A historic home for vibrant voices in poetry and prose. Since the press’s earliest days at our home in the Ozarks, we’ve served as an outpost of literary excellence both in the area and in the international community of letters. Cofounded by acclaimed poet Miller Williams, the University of Arkansas Press is home to some of the language’s most celebrated writers, including Billy Collins, Frank Stanford, Ellen Gilchrist, and John Williams. We continue our search for poetry, memoirs, novels, essays, and collections that vivify, problematize, and delight, all the while pursuing greater representation and inclusion in our authorship and a heightened connection to traditionally underserved and underappreciated readerships.
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The University of Arkansas Press annually selects books for the Miller Williams Poetry Series, awarding the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize each summer. For nearly 25 years, this series has been the cornerstone of the press’s commitment to outstanding new poetry, honoring its cofounder and longtime director, Miller Williams.
Abacus of Loss: A Memoir in Verse by Sholeh Wolpé is now available. Albert Einstein said, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” It is in this vein that Sholeh Wolpé’s mesmerizing memoir in verse unfolds. In this...
Arkansas Gems is an annual publication of the Arkansas Center for the Book. Posters and bookmarks are published to highlights new works about Arkansas or by authors from the Natural State. These are introduced each year at the National Book Festival in Washington,...
Lee Rossi has reviewed Judy Halebsky's Spring and a Thousand Years (Unabridged) in Rain Taxi. Poet Judy Halebsky spent five years in Japan studying the theatrical and dance forms Noh and Butoh, an experience that informs her third book, Spring and a Thousand Years...
Lisa Summe has reviewed Madeleine Wattenberg's I/O, finalist for the 2020 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, in the current issue of Tinderbox. Maddy’s debut collection is fire, the kind capable of igniting itself: “I don’t wash my hair for ten straight years / and each...
As part of MEI's Art and Culture Center programming in support of its current exhibition of Arab-American artists, including Etel Adnan, MEI and The University of Arkansas Press are pleased to host a discussion featuring winners of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. The...
The deadline for the Miller Williams Poetry Prize has been extended to October 15, 2021. Every year, the University of Arkansas Press accepts submissions for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and from the books selected awards the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize...
Like We Still Speak by Danielle Badra, winner of the 2021 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize, is now available. Conversation and memory are at the heart of Danielle Badra’s Like We Still Speak, winner of the 2021 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. In her elegiac and formally inventive...
The University of Arkansas Press is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of Abacus of Loss: A Memoir in Verse by Sholeh Wolpé. Albert Einstein said, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” It is in this...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that Casey Thayer has been named a finalist for the 2022 Miller Williams Poetry Prize by series editor Patricia Smith. His manuscript Rational Anthem will be published in the Miller Williams Poetry Series in the...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that Michael Mlekoday has been named a finalist for the 2022 Miller Williams Poetry Prize by series editor Patricia Smith. Their manuscript All Earthly Bodies will be published in the Miller Williams Poetry...
