Temple University Press

We are excited to announce the forthcoming publication of A Century of Music Under the Stars, by Jack McCarthy, celebrating the remarkable legacy of the @manncenter.

🗓️ Coming November 7, 2025

Pre-order your copy today!
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Sad to see the @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social lose yesterday. You can recall better times and games with Ray Didinger's THE EAGLES ENCYCLOPEDIA: CHAMPIONS II out October 15!

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Shipping books out to the @urbanhistorya.bsky.social meeting October 8-11 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. Visit us in the Book Exhibit Room!

Allen Dieterich-Ward, author of CRADLE OF CONSERVATION, presenting his book at Susquehanna University.

Andrew Ross, author of PUBLIC CITY/PUBLIC SEX, will present his book at Profs and Pints Baltimore: The Victorians' Sexual Underground on September 24 at 6:00 pm at Guilford Hall Brewery, 1611 Guilford Avenue in Baltimore, MD.

Adoption Memoirs Author Event with Marianne Novy, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup Join us at **Books and Mortar** in Grand Rapids for a powerful evening with adoptee author **Marianne Novy**, as she discusses her latest work, ***Adoption Memoirs: Inside

Marianne Novy, author of ADOPTION MEMOIRS, will present her book at Books & Mortar, 966 Cherry Street SE, in Grand Rapids, MI, at 6:30pm. More information on the event can be found here. www.meetup.com/west-michiga...

Ming-sho Ho, author of BE WATER, stops by Temple University Press' booth at the @apsa.bsky.social conference.

Aaron Javsicas, Editor-in-Chief at Temple University Press, poses at the @apsa.bsky.social A converence with Tim Weaver (right), author of INEQUALITY, CRIME, AND RESISTENCE IN NEW YORK CITY.

Weaver will participate in an author meets critics panel on September 13 at 8:00 am PDT at the conference.

Come visit Temple University Press' Booth #108, located in the East Convention Level, Exhibit Hall A, at the @apsa.bsky.social annual conference through September 12, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Ever-expanding AI continues to invade higher education Trump and Big Tech promise "human flourishing" in the UW System.

Neil Kraus, author of THE FANTASY ECONOMY, penned an editorial on AI and education for Tone Madison. tonemadison.com/articles/eve...

Check out John Shjarback recieving copies of his new book, CHASING CHANGE IN CAMDEN. Congratulations on holding your ideas in your hands!

Wishing the E-A-G-L-E-S well tonight!
Fans, you can pre-order Ray Didinger's CHAMPIONS II (out in October) now! tupress.temple.edu/books/the-ea...

Remission Quest A medical sociologist navigates cancer.

Check out this excerpt from Virginia Adams O'Connell's new book, REMISSION QUEST, in Coping magazine! copingmag.com/remission-qu...

Allen Dieterich-Ward, author of CRADLE OF CONSERVATION, will present his book on a Chief Uncas Heritage Cruise, sponsored by the Susquehanna National Heritage Area, tonight at 7:00 pm. The cruises leave from the Zimmerman Center for Heritage, 1706 Long Level Road, in Wrightsville, PA.

Fireside Reads | The Other Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands. As the Trump administration in 2025 enables those who for three quarters of a century (“Land Grab” of the 1940s, Sagebrush Rebellion, Wise Use Movement) have sought privatization and transfer of feder...

A terrific review of Steven Davis' THE OTHER PUBLIC LANDS in The National Parks Traveler.
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/08/fire...

Sarah Hoiland, author of RIGHTEOUS SISTERHOOD, and Temple University Press editor Ryan Mulligan, pose at the American Sociological Association meeting. Vist our display at Booth #542.

Temple University Press will be attending the American Sociological Association annual meeting, August 9-12 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, IL. Our display, Booth #542, will feature books by authors giving papers or participating in panels at the conference.

Jane McManus, author of THE FAST TRACK, will present her book as part of a Women in Sports and Business night with the Staten Island Ferryhawks tonight at 6:30 pm at the team's game at the Staten Island University Hospital Community Park, 75 Richmond Terrace in Staten Island, NY.

New Book Announcement! COUTERFEITED IN CHINA: THE OPERATIONS OF ILLICIT BUSINESSES, by Ko-lin Chin, dispels the many myths of an illegal industry through face-to-face interviews with luxury good counterfeiters in Guangzhou, China.

New Book Annoucement! AMERICAN CORRUPTION TALK: A POLITICAL ETYMOLOGY, by Robert G. Boatright and Molly Brigid McGrath, explores differences in how Americans have deployed corruption talk throughout the nation’s history.

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Gang Databases: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

ON GANGS, by Scott Decker, David Pyrooz, and James Densley, was featured on @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver on July 27. The book is quoted from at the 5:56 minute mark.

New Book Announcement! THE HIDDEN FACE OF LOCAL POWER: APPOINTED BOARDS AND THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY by Mirya R. Holman, develops a framework for understanding how cities use appointed boards and commissions, and what this means for local democracy.

New Book Announcement! A SPORTS ODYSSEY: MY ITHACA JOURNAL, by Grant Farred, investigates the strange ways in which sport evokes love.

New Book Announcement! THEATRES OF THE BODY: Dance and Discourse in Antebellum Philadelphia, by Lynn Matluck Brooks, provides an expansive study of Philadelphia’s significant contributions to dance during the nation’s political, social, and intellectual development.

Today is the 40th Anniversary of Live Aid! MY SOUL'S BEEN PSYCHEDELICIZED recalls the epic event. tupress.temple.edu/books/my-sou...

New book announcement! REMISSION QUEST: A Medical Sociologist Navigates Cancer, by Virginia Adams O'Connell, shows how the accepted wisdom of medical sociology helped the author through her cancer journey—and how it fell short.
Check out this moving story.
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YouTube video by Democracy Now! Philadelphia Strike Ends: Race & Inequality at Center of Municipal Workers’ Fight for a Fair Wage

Our favorite Philadelphia labor author, Francis Ryan, talked about the municipal workers strike on @democracynow.org Now www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooyg...

Just published! FOUNDATIONS OF BLACK EPISTEMOLOGY: KNOWLEDGE DISCOURSE IN AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY, by Adebayo Oluwayomi, engages with epistemological questions concerning the object and subject knowledge from the black philosophical perspective. tupress.temple.edu/books/founda...

Author’s Event: Jim Murphy — booked. Author Jim Murphy will be here on Wednesday, July 2nd at 7:00 PM to read and sign his book Real Philly History, Real Fast !

Want to learn some REAL PHILLY HISTORY, REAL FAST? Come see Jim Murphy at booked. 8511 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, PA on July 2 at 7pm.
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Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape: Deep Roots, Continuing… With Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape , author Amy Jane Cohen places Black history at the heart of our city while honoring Black people not as…

The Broad Street Review says Amy Cohen's BLACK HISTORY IN THE PHILADELPHIA LANDSCAPE is "[A] landmark text: a must read for all Philadelphians, and Americans." www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/blac...