Domestica, winner of the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is now available for pre-order. “Samuel Piccone’s debut collection, Domestica," writes...
Poetry and Literature
Julia Kolchinsky’s Poem on The Slowdown
Julia Kolchinsky's poem "I do not mention the war in my birthplace to my six-year-old son but somehow his body knows" was featured on Maggie Smith's...
Holly Mason Badra Interviewed in the Washington Independent
Holly Mason Badra, editor of Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora was interviewed by Holly Smith in the Washington...
Kirkus Reviews Names The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford One of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
Kirkus Reviews has named The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, by James McWilliams, one of the best nonfiction books of 2025. In a starred review,...
Deadline Extended for the Miller Williams Poetry Prize
The deadline to submit manuscripts for the 2027 Miller Williams Poetry Prize has been extended until October 21. Every year, the University of...
Benjamin R. Cohen Reviews The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford at Public Books
"I knew nearly nothing about the life of Frank Stanford before this new, barnstorming, capacious biography. I knew only the smallest amount about...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the third, authoritative edition of Frank Stanford's The...
Wes Tirey interviews James McWilliams at High Horse Magazine
Wes Tirey has intereviewed James McWilliams at High Horse Magazine about writing his acclaimed biograph of Frank Stanford, out now from the...
Barley Child Reviewed in the Colorado Review
Barley Child: Poems by Greg Rappleye—winner of the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize has been reviewed in the Colorado Review by Robert Dunsdon....
The 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize has been Awarded to Samuel Piccone
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize has been awarded to Samuel Piccone by series...
The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford Receives a Starred Publishers Weekly Review
The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, by James McWilliams has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. “McWilliams does a remarkable job...
Now Available! The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford
The University of Arkansas Press is excited to announce that The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, by James McWilliams, is now available. When...
Now Available! Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora
Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora, edited by Holly Mason Badra is now available. Sleeping in the Courtyard brings...
Saba Keramati wins 2025 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize
Saba Keramati has won the 2025 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize for her collection Self-Mythology. Housed and managed by the University of New...
Publishers Weekly Reviews Parallax
Parallax by Julia Kolchinsky, a finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly. “How does one stay...
Greg Rappleye part of LitHub’s University Press Feature
Greg Rappleye, author of Barley Child and winner of the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, was interviewed as part of Lit Hub's new feature "Art,...
Kirkus Starred Review for The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford
Kirkus Reviews has awarded the forthcoming The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford a Kirkus Star. Texas State University historian McWilliams has...
Major Jackson reads “Field Guide as Sonnet” by A. D. Lauren-Abunassar
Major Jackson read A. D. Lauren-Abunassar's poem "Field Guide as Sonnet" on his American Public Media show The Slowdown. Listen here: ...
Red Ocher Reviewed in the Colorado Review
Grace Johnson has reviewed Red Ocher in the Colorado Review. “Jessica Poli’s debut collection, Red Ocher, stirs with its reverential questioning of...
To Let the Sun by John Allen Taylor is Now Available
To Let the Sun by John Allen Taylor, a finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is now available. John Allen Taylor’s debut poetry...
Now Available: Parallax by Julia Kolchinsky
Parallax by Julia Kolchinsky, a finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is now available. Julia Kolchinsky’s Parallax offers a lyrical...