Category: UNC Press News

New Books This Week

Happy Tuesday! On this New Book Tuesday we’re highlighting six new titles that are on sale today, wherever books are sold. Want updates every month on new titles? You can sign up for our monthly eNews here. Oconaluftee: The History of a Smoky Mountain Valley by Elizabeth Giddens “A deep dive into one valley of the mountain borderlands of the… Continue Reading New Books This Week

Trending This Month: March

See what’s trending at UNC Press with this reading 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 Krauthamer 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… Continue Reading Trending This Month: March

2023 Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting in-person at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting! We hope you’ll stop by our booth (206-210) to say hello to Debbie Gershenowitz, Andrew Winters, Sonya Bonczek, & Ann Bingham and to browse our new titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! And be… Continue Reading 2023 Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting

New Books This Week

Happy Tuesday! On this New Book Tuesday we’re highlighting four new titles that are on sale today, wherever books are sold. Medicine, Science, and Making Race in Civil War America by Leslie A. Schwalm Drawing on archives of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, recollections of Civil War soldiers and medical workers, and testimonies from Black Americans, Leslie A. Schwalm exposes the… Continue Reading New Books This Week

Open Access for Monographs is Here. But Are we Ready for It?

By John Sherer, Spangler Family Director of the University of North Carolina Press. He is the chair of the Association of University Presses Open Access Committee and is the Primary Investigator in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded Sustainable History Monograph Pilot. This post originally appeared on The Scholarly Kitchen. At the University of North Carolina Press, we recently completed a… Continue Reading Open Access for Monographs is Here. But Are we Ready for It?

2023 Society for Military History Annual Meeting

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

2023 American Society for Environmental 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

Asian & Asian American Studies Titles

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

Introducing the Collection Close-Up Series from the Library of Congress

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

2023 Appalachian Studies Association Annual Meeting

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

New UNC Press Titles in the NEH Fellowships Open Book Program

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

2023 African American Intellectual History Society Annual Meeting

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

2023 AWP 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

New This Month: March

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

A New Series from UNC Press – Great Circle Books

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

Join the NC Reads Statewide Book Club and Read Game Changers by Art Chansky

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

Recently Released UNC Press Audiobooks

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

Read Hammer and Hoe for Free

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

In Appreciation of Jean Anderson

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

Catch up on the UNC Press Presents Podcast

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