Need a last-minute gift for all of the comedy nerds in your life (since I assume you have many comedy nerds in your life)? The year's Books Gift Guide from @theglobeandmail.com recommends JOKE FARMING by Elliott Kalan of the @flophousepodcast.com. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Elliott Kalan's riotous guide to writing comedy, JOKE FARMING, is now available from @uchicagopress.bsky.social. And it's on sale, direct from the source: Use the code READING25 at checkout for 30% off its already low, low price of $19.95! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The open submission period for the Phoenix Poets series is closing soon! We are accepting poetry manuscript submissions through October 31. Guidelines and more information can be found at phoenixpoets.org, and questions can be sent to [email protected].

Who Wore It Better, Met Gala 2025 celebrities or Duke University Press book covers? Ava DuVernay or Work! by Elspeth H. Brown? #MetGala

Continuing our #NationalPoetryMonth celebrations, today we’re highlighting Chicago’s long-running and recently relaunched Phoenix Poets series, which features original poetry from emerging and established poets along with poetry in translation. buff.ly/qIIcntv

To celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth, we’re excited to share a reading list of new poetry collections from UCP and our distributed client presses! Explore voices across centuries and continents, and join us all month as we highlight poetry. buff.ly/YnTgmb1

Day 2 of #AWP25! Visit the @uchicagopress.bsky.social booth (622) for 30% off and free shipping in the US.

Next week: Poetry, champagne, and tinned fish at an #AWP25 offsite reading with poets from Fonograf Editions, Kuhl House Poets, The Paris Review, and Phoenix Poets at Kippered (361 S Broadway, DTLA)

In lieu of anything socially or professionally relevant, at least for now, here's a picture of my dog sitting in a chair.