Anne Good

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FIFA World Cup 2026! — A Footballer for Librarians?

It’s hard not to catch soccer fever during World Cup season. Even if you are…

Anne GoodJuly 13, 2026

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Women Travelers in Russian Lands in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Travel narratives written by women in the premodern era are quite rare, and, prior to…

Anne GoodApril 2, 2026

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Archives and Special Collections Contours of the Premodern World Uncategorized

Happy International Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day!

For those of you who don't regularly celebrate International Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day, here's a brief description from…

Anne GoodSeptember 19, 2025

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Salt and Memory

My end-of-summer reading included "Time Shelter" by Georgi Gospodinov, a future dystopia about memory and…

Anne GoodAugust 27, 2025

Image of European man sitting in sled pulled by dogs, led by a Native American man.

Contours of the Premodern World James Ford Bell Library Uncategorized

In the News, part 2: “America’s Oldest Firm Meets Its End”

A recent article on MSN announced: "America's Oldest Firm Meets Its End. Some Argue Its…

Anne GoodMay 27, 2025

Contours of the Premodern World Uncategorized

In the News, part 1: The Gulf of Mexico – A guest post by Stephanie Leitch

Earlier this year, an historical op-ed by Stephanie Leitch appeared in several news outlets: "Will…

Anne GoodMay 23, 2025

Engraving of potato plant: leaves and flowers on left; tubers on right.

Contours of the Premodern World

Potato Apotheosis

A few of months ago, a headline in the Minnesota Daily proclaimed: “Paisley Purple potato…

Anne GoodJanuary 23, 2025

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Contours of the Premodern World

“The Place of the Cure of the Soul”

I read an enchanting book over the holidays: Irene Vallejo’s Papyrus: The Invention of Books…

Anne GoodJanuary 13, 2025

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Contours of the Premodern World

Something ancient; something new

My previous post, “The teeth of time,” drew inspiration from one of the brief tangents…

Anne GoodJuly 31, 2024

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Contours of the Premodern World

“The teeth of time”

I have been reading The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (New…

Anne GoodMay 22, 2024

FIFA World Cup 2026! — A Footballer for Librarians?

Women Travelers in Russian Lands in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Happy International Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day!

Salt and Memory

In the News, part 2: “America’s Oldest Firm Meets Its End”

In the News, part 1: The Gulf of Mexico – A guest post by Stephanie Leitch

Potato Apotheosis

“The Place of the Cure of the Soul”

Something ancient; something new

“The teeth of time”

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