Apr 1, 2017 | News, Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, the University of Arkansas Press will present poetry every day for the month. Today, we present “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins, from his debut collection, The Apple That Astonished Paris....
Mar 31, 2017 | News, Review
“Anderson’s writing is swift and lucid. Moreover, his research is through and complemented by several illustrations that enhance his analysis. Readers interested in the Progressive Era, popular literature, publishing, gender studies, and sports will benefit from...
Mar 10, 2017 | Award, News
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910–1960, by Kenneth Barnes, received the 2017 J.G. Ragsdale Award in Arkansas History. The book was published in November 2016 by the...
Feb 22, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
75 years ago this week, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which gave the United States military the ability to designate areas of the country from which “any and all persons may be excluded.” Although the order did not mention any particular...
Feb 17, 2017 | News, Review
“Although the title suggests this material will interest only historians of a brief legal era, this book is quite a lively read. It views the settlement of Arkansas from the perspective of the state’s appellate courts. Looney, a retired state judge and emeritus...
Feb 3, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
Recently, President Donald Trump issued an executive order temporarily banning travel from seven majority-Muslim countries. UA Press connections is a resource linking current events with books published by the University of Arkansas Press that provide timely and...
