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Sarah Neidhardt talks about her memoir Twenty Acres on KBOO FM

Feb 4, 2025 | Arkansas and the Region, Interview, Ozarks, Ozarks Studies

Sarah Neidhardt and her mother Wendy McPhee joined Ken Jones at KBOO in Portland to talk about Sarah's memoir Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in...

Greg Rappleye’s Barley Child is now available!

Jan 29, 2025 | Miller Williams Poetry Series, Poetry and Literature

Barley Child by Greg Rappleye, winner of the 2025 Miller William Poetry Prize, is now available. Barley Child, Greg Rappleye’s fifth collection,...

Broadcasting the Ozarks Reviewed in the Missouri Historical Review

Jan 23, 2025 | Arkansas and the Region, Ozarks, Ozarks Studies, Review

Broadcasting the Ozarks: Si Siman and Country Music at the Crossroads has been reviewed in the Missouri Historical Review. “Like most creative...

Red Ocher Reviewed in Ecotheo Collective

Jan 22, 2025 | Miller Williams Poetry Series, Poetry and Literature, Review

Nancy Miller Gomez has reviewed Jessica Poli's collection Red Ocher at Ecotheo Collective. Throughout the book, Poli brings memories so vividly to...

Available for Pre-Order: To Let the Sun by John Allen Taylor

Jan 22, 2025 | Miller Williams Poetry Series, Poetry and Literature

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that To Let the Sun by John Allen Taylor, finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry...

Ken Barnes Talks Mob Rule in the Ozarks at Legacies and Lunch

Jan 9, 2025 | American History, Arkansas and the Region, Book Talk

Legacies & Lunch is a free monthly program of Central Arkansas Library System's Butler Center for Arkansas Studies about Arkansas-related...

Men of No Reputation Reviewed in OzarksWatch

Dec 20, 2024 | Arkansas and the Region, Ozarks, Ozarks Studies, Review

Steve Yates has reviewed Men of No Reputation: Robert Boatright, the Buckfoot Gang, and the Fleecing of Middle America by Kimberly Harper in the...

Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of A Games Changer

Dec 20, 2024 | Forthcoming Books, Sport, Sports Studies

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of A Games Changer: The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo...

Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Playhouse to Powerhouse

Dec 18, 2024 | African American Studies, Art and Architecture, Forthcoming Books

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Playhouse to Powerhouse: Locating Black Power Women and their...

Available for Pre-Order: True Mistakes by Lena Moses-Schmitt

Dec 16, 2024 | Miller Williams Poetry Series, Poetry and Literature

True Mistakes, a finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is now available for pre-order. In her debut collection True Mistakes, the poet...

Available for Pre-Order: Julia Kolchinsky’s Parallax

Dec 10, 2024 | Miller Williams Poetry Series, Poetry and Literature

Parallax by Julia Kolchinsky, a finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is available for pre-order. Parallax offers a lyrical narrative...