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Brooke Newman

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Historian, voracious reader, & cocktail 🍸 enthusiast. Upcoming book—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5erj7z6x All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com

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    Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social

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    My parents were accountants and we had a couple Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedias (never the whole set lol) that they bought at the grocery store & few other random novels from garage sales in the house. I was amazed to meet all the grad students with PhD parents and libraries in their houses.

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    Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social

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    And, sadly, 99% of the books mentioned here are written by journalists, not historians. Most historians focus on finding & analyzing primary evidence, prioritizing original analysis over narrative. Journalists, on the other hand, are good at tuning the hard work of historians into gripping tales.

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    Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social

    An appallingly short-sighted decision on behalf of administrators. New School faculty and students deserve far better.

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    Julie Beth Napolin @voicesbend.bsky.social

    The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.

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