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The Gods in Small Doses: Stories by Josh Bell was reviewed in Foreword Reviews, which says it is “told in sharp and haunting prose, the[se] stories do a masterful job of blending the fantastical with the everyday."

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The Author’s Corner with Nathan Braccio Nathan Braccio is Assistant Professor of History at Clark University. This interview is based on his new book, Creating New England, Defending the Northeast: Contested Algonquian and English Spatia…

Author's Corner with Nathan Braccio, *Creating New England, Defending the Northeast: Contested Algonquian and English Spatial Worlds, 1500-1700*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/26/t... @clarkuniversity.bsky.social @umasspress.bsky.social

Nine Choices For much of his career, Johnny Cash opened his shows with the tagline, “Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.” This introduction seemed unnecessary, since everyone in ...

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Tasting and Testing Books by Amy L. Blair, named CHOICE 2025 Outstanding Academic Title.

The American Library Association recognizes Blair's brilliant book and calls it “Meticulously researched and well-structured."

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The Rise of Newport’s Catholics by John F. Quinn was reviewed in New England Quarterly, which calls it “[An] outstanding study of the city’s Catholic history from colonial times through the Gilded Age.”

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An Impossibility of Crows by Kirsten Kaschock was recently reviewed in Publishers Weekly,
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The Spring & Summer 2026 catalog has arrived! UMass Press is proud to publish this seasons powerful voices!

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University of Massachusetts Press is joining the UPL! 📚🎉

Since 1963, UMass Press has been a publisher of diverse works reflecting the rich intellectual life of New England and beyond.

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If you want to learn more about the biased barriers in the self-publishing this new year, read Claire Parnell's eye-opening book Inequalities of Platform Publishing.
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Public in Name Only, Brenda Mitchell-Powell recounts the Samuel Wilbert Tucker's battle to desegregate his local library.
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