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.
The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, by James McWilliams has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. “McWilliams does a remarkable job connecting Stanford’s poetry with his personal life, particularly his lifelong friendship with Irv Broughton, owner of a...
The University of Arkansas Press is excited to announce that The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, by James McWilliams, is now available. When twenty-nine-year-old Frank Stanford put three bullets in his chest on June 3, 1978, he ended a life that had been...
Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora, edited by Holly Mason Badra is now available. Sleeping in the Courtyard brings together historically isolated writers in community—and invites readers to join them around the table to share in their...
Saba Keramati has won the 2025 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize for her collection Self-Mythology. Housed and managed by the University of New Hampshire’s English Department, the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize honors a first book published by a U.S. poet of genuine promise...
Parallax by Julia Kolchinsky, a finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly. “How does one stay vigilant to the horrors of the world when the ‘wallet’s empty and sink is full’? asks Kolchinsky (40 Weeks) in this...
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, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry." Why are University Presses...
Kirkus Reviews has awarded the forthcoming The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford a Kirkus Star. Texas State University historian McWilliams has written an impeccably researched, capacious, and probing biography of the enigmatic, neglected Southern poet... McWilliams...
Major Jackson read A. D. Lauren-Abunassar's poem "Field Guide as Sonnet" on his American Public Media show The Slowdown. Listen here: About The Slowdown: Poet Major Jackson is your guide on the pathways to...
Grace Johnson has reviewed Red Ocher in the Colorado Review. “Jessica Poli’s debut collection, Red Ocher, stirs with its reverential questioning of ritual, boundary, and expectation. … Ostensibly, the ideal audience of Red Ocher are those who are interested in the...
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 collection To Let the Sun opens with an invitation both generous and resolute: “take a walk with me . . . I hope you’ll come /...
