Absolutely relevant to the conversations I’ve been having with grad students lately about publishing. Our scholarship can do so much more than generate the professional capital that lets the “top” journals & institutions keep claiming superiority. https://twitter.com/zoestodd/status/1276533279257251841">https://twitter.com/zoestodd/...

Find the journals and venues that help your work grow into what *you* wish it to be, that puts it in conversation with work you feel enlivened by and in front of readers who will hear you and take it up with care and eagerness. +

Seek out editors who let you know they see the value of your work, and who approach it with energy and respect. This isn’t to say that the editorial process will necessarily be easy. Some of you know that when I get excited about a piece, I can go for a *deep edit.* +

But I always try to keep communication open, to account for my editorial choices and how I think they contribute to the work’s own objectives and possibilities. And to clearly invite the author to let me know if I’ve missed the mark. +

I approach it as a form of collaboration, which generates a relationship, which generates intellectual community. Many “top journals” do this beautifully. So do many other sites of knowledge sharing. +

You don’t have to be at the top of anything to weave knowledge communities together well—you have to be on the ground with people, placing your work around and alongside theirs.