“Vividly written, Milson’s entertaining book will be a welcome read to anyone interested not only in Arkansas but also in the social, economic, and...
Arkansas and the Region
Now Available! Queen of the Hillbillies: Writings of May Kennedy McCord
Queen of the Hillbillies: Writings of May Kennedy McCord, edited by Patti McCord and Kristene Sutliff is now available! May Kennedy McCord, lovingly...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Stateswomen
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Stateswomen: A Centennial History of Arkansas Women...
Now Available: Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912–1956
Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912–1956, by John A. Kirk, is now available. Why did Winthrop Rockefeller, scion of one of...
Andrew Milson on KUAR’s Arts and Letters
On this episode of Arts and Letters, historical geographer Andrew J. Milson about the Arkansas Traveler, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who meticulously...
Kenneth Barnes wins the J.G. Ragsdale Book Award
Kenneth Barnes has won the 2022 J.G. Ragsdale Book Award, given each year by the Arkansas Historical Association to the best book published on...
The War at Home Reviewed in the Journal of Southern History
Marian Elizabeth Strobel has reviewed The War at Home: Perspectives on the Arkansas Experience during World War I, edited by Mark Christ, in the...
Blood in Their Eyes Reviewed in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly
Matthew Hild has reviewed Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Massacre of 1919, Revised Edition in the Spring 2021 issue of the Arkansas Historical...
Now Available: Jerome and Rohwer
Jerome and Rohwer: Memories of Japanese American Internment in World War II Arkansas, is now available. “This volume presents an intimate view of...
The War at Home Reviewed in Arkansas Historical Quarterly
The War at Home: Perspectives on the Arkansas Experience during World War I, Edited by Mark K. Christ has been reviewed in the Spring 2021 issue of...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Country Boy: The Roots of Johnny Cash
The University of Arkansas Press is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of Country Boy: The Roots of Johnny Cash, by Colin Woodward....
2021 “Arkansas Gems” from the Arkansas Center for the Book
Arkansas Gems is an annual publication of the Arkansas Center for the Book. Posters and bookmarks are published to highlights new works about...
The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas reviewed in the Missouri Historical Review
Sean Rost has reviewed The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas: How Protestant White Nationalism Came to Rule a State by Kenneth C. Barnes in the current...
Das Arkansas Echo Reviewed
Das Arkansas Echo: A Year in the Life of Germans in the Nineteenth-Century South by Kathleen Condray has been reviewed by Chris Stohs in the Friends...
Old Main Exhibit Explores ‘Time and Empathy’ in Geleve Grice’s Photography
Situated in the heart of the University of Arkansas' Fayetteville campus, Old Main has long been home to numerous and varied departments, programs...
Now Available! Remote Access: Small Public Libraries in Arkansas
Remote Access: Small Public Libraries in Arkansas by Sabine Schmidt and Don House is now available! “What a wonderful, lovely book this is: a...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta: Essays to Mark the...
Arkansas Travelers Reviewed in Historical Geography
Arkansas Travelers: Geographies of Exploration and Perception, 1804–1834 by Andrew J. Milson has been reviewed by Steven L. Driever in Historical...
Guy Lancaster on Ozarks at Large
Jacqueline Froelich interviews Guy Lancaster on Ozarks at Large about lynching, justice, and Lancaster's new book American Atrocity: The Types of...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Reporting for Arkansas: The Documentary Films of Jack Hill
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Reporting for Arkansas: The Documentary Films of Jack Hill,...
Now Available: American Atrocity: The Types of Violence in Lynching by Guy Lancaster
Lynching is often viewed as a narrow form of violence: either the spontaneous act of an angry mob against accused individuals, or a demonstration of...