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@doc-pollard.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:45 PMReposted by @uofmpress.bsky.social

Congratulations to Anne Carson on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature!

Not that we could have known about it in advance, but @uofmpress.bsky.social had been planning to celebrate Carson's work with a second title in the Under Discussion Series.

More details here: press.umich.edu/Books/A/Anne...

Book cover for "Anne Carson and the Unknown: Contemporary Perspectives on Poetic Experimentation," edited by Helena Van Praet and Christine Wiesenthal, published in the Under Discussion Series by the University of Michigan Press. The top and bottom sections are a muted teal-blue. The top displays the title in black sans-serif font and white serif subtitle font. The bottom lists "Edited by Helena Van Praet and Christine Wiesenthal" in white text. The central illustration features a linocut-style portrait in muted purple and light teal against a white and teal background, depicting a person looking slightly to the side.

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:02 PM

Register for this conversation with "An Actor's Tale" author Amy E. Hughes, which is next Friday on Zoom! Hughes introduces attendees to the playwright and actor Harry Watkins for an alternative history of 19th century theater. Register here: buff.ly/6Ipkz0K

@karagavin.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:53 AMReposted by @uofmpress.bsky.social

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@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 5:30 PM

Njeri Githire's "Hungry Subjects" is now available to read online! This #OpenAccess volume in our African Perspectives series interrogates the plate, palate, and African literary imagination of food and eating. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Book cover for Hungry Subjects: Mapping Appetites in the African Cultural Landscape by Njeri Githire, featuring bold yellow title over an orange botanical illustration, shown tilted against a warm brown background with the words "Available Now" below.

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 4:45 PM

We need more media studies scholars because the media shapes and influences our perceptions of reality. Learn more about the #TalkAboutHumanities campaign and join in: www.acls.org/TalkAboutHum...

Woman adjusting her hair with a small brush and mirror, overlaid with the quote “Media studies scholars are essential because the media shapes our reality and influences our perceptions.” — Wanjirũ G. Mbure, author of Out for Glamour in Africa.

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:27 PM

Incredible news! Our book "Anne Carson and the Unknown: Contemporary Perspectives on Poetic Experimentation" delves into the varied ways Carson engages with the unknown, both as a philosophical concept and as a method of creative practice. Pre-order here: press.umich.edu/Books/A/Anne...

@lupdistribution.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:19 AMReposted by @uofmpress.bsky.social

🤔 How did ideas of the “mind” help sustain modern capitalism?
"Inner Worlds" traces how concepts of consciousness, spirit, and collective psychology were used to explain social crises in modern Japan, obscuring the inequalities of the system itself.

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@livunipress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:07 AMReposted by @uofmpress.bsky.social

Good morning, Frankfurt! 👋 Stop by the IPG stand #J7 in Hall 4.2 to chat with Ellen Appleton and Anna Champion about Liverpool Rights Services and the presses they represent.

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@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 9:37 PM

Inquire, learn, and engage with our country's history and culture since its founding with our U.S. at 250 collection here: press.umich.edu/Books/US-250

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:13 PM

In the Santa Barbara area? Check out author Peng Xu's book talk based on "The Courtesan's Memory, Voice, and Late Ming Drama" on Oct. 14. Learn more and RSVP here for the event at UCSB: buff.ly/mYyuVdf

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 4:30 PM

Congratulations to Patricia Anne Simpson on being awarded the 2026 History & Social Sciences Book Prize from DAAD/GSA! This study decodes the ways German-speaking Europe's cultural narratives reflect histories of entanglement with the colonial world. Read more: buff.ly/TXzrz9p

2026 DAAD/GSA History & Social Sciences Book Prize winner: Patricia Anne Simpson’s German Empires and Decolonial Fantasies, 1492–1942, shown with the book cover against a dark blue background.

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 4:15 PM

"The Ford Administration and Anglo-American Relations" is now available! This study reevaluates how an interim presidency developed a new US-UK relationship. Start reading here: buff.ly/wmt20HG

Book cover titled "The Ford Administration and Anglo‑American Relations: Re‑valuing an Interim Presidency," showing two formally dressed dignitaries dancing at a state event, with "Available Now" printed beneath.

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:03 PM

"Incarceration Games: A History of Role-Play in Psychology, Prisons, and Performance" by Stephen J. Scott-Bottoms is now available open access! Start reading at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Paperback of Incarceration Games with the text Now Available Open Access

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 10:16 PM

UMP author Norman Minnick tabled at Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest this past weekend for his study "We Rode the Rhythms as One: On the Poetry of Etheridge Knight. Learn more about the book and grab your own copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/W/We-R...

Large banner promoting a poet titled "The Poet, The Poem, and The People" featuring a black-and-white portrait of a man at a typewriter, a nearby table displaying a book about his work, and people browsing a vendor fair.

Attendees browse tables at an indoor book fair; a woman reads from a paperback in front of a tall banner for poet Etheridge Knight while vendors and stacks of books fill the room.

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:30 PM

Protect the freedom to read. Let books be.

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@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:22 PM

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@leuvenup.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:16 PMReposted by @uofmpress.bsky.social

📚 We’re proud to join the @acls1919.bsky.social #TalkAboutHumanities campaign.

The message is simple: we need more humanities and social sciences research.

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@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:00 PM

We're participating in the ACLS #TalkAboutHumanities campaign this fall! We invite you to join in and advocate for your discipline. Read more about the campaign here: www.acls.org/TalkAboutHum...

@uofmpress.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:45 PM

Our newest book is "Forrest Gander: Poetry, Translation, Ecology" Edited by Robert Baker! As part of the Under Discussion series, it focuses on a resonant voice in the field of contemporary ecopoetry and ecopoetics. Find it at press.umich.edu/Books/F/Forr...

Paperback of Forrest Gander: Poetry, Translation, Ecology edited by Robert Baker with the text Available Now

@doc-pollard.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 4:00 PMReposted by @uofmpress.bsky.social

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Book cover for WHAT THE MIRROR SAID by Ashley M. Jones, featuring large white typography with faint mirror reflections underneath each word on a solid crimson red background, with the subtitle "The Necessity of Black Women in Poetry." Published by the University of Michigan Press in the Poets on Poetry Series, edited by Derek Pollard.

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