Just in! Watch the video of the panel from the American Historical Association in Chicago discussing "Between Loving and Leaving: Essays on the New Midwestern History," published by University of Oklahoma Press. youtu.be/YHq8_YMZAIM?...
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Coming in March: Journalist Nina Mandell tells the story of Ohio’s celebrated Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School gymnastics team in “A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the Line”:
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🆕🎧: Publishing leaders look back at decades of transformation and tenacity in the industry. A conversation for the occasion of director Doug Armato's retirement, with Lisa Bayer, Greg Britton, Jennifer Crewe, Dean Smith, and moderator Bill Germano.
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Videos from the Lost Region Conference on Midwestern studies are now live! Watch the opening conference panel exploring critical challenges facing Midwestern studies m.youtube.com/watch?v=xLWv... @midwesternhistory.bsky.social @mpsa.bsky.social @historians.org @oah.org @middlewestpress.bsky.social
One last reviews roundup for 2025—including attention for books by @jlauck1941.bsky.social, @newsguy.bsky.social, and more. Congrats to all our authors, and thanks to our many readers!
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Big news: @rustbeltlab.bsky.social has launched “Rust Belt Studies"! We're proud to see KSUP represented in the inaugural issue, which has @jlauck1941.bsky.social's essay from “Where East Meets (Mid)West,” plus a review of Deborah Fleming’s “Ghosts of an Old Forest.”
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As the year winds down, a note of thanks to some of the review outlets, literary organizations, and other partners who’ve helped celebrate Kent State University Press’s books and authors in 2025. We’re excited for even bigger things in 2026!
New Episode!
Check out the newest installment of Heartland History as we visit with Daniel J. Clark about his new work "Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s."
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CfP extended for "THE MODERN MIDWEST, 1989-2025" series at the Middle West Review. Please see the link for more details.
It's time to recover the lost region.
Join us November 15th in Sioux Falls for a historic gathering of scholars committed to revitalizing Midwestern studies.
Register now—seats are limited!
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New Episode!
We mark the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with authors Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair, whose new book "Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy" was recently released by Michigan State University Press. (1/4)
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Check out the latest episode of @heartlandhistory.bsky.social hosted by Kevin Mason and @joshkluever.bsky.social. Their guests are Tom Nelson and Jerald Podair as they explore their wonderful new book “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy”
Out Now! "Between Loving and Leaving: Essays on the New Midwestern History" edited by Jon K. Lauck. www.oupress.com/978080619602...
New Episode!
Step into the forest with author David Hankensen and discover the remarkable life of Helen Hoover. (1/5)
New Book Release: "Between Loving and Leaving: Essays on the New Midwestern History" edited by Jon K. Lauck was published by the University of Oklahoma Press on September 30. www.oupress.com/978080619602...
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Kent State University Press Book List - Lit Youngstown Festival Author Title Capuzza, Jamie The Fifth Star Fleming, Deborah Ghosts of an Old Forest Fleming, Deborah Resurrection of the Wild (PB) Lauck, Jon Where East Meets (Mid) West Livingston, Bill The Promise of LeBron James Malone, Charles et al Light Enters the Grove Belew, Terry The Deep Blue of Neptune Dekeersgieter, Colin Opium and Ambergris Terrell, Stephen The Madness of John Terrell Nite, Norman The House That Rock Built Ruffner, Howard Moments of Truth Vacha, John Playhouse Square and the Cleveland Renaissance
Come find KSUP books—and @tottencs.bsky.social, our director—at the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival! If you’re not in Youngstown, you can still save 30% on titles from the exhibit (with free shipping, through 10/31). Use code LYF30 at checkout:
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Poster I made for the Great Midwest Crane Fest!
This is going to be so beautiful! And not just because I have an essay in it!
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Lost Region Recovery Project Conference
Nov 15, 2025 | Sioux Falls, SD 🎯
Reviving Midwestern Studies scholarship
💰 $40 | Register: email klauck@alumni.nd.edu by Oct 10 📹
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My painting WISCONSIN FARM
On this day in 1935, Ernie Pyle set out with his wife Jerry to tour the country and report on what he found as the “Hoosier Vagabond” columnist.
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Thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for the birthday wishes! 💯
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I'm thrilled that my first book review--of John Nelson's Muddy Ground--has been published in the Middle West Review!
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"I Was Surprised by the Good Nature of the Students."
Free article on student anti-war protests, available now from the latest issue of Middle West Review: bit.ly/46gLfS4
Woken by Sirens would be a good name for a Midwestern band.
Grateful to Cleveland Magazine (@clevelandmag.bsky.social) for including KSU Press in this writeup of book publishing in Northeast Ohio—and pleased to see more attention for “Light Enters the Grove”!
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Page 1 of my Gass essay.
In the mail: the very large new issue of Middle West Review. My piece on William H. Gass is on page 601.
