December 6, 2022

Eugene Gordon and the League for the Struggle of Negro Rights in Boston

The following is a guest blog post from Zebulon Vance Miletsky, author of Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle.  Before Busing tells the story of the men and women who struggled and demonstrated to make school desegregation a reality in Boston. It reveals the legal efforts and battles over tactics that played out locally and influenced the… Continue Reading Eugene Gordon and the League for the Struggle of Negro Rights in Boston

Categories African American Studies/Education/Political Science
December 2, 2022

Making Our Future: An Excerpt

The following is an excerpt from the introduction of Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia by Emily Hilliard, available everywhere books are sold. I have spent much of the past six years traveling in and across West Virginia, crisscrossing mountains, hollers, creeks, and rivers along dirt roads and highways on fieldwork trips to interview quilters, fiddlers, striking… Continue Reading Making Our Future: An Excerpt

Categories Excerpts/folklore
November 30, 2022

Iconic Books From the Past 100 Years: Part 4

Over the past 100 years UNC Press is proud to have published an extensive catalog of award winning and highly praised books. As we celebrate our centennial, we’ve looked back at these prestigious titles to highlight some of our most influential and iconic books. Find the first three installations in our Iconic Books blog series here. Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in… Continue Reading Iconic Books From the Past 100 Years: Part 4

Categories UNC Press News/UNCP 100 Iconic Books
November 29, 2022

$100 for the 100th: Celebrating UNC Press’s History of Excellence

Having reached our centennial anniversary, we invite you to join with us in including the Press in your end-of-year giving with a gift of $100 for the UNC Press 100th—or, any amount meaningful to you!   We’ve compiled a concise listing of facts concerning our early history that many are unaware of in order to convey the important contributions of UNC… Continue Reading $100 for the 100th: Celebrating UNC Press’s History of Excellence

Categories UNC Press News
November 28, 2022

Trending this Month: November

See what’s trending at UNC Press with this reading list of the most viewed books on our website this month. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America by Anthea Butler A 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title “Show[s] how evangelicals’ contemporary embrace of right-wing politics is rooted in its centuries-long problem with race. This scathing takedown of evangelicalism’s ‘racism problem’ will challenge evangelicals… Continue Reading Trending this Month: November

Categories UNC Press News
November 22, 2022

New Books Out Today

Looking for you next read? Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Browse our list of books that are officially on-sale today and take advantage of our holiday sale to save 40% plus free shipping on orders over $75 with code 01HOLIDAY! Making our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia by Emily Hilliard “A benchmark in public folklore.”—Mary Hufford,… Continue Reading New Books Out Today

Categories African American Studies/Appalachian Studies/folklore/Health / Medicine/Southern
November 19, 2022

Anthea Butler Wins 2022 Martin E. Marty Award

UNC Press offers our sincere congratulations to Anthea Butler on being awarded the 2022 Martin E. Marty award for the Public Understanding of Religion! Each year, the American Academy of Religion(AAR) presents this award to an individual whose work helped advance the public understanding of religion. This year, the AAR named Anthea Butler this years Marty Award Winner, making her the… Continue Reading Anthea Butler Wins 2022 Martin E. Marty Award

Categories Religion/UNC Press News
November 18, 2022

2022 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to once again be exhibiting in-person at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting! We hope you’ll stop by booth 530 to say hello to editor Mark Simpson-Vos, to learn more about our Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks and Where Religion Lives Series, and to browse our religious studies titles on display. If you can’t join… Continue Reading 2022 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting

Categories Religion
November 18, 2022

Accidental Kindness: A Doctor’s Notes on Empathy Now Available as an Audiobook

Accidental Kindness: A Doctor’s Notes on Empathy by Michael Stein is now available as an audiobook from Audible, Libro.fm, and Kobo. Praise for Accidental Kindness: [Stein’s] incisive articulation of the emotional challenges faced by doctors is rendered in prose that’s vivid, candid, and shot through with compassion—it makes for an investigation that’s tough to forget. This is a standout.”—STARRED review, Publishers Weekly “One of the… Continue Reading Accidental Kindness: A Doctor’s Notes on Empathy Now Available as an Audiobook

Categories Audiobooks/Biography / Autobiography/Health / Medicine
November 17, 2022

#NextUP: Black Women’s History Series

Happy University Press Week 2022! We are thrilled to be announcing a new series from UNC Press, Black Women’s History, during the Association of University Presses annual celebration. #UPWeek garners awareness and recognition for the vital publishing university presses offer, and this year’s theme, “Next UP,” highlights the dedicated work performed by those in the university press community to seek… Continue Reading #NextUP: Black Women’s History Series

Categories African American History/UNC Press News
November 16, 2022

A Fresh Look at the History of Pecan Pie

The following is a guest blog post by Rebecca Sharpless, author of Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South, available now wherever books are sold.             Come Thanksgiving, pecan pie, a gooey concoction of syrup, eggs, and butter, and pecans, will be on many American tables. Along with pumpkin and apple, it’s one of the most popular… Continue Reading A Fresh Look at the History of Pecan Pie

Categories Cooking / Food/Guest Bloggers/Southern
November 14, 2022

Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum South and the Question of Freedom in American History

The following is a guest blog post by Viola Franziska Müller, author of Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban South, which is available now everywhere books are sold. Tens of thousands of people escaped slavery in the antebellum South. While the bulk of scholarship has focused on those who fled to the northern states and outside of the country, the… Continue Reading Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum South and the Question of Freedom in American History

Categories African American Studies/Southern Studies
November 11, 2022

2022 Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting at the Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting! We hope you’ll stop by booth B to say hello to editors Mark Simpson-Vos & Andrew Winters and to browse our titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! Stop by either our in-person booth or our virtual booth to browse our new southern history… Continue Reading 2022 Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting

Categories Southern/Southern Studies
November 11, 2022

Happy Birthday, General Butler: Remarks for Butler Birthday Commemoration

The following are remarks given by Elizabeth D. Leonard, author of Benjamin Franklin Butler: a Noisy, Fearless Life, at the annual Benjamin Butler birthday commemoration at the cemetery in Dracut, MA, where he and many of his family members are buried. As you may or may not know, I am the author of a new biography of General Butler: Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy,… Continue Reading Happy Birthday, General Butler: Remarks for Butler Birthday Commemoration

Categories Biography / Autobiography/Civil War
November 10, 2022

In Memoriam: Philip Gerard

UNC Press is saddened to learn that Philip Gerard, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and the author of numerous books that include Down the Wild Cape Fear: A River Journey through the Heart of North Carolina and The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina, has died. We offer our condolences to… Continue Reading In Memoriam: Philip Gerard

Categories UNC Press News
November 9, 2022

2022 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting! We hope you’ll stop by booth 207 to say hello to editor Andreina Fernandez and to browse our titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! Stop by either our in-person booth or our virtual booth to browse our new women’s studies… Continue Reading 2022 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting

Categories Women's Studies
November 9, 2022

2022 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting! We hope you’ll stop by booth 209 to say hello to editor María García and to browse our titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! Stop by either our in-person booth or our virtual booth to browse our titles on display! Be… Continue Reading 2022 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting

Categories Anthropology
November 8, 2022

What is North Carolina Art?

The following is an excerpt from Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina by Liza Roberts with a foreword by Lawrence J. Wheeler and photographs by Lissa Gotwals, which is on sale today and available wherever books are sold. What is North Carolina art? Is it the pottery made famous by artists like Ben Owen III, whose… Continue Reading What is North Carolina Art?

Categories Art / Architecture/North Carolina
November 7, 2022

Early American Literature Statement from UNC Press

The University of North Carolina Press is proud to have published the recent special issue of the journal Early American Literature, Volume 57, Number 3. The issue offers an ambitious and wide-ranging study of Phillis Wheatley, featuring over 25 articles and other reflections on Wheatley’s work. It was prepared to high standards of scholarly integrity by its guest editors, Tara… Continue Reading Early American Literature Statement from UNC Press

Categories UNC Press News
November 4, 2022

2022 American Studies Association Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to once again be exhibiting in-person at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting! We hope you’ll stop by booth 311/313 to say hello to editor Andreina Fernandez and to browse our titles on display! If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! Congratulations to Juliana Hu Pegues! Space-Time Colonialism won the… Continue Reading 2022 American Studies Association Annual Meeting

Categories American Studies/UNC Press News