News: Recent UC Press Book Signings
We're excited to announce a selection of our latest book signings! We look forward to working with these authors on their upcoming projects.
Hot Pursuit
By Paul Bosland
Emeritus Regents Professor of Horticulture at New Mexico State University Paul Bosland’s HOT PURSUIT, an introduction to the science of chiles’ origins, evolution, and flavor along with the insights they reveal about the neurobiology of taste, touch, and smell–and the psychology of our deepest fears and desires.
The World At Our Finger Tips: How the Surface of Our Body Is Tuned to Read the Surface of the World
By Kent Dunlap
Trinity College Thomas S. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Biology Kent Dunlap’s THE WORLD AT OUR FINGER TIPS, an introduction to the half-billion year history of the sense of touch, from its earliest evolutionary roots to its future in an increasingly online world to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (World).
Progressive Textualism: Why Progressives Should Embrace the Radical Idea That the Law Means What It Says
By Katie R. Eyer
Rutgers Law School Professor Katie R. Eyer’s progressive guide to using textualism as a legal tool for advancing equality rather than entrenching originalism, to Maura Roessner at the University of California Press (world).
The Cheech and Chong Book: A History of One of the World’s Most Popular Comedy Teams
By Curtis Marez
UC San Diego’s Professor of Ethnic Studies and Media History Curtis Marez’s THE CHEECH AND CHONG BOOK, a wide-ranging history of the comedy duo’s controversial and contradictory characters, explored against the backdrop of a shifting American cultural landscape to Raina Polivka at the University of California Press (World).
The Moral Trap: How Autocrats Criminalize and Divide Societies
By Baris Cayli Messina
Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln (Lincolnshire, UK) Baris Cayli Messina’s bold new lens on how social and political repression works and how collective resistance survives, to Maura Roessner at the University of California Press, for publication in Spring 2027 (world).
The Animal City: Why Cities Matter–and What They Can Do–For Farmed and Wild Animals
By Jeff Sebo, Adalene Minelli, and Alisa White
Philosopher Jeff Sebo and environmental lawyers Adalene Minelli and Alisa White’s THE ANIMAL CITY, the surprising story of why the fates of so many wild and farmed animals are in the hands of urban policy makers and their constituents to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (World).