New Orleans Sports Reviewed in the Journal of Southern History
“New Orleans Sports is an excellent book overall. It is well written and well researched, and it provides easily digestible insights from several leading scholars of sport history.”
Virtual Book Talk and Class: Brian Walter teaches Donald Harington at OLLI
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Arkansas will be offering a virtual book talk on Nov. 19th at 11:30 and an online course on the book on December 1 from 1:00 to 2:30.
A Theory of Birds Wins Arab American Book Award
A Theory of Birds: Poems by Zaina Alsous has won the 2020 George Ellenbogen Poetry Award from the Arab American National Museum, part of the Arab American Book Awards. The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is the first and only museum in the United States devoted...
Danielle Badra Wins 2021 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize
Danielle Badra has been named the winner of the 2021 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize for her collection Like We Still Speak, which will be published by the University of Arkansas Press in the fall of 2021. Badra, who is of Syrian and Lebanese heritage, was born and raised in...
Now Available: Seattle Sports
Seattle Sports: Play, Identity, and Pursuit in the Emerald City, edited by Terry Anne Scott, explores the vast and varied history of sports in this city where diversity and social progress are reflected in and reinforced by play. The work gathered here covers...