Author and naturalist Peter Matthiessen died on Saturday at the age of 86 after a fight with leukemia. Matthiessen is the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including Sal Si …
Read More >“The best new magazine I’ve seen in decades…It’s just very good stuff, filled with some of my favorite Golden State writers and characters. And it’s beautiful to hold and look at, too—a …
Read More >Global Health: Case Studies from a Biosocial Perspective is a Harvard course that is free and open to anyone who seeks to develop an interdisciplinary view of global health. It develops a …
Read More >UC Press congratulates three authors who received recognition in the Association of American Publishers’ 2013 PROSE Awards. The Awards recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to …
Read More >To commemorate the passing of the great Amiri Baraka, we bring you an insider’s perspective on what it was like to work with such a towering cultural and literary icon. From 2002-2011, Kalicia …
Read More >Michael Sullivan, the author of five UC Press books on Chinese art, including Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China, The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art, and Arts of China, has passed …
Read More >Thanks to everyone who came out to the night of Mark Twain trivia on Monday at the Make-Out Room, sponsored by Litquake and UC Press! We sipped Lemon Clemens and Drunkleberry Finns while …
Read More >It’s back! The annual UC Press Sidewalk Sale (née Hurt Book Sale) is going down on the steps of Berkeley Way next Thursday, October 10. Snap up paperbacks like Seth Holmes’ Fresh Fruit, Broken …
Read More >UC Press is sad to note the passing of renowned herpetologist, Robert C. Stebbins, who died in his home on Monday at the age of 98. Stebbins was a Professor of Zoology at …
Read More >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 VETERAN JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN JON CHRISTENSEN TAKES EDITORIAL HELM, REBOOTS BOOM: A JOURNAL OF CALIFORNIA WITH LIVELY FALL ISSUE BOOM’S INFORMAL MISSION OF HOSTING ONE OF …
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