University of Akron Press

Sundress Reads: Review of Nonbinary Bird of Paradise - The Sundress Blog In Emilia Phillips’ Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (The University of Akron Press, 2024), God is many things: they are “a knot / that knows how to untie itself,” “the first/war,”  a “voyeur, who gave / [t...

Adrenalized by this beautiful review of NONBINARY BIRD OF PARADISE (@uakronpress.bsky.social) by Catie Macaulay for @sundresspub.bsky.social. I feel like he truly GOT the book, its whole structure, each gesture. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Looking for a piece of #akron history? Join us this weekend at Cascade Locks Parks Association for the Akron Oatmeal Festival where we'll have copies of Akron at 200 and even more local history books on sale!

#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration

Happy Pub Day!

What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.

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Congratulations to Alfredo Aguilar of Lockhart, TX, who has won the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize as chosen by Eduardo C. Corral! 🎉

This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!

Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....

Less than two weeks until the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced during the virtual ceremony! 🎉

Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!

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We are beyond thrilled to share that Lena Khalaf Tuffaha has won the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry! 🎉

Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!

Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.

The @aupresses.bsky.social's 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is now open in the Project Gallery at the Myers School of Art until 9/24! 📚

We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!

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📚 Happy Publication Day to Akron at 200! 📚

Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!

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Join us THIS Friday, 9/12, @ 10am at Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's Free Writing Conference, where we're super excited to be tabling for the #bookfair!

The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!

#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry

We are thrilled to share that Something About Living by @lenatuffaha is a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards!

Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!

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Poet Sarah Green on Grief, Resilience, and Crafting "The Deletions" [INTERVIEW] - Viewless Wings

Listen now: New interview with Sarah Green on the viewless wings poetry podcast! 🔥

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NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!

What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.

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Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.

Congrats to our member presses & their authors on this list: @uakronpress.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @uwiscpress.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social & Texas Review Press!

Stunned and absolutely thrilled that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (@uakronpress.bsky.social, 2024) is a finalist for the LGBTQ+ Poetry Lammy (@lambdaliterary.bsky.social)! Congrats to all the finalists in all categories 🏳️‍🌈

Take advantage of the #taxfreeweekend in #Ohio over the next two weeks by stopping by Northside Marketplace to score some great books and goodies!

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📣 We are thrilled to share that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise by @emdashphillips.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 Lammy Awards! 🥳

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@marybid.bsky.social isn't just our poetry series editor extraordinaire, she's also a talented poet and #fiction writer!

Join us in congratulating her on the publication of The Girl With the Black Lipstick!

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Looking to score a copy of #Akron at 200? Join us tonight at the Akron-Summit County Public Library for the Forgotten #History Forum, with UA Press director Dr. Jon Miller.

Books are $35 before tax!

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#Ohio #bicentennial #culture #preorder #anthology

“Lady Smith”: No Prince Charmings Here A review of Jess Smith’s poetry collection, “Lady Smith.”

Huge gratitude to Leigh Cuen and @southrevbooks for this wonderful review of Lady Smith by @allofthejess!

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Wow! Last night was one for the books.

Huge thank yous to @allofthejess, @sarahgreenmusic, and @jenmoore05 for a truly stunning night of #poetry!

And to @biercelibrary for providing a beautiful location and much-needed refreshments.

We are already looking forward to planning another #reading! 🤩

📣 ATTENTION 📣

Submissions to the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize close TODAY!

Open to all poets writing in English

Prize = $1,500 & publication

Final judge is Eduardo C Corral

Manuscripts must be a total length of 48-90 pages

Submit here: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...

REMINDER: The 2025 Akron Poetry Prize closes in five days! Send us those manuscripts!
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Normally, we share reviews of our books. Today, we're sharing a review by UA Press author Ryan Teitman!

There is much to love in this brilliant review. 👇 Stay tuned for his forthcoming collection Paperweight in spring 2026! 💥

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The 2025 Akron Poetry Prize closes in 17 days. Don't delay, submit your manuscript via Submittable now! 👇

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#poetry #poetrycommunity #submissionopportunity #prize #share

We highly recommend learning about poetry chapbooks from Mary! She's amazing!

Next Steps for Your Poetry Chapbook Workshop with Mary Biddinger (June 16 Zoom) This workshop will give participants an opportunity to learn about putting finishing touches on a chapbook manuscript, including formatting and other pre-submission tasks, as well as sending the chapb...

Hey Poetry Writers! Let's talk chapbooks with the one and only @marybid!
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You have 30 days left to submit your #poetry manuscript to the annual Akron Poetry Prize!

The winner receives $1500 and publication of their manuscript.
This year's judge is the brilliant Eduardo C. Corral!
Submissions close June 15, 2025.

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We are thrilled to welcome award-winning writer Abayo Animashaun as this week's workshop leader for our self-care series in collaboration with Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre! 🤩

Seats are limited. Register now 👇

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Many thanks to Robin Myers for this new review of Something About Living by @lenatuffaha! ✨

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Matter Today I touched lilacs as if I was saying wait with my fingers, tugging a shirt so the person inhabiting it would turn to me. I don’t know who I was pulling back from the other world. Maybe my friend who died, the one I dreamed walked past the line of torches on the beach marking that property from this, past a sign he did not care about. It was only for me. Maybe I touched him—but I don’t believe we become everything. He’s not the same as the flower. He is somewhere, and I’m grateful that I don’t understand because it means I’m still alive: stupid, partial, desiring specific ways of feeling good, crying on the couch because it’s light so late and the birds won’t stop singing. It’s light, and it doesn’t matter what I want.

and the birds won’t stop singing.

Sarah Green, from The Deletions (@uakronpress.bsky.social)