Aug 24, 2020 | Arkansas and the Region, covers, Poetry and Literature
Shared Secrets: The Queer World of Newbery Medalist Charles J. Finger (forthcoming from the University of Arkansas Press, February 2021), is the story of British expatriate Charles Joseph Finger (1867–1941). For nearly a century, he was best known as an award-winning...
Aug 10, 2020 | Award, Etel Adnan Poetry Series, News, Poetry and Literature
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...
Jul 28, 2020 | Poetry and Literature, Review
Maha Ahmed has reviewed A Theory of Birds: Poems by Zaina Alsous in The Adroit Journal. A Theory of Birds, Ahmed writes, is “a poetry collection that insists, in a world where the relentless Palestinian question of return exists alongside the marketed...
Jul 1, 2020 | News, Poetry and Literature
Every year, the University of Arkansas Press accepts submissions for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and from the books selected awards the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize in the following summer. In February 2020, acclaimed poet Patricia Smith was named editor...
Jun 23, 2020 | Arkansas and the Region, covers, Poetry and Literature
The University of Arkansas Press is happy to introduce the cover design for Double Toil and Trouble: A New Novel and Short Stories by Donald Harington, edited by Brian Walter. Liz Lester, press production manager, was in charge of creative direction, including...
Jun 19, 2020 | Arkansas and the Region, News, Poetry and Literature
Amistad Press launched the movement and hashtags #BlackPublishingPower and #BlackOutBestSellerList to support black authors and get their names on bestseller lists throughout the country. Tracy Sherrod, editorial director of Amistad, brought this idea to life. She...
