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For me, Anderson is a filmmaker who read a book about state terror and counterfascist mobilization and metabolized Pynchon’s "Vineland" into the unlikeliest of things: a movie, a mass-cultural product that wants to think clearly and hard about the here-and-now-ness of an American fascism.

Hear career and publishing insights from FirstGen authors and UC Press staff at our upcoming FirstGen webinar!

"Journal of the American Musicological Society" editor Jake Johnson conducts video interviews with the contributors to the journal's Summer 2025 issue.

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are our January 2026 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!

Author Sérgio B. Martins explains what the trajectory of Antonio Diaz's life and artwork reveals about the history of avant-gardism.

An exclusive look at Keren Rosa Hammerschlag's THE CHOSEN RACE with an intro by the author.

Mark Anderson talks about his ecocritical analysis of Mexican writer Juan Rulfo.

Author Namiko Kunimoto on how the work of transpacific contemporary artists exposes colonial trauma and the rise of aspirational fascism.

We're thrilled to announce a selection of our latest book signings!

How author Aurore Spiers recovered women's hidden labor in the film history archives and their contributions to French cinema.