When Does Your Press #SpeakUp?—University Press Week 2023 guest blog post by Cate Hodorowitz, UNC Press Acquisitions Editor With each seasonal list, UNC Press’s publishing program engages with the past as a way to understand our present world. Instead of waiting for a specific event to compel to speak up, we try to drive the conversation and spark debate. If we’re doing our job well, we can say, “Hey, we have a book for that!” when something newsworthy happens. As I started to choose books to highlight here, I realized I’d taken on an...