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Three covers for the journal "Civil War History" arranged horizontally, with a mix of blue and gray.

Our celebration of KSUP’s tradition of publishing excellence continues with select back issues of “Civil War History.”

July news and reviews Kent State University Press is featured alongside the publisher Gray & Company in a profile from Cleveland Magazine—”From the Rust Belt to the Bookshelf: How Two Cleveland Presses Champio…

Congrats to the many KSUP authors who appear in our July roundup of news and reviews, including @newsguy.bsky.social, @chrisbriem.bsky.social, @alas-not-me.bsky.social, and more. Another big month for books!

Vought accuses Fed of ‘fiscal mismanagement’ Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought accused the Federal Reserve on Sunday of “fiscal mismanagement” amid tensions between the White House and the Fed. “The President has b…

Well.

So.

Who’s gonna tell the…sorry, just checking my notes…director of he OMB, that fiscal management isn’t the Fed’s job it’s…checking again…his.

The gaslighting will continue until forever, I guess

NEW CATALOG! 困 THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS FALL/WINTER 2025 CATALOG kentstateuniversitypress.com 玉 THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS With flames from industrial site on catalog cover.

Our fall catalog is here! Join us to:
📕anticipate new books (including titles by @chrisbriem.bsky.social and @terryallenbelew.bsky.social);
📕look back on 60 years of KSUP history; and
📕celebrate recent successes by @newsguy.bsky.social and others.
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Loganberry Books sign and storefront, with four book covers—The Fifth Star, Playhouse Square, Ghosts of an Old Forest, and The Promise of LeBron James.

Great seeing so many recent titles from Kent State University Press at Loganberry Books in Cleveland! Big thanks to them—and to independent bookstores everywhere—for their support.

A Congress That Votes Yes and Hopes No Congressional Republicans keep wringing their hands over the White House’s legislative priorities … and then voting for them.

Republicans in the House and the Senate keep complaining about the Trump administration’s priorities. They seem to have forgotten that they have the power to do something, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

That’s incredibly ironic; I have been singing that song in my head all day.

A Q&A with Terry Belew, author of “The Deep Blue of Neptune” Big thanks to Cheryl Dyer for talking with Terry Belew, author of The Deep Blue of Neptune—selected as winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. It’s coming in September from Kent State U…

Pleased to share a new Q&A with @terryallenbelew.bsky.social, author of “The Deep Blue of Neptune”—selected as winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize.

Magazine spread on a table with glasses, houseplant, and mug. Lower verso page is an ad for KSU Press with four book covers.

Even better in print! Grateful for the opportunity to highlight KSUP books in the July issue of Harper’s (which is celebrating its 175th birthday the same year we’re celebrating our 60th). Look for it on newsstands now.

Literally the first thing I thought of. Tell me again history doesn't matter

And @maxwellfrost.bsky.social the SSA itself is telling the lie, through email blasts to the whole country

The economy got half a percentage point smaller last quarter

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Published by Kent State University Press, Artisans and Designers is the first in-depth analysis of the Phelpses' partnership, their often overlooked contributions to the fashion industry, and their forward-thinking business practices. AMERICAN FASHION THROUGH ELIZABETH AND WILLIAM PHELPS Rebecca Jumper Matheson draws on their pieces to connect their work to larger conversations about sustainable fashion, consumerism, industrialization practices, and the intersection of art with American identity during and after World War II. ARTISANS AND DESIGNERS REBECCA JUMPER MATHESON AUTHOR REBECCA JUMPER MATHESON Coming November 4

Cover reveal! Rebecca Jumper Matheson's book "Artisans and Designers: American Fashion Through Elizabeth and William Phelps" is coming in November in our series with the Costume Society of America: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/artisan...

After settling with Trump, CBS News staffers fear what comes next | CNN Business Paramount Global is being hammered for bowing to presidential pressure and settling a lawsuit that it likely could have beaten in court.

"The individual incentive in a budding authoritarian state is always to capitulate; that's the point of imposing costs on speech." - Rebecca Tushnet, professor of First Amendment law at Harvard Law School.

For the Trump presidential library?!? Please. Just cancelled our subscription.

Just canceled our Paramount subscription. This is despicable. A spurious lawsuit aimed at stopping actual journalism.

"Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.” -Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) A Wrinkle in Time

The whole Alligator Alcatrez thing sounds like something a comic book villain would do. The fact that it's REAL is insane. My brain cannot process the cruelty nor the Christians cheering it on.

UPDATE: 2 more impersonators in Houston alone. (One was shot by a man’s wife)

How long are we going to let this madness go on? We should be requiring agents to ID themselves, not legislating to protect masked vigilantes. @MarshaBlackburn

YouTube video by Kent State University Press Deadbeats, Dead Balls, and the 1914 Boston Braves

Thanks to @jwi.bsky.social and all of KSUP's friends at Vesto PR for facilitating a lively conversation between Martin H. Bush and Sol Gittleman about Bush’s new book with Kent State—“Deadbeats, Dead Balls, and the 1914 Boston Braves.”

Please tell me HOW this is pro-life, all of you who say that’s your top priority. This is sick and cruel beyond belief.

From the Rust Belt to the Bookshelf: How Two Cleveland Presses Champion Local Authors Both Gray & Company and Kent State University Press have built business on producing work for Northeast Ohio-based readers. By Maura Zurick

Grateful to Cleveland Magazine (@clevelandmag.bsky.social) for including KSU Press in this writeup of book publishing in Northeast Ohio—and pleased to see more attention for “Light Enters the Grove”!

Break it, unbreak it, claim victory. Every time.

Americans Deserve a Congressional Vote on War With Iran Unilateral action by the president deprives citizens of the ability to hold their representatives accountable in the years to come.

Unilateral action by the president deprives citizens of the ability to hold their representatives accountable in the years to come, Conor Friedersdorf writes:

Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran Trump has bombed Iran. Against the will of the American people, without a vote from Congress, and without any plan to protect American lives or deescalate the crisis, Trump unilaterally launched a mil...

Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...

BBC: Steve Herman, VOA's chief national correspondent, called the dismantling of the outlet, which was set up during World War Two to counter Nazi propaganda, a "historic act of self-sabotage". https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrx0e98peeo

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The Voice of America died a second time today. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/zombie-version-of-voa-slain-again