March 3, 2023

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

Categories UNC Press News
March 2, 2023

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

Categories Audiobooks/UNC Press News
March 1, 2023

The Women of Kerman

Happy Women’s History Month! Originating in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week,” and after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, in 1987, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between… Continue Reading The Women of Kerman

Categories Biography / Autobiography/Excerpts/Women's Studies
February 27, 2023

Black History Month Reading List: Biographies

To celebrate Black History Month we have been sharing reading lists of relevant Black history titles for you to enjoy all month long. The final installment of our reading lists focuses on biographies, telling the stories of Black lives and experiences. Make sure to also browse our full list of African American studies titles, learn about our new Black Women’s History Series, and keep… Continue Reading Black History Month Reading List: Biographies

Categories African American Studies/Biography / Autobiography/Reading Lists
February 24, 2023

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

Categories African American History/African American Studies/UNC Press News
February 23, 2023

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

Categories UNC Press News
February 22, 2023

Ordinary Violence

The following is an excerpt from Consent in the Presence of Force: Sexual Violence and Black Women’s Survival in Antebellum New Orleans by Emily A. Owens, available wherever books are sold. In histories of enslavement and in Black women’s history, coercion looms large in any discussion of sex and sexuality. At a time when sexual violence against Black women was… Continue Reading Ordinary Violence

Categories African American Studies/Excerpts/Women's Studies
February 21, 2023

Trending This Month: February

See what’s trending at UNC Press with this reading list of the most viewed books on our website this month. Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition by Robin D. G. Kelley Elliott Rudwick Prize, Organization of American Historians Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America Francis… Continue Reading Trending This Month: February

Categories African American Studies/Reading Lists
February 20, 2023

Black History Month Reading List Curated by Debbie Gershenowitz

To celebrate Black History Month we are sharing reading lists of relevant black history titles for you to enjoy all month long. The following reading list is curated by Assistant Editorial Director, Debbie Gershenowitz, who acquire’s books on United States, Latin American, and Caribbean history. Debbie’s particular areas of interest include: Black history; the history of the African diaspora; histories of enslavement, abolition,… Continue Reading Black History Month Reading List Curated by Debbie Gershenowitz

Categories African American Studies/Reading Lists
February 17, 2023

Seawall’s Secret: The Selling of More Than Two Dozen Black Africans

The following is an excerpt from Before Equiano: A Prehistory of the North American Slave Narrative by Zachary McLeod Hutchins, available wherever books are sold. In the antebellum United States, formerly enslaved men and women who told their stories and advocated for abolition helped establish a new genre with widely recognized tropes: the slave narrative. This book investigates how enslaved… Continue Reading Seawall’s Secret: The Selling of More Than Two Dozen Black Africans

Categories African American Studies/Colonial, Revolutionary Era & Early American History/Excerpts/Literature
February 16, 2023

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

Categories African American Studies/Diplomatic History / International Affairs/UNC Press News
February 14, 2023

The Oil Issue in Iran

The following is an excerpt from The Struggle for Iran: Oil, Autocracy, and the Cold War, 1951–1954, by David S. Painter and Gregory Brew, available wherever books are sold. Beginning with the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry in spring 1951 and ending with its reversal following the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq in August 1953, the Iranian oil crisis… Continue Reading The Oil Issue in Iran

Categories Diplomatic History / International Affairs/Islamic Studies/Middle Eastern Studies
February 13, 2023

Black History Month Reading List Curated by Dawn Durante

To celebrate Black History Month we are sharing reading lists of relevant black history titles for you to enjoy all month long. This reading list is curated by Assistant Editorial Director, Dawn Durante, who acquire’s books on topics that span history and cultural studies, with commitments to African American history and Black studies, women’s history, and particularly Black women’s history,… Continue Reading Black History Month Reading List Curated by Dawn Durante

Categories African American Studies/Reading Lists
February 10, 2023

Social Metabolisms: Precious Metal Mining and it’s Demands on Local Environments and People

The following is an excerpt from The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro: Four Centuries of Extractivism in a Small Mexican Mining Town, by Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert, available now wherever books are sold. Social Metabolisms As the rate and scale of precious metal mining increased with each cycle of extractivist mining, its demands on local environments and people rose proportionally.… Continue Reading Social Metabolisms: Precious Metal Mining and it’s Demands on Local Environments and People

Categories Environmental Studies/Excerpts/Latin American & Caribbean Studies
February 9, 2023

Savor the South Cookbooks Now in Paperback

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

Categories Cooking / Food/UNC Press News
February 7, 2023

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. 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

Categories Audiobooks/UNC Press News
February 6, 2023

Black History Month Reading List: Black Resistance

In celebration of Black History month, we will be featuring reading lists of relevant titles throughout February. This week’s reading list is inspired by the theme, chosen by the founders of Black History Month: the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), which is Black Resistance. You can also browse our full list of African American… Continue Reading Black History Month Reading List: Black Resistance

Categories African American Studies/Reading Lists
February 2, 2023

Black History Month Reading List: Black Voices

UNC Press began publishing books on African American studies in the late 1920’s and we are proud to continually publish distinguished scholarship in this area. In celebration of Black History Month we will be highlighting titles that amplify black voices, underline the black experience, and engage with Black history. You can find weekly reading lists here on the blog and… Continue Reading Black History Month Reading List: Black Voices

Categories African American Studies/Reading Lists
January 31, 2023

New In Paperback: February

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

Categories Hot Off The Press/UNC Press News
January 27, 2023

Defining Indigeneity

The following is an excerpt from On Our Own Terms: Development and Indigeneity in Cold War Guatemala by Sarah Foss, available wherever books are sold. Defining Indigeneity In 1945, the newly created IING sent surveys to the directors of national schools in sixteen of Guatemala’s twenty-two departments, selecting those with substantial Indigenous populations. Because a large majority of responders were… Continue Reading Defining Indigeneity

Categories Excerpts/Latin American & Caribbean Studies