Bryant Simon

@BryantSimon

Historian of Chicken Tenders, Corporate Coffee, and the Tilt A World. Author of The Hamlet Fire

Philadelphia, PA
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Joined September 2011
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  1. 19 hours ago

    Oh no, 6-3.

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  2. 23 hours ago

    5-4. 5-4. 5-4. Coup.

    Unions will lose membership and money due to this historic ruling from SCOTUS. via
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  3. Jun 24

    Proud to be author.

    Hello attendees of ! In lieu of shipping these books home, they will be FREE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS on the last day of the conference (6/23). Please visit with editor Chuck Grench at the UNC Press table if you're interested.
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    Jun 14

    Bryant Simon, author of The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives will discuss the 1991 industrial disaster that took the lives of 25 people and forced an examination of the food-processing industry.

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    Jun 16

    “While Empire of Cotton tells a global history, Bryant Simon’s The Hamlet Fire uses a smaller frame to tell an equally compelling story about . ” @Newpressbooks

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    Jun 7

    See my review of Elizabeth Gillespie McRae's important book Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy

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  7. Jun 6

    Will be in Fayetteville, NC on 6/24. Come join me. Bryant Simon, author of "The  Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives" will discuss the 1991...

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  8. Jun 2

    Happy Birthday to my favorite record.

    Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ turns 40 today. Here are 10 things you might not know about the LP
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  9. May 30

    Imp article on the hidden costs of losing your hometown newspaper.

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    May 29

    Our new issue is now online. For the first time in the LRB's history, it contains just one piece (alongside the usual columns): Andrew O’Hagan’s investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire and its political aftermath.

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    May 27

    Crucial history from : "The forms of Jim Crow that prevailed in the Northeast in the early- to mid-20th century [were] the cutting edge in technologies of exclusion, a sign of things that were to come." Like incident at Philly Starbucks.

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  12. May 25

    Looking forward to talking about history and creative nonfiction tomorrow with

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    May 22

    So so thrilled that my dear friend and mentor won the 2018 RFK Book award!

    "This is not just a story of a Deep South crucifixion - but of a powerful American resurrection." We are proud to honor “The Blood of Emmett Till” by Timothy B. Tyson as the recipient of our 2018 RFK Book Award!
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    May 10

    North Carolina, the state that sends Rev. Dr. Barber to jail and Mark Meadows to Congress. The place that defeats Harvey B. Gannt and elects Jesse Helms. Always on the knife edge between good and evil.

    "Clergy understand the implications of denying people healthcare," said to me one evening. "We're the ones who have to preach their funerals." In a new article for , captures the moral outrage that motivates
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  15. May 8

    I want to read this book,

    Trouble Songs is now being stocked by in Dublin. The Belfast stockists are , and . Also online at and Amazon.
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    May 7

    My co-editor and I are thrilled to debut the cover of Reconsidering Southern History: , , and ! With essays by: , Alan Draper, Bethany Moreton & more.

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    Apr 26

    If fact, I have this book on my desk, but haven’t read it yet: “Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy,” by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae

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  18. Apr 27

    Philly people. This Sunday at the Ethnical Society on Rittenhouse Sq., I will be talking about

    "The Hamlet Fire and the Hidden and Deadly Costs of Cheap in Recent American History" Bryant Simon, Professor of History, Temple University Philadelphia Ethical Society PLATFORM Sun 4/29, 11am
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  19. Apr 23

    The hidden costs of cheapness again (and again).

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  20. Apr 18

    Right. We have outsourced the public (and public bathrooms) to corporations. This isn't public space, though. That's what this Starbucks moment reveals, in part at least.

    Not mentioned: the corporatization of public space. Why should we have to become consumers to meet in public space? Where is our real, safe public space? "Starbucks Arrests, Outrageous to Some, Are Everyday Life for Others"
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