The University of Chicago Press

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The University of Chicago Press is one of the oldest and largest university presses in the United States and a distinguished publisher of trade and scholarly books and journals. Refining minds since 1891!

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 6:00 AM

#ICOHTEC2026 may be ending, but our virtual exhibit is still open! Browse our virtual exhibit and get 35% off & free U.S. shipping using code EX58450: bit.ly/UCPEXICOHTEC

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@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 1:02 PM

#4S2026 may be ending, but our virtual exhibit is still open! Browse our virtual exhibit and get 35% off & free U.S. shipping using code EX58412: bit.ly/UCPEX4S

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@dhowlett1692.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:25 PMReposted by @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Today we have @timothysw.bsky.social joining us on @askhistorians.bsky.socialsto discuss his new book Outed, new from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Come check it out!

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@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:31 PM

The three newest books in our Phoenix Poets series are here! This season, we are publishing THE ROPE IN BLOOM (Bilingual Edition) by Radu Vancu, LITTLE SOUND by Katherine Gibbel, and COME AGAIN? by Alyssa N. Moore. Learn more about these books and the series at www.phoenixpoets.org

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:31 PM

Attending #4S2026? Make sure to check out the Life After Control 2 panel featuring author of Rarities, Zoe Nyssa, at 1:30pm in the 2nd Floor Churchill Room to discuss the unintended consequences of environmental conservation.

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@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:47 PM

Congratulations to author Mia Costa whose book, HOW POLITICIANS POLARIZE, has won the 2026 Edwards Book Award helmed by the Rodel Institute. The prize will be conferred at the Rodel Fellowship Reunion in Washington, D.C. on April 2, 2027. Please join us in celebrating this achievement!

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:22 PM

Huge congratulations to Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature! 🏆 Her stand-alone translation of Euripides's Iphigenia among the Taurians—fierce and fresh as any contemporary drama—is available from UChicago Press: buff.ly/WSZrxFc

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:30 PM

At #4S2026? Make sure to check out the Contraptions 3 panel featuring author of Divination Engines, Xiaochang Li, at 1:30pm in the Mezzanine Birchwood Ballroom for a conversation on the history of machine intelligence as a language contraption.

blue background, contraptions 3 panel, picture of xiaochang li left smiling with long dark hair, book cover right titled divination engines, thursday, october 8 at 1:30pm, mezzanine birchwood ballroom

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 6:00 AM

The International Conference of the History of Technology is underway! You can check out our featured books and get 35% off & free U.S. shipping with promo code EX58450 at our virtual exhibit: bit.ly/UCPEXICOHTEC #ICOHTEC2026

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:47 PM

On October 13, join NON-LITERARY FICTION author Esther Gabara for a virtual talk hosted by Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas UNAM! buff.ly/QrHaTN9

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:03 PM

The Society for Social Studies of Science meeting is underway! You can check out our featured books and get 35% off & free U.S. shipping with promo code EX58412 at our virtual exhibit: bit.ly/UCPEX4S #4S2026

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 10:47 PM

Congratulations to Susan Stewart, author of BRAMBLE, who has been named a finalist for the 2026 National Book Awards!
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@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 3:22 PM

🍂 Our autumn reading list is here — a book for every fall activity, from apple-picking to pumpkin-spice lattes to adult trick-or-treating (yes, really): buff.ly/PVmezU0

Grid of six book covers on food and nature history: "Pie: A Global History" by Janet Clarkson, with an illustrated pie on mustard yellow; "Beer Ghosts" by Jennifer A. Jordan, dark green vintage-style design; "A Feast for the Eyes" by Carolyn Tillie, featuring a face-like arrangement of fruits and vegetables on black; "Tea, Coffee & Chocolate" by Melanie King, with a coffee-ring stain design on white; "Nature's Apothecary" by Margaret Willes, showing a colorful illustrated garden medallion and mortar and pestle; and "Oak Origins" by Andrew L. Hipp, with illustrated oak leaves on a tan background.

@melanienewport.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 4:03 PMReposted by @uchicagopress.bsky.social

unboxing our latest from the Chicago Visions and Revisions series @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Scream! Bleed! Take Off Your Clothes! the story of Chicago’s Organic Theater Company and an inspiring book about the joy of finding your people and making stuff with them. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 3:22 PM

Calling poets and poetry translators! Our Phoenix Poets open submission period runs through October 31. Learn more at buff.ly/GWJexlS

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:47 PM

It’s the season for spooky books! Get great deals on haunting Halloween reads all October long.

Use promo code HALLOWEEN30 for a 30% discount on our most spine-tingling tomes through 10/31/2026.

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@theopennotebook.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:00 AMReposted by @uchicagopress.bsky.social

A peek between the covers: Here’s @kendrawrites.com’s “How Rising Groundwater Caused by Climate Change Could Devastate Coastal Communities,” annotated by @prosaaquino.bsky.social. Order our new book, published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social, here: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

@uchicagopress.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:47 PM

Chicagoland readers! Drop by the @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social on Oct. 9 to hear @emilydufton.bsky.social discuss her new book, ADDICTION, INC. buff.ly/GqPI2GZ

@townhallseattle.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:00 AMReposted by @uchicagopress.bsky.social

10/19 at 6 PM | Writer and researcher danah boyd runs the numbers on the efforts of the real working people responsible for pulling off the 2020 census.

🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/O6ojle9

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@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:05 PMReposted by @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Sociology professor Sunmin Kim received @asanews.bsky.social's 2026 Section on the History of Sociology and Social Thought Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award for his book “The Unruly Facts of Race” from @uchicagopress.bsky.social. bit.ly/4ddxM0d

Photo of Sunmin Kim. Text overlay reads, “Sunmin Kim, assistant professor of sociology. American Sociological Association’s 2026 Section on the History of Sociology and Social Thought Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award.”

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