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Q&A with Matthew Morrison, author of Blacksound
Jun 26 2024
Blacksound explores the sonic history of blackface minstrelsy (the first original form of American popular music) and the racial foundations of American musical culture from the early 1800s through the turn of the twentieth century. With this namesake book, Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept o
Floods aren’t going away — and there’s a better path to handling them
Apr 02 2024
By Tim Palmer, author of Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding CrisisAs the water rose during the most damaging flood in American history up to that time, I happened to be living at ground-zero of the storm. My house was narrowly spared, but neighbors suffered deepl
UC Press Award-Winning Authors
Jan 06 2023
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners December 2022. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Daniel Caner 2023 Phillip Schaff Prize The Photography Network American So
Q&A with Damien Sojoyner, author of Joy and Pain
Nov 09 2022
Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums is a poignant account of how the carceral state shapes daily life for young Black people—and how Black Americans resist, find joy, and cultivate new visions for the future.At the Southern California Library—a community organiz
Recommended Weed Reads on the Politics and Policies Around Marijuana
Apr 20 2022
Where Bright Minds Share Bold Ideas
How Queer Readings of Premodern Japanese Texts Help Us Redefine Desire
Aug 25 2021
By Reginald Jackson, author of A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of GenjiWhen I first began working on A Proximate Remove, my goal was to write the book about sexuality, spatial representation, and sensation I wish had existed when I first encountered premodern Japanese
Virtual Event: Author Deborah Wong on Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko
May 20 2020
Join Ethnomusicologist Deborah Wong for a live conversation about her book, Louder and Faster: Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko, hosted by UC Riverside.In conversation with Sean Miura, a Los Angeles-based writer and arts organizer. Moderated by Georgia Warnke.Friday, M
Matt P. Canepa Wins Wiseman Award
Feb 03 2020
UC Press is pleased to share that the Archaeological Institute of America has awarded the 2020 James R. Wiseman Book Award to The Iranian Expanse: Transforming Royal Identity through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built Environment, 550 BCE–642 CE by Matthew P. Canepa.Of The Iranian Ex