Life on the Octopus Farm The Ethics and Future of Growing the World's Most Intelligent Invertebrate by Richard Schweid 186 pp., notes, index ISBN 978-1-4696-9687-4 $99.00 cloth; ISBN 978-1-4696-9688-1 $24.95 paper Publication date: August 11, 2026 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469696881/life-on-the-octopus-farm/ —— Join us on Saturday, September 12th at 6:00 p.m. for a reading and book signing with Richard Schweid, author… Continue Reading Meet Local Author Richard Schweid

Watching the Girls Go By A History of Street Harassment in the United States by Molly M. Brookfield 288 pp., 14 halftones, notes, bibl., index ISBN 978-1-4696-9729-1 $99.00 cloth; ISBN 978-1-4696-9730-7 $29.95 paper Publication date: September 8, 2026 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469697307/watching-the-girls-go-by/ —— This event takes place on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required. Register… Continue Reading Watching the Girls Go By: A History of Street Harassment in the United States — Molly M. Brookfield in conversation with Cristen Conger

Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions

A Nation Unraveled Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era by Sarah Jones Weicksel 352 pp., 78 halftones, notes, bibl., index ISBN 978-1-4696-8913-5 $120.00 cloth; ISBN 978-1-4696-8914-2 $39.95 paper Publication date: January 6, 2026 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469689142/a-nation-unraveled/ —— Join the DAR Museum and the American Historical Association for an evening with historian Sarah Jones Weicksel, author… Continue Reading Author Talk: A Nation Unraveled with Sarah Jones Weicksel

Custom Made Woman A Life in Traditional Music by Alice Gerrard 184 pp., 102 halftones ISBN 978-1-4696-9036-0 $30.00 cloth Publication date: December 2, 2025 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469690360/custom-made-woman/ —— The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention is a five day music festival featuring performances by local and national acts, a rollicking square dance, open cabaret, and the illustrious stringband contest in… Continue Reading Berkeley OLD-TIME MUSIC CONVENTION SEPTEMBER 16-20, 2026 (Alice Gerrard)

God Bless the Pill The Surprising History of Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion by Samira K. Mehta 260 pp., 12 halftones, notes, bibl., index ISBN 978-1-4696-9342-2 $99.00 cloth; ISBN 978-1-4696-9343-9 $29.95 paper Publication date: April 14, 2026 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469693439/god-bless-the-pill/

Thy Will Be Done George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory by John Garrison Marks 304 pp., 6 halftones ISBN 978-1-4696-9352-1 $35.00 cloth Publication date: April 7, 2026 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469693521/thy-will-be-done/

Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival by Maria Pinto 240 pp., notes ISBN 978-1-4696-8979-1 $24.00 paper Publication date: October 28, 2025 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469689791/fearless-sleepless-deathless/ —— Branching Out: On the Future of Environmental Storytelling, presented by Orion Magazine The genre of environmental writing has been expanding in recent years.… Continue Reading Maria Pinto @ Brooklyn Book Festival

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and the Birth of Black Power by W. Jason Miller 248 pp., 30 halftones ISBN 978-1-4696-9821-2 $30.00 cloth Publication date: September 29, 2026 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469698212/dont-let-me-be-misunderstood/ —— Join us to dive deeper into the lives of Nina Simone and Langston Hughes, and learn more about the birth of Black Power… Continue Reading DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation (W. Jason Miller)

White, Black, Brown Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago by Michael Staudenmaier 236 pp., 11 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables, notes, bibl., index ISBN 978-1-4696-8925-8 $99.00 cloth; ISBN 978-1-4696-8926-5 $32.95 paper Publication date: April 28, 2026 For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469689265/white-black-brown/