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Cover of Lever Press spring and summer 2026 catalog.

The Lever Pres Spring & Summer 2026 catalog is here! From urban studies of contemporary Rome to explorations of pilgrimage in the Garhwal Himalaya region, there's something for everyone. Browse here: buff.ly/Xo1eOta

MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and... 2023–24Theresa Delgadillo, University of Wisconsin, Madison, for Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas (Univ. of Michigan Press, 2024)Honorable mention: Loretta Victoria...

Another round of congratulations to Jon D. Rossini for receiving an honorable mention from the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Prize in US Latino/Latina and Chicana/Chicano Literary & Cultural Studies!🎉🎉Read the press release and full prize citation here:

Artificial Humanities launches now in a conversation with the author @ninabegus.bsky.social, Ted Chiang and James Yu.

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MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and... 2023–24Theresa Delgadillo, University of Wisconsin, Madison, for Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas (Univ. of Michigan Press, 2024)Honorable mention: Loretta Victoria...

Congratulations to Theresa Delgadillo on winning the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Prize in US Latino/Latina and Chicana/Chicano Literary & Cultural Studies for "Geographies of Relation"🎉🎉Read the press release and full prize citation here:

A Tale Best Forgotten by Helen Adam Hail most holy ANUBIS. In a house by a river that lamented as it ran, Lived a father, and his daughter, and the dog-headed man. A father, and his daughter, and the dog-headed man! It’s a tale best forgotten, but before the tale began From the house to the river limped the dog-headed man. Blood swelled the river before the tale began. In the garden, in the garden, while the river slowly ran, Walked the daughter, and her lover, and the dog-headed man. The daughter, and her lover, and the dog-headed man! It’s a tale best forgotten, but before the tale began His daughter, by the river that reflected as it ran, Fed the bones of her lover to the dog-headed man. Dog Head he was fed before the tale began.

In a house by a river that lamented as it ran,
Lived a father, and his daughter, and the dog-headed man…

—Helen Adam, “A Tale Best Forgotten”
from TO GO INTO THE WOODS, by Norman Finkelstein, @uofmpress.bsky.social 2023
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I was enchanted —that is precisely the right word — by the poetry of Helen Adam from the moment I read "I Love My Love" in Donald Allen's famous New American Poetry anthology. This was in 1973. At first I had difficulty finding more of her work, and it came as a wonderful surprise to see her poem "Troynovant Is Now No More a City" in the pages of the little magazine Endymion, edited by my friends David Katz and Linda Stern. Eventually I found her books, and then, in the summer of 1979, had lunch with her in her New York City apartment. I was one of the first critics to write at length on her poetry in the journal Credences and in my first book, The Utopian Moment. I then happily returned to it years later when Kristin Prevallet edited The Helen Adam Reader.

“Helen Adam is a poet’s poet, for it is in her own tribe that she has been most read and praised, despite her long history of public readings”

—Norman Finkelstein, in his chapter on Helen Adam in TO GO INTO THE WOODS, @uofmpress.bsky.social 2023
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Book cover for ‘Your Historical Loveliness Knows No Bounds’ by Wendy Xu. The book is part of the Poets on Poetry Series, published by the University of Michigan Press and edited by Derek Pollard. The cover image is a striking, full frame close-up photograph of a bronze sculpture of a man's head, angled to fill most of the page. The sculpture is highly dramatic: the man's face is contorted with intense emotion, and his mouth is wide open, as if shouting or screaming. The metal has a dark, mottled verdigris patina. All text is positioned across the lower third of the cover. The title, ‘YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS,’ and the author's name, WENDY XU, are printed in light gray/off-white text. The subtitle, "FORM, FUTURITY, AND DOCUMENTARY DESIRE," is centered beneath the title and printed in a distinctive pale yellow text.

What if preserving a memory destroys it?

In YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS, Wendy Xu argues for poetry that risks rupture, holds simultaneous pasts, refuses the settled comfort of a single story.

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You can read my book #OpenAccess but if you want your very own hard copy, check out the UMP winter sale! Half the price, but 100% of the puns so subtle you wonder if I even did them on purpose. #MedievalSky

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UMP authors Aly Drame and Betsy Small at the African Studies Association.

We love seeing our authors at conferences! Get Betsy's and Aly's books 50% off with code HOLIDAY25 here: press.umich.edu

Curating the Commons | Home Socially Engaged Public Art

🏛️ 🖌️ Another brilliant art book from one of our distributed presses this season:
"Curating the Commons" examines contemporary turns in public art through an in-depth study of performance-centred public art presented in Greece, during the austerity years.
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“The Politics of Herding Cats: When Congressional Leaders Fail” is available from @uofmpress.bsky.social! press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

Also apparently their Holiday sale is on, so save 50% by using code HOLIDAY25 at checkout. Best gift of the Holiday Season!

Graphic promoting UMP's distributor Liverpool University Press and their holiday sale with code 27WINTER

UMP's distributor, Liverpool University Press, are offering up to 50% off in their Winter Sale* Use discount code 27WINTER at checkout on the LUP website for UMP titles. Sale runs 1st-18th December 2025. buff.ly/PPkw5tl

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Our winter sale has begun! Get 50% off all UMP titles with code HOLIDAY25, so start browsing here: buff.ly/6Q2tz4J

Join @samuelmoore.org this Weds. (5pm) to hear his discuss discuss key ideas from his fantastic new book ⏰

And download the book for FREE (if you haven't already!) via @uofmpress.bsky.social ebook collection website

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Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI <I>Artificial Humanities</I> explores how literature, history, and art can deepen our understanding of artificial intelligence and its development. By examining fictional representations of AI in para...

Congrats to @ninabegus.bsky.social on publishing "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI." It’s open access on @uofmpress.bsky.social; OA publication made possible in part from UCB Library’s Berkeley Research Impact Initiative. www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

As we approach #Thanksgiving, we share a #FREE #OA book on gratitude.

It tells the story of Aaron Dworkin, a MacArthur Fellow & spoken word artist who's dedicated his life’s work to changing the face of classical arts in the world.

Thanks! @uofmpress.bsky.social

#ReadUP #TeamUP

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Paperback copy of Artificial Humanities with the text now available, this book is open access

The new #openaccess book "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI" by Nina Beguš encourages readers to use the humanities to thoughtfully approach the development of AI. Start reading now at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

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Heading to the ASA meeting in Arlington? Stop by our booth (#100) to meet our African Studies editor Marcella Landri and browse our latest titles! Get 40% off with code UMASA25 on any African Studies titles here: buff.ly/blc9z7t

Big Ten Open Books: An Interview with Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) Authors Alliance has had a longstanding interest in helping authors see their older books reinvigorated with new life by making them available online for free on an open access basis. One of the mo…

New from Authors Alliance: An Interview w/Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) re Big Ten Open Books Program
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#ScholComm #Libraries #OpenBooks #OpenAccess #OA

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New From Authors Alliance: An Interview with Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) About the Big Ten Open Books Program www.infodocket.com/2025/11/20/a... #scholcomm #libraries #openbooks @authorsalliance.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social @bigtenacademic.bsky.social

The Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact: DOI for Scholarly Publishing 2025 Community Perspectives www.rosenblumaward.org

Community voices celebrate the story of how the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) transformed global scholarly publishing, told by industry leaders including Robert Kahn, co-founder of the Internet; @charleswatkinson.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social & so many more.
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University Press Week, November 10-14, 2025

Hearty thanks to all who have celebrated University Press Week 2025, spotlighting the many who #TeamUP every day to advance knowledge and understanding. #ReadUP https://bit.ly/4hpJfe0

Paperback of Hurt, Baby, Hurt by William Walter Scott, III

"Hurt, Baby, Hurt is a fast-paced and brief yet intimate look into the life of William Walter Scott III, the man credited with inciting the so-called Detroit riots of July 1967."

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"Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art" is #3 on Amazon's top releases in LGBTQ+ Literary Criticism!🎉 Start reading here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Publishing Beyond the Market | Home Open Access, Care, and the Commons

❓ What if “open access” isn’t really open when big publishers still hold the reins? 'Publishing Beyond the Market' asks who controls scholarly publishing, and imagines a future built on care, collaboration, and scholar-led presses instead of profit.
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LeAnn Fields and University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social | A fantastic tribute to a leading editor published in Theatre Survey, in celebration of her extraordinary contributions to theater and performance studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3LIkOwI

Thrilled that my book *Music at the Margins of Sense* is officially in production and forthcoming in Fall 2026 with the University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social for their Music and Social Justice Series!

Book cover for NOTHINGISM by Jason Schneiderman, published in the Poets on Poetry Series edited by Derek Pollard. The background is deep purple. The title, NOTHINGISM, appears as large, light purple text running vertically down the left side of the cover. On the right side, in gold text that contrasts with the purple background, is the subtitle POETRY AT THE END OF PRINT CULTURE. The author's name, JASON SCHNEIDERMAN, appears in white text below the subtitle. In the bottom right corner is a simple illustration of a tan cardboard box. The overall design is minimal and contemporary, using typographic elements as the main visual focus.

"If everything is politics, then nothing is politics."

Jason Schneiderman's NOTHINGISM makes a bold, unexpected case: what if contemplation and privacy are poetry's most subversive acts?

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#TeamUp in Publishing: Florida’s Independent Bookstores - University Press of Florida University Press Week is an annual celebration of our global community of university presses. Each year, the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) takes a tour of the blogs in our... READ MORE

Today’s #UPWeek blog tour theme asks us to explore WHERE AUPresses members (@aupresses.bsky.social) work with our networks to advance knowledge. We’re highlighting how we #TeamUP with Florida’s independent bookstores and their communities.