Last week, KPFA’s Against the Grain interviewed UC Press author Daniel Martinez HoSang about California’s fiscal crisis and the false narrative that economic hardship in the state is something new. In the …
Read More >The UC Press Spring 2011 newsletter is now available on our website! Inside, Regional Publisher Kim Robinson talks about our recently launched new scholarly magazine, Boom: A Journal of California; Director Alison …
Read More >UC Press congratulates Rebecca Solnit on winning two major awards for Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas: the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) Award for Regional Title of the Year, and …
Read More >If you’ve been paying attention to our blog, you’ve noticed that three of the four new books being released this Spring belong to the New California Poetry series. What is the New …
Read More >David Kipen served for seven years as book editor and book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle before relocating to L.A., where he started the used bookstore and lending library, Libros Schmibros. …
Read More >Guest Post by Jeffrey Wasserstrom In this fast-changing, increasingly interconnected world, it’s difficult to stay an informed global citizen. To remain on top of things, you need a strategy for swiftly getting …
Read More >Now that he’s back in the Governor’s office, Jerry Brown will have to revisit an issue he championed 30 years ago, but is now a major source of California’s budget woes: Proposition …
Read More >Crosscurrents, the daily news magazine from KALW Public Radio, broadcast a special edition of the show last week focusing on Mark Twain’s life in the Bay Area. Featuring interviews with Robert Hirst …
Read More >In the latest UC Press podcast, host Chris Gondek talks to author Rebecca Solnit and UC Press Art Director Lia Tjandra about the creation of Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas and …
Read More >For centuries, humans have been compelled to write about their explorations. From Marco Polo to Ian Frazier, adventure stories inspire us to explore and learn new things about the world around us, …
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