I have been pretty quiet around here lately. And while I have loved writing for USIH these past (almost) 4 years, today I am saying goodbye to the blog (as a blogger). My commitments are growing (orals! teaching!) and my writing projects are multiplying and many days I question whether I am a historian at all (and if I even want to be). I have been lucky enough to grow and change and expand my intellectual world alongside the amazing USIH bloggers, in full view of our very engaged audience. I am so lucky to have found this community (thanks Robert!). I have gotten to write about street artists, prison writing, and the contents of my purse. I got to interview Mary Beard, Ibram Kendi, and Keisha Blain. And I got to get into debates about the purpose and nature of the humanities, about publishing, and about super bowl ads. I have been extraordinarily lucky.
Blogging for USIH has allowed me to grow my writing, to expand my ideas about what intellectual history can be, and to make friends and colleagues across the country. I have loved (almost) every moment of it. Please keep in touch and follow me on twitter @hollyevanmarie and thank you for following along on this journey.
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Holly, thank you so much for everything you’ve written here and all the ways you’ve worked to sustain this community of authors and readers, both on the blog and on the backchannels. We all appreciate you.
I understand — and would love to think that our readers truly do understand — the challenge of trying to make the time to write posts here on the regular. We all appreciate what you’ve given here, and we are grateful.
Thanks for giving us your time, energy, and mind, Holly! Much appreciated. Good luck with your orals and other writing projects! – TL