Author of "A Dirty, Filthy Book" (Penguin) + four more; Pitt prof/Honors; Oxford fellow; Peace Corps China; Berlin Prize; on the trail of Carl von Ossietzky.
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A Dirty Filthy Book: Michael Meyer
Annie Besant’s public battle for women’s control over their reproductive health in the Victorian Age still resonates over 150 years on. This is vital but little-known history, here told with vigour and scholarly heft.
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Michael Meyer retweeted
Taiwan is frequently in the news, but context is scarce. In the latest episode of "Beyond the Lecture," journalist & spring fellow Michael Meyer @meyerwriter discusses his research on the immense changes the island has seen in recent decades.
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Michael Meyer retweeted
Looking for a holiday read? Take a look at my Best Summer Books for inspiration
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Michael Meyer retweeted
How do you write the biography of an island, particularly one with competing narratives about its provenance, polity, & legal status? In this talk at @hcaheidelberg, spring fellow & journalist Michael Meyer illustrates the tightrope of Taiwanese history: buff.ly/4c7wfWH
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Join spring fellow & writer Michael Meyer this Sunday in London for a talk about Annie Besant, a Victorian activist for women's & reproductive rights, taking place at @ConwayHall, on the same stage where Besant used to speak. 2 p.m. Free admission: buff.ly/44RdGDG
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@meyerwriter's new book is a 'splendidly researched and written account of the 1877 trial of Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant for republishing the American doctor Charles Knowlton’s infamous birth control pamphlet,' says @BobosOldBooks
freethinker.co.uk/2024/04/re…
Michael Meyer retweeted
Reminder: our online talk with @meyerwriter is less than a week away! Along with NSS historian Bob Forder, we'll be exploring the significance of the life and work of Annie Besant, Victorian feminist and secularist. Get your free tickets:
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Michael Meyer retweeted
Happy #IWD2024. To celebrate, once you’ve read #Trailblazer (of course) about our forgotten heroine #BarbaraBodichon, take a look at my review in this week’s @TheTLS of ‘A Dirty Filthy Book’ by @meyerwriter: #AnnieBesant was dynamite! the-tls.co.uk/articles/a-dir…
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We’re delighted to host an event with @meyerwriter on his new #DirtyFilthyBook about #AnnieBesant – feminist, birth control advocate and leading figure in the National Secular Society 👇 secularism.org.uk/news/2024/…
Michael Meyer retweeted
Also publishing today is A Dirty, Filthy Book @meyerwriter, which tells the remarkable story of Annie Besant.
A badass.
A battering ram.
A woman who inspired the next generation of social reformers.
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Michael Meyer retweeted
A Dirty, Filthy Book by Michael Meyer review – sex and sanctimony theguardian.com/books/2024/f…
Michael Meyer retweeted
How do you write the biography of an island, particularly one with competing narratives about its provenance, polity, and legal status? Join University of Pittsburgh English prof. Michael Meyer @meyerwriter discussing the tightrope of Taiwanese history: buff.ly/3tYHbFE
Michael Meyer retweeted
Very excited to read Michael Meyer's new book - A Dirty, Filthy Book-Sex, Scandal, and One Woman’s Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century. We're launching it in Oxford on 6 Feb, and you can also hear him speak at our online Research Network on 21 Feb oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/event/mich…
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BOOKSELLERS!
A couple of great proofs on offer, let me know if you want any sending out! 📚
A Dirty Filthy Book, a true story about a woman forced to defend herself for publishing a birth control pamphlet. 📰
Weathering, how we can use geology to deal with life’s storms. 🌄
Michael Meyer retweeted
The American Academy is proud to announce the fall 2023 and spring 2024 #BerlinPrize Fellows! We look forward to welcoming yet another class of outstanding scholars, writers, and artists to the Hans Arnhold Center. Check out the full list below: americanacademy.de/the-2023-…
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The Athenaeum of Philadelphia proudly announces the four shortlisted books for the 2022 Literary Award. Read more: ow.ly/HR9M50MPH53
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Michael Meyer retweeted
MacDowell Fellows donated fourteen new MacDowell-supported volumes to the #JamesBaldwinLibrary in recent months. Exemplifying an array of disciplines, each addition to the library is a gift to future artists-in-residence! instagram.com/p/Ck8XH3rvt9c/
ALT The covers of the following books, from left to right: GALAXIE AND UNDERWOOD, by Victoria Burge; REDACTIONS, by Abigail Levine; FELLOWSHIP POINT: a novel, by Alice Elliott Dark; THE OTHER MOTHER: a novel, by Rachel Harper; FIONA AND JANE, by Jean Chen Ho; BEFORE ALL THE WORLD: a novel, by Moriel Rothman-Zecher; and PERISH: a novel, by LaToya Watkins
ALT The covers of the following books, from left to right: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S LAST BET, by Michael Meyer; CORRECTIONAL: A Memoir, by Ravi Shankar; FULFILLED, edited by Ashley Bigham; G. H. HOVAGIMYAN: Situationist Funhouse, edited by Stephen Zacks; THE SLIDING BOAT OUR BODIES MADE, by Jennifer Barber; THAEATRIX: Poetry Plays, by Terese Svoboda; AS SHE APPEARS, by Shelley Wong.
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I had the pleasure of speaking with @meyerwriter about his new book Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet, and what Franklin might think of the republic today (if we can keep it.)
Michael Meyer retweeted
This book was on display at my local library, & I decided to give it a try. To my great surprise, it’s a terrific (forgotten) story, well told. Thanks, @meyerwriter !
