Arkansas farmer Ed Stilley was plowing his fields in 1979 when he was struck down by a heart attack; lying in the dirt, he had a vision that...
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New Choice Reviews for June
Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood The Progressive Era Creation of the Schoolboy Sports Story Ryan K. Anderson Anderson...
2016 Poetry Month Bundle! $40 for 5 books
5 books for $40 to help you celebrate National Poetry Month!Add all five books to your shopping cart, and use code 16ARKPOETRY. Add [explicit...
Choice recommends Aaron Henry of Mississippi
“Long ago, the historiography of the civil rights movement moved beyond the study of some its most iconic leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr.,...
Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas reviewed by The Journal of American History
John A. Kirk is currently the foremost authority on the black experience in twentieth century Arkansas. His latest edited anthology is a...
Submit to the Miller Williams Poetry Prize, get a free book at AWP!
Did you submit a manuscript for the Miller Williams Poetry Prize? Will you be at AWP 2016 in Los Angeles? If so, come by booth 1033...
March is Arkansas Archeology Month!
Arkansas has been officially celebrating archeology since 1991. In 2002, Arkansas Archeology Week expanded to Arkansas Archeology Month. The...
Choice recommends Slavery and Secession in Arkansas
Historian Gigantino (Univ. of Arkansas) has assembled an array of primary sources relating to the debate surrounding secession in Arkansas,...
Arkansas Review on Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas
The strength of this work rests in the fact that it provides more exhaustive information on race and ethnic relations, which moves beyond the...
“Angel’s work challenges our preconceptions about nature…"
“Angel’s work challenges our preconceptions about nature, the relationship between humans and the environment, and the management of natural...
Winner of the 2015 Ned Shank Award
Of the Soil: Photographs of Vernacular Architecture and Stories of Changing Times in Arkansas by Geoff Winningham has been named the winner of the...
Journal of American History calls American Appetites a "perfect text" for classroom use
This fascinating collection of American food-related documentary sources and images is the first title in the University of Arkansas Press's...
Choice recommends Sport and the Law
Regalado (history, California State Univ., Stanislaus) and Fields (communication, Univ. of Colorado, Denver) have put together a collection...
Guitar World calls True Faith, True Light "essential."
A gorgeous new hardcover book by the University of Arkansas Press has just been published, documenting the life and work of this outsider...
A Tough Little Patch of History reviewed in The Journal of Southern History
"Mining correspondence, newspaper accounts, and interviews, Dickey's new book analyzes exhibits at the Atlanta Historical Society (and later the...
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Mourner’s Bench: A Novel by Sanderia Faye - SALE PRICE $11.97 True Faith, True Light: The Devotional Art of Ed Stilley by Kelly Mulhollan - SALE...
Another great review for Mourner's Bench
Sanderia Faye's debut novel, Mourner's Bench, continues to impresses book reviewers. This time it's The Rumpus: Faye’s writing is detailed and...
Two Fantastic Poetry Reviews
Katherine Young's Day of the Border Guards was recently reviewed in Poet Lore: Young lived in Moscow during those last days of the Soviet empire,...
Booklist Reviews Mourner's Bench
It’s Freedom Summer, 1964, in tiny Maeby, Arkansas, and three SNCC volunteers have come to town determined to integrate the public library and...
$10 Poetry Books
The deadline for entry to the Miller Williams Poetry Prize is fast approaching (end of September). If you're not writing, how about reading some...
"Beyond Rosie is an essential resource for historians…"
“Beyond Rosie is an essential resource for historians of modern America and, in particular, women’s history. In addition to noting some of the...