This week is the eleventh annual celebration of mission-driven presses, University Press Week, founded by the Association of University Presses. This year’s theme for the week is “Next UP,” which emphasizes the many ways UPs are evolving, and improving the ways they deliver books, journals, and ideas to readers in the years to come. Many of AUPress’ members submitted the book from their fall list that they feel aligns best with the Next UP theme, as part of the University Press Week reading list you see here.
These titles cover the waterfront, from evocative fiction and poetry to of-the-moment non-fiction books about global warming, Black lives, LGBTQIA+ experiences, and the rights of indigenous people. You’re sure to find your next great read among them.
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More Than One: An Introduction to World Religions
Dyron Daughrity
Abilene Christian University Press
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Studies Into Darkness: The Perils and Promise of Freedom of Speech
Carin Kuoni
Amherst College Press
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Ouanessa Younsi
Athabasca University Press
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When Freedom Speaks: The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of Our First Amendment Right
Lynn Greenky
Brandeis University Press
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25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs
Andrew Leon Hanna
Cambridge University Press
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The Virtues Book: A Catholic Guide
John Garvey
Catholic University of America Press
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Making Space for Justice: Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope
Michele M. Moody-Adams
Columbia University Press
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Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust
W. Jake Newsome
Cornell University Press
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Practices (series)
Edited by Margret Grebowicz
Duke University Press
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New York ReLit publishes reissues of historical, literary fiction about New York or written by authors from New York.
Fordham University Press
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Al-Qata’i: Ibn Tulun’s City Without Walls
Reem Bassiouney and Roger Allen
Georgetown University Press
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Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation
Liz Bucar
Harvard University Press
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Medspeak Illuminated: The Art and Practice of Medical Illustration
Francois I. Luks
Kent State University Press
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Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing
Edited by Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago
Leuven University Press
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Edited by Edited by Hélène E. Bilis, Jean-Vincent Blanchard, David Harrison, and Hélène Visentin
Lever Press
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Afrodiasporic Forms: Slavery in Literature and Culture of the African Diaspora
Raquel Kennon
Louisiana State University Press
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Women, Peace & Security In Professional Military Education
Edited by Lauren Mackenzie and Lieutenant Colonel Dana Perkins
Marine Corps University Press
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Tribal Administration Handbook: A Guide for Native Nations in the United States
Edited by Rebecca M. Webster and Joseph Bauerkemper
Michigan State University Press
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Ekow Eshun
MIT Press
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MLA Handbook Plus is the Modern Language Association’s subscription-based digital resource where students and instructors can access the new ninth edition of the MLA Handbook.
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Leon Forrest
Northwestern University Press
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Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara
Vona Groarke
New York University Press
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Edited by Charles A. Johanningsmeier and Jessica E. McCarthy
Ohio University Press
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Dead Wood: The Afterlife of Trees
Ellen Wohl
Oregon State University Press
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Africana Religions (series)
Edited by Sylvester A. Johnson
Penn State University Press
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Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
Ruha Benjamin
Princeton University Press
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Other Voices of Italy: Italian and Transnational Texts in Translation (series)
Edited by Alessandro Vettori, Eilis Kierans, and Sandra Waters
Rutgers University Press
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Engaging Museums: Rhetorical Education and Social Justice
Lauren Obermark
Southern Illinois University Press
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Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Edited by Deborah P. Amory, Sean G. Massey and Jennifer Miller
State University of New York Press
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Phyllis Frye and the Fight for Transgender Rights
Michael G. Long and Shea Tuttle
Texas A&M University Press
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Ann Fienup-Riordan, Richard W. Tyler, Sharon Birzer, Alice Rearden, and Marie Meade
University of Alaska Press
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Indigenous Women and Street Gangs: Survivance Narratives
Faith, Jazmyne, Amber, Bev, Chantel, Jorgina, and Robert Henry
University of Alberta Press
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Landmark Cases in Canadian Law (series)
University of British Columbia Press
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Adrian Lysenko
University of Calgary Press
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Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
University of Chicago Press
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Jennifer Bess
University Press of Colorado
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Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Lindsay Guarino, Carlos R.A. Jones, and Wendy Oliver
University Press of Florida
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Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (series)
Edited by David L. Brunsma and David G. Embrick
University of Georgia Press
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Edited by Thomas A. DuBois and Hilary-Joy Virtanen
University of Illinois Press
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War & Homecoming: Veteran Identity and the Post-9/11 Generation
Travis L. Martin
University Press of Kentucky
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Queer Voices in Hip Hop: Cultures, Communities, and Contemporary Performance
Lauron J. Kehrer
University of Michigan Press
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Janine Utell
University Press of Mississippi
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Bosnian Studies: Perspectives from an Emerging Field
Edited by Dzeneta Karabegović and Adna Karamehić-Oates
University of Missouri Press
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Cotton Candy: Poems Dipped Out of the Air
Ted Kooser
University of Nebraska Press
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Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry
Edited by Ruben Quesada
University of New Mexico Press
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The University of North Carolina Press: A Century of Publishing
The University of North Carolina Press celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding this year.
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Latinx Media: An Open-Access Textbook
Edited by Rielle Navitski and Leslie Marsh
University of North Georgia Press
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Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas
Edited by George Keaton and Judith Garrett Segura
University of North Texas Press
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An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity
Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen
University of Notre Dame Press
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Steven J. Haberfeld
University of Oklahoma Press
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Edited by Jacob A.C. Remes and Andy Horowitz
University of Pennsylvania Press
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What the Eyes Can’t See: Ralph Northam, Black Resolve, and a Racial Reckoning in Virginia
Margaret Edds
University of South Carolina Press
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On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling, and the NRA
Noah S. Schwartz
University of Toronto Press
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I Spoke to You with Silence: Essays from Queer Mormons of Marginalized Genders
Edited by Kerry Spencer Pray and Jenn Lee Smith
University of Utah Press
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Counterstories from the Writing Center
Edited by Frankie Condon and Wonderful Faison
Utah State University Press
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Journey Without End: Migration from the Global South Through the Americas
Andrew Nelson and Rob Curran
Vanderbilt University Press
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Charlotte Coté
University of Washington Press
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Coming Home to Nez Perce Country: The Niimiipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage
Trevor J. Bond
Washington State University Press
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The Journal of Human Resources
Edited by Anna Aizer
University of Wisconsin Press
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Black Lives (series)
The Black Lives series produces brief, authoritative biographies of individuals of African descent who profoundly shaped history.
Yale University Press