Category: UNC Press News

What’s New on the UNC Press Presents Podcast

Let’s be honest, the only thing better than reading a book is hearing the author talk about that book and the research behind it. Did you know that you can listen to UNC Press authors on the UNC Press Presents podcast? You can stream the podcast, produced in partnership with the New Books Network, on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or directly from the UNC Press… Continue Reading What’s New on the UNC Press Presents Podcast

Trending This Month: August

See what’s trending at UNC Press with this list of the most viewed books on our website this month. Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America by Lauren Lassabe Shepherd “A thoroughly researched, revelatory political history with abundant relevance for today. . . . Shepherd presents compelling evidence for the ways that these groups, although a minority… Continue Reading Trending This Month: August

New This Week: “Resistance from the Right”

It’s a new week and another New Books Tuesday! Today Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America by Lauren Lassabe Shepherd is now available wherever books are sold. A thoroughly researched, revelatory political history with abundant relevance for today. . . . Shepherd presents compelling evidence for the ways that these groups, although a minority on campus,… Continue Reading New This Week: “Resistance from the Right”

2023 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting in-person at the American Sociological Association annual meeting! We hope you’ll stop by our booth (305) to say hello to Lucas Church & Peter Perez and to browse our new titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! We’re proud to announce two new book… Continue Reading 2023 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting

Catch Up on the UNC Press Presents Podcast

Are you caught up on 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. Take a look at some of our episodes below or browse all episodes here. A conversation with Robin James, author of The Future… Continue Reading Catch Up on the UNC Press Presents Podcast

New This Week: “In Pursuit of Health Equity”

It’s New Books Tuesday and In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine by Eric D. Carter is now available wherever books are sold. In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine by Eric D. Carter A remarkable look at the origins and evolution of a transnational sociomedical perspective in Latin America… Continue Reading New This Week: “In Pursuit of Health Equity”

New This Month: August

Happy August! This month marks the start of our Fall/Winter 2023 season and we have a bunch of new books publishing. 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… Continue Reading New This Month: August

Trending This Month: July

See what’s trending at UNC Press with this list of the most viewed books on our website this month. Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South by Barbara Krauthame “Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.”—Choice “An important overview of the lives of African and African American peoples who played relevant, active roles in United States affairs, adeptly… Continue Reading Trending This Month: July

Announcing the Great Circle Books Manuscript Lab

We are excited to announce the inaugural Great Circle Books Manuscript Lab! This workshop is designed to offer feedback and support to emerging writers—those who have not yet published a book of literary nonfiction—at work on a proposal.  Manuscript lab applicants should be writing about a topic that merges the human experience with our relationship to place, and applicants should come,… Continue Reading Announcing the Great Circle Books Manuscript Lab

Tips for Authors Getting Started on Threads

Threads is Meta’s new social media app that has taken the social media world by storm, with millions of sign-ups within the first few hours of launching.  At UNC Press we’ve been on the app since it launched and have already found a wonderful community of authors, academics, and fellow book-lovers. While we don’t know what the future of the app… Continue Reading Tips for Authors Getting Started on Threads

2023 Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Annual Meeting

Our publishing partners at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture will be attending the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic annual meeting – displaying our books & theirs! If you are attending the conference, please stop by the table to say hello & to browse our titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person,… Continue Reading 2023 Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Annual Meeting

In Memoriam: Bruce Roberts

We are saddened to learn of the passing of photographer and author, Bruce Roberts, and we offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Bruce is the author of Plantation Homes of the James River and co-author of North Carolina Lighthouses. While his photos have appeared in many books and publications such as the Charlotte Observer, Southern Living Magazine,… Continue Reading In Memoriam: Bruce Roberts

UNC Press Audiobooks Listening List: Part 2

Happy Audiobook Month! Every year in June Audiobook Month is celebrated to increase appreciation of of audiobooks. In this second installment of our Audiobooks Listening List, we’re excited to highlight some of our books that are available in Audiobook format. With audiobooks you can listen to UNC Press books when you’re in the car, cleaning, relaxing, or whenever you typically… Continue Reading UNC Press Audiobooks Listening List: Part 2

Longleaf Services Announces Five New Client Presses

June 20, 2023 (Chapel Hill, NC): Longleaf Services is pleased to welcome five new distributed client presses to the group: Chemeketa Press, Clemson University Press, University Press of Kansas, TCU Press, and InterVarsity Press (IVP). This brings the total number of Longleaf fulfillment clients to 23. Chemeketa Press, a nonprofit textbook publisher, based in Salem, Oregon, partnered with Longleaf in… Continue Reading Longleaf Services Announces Five New Client Presses

UNC Press Audiobooks Listening List: Part 1

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

Join the NC Reads Statewide Book Club and Read “Step It Up and Go” by David Menconi

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

Psyche A. Williams-Forson Wins 2023 James Beard Award

UNC Press offers our sincere congratulations to Psyche A. Williams-Forson on being awarded the 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award in Food Issues & Advocacy for Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America!  Each year, the James Beard Awards, a program of the James Beard Foundation, recognizes exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, media, and… Continue Reading Psyche A. Williams-Forson Wins 2023 James Beard Award

Happy Audiobook Month!

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!

2023 Association for the Study of Food & Society / Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society Annual Meeting

Although UNC Press does not have a booth at the ASFS/AFHVS annual meeting this year, you can still browse our new books in food studies & purchase them at our conference discount! Visit our virtual booth to learn more about our titles on display, to connect with editor Cate Hodorowicz, and to learn more about our new Black Food Justice… Continue Reading 2023 Association for the Study of Food & Society / Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society Annual Meeting

Physical and Ideological Cases against Black Citizenship: An Excerpt from “Fit Citizens”

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”