Out Now! "Dancing with Manifest Destiny: Elite Men of Color and the Making of American Los Angeles" by Daniel B. Lynch recovers a layer in the origin story of LA, and offers insight into entanglements of race, masculinity, and politics that persist to this day. www.oupress.com/978080619703...

All of us at OUP are saddened to hear of the loss of scholar Laurence Hauptman. We were fortunate to work with him on several projects and his absence will be deeply felt.

Want to know more about the US at 250? ReadUP! Here are some suggestions from university presses & their expert authors, reflecting on the American experiment from the Founding to today: https://bit.ly/4xQZlFq

New Review! As many educators are prepping their classes for the fall semester, this is a timely look at @flowerdarby.bsky.social's latest book 'The Joyful Online Teacher'. Many thanks to Beth Petitjean at the Reinert Center at SLU for posting. reinertcenter.com/2026/07/01/b...

- the sublime fanaticism of OU Sooner sports fans - Indigenous counterstories - introducing neurodiversity for educators - the combat future of the human body University press books = not boring!!! Take a look at the new @oupress.bsky.social Fall 2026 catalog > www.oupress.com/fall-winter-...

Out Now! "Little Liberia: A Dream of Black Freedom in the US-Mexico Borderlands" by Laura Hooton reveals the crucial role of the intersection of Black spaces and borderland places in the history of social movements and White supremacy in the United States and Mexico. www.oupress.com/978080619696...

"This has a little bit of everything: guerrilla warfare, the homefront experience, romance, a murder mystery. The result is an accessible, compelling narrative offering a well-researched look at a little-studied part of the war." emergingcivilwar.com/2026/06/23/b...

Tonight! Come learn about Dr. Priscilla Crawford's new book, "A Naturalist's Guide to Oklahoma." Dr. Crawford is an ecologist and biogeographer with the Oklahoma Biological Survey. Hosted by @sierraclub.org Oklahoma act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...

The Native American Church was legally incorporated more than 100 years ago to protect peyote use. The early history of the church is chronicled in "Peyote Politics," a book at the center of an Oklahoma Historical Society discussion this week. www.kosu.org/peyote-polit...

On June 20, author and ecologist Priscilla Crawford, Naturalist visited Oxley Nature Center to give a presentation on her new book, "A Naturalist's Guide to Oklahoma". Read more here!

Out Now! "Los Llaneros: The Mexican Southern Plains, 1500-1900" edited by Joel Zapata, Andrew Reynolds, Alex Hunt and John Beusterien is a timely reconsideration of an important region and its diverse peoples. www.oupress.com/978080619700...

When a journalist needs an expert, I am proud when they turn to an @oupress.bsky.social author for insight. Here, @tbertramgallant.bsky.social, author of "The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI," sheds light on the "college AI cheating wars" for the Los Angeles Times.

For a company that works with words, we find ourselves at a loss upon learning of the passing of our much-beloved author and friend of the press, T. Lindsay Baker. It has been our great privilege to know him...

Copies of our Fall/Winter 2026 catalog have arrived and making their way to you! We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on. Get an early look here - www.oupress.com/fall-winter-...

Wherein Constance Squires reads from LOW APRIL SUN, a Finalist for the 2025 BIG OTHER Book Award for Fiction and the 2025 BIG OTHER Readers’ Choice Award! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HivG... Cc: @oupress.bsky.social and @bigothermag.bsky.social

NEW PODCAST EP ON #UDL AT SCALE! Check out the Tea for Teaching episode "UDL at Scale," about my new book from @oupress.bsky.social! teaforteaching.com/447-udl-at-s... Big thanks to hosts @johnkane.bsky.social & @cyberthread.bsky.social. Wanna pre-order? www.oupress.com/978080619706...

Today's featured title: "Mormon Settler Colonialism: Inventing the Lamanite," by Elise Boxer, University of Oklahoma Press, 2025 @oupress.bsky.social www.oupress.com/978080619604...

Some classic @oupress.bsky.social art history titles on display at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art bookstore in Fort Worth.

Americans of all political persuasions hate the US Congress. I nominate Frances Lee's "A Case for Congress" (@oupress.bsky.social) as a hopeful read for America's 250th. The book added nuance to my own thinking, as Lee shows where Congress does serve, however imperfectly, as the Founders intended.

Out Now! "A Naturalist's Guide to Oklahoma" by Priscilla H. C. Crawford. This lavishly illustrated, friendly guide is 'the' book citizen-scientists and curious wanderers will want in their hands as they set out to explore the state’s abundant natural diversity. www.oupress.com/978080619674...

Just in time for summer! Priscilla Crawford’s A NATURALIST’S GUIDE TO OKLAHOMA is headed to a bookstore near you! Official publication date is May 26th!

Looking forward to debuting a new workshop at James Madison University Center for Faculty Innovation's May Symposium! Drawing on #SnafuEdu (@oupress.bsky.social).

Out Now! "A Case for Congress" by Frances Lee challenges readers to think against the grain and appreciate the Congress we have, not an ideal Congress that never in fact existed. Read more here ➡️ www.oupress.com/978080619675...

Be sure to check out Frances Lee's new @oupress.bsky.social book: A Case for Congress. This book is a revised version of her 2023 Carl Albert Center's Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture in Representative Government. You can purchase your copy here www.oupress.com/978080619675...

I loved Chelsea T. Hicks's first book, "A Calm and Normal Heart," a short story collection. Deft observations, wry humor, emotionally searing—a writer clearly on the way up. I am *thrilled* that my colleague Alessandra Jacobi Tamulevich has now signed her first novel for @oupress.bsky.social!

“Provocative, impressive, and exhaustively researched." —Jakobi Williams "We Are Black, Too" by Jacynda Ammons is the newest book in the @oupress.bsky.social "Greenwood Cultural Center Series in African Diaspora History and Culture," edited by University of Oklahoma professor Karlos Hill.

Delighted with how the cover designer at @oupress.bsky.social nailed "effervescent" for @flowerdarby.bsky.social's "The Joyful Online Teacher," the newest book in our "Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed" series.

Today we have Jacynda Ammons answering questions about her new book We Are Black, Too: Aboriginal Australians and the Black Panther Party from @oupress.bsky.social. Come check it out! @askhistorians.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

OK ya'll, I did it. I sent in my final manuscript after revisions to @oupress.bsky.social. Nearly 20 years in the making. Reefs or Rubbish: A More-Than-Human Policy History of Rigs-to-Reefs coming your way soon! #envhist

ASA member Robert Lee Maril draws on interviews and participant-observation data from his volunteer work at a food pantry, plus census and sociological data, to illuminate the lived experience of poverty and food insecurity in communities across Oklahoma. @oupress.bsky.social

Big thank you to @jamesmlang.bsky.social and to @onehe.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about teaching & learning #snafus + #SnafuEdu (@oupress.bsky.social). onehe.org/resources/wh...

Lunchtime Listen! OUP author @flowerdarby.bsky.social shares about being a joyful online teacher on episode 620 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. teachinginhighered.com/podcast/the-...

It's a war book review roundup in @nytimes.com and you can read all about MOLLIE BRUMLEY'S CIVIL WAR by OUP author Theodore Catton with this gifted article! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/b...

A fascinating exploration of the key role 1920s cinema played in the making of American identity.
 🗓️ 30th April 2026, 18:00 📍Waterstones Dundee 🔗 buff.ly/ZWxcEoT @oupress.bsky.social

It’s a good day for publicity! ARCs for FIGHT LIKE A MACHINE by Thomas Hunt are finding their way to readers! Pre-order here - www.oupress.com/978080619708...

Out Now! "The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes" by @flowerdarby.bsky.social offers accessible, inspiring, common-sense hacks for connecting with students, finding passion, navigating the structural inequities of higher ed, and more. www.oupress.com/978080619652...

Traveling this weekend? We recommend taking a copy of Jeffrey Schmidt's "Here Today: Oklahoma’s Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds" with you! tulsaflyer.org/2026/04/11/n...

What's playing at our office today? The playlist for Swensen's "Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape"! Tune in here ➡️ open.spotify.com/playlist/3l9...

Out Now! "Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape" by Thomas Michael Swensen juxtaposes different types of cultural production to explore how Native America and punk coexist, inform each other, and together articulate their own politics. www.oupress.com/978080619664...

Spotted in the wild! Last night OUP author Carolin Görgen spoke about her book "The California Camera Club: Collective Visions in the Making of the American West" at the Russell Center. In attendance were Riley Hines, Acquisitions Coordinator, and director of the Russell Center, Emily Burns.

Out Now! "Tumbleweed Underworld: A Saga of Morphine and Mayhem in the Arizona Territory" by Eduardo Obregón Pagán, is the biography of Georgie Clifford that sheds light on the little-known story of drug use in the 19th-century West. www.oupress.com/978080619648...

We love to see OUP titles on the Oklahoma Bestsellers List! What good company we're in. Thank you, Oklahoma Readers! tulsaflyer.org/2026/04/05/c...

Out Now! "We Are Black, Too: Aboriginal Australians and the Black Panther Party" by Jacynda Ammons traces Aboriginal Australians' adoption of strains of Black activism from Marcus Garvey through the Civil Rights Movement and ultimately the Black Panther Party. www.oupress.com/978080619657...

Booknotes: "Mollie Brumley's Civil War: Surviving the Guerrilla War in Arkansas" by Theodore Catton. cwba.blogspot.com/2026/04/book...

Nothing but love for Jeff and the whole team at @magiccitybooks.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b...

Out Now! "The Lighthorse Police: A History of Tribal Justice" by Donald L. Fixico is the first comprehensive history of the legendary Five Tribes' law enforcement agencies. www.oupress.com/978080619649...

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This is like chocolate & peanut butter. Get 'em both. Jen Pusateri, @harvardpress.bsky.social: A Practical Guide to Teaching Neurodivergent College Students hep.gse.harvard.edu/979889557078... @flowerdarby.bsky.social, @oupress.bsky.social: The Joyful Online Teacher www.oupress.com/978080619653...

Out Now! "Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting Poverty and Food Insecurity" by Robert Lee Maril is a critical exploration of the myths about and causes of poverty in Oklahoma. www.oupress.com/978080619656...

Thrilled to see @oupress.bsky.social in the bookstore of the National Museum of African American History and Culture—especially when it is represented by Amina Hassan's superb biography, "Loren Miller: Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist."