UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting in-person at the Society for Military History annual meeting! We hope you’ll stop by our booth (#22) to say hello to editor Debbie Gershenowitz and to browse our titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its… Continue Reading 2023 Society for Military History Annual Meeting
UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting in-person at the American Society for Environmental History annual meeting! We hope you’ll stop by our table 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! Be sure to check out our Flows, Migrations, and… Continue Reading 2023 American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting
Although UNC Press will not be in attendance at the Association for Asian Studies and Association for Asian American Studies annual meetings, that doesn’t mean you can’t browse our Asian/Asian American studies titles & purchase them at our conference discount! Be sure to use promo code 01DAH40 at checkout to receive our 40% conference discount. And if your order totals… Continue Reading Asian & Asian American Studies Titles
A new series from the Library of Congress invites readers to experience the Library’s treasures in compact, accessible books that curate a unique collection of objects and bring them to life with color reproductions, historical context, and fascinating anecdotes. The first two books in the Collection Close-Up series are available now. American Feast Spotlights Food from America’s Library American Feast:… Continue Reading Introducing the Collection Close-Up Series from the Library of Congress
UNC Press is excited to exhibiting in-person at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meeting! We hope you’ll stop by our table to say hello to editor Lucas Church and to browse our titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! New from UNC Press The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of… Continue Reading 2023 Appalachian Studies Association Annual Meeting
We are pleased to announce the latest batch of UNC Press e-books being made available as Open-access (OA)—free of charge and for immediate download—via an award sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Open Book Program. Read about UNC Press Open Access Vision and Policy The previous titles made available through open access via the NEHFOP program have seen a… Continue Reading New UNC Press Titles in the NEH Fellowships Open Book Program
UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting in-person at the AAIHS annual meeting! We hope you’ll stop by our table to say hello to editor 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… Continue Reading 2023 African American Intellectual History Society Annual Meeting
UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting in-person at AWP 2023 – we hope you’ll stop by our table (T522) to say hello to editors Lucas Church & Cate Hodorowicz and to browse our literary nonfiction titles on display. And if you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! Earlier this week, we had the chance… Continue Reading 2023 AWP Annual Meeting
We’re kicking off our Spring/Summer 2023 season with a stellar line up of new titles! Browse this list to see new books publishing this month, and you can find the full list, including a bunch of new in paperbacks here. The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South edited by Kami Ahrens “These… Continue Reading New This Month: March
Great Circle Books publishes literary nonfiction—including memoir, literary journalism, personal and lyric essays, and work that defies easy classification—by emerging writers. The Great Circle is the intersection of lines on the celestial sphere—lines overlapping and creating new entryways of understanding. In that spirit, Great Circle Books seeks, through innovative work, to merge the human experience with our relationship to place. Its… Continue Reading A New Series from UNC Press – Great Circle Books
Game Changers: Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the Era That Transformed a Southern College Town by Art Chansky has been selected as the March bookclub selection for North Carolina Reads: North Carolina Humanities’ statewide book club. The free bookclub features five books, from February through June, that explore the history and culture of North Carolina and highlight issues of racial,… Continue Reading Join the NC Reads Statewide Book Club and Read Game Changers by Art Chansky
We are pleased to announce the availability of the following UNC Press titles in audiobook format. You can browse additional audiobook blogposts here. Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics by Anastasia Curwood, published by Audible Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America by Psyche A. Williams-Forson, published by Tantor Media Stretching the Heavens: The Life of… Continue Reading Recently Released UNC Press Audiobooks
We’re excited to announce that in celebration of the inaugural issue of Hammer and Hope: A Magazine of Black Politics & Culture, you can now read Hammer and Hoe by Robin D. G. Kelley for free until 3/22/23. The Magazine, whose name is inspired by the award winning book, Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression by Robin… Continue Reading Read Hammer and Hoe for Free
The following is a guest post by Elaine Maisner, UNC Press Executive Editor Emerita. As the UNC Press editor who published acclaimed cookbook writer Jean Anderson’s very last book, Kiln to Kitchen: Favorite Recipes from Beloved North Carolina Potters, I was happy to receive this request to blog about my appreciation for Jean, who died last month at the age of… Continue Reading In Appreciation of Jean Anderson
The UNC Press Presents 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 J. Brent Morris, author of… Continue Reading Catch up on the UNC Press Presents Podcast
We’re pleased to announce the release of the following Savor the South® Cookbooks in paperback format: Bacon, Beans & Field Peas, Buttermilk, Catfish, Fruit, Ham, Peaches, Pie, Southern Holidays, Sunday Dinner, and Tomatoes. Each little cookbook in our Savor the South® cookbook collection is a big celebration of a beloved food or tradition of the American South. Written by well-known… Continue Reading Savor the South Cookbooks Now in Paperback
We are pleased to announce the availability of the following UNC Press titles in audiobook format. You can browse additional audiobook blogposts here. The Southern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South by Charles Reagan Wilson, published by Tantor Media We the Dead: Preserving Data at the End of the World by Brian Michael Murphy,… Continue Reading Recently Released UNC Press Audiobooks
We’re kicking off our Spring/Summer 2023 season with new paperbacks. Browse this list of titles newly available in paperback form, including our Savor the South Cookbooks, and be sure to browse all of our new paperbacks coming out this season. Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox by Caroline E. Janney 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize… Continue Reading New In Paperback: February
See what’s trending at UNC Press with this reading list of the most viewed books on our website this month. Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South by Sarah McNamara (April 2023 “Sarah McNamara brings a dedication to historical craft—a fealty to the archives as well as command of oral history as practice and praxis. Writing with passion and precision, she always… Continue Reading Trending this Month: January
Guest blog post by John D. French, author of Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil I progress as I digress, the author of Tristram Shandy wrote, and so Brazil, a country whose November election touched hearts, leading many to contact me after the second round of the election. The anxieties associated with uncertainties of the transition—including… Continue Reading The Return of Lula to the Brazilian Presidency: Reflections by Lula’s Biographer
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