@upittpress
We publish in a wide range of scholarly and cultural fields for general readers, scholars, and students. Home of the Pitt Poetry Series. https://upittpress.org/ NOT the official account of the university.
We're thrilled that *two* LDS presses are finalists for the Foreword Indie Awards 2025.
University of Georgia Press and University of Pittsburgh Press are among the nominees.
See the full list: bit.ly/4bu7cPT
Explore UGAP and UPP titles: bit.ly/4dhzoqm
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Veronica Corpuz reviews Joan Naviyuk Kane @naviyuk.bsky.social, _with snow pouring southward past the window_ @upittpress.bsky.social
www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/202...
"an exercise of semantic and syntactical calisthenics that stretches this reader’s habits of reading and meaning making"
The tote bags from @upittpress.bsky.social really held up from schlepping 30lbs of books through Baltimore and 2 airports 🌟
“Poet Bobby Elliott explains that he has no interest in ‘fucking around on the page.’” By Fred Shaw. @upittpress.bsky.social
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Recent titles from @upittpress.bsky.social at #4c26 upittpress.org/cccc-confere...
A reminder that @upittpress.bsky.social will be gracing the halls of #AAG2026 in Mick-spatial form (@mickodopolous.bsky.social). Let's book a time to talk about books:
bit.ly/3MdV2AX
Today’s Feature:
“Take Me to Stavanger” by Anzhelina Polonskaya, translated by Andrew Wachtel from Take Me to Stavanger published by @upittpress.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/take-me...
Welcome aboard, Mick!
Bummed you're not here! I'll send one ASAP.
We're excited to welcome 1000 indie booksellers to Pittsburgh for Winter Institute! Booksellers, make sure to grab the Wi exclusive galley of August Wilson's American Century at tonight's opening reception!
Don't miss AUGUST WILSON’S AMERICAN CENTURY, newly out from @upittpress.bsky.social!
In this book, Laurence A. Glasco “meticulously chronicles the life of 20th-century playwright August Wilson through the prism of his home city.” —Publishers Weekly #BlackHistoryMonth upittpress.org/books/978082...
"These plays 'gave dignity and respect to the lives of Pittsburgh’s working-class Black residents that [Wilson] carefully observed and came to value.'”
Doug MacLeod reviews Laurence Glasco’s AUGUST WILSON'S AMERICAN CENTURY: LIFE AS ART. pghrev.com/august-wilso...
"Wilson sensed that creativity is all around us, and Glasco sees that."
Thanks to the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for this wonderful, thoughtful review of August Wilson's American Century!
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Going to AWP? Please join us for this offsite reading featuring @uwiscpress.bsky.social and @upittpress.bsky.social!
Reading for LSU Press will be James Davis May and Chelsea Rathburn, while Arao Ameny and Ryan Teitman will represent @southernreview.bsky.social.
logo, ABA Winter Institute, WI2026, Pittsburgh, PA
Looking forward to the American Booksellers Association Winter Institute 2026 next week. Come "Meet the Presses" at table 94 on Wed 2/25 - our members University of Arizona Press, Cambridge University Press, @fordhampress.bsky.social & @wvupress.bsky.social will be there!
Promotional graphic for “Nonviolent Response”, which has a lilac background. The book cover can be found to the right of the graphic, which has a white background with blue and orange text, and it displays various illustrations such as a white dove holding an olive branch in its mouth, a speech bubble with a peace symbol within it, and a hand holding a pen with a purple scroll in the background. Next to the cover image in a transparent purple box with rounded edges is a review quote by Ellen C. Carillo which reads, “a model of nonviolent response with powerful implications for teachers and others committed to empathetic engagement with writing.” To the bottom left of the quote, the dove from the cover image can be found, and the University of Pittsburgh Press logo in dark blue is beside it to the right.
“Nonviolent Response” by Sheri Rysdam and JT Torres presents a nonviolent philosophical framework with practical methods for teachers and others, offering evidence-based methods for effective, timesaving, and motivational responses. Read more: buff.ly/Bcg31dB @upittpress.bsky.social
Top left red box: text reads "AWP offsite university press poetry reading 3.4.26 Wednesday 7-9 PM." Top right teal box text reads: "Featuring: Arao Ameny, Kameryn Alexa Carter, Lara Egger, Bobby Elliott, Brian Gyamfi, Rebekah Denison Hewitt, Daniel Khalastchi, James Davis May, Chelsea Rathburn, Bruce Snider, Ryan Teitman, Felicia Zamora." Bottom right purple box reads "Baltimore Museum of Industry Communications Gallery, 1415 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230." Bottom left white box has logos for the University of Wisconsin Press, LSU Press, and University of Pittsburgh Press
AWP attendees: save the date! We hope you'll join @uwiscpress.bsky.social, @upittpress.bsky.social, and @lsupress.bsky.social for an offsite university press poetry reading on Wednesday, March 4, from 7-9 PM, at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, featuring twelve poets! @awpwriter.org #AWP26
Erg blij met dit mooie interview door @nrc.nl over mijn onderzoek naar Galileo.
En voor wie na afloop meer wil lezen over roddels, roem, en reputatie(schade): Galileo's Fame is verkrijgbaar bij de betere boekhandel en natuurlijk via @upittpress.bsky.social
THE DEER The deer, beneath the streetlight, I saw it become nothing. I saw it walk through the grass as if a minute before it walked it had been grass, and knew if I were wiser, I could be a deer with a man inside— but this is not a deer, it's nearly a man but not quite man, it's only a man beneath the streetlight. I'm saying, elongated, thin the adrenaline is a river, a herd of clear stones, and my high will not decrease anymore not like the way I surprise myself at where I've arrived. Perhaps this is a sighting of sorts. Perhaps this is a prayer.
Brian Gyamfi ♥️
from WHAT GOD IN THE KINGDOM OF BASTARDS
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Thrilled to see August Wilson's American Century included in this list!
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very excited to share the cover for our forthcoming book by susan burns on the history of medical modernization and public health in tokyo! featuring a bunch of color images and cool maps!
✨COVER REVEAL✨
Mapping Medical Modernity: Urban Space and Public Health in Tokyo, 1868-1920 by Susan Burns explores the history of medical modernization and public health in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Tokyo.
Details & preorder: upittpress.org/books/978082...
@wesa.fm interviews Larry Glasco about August Wilson, Pittsburgh, and Wilson's creative genius. Listen here: www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...
August Wilson's American Century: Life as Art is out today!
Promotional graphic for "August Wilson's American Century" by Laurence A. Glasco. The graphic presents the cover image for the book on the left-hand side, which contains a black and white image of August Wilson with a notepad and pen. Next to the cover image is a white, transparent box with a review quote by John W. Miller which reads, "August Wilson belongs among Shakespeare, Goethe, and Ibsen as one of the great playwrights of all time. Laurence A. Glasco has uncovered the life and labor behind the art." Below the quotation and next to the cover image is the University of Pittsburgh Press logo in black.
"August Wilson's American Century" is out today! This book is a revealing study of Pittsburgh’s influence on one of America’s most acclaimed playwrights and was listed by Pioneer Press (Minneapolis-St. Paul) as a most anticipated release for 2026. Read more: bit.ly/49W53Mj @upittpress.bsky.social
Thrilled to see August Wilson's American Century, which publishes tomorrow (!), on this list!
The ghost of editor @mickodopolous.bsky.social will be "floating" at #AAG2026. Cultivating book projects on behalf of @upittpress.bsky.social.
Buy him a drink, or grab an appointment here bit.ly/3MdV2AX
to tell him your bookish thoughts.
Read poetry from our #BlackHistoryMonth reading list!
The speaker of Kameryn Alexa Carter’s ANTEDILUVIAN attempts “to wade through agoraphobia, parse out their relationship with God, and navigate falling in love.” @upittpress.bsky.social
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Looking forward to sharing insights from my new book Narco-Democratization at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law seminar series on 10 February: cisrul.blog/event/dr-all...
For those looking for a greater understanding of the Twin Cities and the histories of race, citizenship, and immigration in the US that have led to this moment, the university of minnesota press is sharing this list of books for greater understanding, some of which are open access.
Really looking forward to speaking @linneansociety.bsky.social on Wednesday 4 February - do come along if you are free!