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Sarah Neidhardt's memoir Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods has been reviewed by Thomas M. Kersen in the most recent issue of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly. “Good stories are to be cherished and shared. They also help us understand ourselves and our...
Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta: Essays to Mark the Centennial of the Elaine Massacre has been reviewed by Rebecca Hill in the Journal of American History. "Rather than focusing on the events of the massacre itself, a retaliation against Black agricultural...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of a new edition of Charlie May Simon's classic memoir Straw in the Sun, with a new introduction from Simon scholar Aleshia O’Neal. “Last spring I went to Rocky Crossing again....
Central Arkansas Library System's Butler Center for Arkansas Studies will award the Booker Worthen Literary Prize to John Kirk for Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912–1956. The Booker Worthen Literary Prize is awarded each year to the best work,...
Robert Cochran, author of the new book Haunted Man's Report: Reading Charles Portis was interviewed by Daniel Moran at the New Books Network. Robert Cochran’s Haunted Man’s Report is a pioneering study of the novels and other writings of Arkansan Charles Portis...
Sarah Neidhardt, author of Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods appeared on David Wilk's WritersCast podcast, talking about her memoir. "Twenty Acres is a wonderful, rewarding family memoir," writes Wilk, "that will resonate both for elder veterans of the...
Jonathan Lethem's new essay in the New York Review of Books, "Grand Poobah of the Antigrandiose" explores the work of novelist Charles Portis, and highlights the work of Robert Cochran's new book Haunted Man's Report: Reading Charles Portis. "Now comes the University...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to offer its Arkansas history award winning titles at 40% off for summer 2024. New books and timeless classics—winners of the Ragsdale Award, Graves Award, Booker Worthen Prize, and others—are on sale to give readers a...
Up South in the Ozarks: Dispatches from the Margins by Brooks Blevins, has been reviewed by Kevin C. Motl in the Journal of Southern History. “Brooks Blevins, Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University, delivers a savory anthology of essays on...
Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta: Essays to Mark the Centennial of the Elaine Massacre has won the 2024 John William Graves Book Award from the Arkansas Historical Association. Edited by Michael Pierce and Calvin White, Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta...
