A Theory of Birds Named Finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Winners of the Tufts Awards will be announced in April.
Author Elizabeth Shores to Discuss Shared Secrets
Join the University of Arkansas Libraries and Press for a discussion of Shared Secrets.
40% Off for Black History Month
To celebrate Black History Month, the University of Arkansas Press is offering 40% off two books that explore African-American History in Arkansas.
Fugitivism Wins 2020 Booker Worthen Literary Prize
Fugitivism: Escaping Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1820–1860 by S. Charles Bolton has won the 2020 Booker Worthen Literary Prize. Like enslaved people all over the South, those in the Lower Mississippi Valley left home at night for clandestine parties or...
A Theory of Birds reviewed in The Rumpus
Zaina Alsous’s A Theory of Birds is a marvel in using scientific theory and classification to explore womanhood, exile, minority experience, the effects of war, and post-colonialism. The poet uses different kinds and classifications of birds as a binding metaphor...
New Course Adoptions
University of Arkansas Press books are used in a wide variety of college courses. A selection of these can be found on our course adoptions page. Recent books from history, poetry, and sport have been adopted for Spring 21 courses.