ideas. Do you have any? THX!

Today in book historian: Came across a character in a 19th century novel who buys bones and immediately thought, of course, he’s making paper sizing, and then got lost in thought about whether paper for books is sized before or after printing and this is why I’m behind on my reading

THIS RIGHT HERE is what makes Moby-Dick so great. One minute you've got a lunatic screeching while St Elmo's fire burns on the masts, the next you've some serious Transcendental Anatomy dropped in your lap. 🐋

Tribute Post for Fobazi Ettarh - ACRLog With immense sadness, the writers of ACRLog acknowledge the passing of Fobazi Ettarh, library worker and influential LIS scholar. If you are able to contribute, there is a GoFundMe established for Fob...

My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t...

Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe

And my hand would turn into a cramp never to unfurl!

Why One Artist Transcribed All 900-Plus Pages of ‘Moby-Dick’ by Hand

Next time should we embark on a month of Moby-Dick transcription??? 🐋 (🎁 link)

that is hilarious and, yeah, no

You already know Sir John Soane’s Museum, yes? Truly a favorite visit for me

This has all the makings of a cross-over hit opera

Also being an early modernist is shockingly helpful in handling its excess and shagginess. Like, other people think it should be plot, but I’m totally into the constant interruption of plot with important ideological tricks

Why? Why do we live in the most stupid and criminal of times?

(Please don’t explain to me, I know, I just am really feeling it right now)

(The answer is racism and sexism and MONEY)

READ IT! Truly it is a big shaggy super weird book that I think is delightful.

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

ok this slayed me and I will never recover

Goal: writing a paper in which I footnote Karin’s stickers, because she is right

MoCo bill would prohibit ICE building permits The Montgomery County Council announced its latest step Monday to counter the federal campaign to deport immigrants, which has disrupted the lives of hundreds of county residents.

Montgomery County wants to ban permits for ICE facilities after seeing warehouses turned into detention centers in other parts of the state. My latest: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...