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Deadline extended!

The Miller Williams Poetry Prize, edited by Patricia Smith, will accept submissions until October 21, 2025.

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Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats, edited by Karen Van Horn and Becky Bull

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Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats is now available!

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I bring poets from Lviv, Ukraine to my college class in Arkansas through the computer screen           a loud                     bang           a bomb           a fist perhaps

Today's Featured Poem:

"I bring poets from Lviv, Ukraine to my college class in Arkansas" by Julia Kolchinsky from Parallax published by @uarkpress.bsky.social

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On Our Nightstands: September 2025 - Public Books A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.

For the September edition of On Our Nightstands, Public Thinker series editor Benjamin R. Cohen recommends The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford by James McWilliams (@uarkpress.bsky.social).

James McWilliams at TrueLit! October 12.

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Now Available!

Architects of Being: The Creative Lives of Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina, edited by Catherine Walworth.

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Playhouse to Powerhouse: Locating Black Power Women and their Movement in the Black Theatre by Kerry Goldmann is now available!

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Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of <em>The Metal of a Thousand Uses: Mercury Mining in Arkansas, 1930–1946</em> Publishing scholarship and literature of enduring value since 1980.

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of The Metal of a Thousand Uses: Mercury Mining in Arkansas, 1930–1946 by John T. Reynolds.

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Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of <em>The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You</em> Publishing scholarship and literature of enduring value since 1980.

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the third, authoritative edition of Frank Stanford’s The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You.

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Wes Tirey interviews James McWilliams, author of The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford Today we have something special… Wes Tirey, a musician, writer, artist in his own right, interviews Historian James McWilliams about his new (fantastic) biography of Frank Stanford. The poet …

Wes Tirey interviews James McWilliams, author of The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford

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Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of <em>In the Shade of the Pine</em> A visually compelling, historically grounded account of how trees shaped the intellectual and emotional landscapes of a generation.

A visually compelling, historically grounded account of how trees shaped the intellectual and emotional landscapes of a generation—and how their representations laid the groundwork for the ecological consciousness to come.

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Off to print! The 150th anniversary edition of A CAPITAL IDEA: An Illustrated History of the Capital Hotel by Steven B. Weintz

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Now Available! A Games Changer: The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo 2020, and COVID-19 by Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney

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Happy week-end. Fresh print 🩷🧿

New anthology of contemporary Kurdish writing 🪬💕

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EAT LIKE THE HOGS: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats, edited by Karen Van Horn and Becky Bull

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“[A] richly imagined and lyrically presented record of the Irish American experience from the pen of someone who knows, who can reliably summon up both its reality and its spirit.”
—Robert Dunsdon, @coloradoreview.bsky.social

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YouTube video by The Ozark Podcast Why is Ozark Culture Being Defined by Outsiders? | Jared Phillips | Ep. 175 | The Ozark Podcast

Why is Ozark Culture Being Defined by Outsiders? | Jared Phillips - The Ozark Podcast

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Blessed Are the Composers | Rereading Frank Stanford in the Light of Truth By Elijah Burrell

“Frank Stanford lives and breathes on every page.”

Stanford heads rejoice. THE LIFE AND POETRY OF FRANK STANFORD by James McWilliams is out now & @elijahburrell.bsky.social is here w/ the scoop 🍦

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Friday, Aug 15th 6:30pm join Jave Yoshimoto and I at Beaverdale Books (2629 Beaver Ave, Des Moines, Iowa) to celebrate our illustrated cookbook “Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes.”

🚨🚨🚨PUBLICATION NEWS!!!🚨🚨🚨

Transcendent American poet @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social selected my debut full-length poetry collection🔫 PAPER PISTOL 🔫 as a finalist for the Miller Williams Poetry Prize.

It will be released early 2026 by @uarkpress.bsky.social

I am excited af!!!

The 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize has been Awarded to Samuel Piccone Collections from finalists Raphael Jenkins, Mitchell Jacobs, and Stevie Edwards will also be published.

Congratulations to 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize winner Samuel Piccone and to finalists Raphael Jenkins, Mitchell Jacobs, and Stevie Edwards!

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Look what’s on sale at the Buddy at the Chicago Cultural Center! Pick up a copy my my illustrated cookbook with Jave Yoshimoto “Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes” @uarkpress.bsky.social 2025

Acclaim for James McWilliams's enthralling new biography of Frank Stanford:

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EAT LIKE THE HOGS is available for pre-order!

“a one-of-a-kind cookbook that brings Razorback pride to the table with nearly 300 beloved recipes straight from the kitchens of University of Arkansas legends."
—Eddie Jackson

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"This excellent study explores the intersection of two important components of the early 1920s, the post–World War I labor crackdown and the rise of the second Ku Klux Klan."

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THE LIFE AND POETRY OF FRANK STANFORD receives a starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ⭐️

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University of Arkansas Press Publishes The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford offers for the first time a comprehensive study of Stanford's life and work, introducing to a broad readership poetry that remains both captivating to poets and, ...

The University of Arkansas Press is excited to announce The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, by James McWilliams, is now available.

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