April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, the University of Arkansas Press will present poetry every day for the month. Today, we present “Queen...
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NPM17: “Queen of the Blues” by Kim Addonizio
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, the University of Arkansas Press will present poetry every day for the month. Today, we present “Queen...
NPM17: "Hiroshige" by Andrew Gent
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, the University of Arkansas Press will present poetry every day for the month. Today, we present...
NPM17: "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, the University of Arkansas Press will present poetry every day for the month. Today, we present...
Two Great Reviews for Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood
"Anderson’s writing is swift and lucid. Moreover, his research is through and complemented by several illustrations that enhance his analysis....
Kenneth Barnes Wins Ragsdale Award
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910–1960, by...
UA Press Connections: Japanese Internment Camps
75 years ago this week, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which gave the United States military the ability to designate...
Choice recommends Distinguishing the Righteous from the Roguish
“Although the title suggests this material will interest only historians of a brief legal era, this book is quite a lively read. It views the...
UA Press Connections: Voices from the Middle East
Recently, President Donald Trump issued an executive order temporarily banning travel from seven majority-Muslim countries. UA Press connections is...
Publisher's Weekly reviews Jenn Givhan's Protection Spell
“In a second collection that beats with multiple hearts, Givhan (Landscape with Headless Mama) addresses complicated familial identity,...
Two Books Named Choice Outstanding Academic Titles
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Two books recently published by the University of Arkansas Press were chosen as among the “Outstanding Academic Titles” for...
Sanderia Faye wins Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation announced the winners and finalists of the 2016 Legacy Awards and paid...
University of Arkansas Press authors at the Southern Festival of Books
University of Arkansas Press authors at the Southern Festival of...
Aaron Henry of Mississippi wins 2016 Lillian Smith Book Award
ATHENS, Ga -- A look at segregated public libraries in the Jim Crow South and a biography of a civil rights activist turned elected official are the...
Booklist on Hagar Poems: "Forthright and fearless poetry…"
In E-mails from Scheherazad (2003), Kahf introduces the legendary storyteller to the electronic trappings of contemporary life, yielding poignant...
"Hard-hitting journalism at its best…" says Booklist of Thomas Hauser's latest collection
Hauser continues to provide the sporting world’s most perceptive boxing reporting, which, fortunately, is collected in an ongoing series from...
Arkansas Historical Quarterly reviews Slavery and Secession in Arkansas
Every student of Arkansas history — and anyone interested in sectional conflict and the Civil War more generally — will welcome Slavery and...
Another terrific review for When the Wolf Came
“…[A] fine and thorough overview of the military history of the Civil War in the Indian Territory, one that captures the different levels of...
Arkansas Historical Quarterly: "an exceptionally strong contribution to the history of Arkansas and the U.S. South."
“Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas is an exceptionally strong contribution to the history of Arkansas and the U.S. South. It is rare to find an edited...
The Thrilla in Manila: Four Decades Later
The Thrilla in Manila: Four Decades Later From A Hard World: An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing by Thomas Hauser University of Arkansas...
Another review for Aaron Henry of Mississippi
“Morrison convincingly argues that Henry’s role as an activist and politician made him more important and influential than many other civil...