Jan 20, 2017 | News, Review
“In a second collection that beats with multiple hearts, Givhan (Landscape with Headless Mama) addresses complicated familial identity, writing of her own Mexican-American background, her mixed-race husband, and their adopted black child. The book is full of...
Jan 12, 2017 | Award, News
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Two books recently published by the University of Arkansas Press were chosen as among the “Outstanding Academic Titles” for 2016. The books are: Slavery and Secession in Arkansas: A Documentary History, by University of Arkansas associate...
Oct 25, 2016 | Award, News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation announced the winners and finalists of the 2016 Legacy Awards and paid tribute to celebrated authors Ernest J. Gaines and Junot Díaz on Friday, October 21st in Washington, D.C. More than...
Oct 12, 2016 | Event, News
University of Arkansas Press authors at the Southern Festival of Books: Saturday, 15 OCT 2016 1:00-2:00 PM LP Room 31 Race and Rhetoric in the...
Sep 9, 2016 | Award, News
ATHENS, Ga — A look at segregated public libraries in the Jim Crow South and a biography of a civil rights activist turned elected official are the winners of the 2016 Lillian Smith Books Awards. Cheryl Knott, a professor in the School of Information, University...
Aug 31, 2016 | News, Review
In E-mails from Scheherazad (2003), Kahf introduces the legendary storyteller to the electronic trappings of contemporary life, yielding poignant and humorous cultural commentary. In this new collection of forthright and fearless poetry, Kahf gives voice to Hagar, an...
