Happy Audiobook Month! Every year in June Audiobook Month is celebrated to increase awareness of the legitimacy of audiobooks. This month, we’re excited to highlight some UNC Press books that are available in Audiobook format. Also, in addition to Audiobook Month, June is also Black Music Month, so we’re kicking off this list with two of our award winning Black… Continue Reading UNC Press Audiobooks Listening List: Part 1
The following is a guest post by La Shonda Mims, author of Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South, which is available now everywhere books are sold. When I first conceived of Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists, I knew that I wanted to address the lack of queer people in southern US histories and the lack of… Continue Reading Queer History is Southern History; Queer Women are Southern Women
Father’s day is just around the corner and if you’re still searching for the perfect gift, we have you covered! Browse our selection of books that could make the perfect Father’s Day gift. If you don’t see anything on this list you can always browse all of our books by subject so you can choose the perfect title. You can… Continue Reading Books For Dad This Father’s Day
Today is World Oceans Day. To celebrate we’ve compiled this reading list of some of our ocean related titles. Ribbon of Sand: The Amazing Convergence of the Ocean and the Outer Banks By John Alexander, James Lazell “Leaves the reader with a clear sense of place and an understanding of the forces of wind and water.”—Publishers Weekly “This is a guidebook to… Continue Reading What to Read on World Oceans Day
Step It Up & Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk by David Menconi has been selected as the June bookclub selection for North Carolina Reads: North Carolina Humanities’ statewide book club. The NC Reads bookclub is free and has been featuring books from February through June, that… Continue Reading Join the NC Reads Statewide Book Club and Read “Step It Up and Go” by David Menconi
The following is an excerpt of The Future of Rock and Roll: 97X WOXY and the Fight for True Independence by Robin James, which is available wherever books are sold. Becoming the Future of Rock and Roll 1981-1989 Between 1988 and 2010, “The Future of Rock and Roll” was 97X’s “liner” or recorded station ID. Broadcast on air and printed… Continue Reading Becoming the Future of Rock and Roll
June is here and it’s time to grab your headphones and celebrate Audiobook Month. Every year in June Audiobook Month is celebrated to increase awareness of the legitimacy and accessibility of the audiobook format and we’re excited to share some of your favorite UNC Press books that are available in audiobook format. We know many people still love flipping through… Continue Reading Happy Audiobook Month!
The following is an excerpt from Fit Citizens: A History of Black Women’s Exercise from Post-Reconstruction to Postwar America by Ava Purkiss, available everywhere books are sold. Unfit Citizens: Physical and Ideological Cases against Black Citizenship At the turn of the twentieth century, African Americans were keenly aware of the legal, social, and ideological barriers to full-fledged citizenship. Despite the… Continue Reading Physical and Ideological Cases against Black Citizenship: An Excerpt from “Fit Citizens”
See what’s trending at UNC Press with this list of the most viewed books on our website this month. A New History of the American South edited by W. Fitzhugh Brundage. Laura F. Edwards and Jon Sensbach, associate editors. “An important book for anyone interested in Southern history. . . . The book’s contributors brilliantly integrate the contents of their separate chapters,… Continue Reading Trending This Month: May
Happy pub day to Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet by Bart Elmore, now available wherever books are sold! Country Capitalism is published under our Ferris & Ferris imprint. This engaging and important book reveals how five of today’s most influential global corporations developed from common roots in the US South and are implicated… Continue Reading New This Week: “Country Capitalism”
The following is a guest post by Felicia Arriaga, author of BEHIND CRIMMIGRATION: ICE, Law Enforcement, and Resistance in America. 5/23 at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC 5/25 at the Levine Museum in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, NC 5/27 at Diamante Arts & Cultural Center, Raleigh, NC I wanted to host a book tour in North Carolina in the first… Continue Reading Coming Home: A Book Tour in NC
Margaret M. Power, author of Solidarity Across the Americas: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Anti-imperialism, recently completed some events in Chicago and the Bay Area. Below she reflects on and recaps her events and shares a video a student made of Pedro Albizu Campos’s trip through Latin America. The song playing in the background of the video is Despierta Boricua, the hymn of the… Continue Reading “Solidarity Across the Americas” Book Events Recap
Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps by Eric L. Muller is now available as an audiobook from Audible, Libro.fm, Kobo and Apple Books. Learn more about the book and listen to a sample of the audiobook below. It is 1942, and World War II is raging. In the months since Pearl Harbor, the US has plunged into the… Continue Reading “Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe” Now Available as an Audiobook
The following is an excerpt from Making Moral Citizens: How Faith-Based Organizers Use Vocation for Public Action by Jack Delehanty, which is available now wherever books are sold. The Contexts of Faith-Based Community Organizing The streets were full of police as I walked south through Philadelphia toward Center City. With the pope due to arrive in town later that day,… Continue Reading The Contexts of Faith-Based Community Organizing an excerpt from “Making Moral Citizens”
Happy Tuesday! On this New Books Tuesday we’re highlighting three books that are now available everywhere books are sold. If you want updates every month on new titles, you can sign up for our monthly eNews here. Layer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps by Eric L. Muller “Vivid. . . . For readers… Continue Reading New Books This Week
Are you caught up on the latest episodes of the UNC Press Presents podcast? The podcast, in partnership with the New Books Network, features interviews with UNC Press authors about their books and research. You can stream on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or directly from the UNC Press Presents webpage. Browse some of our recent podcast episodes below or browse all episodes here. A conversation with Chad… Continue Reading Catch up on the UNC Press Presents Podcast
Happy May! We have a bunch of new books publishing this month. You can find the full list, including any new in paperbacks, on our Hot Off the Press page. Plus, if you want updates in your inbox every month about new titles and what’s happening at UNC Press you can sign up for our monthly eNews. An Army Afire: How the US… Continue Reading New This Month: May
The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South Edited by Kami Ahrens is now available as an audiobook from Audible, Libro.fm, Kobo and Apple Books. Listen to a sample of the audiobook below. Praise for The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Kami Ahrens has selected a rich collection of powerful and compelling oral histories that reminds… Continue Reading “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women” Now Available as an Audiobook
We are excited to announce the Black Women’s History Series Incubator! The incubator is open to authors who are currently completing a book-length manuscript on Black women’s history. One to two applicants will be selected and have the opportunity to receive feedback on their work-in-progress from series editors (Dr. Talitha L. LeFlouria, Dr. Ashley Farmer, and Dr. Daina Ramey Berry) as… Continue Reading Announcing the Black Women’s History Series Incubator
Finding the perfect gift for mom can be tough. To make it easier for you, we’ve compiled a list of books that could make the perfect Mother’s Day gift, especially for mom’s who love cooking, art, or gardening. You can also use code 01UNCP30 to get 30% off your order and free shipping on order over $75. Edible North Carolina:… Continue Reading Books for Mom this Mother’s Day
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