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We're highlighting ART AND ACTIVISM, by Jack Marchbanks, for #BlackHistoryMonth — a powerful look at how jazz legends & literary icons used their art to drive the civil rights movement. A must‑read for anyone interested in culture & justice. www.ohioswallow.com/978082142687...

#CivilRightsHistory

Little, Brown Makes Staffing Changes Michelle Howry has been named editorial director of the division’s Little, Brown Spark imprint, while Mulholland’s Joshua Kendall and Algonquin’s Nadxieli Nieto have left the company.

Congratulations to former Ohio University Press student intern Michelle Howry! Best wishes in your new role!

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Celebrating 10 years of Robert Gipe’s Trampoline—a fierce, funny, and deeply Appalachian story of activism, identity & social justice. This limited edition features new contributions from Beth Macy, Darnell Arnoult, Sandra L. Ballard, Marianne Worthington & Gillian Berchowitz.
Only 1,000 copies.

📚 Black History Month Spotlight

FALSE PROMISES—by Ric S. Sheffield—is a powerful account of Black Ohioans who fought for their right to vote despite nineteenth‑century laws designed to silence them.

Learn more at www.ohioswallow.com/978080401257...

#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026 #VotingRights

Judith Resnik Judith Resnik didn’t grow up dreaming of space, but when NASA opened its doors to women astronauts in the late 1970s, she stepped forward—and soared. One...

Today, we honor the life and work of the space shuttle Challenger crew. Among them was Judith Resnik—engineer, trailblazer, and the 2nd American woman in space. A new biography for young readers shares her story and inspires the next generation to soar. 🌟
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Niki Stavrou on Translating Two Classic Kazantzakis Novels - The National Herald Niki Stavrou, the founder and CEO of the Nikos Kazantzakis Estate, owner of the Kazantzakis Heritage Collection, oversees the global… Continue reading Niki Stavrou on Translating Two Classic Kazantzak...

We're humbled and grateful for the opportunity to publish new English-language translations of two Niko Kazantzakis books, as noted in The National Herald: www.thenationalherald.com/niki-stavrou...

Tom Schiff Shares the Story Behind ‘Civic Architecture Across America: Extraordinary Views’ Cincinnati-based photographer Thomas Schiff’s new book contains over 100 panoramic views of our nation’s most beautiful civic buildings.

We’re proud to publish "Civic Architecture Across America: Extraordinary Views" by Thomas Schiff, an Ohio University alumnus whose panoramic photography offers a breathtaking perspective.

Learn more in Ohio Magazine: www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/ar...

#America250 @ohiouniversity.bsky.social

Today's the final day of our holiday book sale! Get 40% off with promo code SNOW at ohioswallow.com. Orders $50+ qualify for free US shipping!

Final call for poetry manuscripts! The Hollis Summers Poetry Prize deadline is December 31. Winner will receive $1000 and publication of the winning manuscript. Final judge is Michael Prior. Learn more at ohioswallow.com/poetry-prize.

Ohio University Press books garner top honors in African studies Ohio University Press proudly announces that several of its recent publications have received prestigious awards from leading scholarly organizations.

We’re thrilled to share that 6 Ohio University Press titles have recently earned top honors from leading scholarly organizations, including the African Studies Association, the American Historical Association, and others. Here's a rundown: www.ohio.edu/news/2025/12...

#AfricanStudies

Admire Mseba standing and holding his book in the Ohio University Press exhibit booth at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting.

Congratulations to Admire Mseba, who received the American Historical Association's Martin A. Klein Prize in African History for his book Society, Power, and Land in Northeastern Zimbabwe, ca. 1560–1960!

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🏆 Thrilled to share that Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi’s Imagine Lagos won the ASA Best Book Prize! 👏
Honorable mention goes to Jody Benjamin for The Texture of Change. 🎉
Big congrats to these scholars!
Learn more:
🔗 www.ohioswallow.com/978082142489...
🔗 www.ohioswallow.com/978082142547...
#africanstudies

Ohio University Press to hold winter holiday book sale Once again this year, Ohio University Press will offer the OHIO community a 40% discount off of its books, in all formats.

Today's the first day of our annual winter holiday book sale!

40% off all titles and free US shipping on orders $50+ w/ promo code SNOW

www.ohio.edu/news/2025/11...

Society, Power, and Land in Northeastern Zimbabwe, ca. 1560–1960 A little over two decades ago, Zimbabwe undertook its Fast Track Land Reform Programme. Critics saw it as nothing more than an assault on human and property ...

Congratulations to Admire Mseba, winner of the 2025 Martin A. Klein Prize in African History from the American Historical Association! Learn more about his book at bit.ly/Mseba

Now through November 25, get 40% off all African studies titles with promo code ASA25

#africanstudies #africanhistory

📚 African Studies Book Sale!

Explore the richness of African history, culture & scholarship with our award-winning books.

✨ 40% OFF all African Studies titles w/ promo code ASA25 at bit.ly/OhioASA25
🚚 Free U.S. shipping
📅 Offer ends November 25

#AfricanStudies #BookSale #AcademicBooks

Big News for Victorian Studies Enthusiasts! 📚
50% OFF select Victorian Studies titles!
🛒 Use promo code: OHVIC at checkout
📅 Offer valid: November 13–16, 2025
Shop now and save big: www.ohioswallow.com/series/serie...

🎧 Just released on the New Books Network:

Jessica Campbell discusses The Brontës and the Fairy Tale—a fresh look at how fairy tales shaped the Brontës’ literary legacy.

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#BrontëSisters #FairyTales #VictorianLit #NewBooksNetwork

Dolores Huerta Stands Strong: The Woman Who Demanded Justice book cover shows an illustration of Dolores Huerta wearing brown pants and a white shirt, holding a sign above her head that reads HUELGA (STRIKE) against a sky-blue background with radiant gray beams fanning out from the left. The title, author's name, and "Biographies for Young Readers" are printed alongside the illustration.

📚 Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth with Dolores Huerta Stands Strong!

This inspiring biography for young readers honors a fearless activist who fought for justice with the rallying cry “Sí, se puede!” 💪

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#DoloresHuerta #YoungReaders #SíSePuede

Book cover shows a sculptured bronze profile bust of James Madison

📘 “The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” — James Madison

#ConstitutionDay reminds us of the enduring power of dialogue, debate, and vision.

Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 offers a firsthand look: www.ohioswallow.com/978082140765...

#JamesMadison

Book cover showing a photograph of Virginia Hamilton smiling and wearing a plaid jacket.

Julie K. Rubini's children's bio "Virginia Hamilton: America’s Storyteller" has been selected by the Ohio Center for the Book for the Great Reads from Great Places program THIS WEEKEND at The Library of Congress National Book Festival 2025!

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#NatBookFest #VirginiaHamilton

Author Kathleen Smythe packed the house Monday at Joseph-Beth Books, sharing stories from Bicycling Through Paradise—a guide to cycling tours of Cincinnati’s most fascinating historical sites.

You can still grab a copy and start your own journey through the Queen City’s past. bit.ly/BikeParadise

🚴‍♀️ Like cycling and local history? Join authors Kathleen Smythe & Chris Hanlin for a discussion and signing of Bicycling through Paradise: Historical Tours Around Cincinnati.

📅 Aug 25 | 7 PM
📍 Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH
🔗 Event info: bit.ly/BikeCincy

#Cycling #Books #CincinnatiEvents

The trippiest road trip novel of all somehow didn't make this list of the best in the genre— www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b... —but lucky for you, we have copies of the counterculture classic DIVINE RIGHT'S TRIP by Gurney Norman:
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🇺🇸 Today we honor the bravery and brilliance of the Navajo Code Talkers.
Introduce young readers to their legacy with Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers, a powerful middle-grade biography.
📘 Learn more: bit.ly/Begay
#NavajoCodeTalkersDay #MiddleGradeBooks #IndigenousHistory #CodeTalkers

Africanfuturism In the past few decades, Western studies of Afrofuturism have grown to encompass examples deriving from multiple sites across the diaspora, as well as from t...

Congratulations to Kimberly Cleveland, author of Africanfuturism, winner of the Science Fiction Research Association Book Award for the best first scholarly monograph in science fiction! www.ohioswallow.com/978082141148...

@sfrareview.bsky.social
#sciencefiction
#scifi
#africanfuturism

Cover of Polish American Studies, Vol. 82, No. 1, Spring 2025 White and red color block background with photo: St. Peter and Paul Church, formerly St. Stanislaus Kostka, the first Polish church in the Pacific Northwest, Tacoma, WA.

‪"The historian Anna Müller has achieved something remarkable in her account of the life of Tonia Lechtman." Sean Martin reviews "An Ordinary Life? The Journeys of Tonia Lechtman" @ohiounivpress.bsky.social‬ in Polish American Studies Vol. 82, No. 1. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pas/arti...

In our latest #OA Featured Review, Khwezi Mkhize explores “Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala” (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social) by Joel Cabrita:

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#SouthAfrica #biography #arts #apartheid

Larks book cover with a black-and-white photograph of a stack of cameras on a wooden table resting on a plank wood floor. A gauzy curtain wafts in from the right. The image is overlaid with the following text: Larks / Poems / Han Vanderhart / Winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize | Selected by Chanda Feldman.

We're delighted to share this breathtaking essay by poet Han Vanderhart, author of the prizewinning book, Larks: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...

@hanvanderhart.bsky.social @poetryfoundation.bsky.social

Piles of books with text overlay: Free Books, Monday, July 14, 9 am–4pm, Alden 101

We're moving to a smaller office, and that means free books for you! Visit Alden Library 101 on Monday, July 14, from 9 am to 4 pm. We have fiction, poetry, children's books, history, African studies, Appalachian studies, and more!

@aldenlibdigital.bsky.social @ohiouniversity.bsky.social

Columbus Book Festival logo. July 12–13, 2025.

Join us at the FREE Columbus Book Festival this weekend! Check out our titles and score some awesome OHIO swag at booth 48. Plus, Columbus author Andrew Welsh-Huggins will be in our booth Saturday, 11–noon. If you haven't read one of his Andy Hayes Mysteries, you're missing out. See you there!