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It’s our favorite time of the year! The OU Press Holiday Sale is back and there's ❄️ snow ❄️ time like the present to get a few new books for everyone on your list this season. Shop now through January 5th, 2026 and save 40% on all orders. Free domestic shipping on orders over $75 www.oupress.com

A blue book cover with a pink umbrella blowing away. "Snafu Edu: Teaching and learning when things go wrong in the college classroom"

A brilliantly-colored book cove. "Empowered: A Woman Faculty of Color's Guide to Teaching and Thriving"

One reason I love staffing the @oupress.bsky.social booth at exhibits:

You can witness a passerby 30 feet away stop, pivot, point, and say, "I LOVED THAT BOOK."

Proud to be showing off the "Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed" series at #POD25!

Jessamyn with a pile of her book, Snafu Edu. The cover is blue with a pink inside out umbrella.

Hey, it's #SnafuEdu at #POD25! Thank you @oupress.bsky.social & @aberzanskis.bsky.social.

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The POD Network Conference starts tomorrow, but you can start shopping the OUP virtual booth right now! Shop the selection here and receive 40% off select titles when you use promo code 18POD25 at checkout. U.S. Orders over $75 receive free shipping. www.oupress.com/2025-pod-net...

The Author’s Corner with Patrick Adamson Patrick Adamson is Associate Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. This interview is based on his new book, Projecting America: The Epic Western and National Mythmaking in 1920s…

OUP author Patrick Adamson was recently interviewed about his book "Projecting America: The Epic Western and National Mythmaking in 1920s Hollywood" by @johnfea1.bsky.social for his blog. Read more here ➡️ thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/11/18/t...

On episode one of The Lowdown and I spy @oupress.bsky.social books!

Last night, Senior Acquisition Editor Alessandra Jacobi Tamulevich, met up with OUP author Lisa Barnett for a book event at Texas Christian University! Barnett's book "Peyote Politics: The Making of the Native American Church, 1880–1937" was published earlier this year.

Volume 56 Issue 3 | Western Historical Quarterly | Oxford Academic The official journal of the Western History Association. Publishes original articles dealing with the North American West. Each issue contains reviews and notices of significant books, as well as rece...

How about some weekend reading? The latest issue of The Western Historical Quarterly features reviews of five OUP titles! academic.oup.com/whq/issue/56/3

Monarch butterflies are late arriving in Texas during fall migration Monika Maekle is an author and monarch butterfly enthusiast from San Antonio.

Here is a fascinating interview from the CBC in Canada with @monikam13.bsky.social, author of "The Monarch Butterfly Migration: Its Rise and Fall" from @oupress.bsky.social.

It is also a good example of how university press books are often the news that stays news.

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Higher education needs to hold students' hearts, not hands During times of financial constraint, don’t rush to define kindness to students as an unaffordable luxury. Instead, let’s change the way we think

A little weekend reading inspired by @cjdenial.bsky.social's book " A Pedagogy of Kindness"! @timeshighered.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Teaching in Higher Ed Between the Lines: SNAFU Edu by Jessamyn Neuhaus

Listen In! This installment of Between the Lines, explores three teaching moves from @geekypedagogy.bsky.social's book "SNAFU Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom". www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLZT...

Retrograde Reads: the ‘purifying’ impulse never left Texas From the small town of Littlefield, Texas, just northwest of Lubbock, Arthur Duggan launched his 1931 campaign for U.S. Congress with a creative — if chilling — solution to the crime problem: stop …

A great review of our book in the independent student newspaper at the University of Texas at Dallas. The Retrograde. "'The Purifying Knife' is passionate, macabre and a book you will find yourself going back to over and over again . . .

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Out Now! "Mormon Settler Colonialism: Inventing the Lamanite" by Elise Boxer. www.oupress.com/978080619604...

Out Now! "The California Camera Club: Collective Visions in the Making of the American West" by Carolin Görgen. www.oupress.com/978080619603...

If you like talking up books, @oupress.bsky.social has a job opening for a publicity manager!

We have an extraordinary backlist plus superb forthcoming titles in the pipeline.

Maybe YOU could help sell the sizzle of these steaks?

Job details and how to apply here:

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Congratulations to OUP author Donald L. Fixico! His book "The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State" was a finalist for the 2025 Bonney MacDonald Award for Outstanding Western Book from the Center for the Study of the American West.

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Lovely to see OUP author Patrick Adamson’s "Projecting America: The Epic Western & National Mythmaking in 1920s Hollywood" mentioned!

New Book Release: "Between Loving and Leaving: Essays on the New Midwestern History" edited by Jon K. Lauck was published by the University of Oklahoma Press on September 30. www.oupress.com/978080619602...

Liz Norell on Staying True to Values and Finding Joy Podcast Episode · the agile academic · 10/15/2025 · 35m

Lunchtime Listen! The latest episode of The Agile Academic podcast for women in higher ed is out now! Listen to the conversation with OUP author @liznorell.bsky.social
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It's time for the Western History Association Conference!
Visit our booth and grab a bookmark, a voucher for a free audiobook (or two), and meet with our Acquisitions team. Can't attend in person? You can shop our booth sale and save 30% on select titles. www.oupress.com/wha-2025/

Not sure how I missed this post, but I did not miss the book in my mail. Cheers @jeffmanuel.bsky.social !!!

Out Now! "Projecting America: The Epic Western and National Mythmaking in 1920s Hollywood" by Patrick Adamson. www.oupress.com/978080619607...

Out Now! "Making Each Other Laugh: Contemporary Arapaho Storytelling" by Andrew Cowell. www.oupress.com/978080619600...

Headed to WHA in ABQ? You know what to do (Reach out and schedule a meeting! See us at the @oupress.bsky.social table! Let me personally sell you books! Okay I just told you what to do, didn't I)

During our talk at UT Arlington about our new book, “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas,” the wonderful staff at the UTA library put together a small exhibit on E.E. Davis, the eugenicist leader of the college that became UTA from 1925-1946. @oupress.bsky.social

Senior Acquisition Editor, Alessandra Jacobi-Tamulevich, is representing OU Press at the American Society for Ethnohistory conference in the prettiest conference location we've ever seen! Can't visit our booth in person? Shop the sale online and connect with us there! www.oupress.com/ase-2025/