Gordon Young has focused his journalism work on his hometown in Michigan as it deals with the Flint Water Crisis When I traveled to my hometown of Flint, Michigan in the summer of …
Read More >Although there are several books of correspondence between Langston Hughes and his contemporaries, none so far have closely explored Langston’s politics, from the early 1930s to his death in 1967. Letters from Langston, …
Read More >We were taught that American sociology originated with the Chicago School. What if we were wrong? In honor of Black History Month, let’s consider a counterview posed by author Aldon Morris—that W. E. …
Read More >‘Tis the night before Christmas! All through the Press, we’re celebrating a timeless English author, Charles Dickens, and his famous novella, A Christmas Carol. Though we are lovers of literature, the book’s …
Read More >This guest post comes from Zachary Shore, author of Grad School Essentials: A Crash Course in Scholarly Skills, who debunks 5 myths about attending grad school. 1) You are supposed to read every word of …
Read More >From the gift-giving customs to the decorations, the American Christmas is a combination of elements from the many diverse cultures that have left their influence on the country over the centuries. While the European origins of …
Read More >By Harriet E. Smith, Associate Editor, Mark Twain Project Photograph by William Vander Weyde, 21 September 1906. Most images we have of Mark Twain from 1906 show him …
Read More >By Deborah Boehm, author of Returned: Going and Coming in an Age of Deportation This guest post is published in advance of the American Anthropological Association conference in Denver. Check back every day for new posts …
Read More >We’re celebrating University Press Week #UPWeek by taking part in their scholarly press blog tour through this Friday. Today’s blog tour theme is “#TBT – Throwback Thursday” (featuring our contributed post below); …
Read More >By Joshua O. Reno, author of Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill We’re celebrating University Press Week #UPWeek by taking part in their scholarly press blog tour through …
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