March 22, 2023

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

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March 21, 2023

Recasting the Vote: Introduction

Happy Women’s History Month! If you’re looking for Women’s History Titles to read this month, you can browse our previous Women’s History Blog Post’s, check out books in our Gender and American Culture series, and learn more about our new Black Women’s History series. The following is an excerpt from the introduction of Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage… Continue Reading Recasting the Vote: Introduction

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March 20, 2023

Essential Gardening Books for your Bookshelf this Spring

Happy Spring! We’re kicking of the spring season by highlighting some of our essential gardening guides. Whether you’re a beginner gardener or a seasoned horticulture/landscape professional these gardening guides are a must-have for your bookshelf. Climate Change Gardening for the South: Planet-Friendly Solutions for Thriving Gardens by Barbara J. Sullivan “Sullivan just might change your perception of what makes a… Continue Reading Essential Gardening Books for your Bookshelf this Spring

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March 17, 2023

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

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March 17, 2023

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

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March 16, 2023

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

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March 14, 2023

Finding Pluck: The Origins of “Who We Are Now”

The following is a guest blog post by Michelle Fishburne, author of Who We Are Now: Stories of What Americans Lost and Found during the COVID-19 Pandemic, which is on-sale today, everywhere books are sold. Who We Are Now is a collection of 100 first-person stories about people’s lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, gathered as Michelle Fishburne motor-homed 12,000 miles… Continue Reading Finding Pluck: The Origins of “Who We Are Now”

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March 13, 2023

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

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March 10, 2023

Bestselling Women’s History Titles Over the Years

Happy Women’s History Month! UNC Press has been publishing in Women’s studies for many years and in celebration of this month, we looked back at some of our bestselling Women’s History Titles and compiled this reading list. You can also check out our and our Gender and American Culture series as well as our new Black Women’s History series. Shirley… Continue Reading Bestselling Women’s History Titles Over the Years

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March 9, 2023

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

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March 8, 2023

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

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March 7, 2023

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

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March 6, 2023

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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