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.
Parallax by Julia Kolchinsky, a finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is now available. Julia Kolchinsky’s Parallax offers a lyrical narrative of parenting a neurodiverse child under the shadow of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the poet’s birthplace. As her...
Alison Thumel's debut collection Architect has been named a finalist for the prestigious Kate Tufts Discovery Award. The Kate Tufts Discovery Award was created in 1994. It is presented to a first book by a poet of genuine promise. “When he died, my brother became the...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that True Mistakes by Lena Moses-Schmitt is now available. In her debut collection True Mistakes, the poet Lena Moses-Schmitt unleashes her powers of scrutiny on herself and on works of art to interrogate the...
Barley Child by Greg Rappleye, winner of the 2025 Miller William Poetry Prize, is now available. Barley Child, Greg Rappleye’s fifth collection, draws from family legends, whispered stories, and sworn denials across four generations of Irish American lives—recalled,...
Nancy Miller Gomez has reviewed Jessica Poli's collection Red Ocher at Ecotheo Collective. Throughout the book, Poli brings memories so vividly to life that they begin to feel like our own. Through rich imagery and language, she emotionally and physically embeds her...
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 Prize, is available for pre-order. John Allen Taylor’s debut poetry collection opens with an invitation both generous and...
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 Lena Moses-Schmitt unleashes her powers of scrutiny on herself and on works of art to interrogate the essential nature...
Parallax by Julia Kolchinsky, a finalist for the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is available for pre-order. Parallax offers a lyrical narrative of parenting a neurodiverse child under the shadow of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the poet’s birthplace. As her child...
Kate Sweeney has interviewed Adele Elise Williams in the Michigan Quarterly Review. The poet, editor, and educator Adele Elise Williams brings a radical femininity and realness to the page that is uniquely hers. WAGER, her debut release selected by Patricia Smith for...
Image: "Newroz Pîroz Be, Happy Newroz, 2023" by Shayan NuradeenThe University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora, edited by Holly Mason Badra. Often described as...
