On the Schooner Blog today: Emily Mitchell talks about her new short story collection, The Church of Divine Electricity (@uwiscpress.bsky.social). Read the full interview here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

Baltimore, MD: reminder! TOMORROW, 11/15, Bird in Hand will host the launch event for poet Bruce Snider's new collection, Blood Harmony; Bruce will be in conversation with James Arthur. 6 p.m. ET at The Ivy Bookshop, 11 East 33rd Street. Details: tinyurl.com/td2juxpp

Milwaukee: reminder! On November 18, Boswell Book Company will host will host Janet Burroway, in conversation with Kim Suhr, in celebration of Janet's new novel, Simone in Pieces! Learn more and RSVP (for free): boswellbooks.com/event/2025-1...

Providence, RI: reminder! TOMORROW, November 14, Riffraff Bookstore will host the launch event for David O'Connell's new book of poetry, At Some Point! David will be in conversation with Julie Danho. Details: riffraffpvd.com/events/

How do university presses #TeamUP to flip more backlist content to #OpenAccess? By collaborating on special projects like Big Ten Open Books! Learn more in today's blog post: press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/11... #UPWeek @bigtenacademic.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social

Chicago: reminder! Janet Burroway will launch her new novel, Simone in Pieces, tonight at Women & Children First, in conversation with Rosellen Brown! Details and (free) registration: womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/2025-1...

For WORT FM, Sara Batkie interviews Emily Mitchell, author of the new story collection The Church of Divine Electricity: tinyurl.com/2wzsmv9x Emily will be reading at Arts + Literature Laboratory in Madison this Saturday evening (November 15), along with Jenn Morea and Anthony Immergluck!

Happy to #TeamUP with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social once again to celebrate #UPWeek: listen in on a podcast interview with AUPresses President @dlbookman.bsky.social, director @uwiscpress.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4hSbLF6

Happy publication day to Lindsay Stuart Hill, whose new poetry collection WORLD OF DEW (winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry) is out today! Learn more about the book here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/W/Worl...

Happy publication day to David O'Connell, whose new poetry collection AT SOME POINT (winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry) is out today! Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/A/At-S...

Happy publication date to Bruce Snider, whose latest poetry collection BLOOD HARMONY (winner of the Four Lakes Prize in Poetry) is out today! Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/B/Bloo...

Reminder: Today's the last day to submit to the Wisconsin Prize for Poetry in Translation, judged by Daniel Borzutzky! Learn more here: wicw.submittable.com/submit

The @texasbookfest.bsky.social takes place this weekend in Austin and @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social, award-winning author of the poetry collection HOW TO KILL A GOAT & OTHER MONSTERS, will be on panels and signing copies of his book! If you're in the area, we hope you'll stop by!

Washington, DC: reminder! Emily Mitchell will launch her new book of short stories, The Church of Divine Electricity, at Lost City Books TONIGHT, Nov. 6, at 7 PM, with Tania James! Details: lostcitybookstore.com/new-events/2...

"Like my stories, the songs are pulled from a lot of different genres and time periods." Emily Mitchell shared a playlist for her story collection The Church of Divine Electricity at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/11/04/e...

Thanks so much to @gpgottlieb.bsky.social for interviewing Janet Burroway about her newest novel, Simone in Pieces! Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/simone-in-pi...

Today in @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social: Patrick T. Reardon reviews Janet Burroway's new novel, Simone in Pieces! thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...

Happy publication date to Janet Burroway, whose new novel SIMONE IN PIECES is out today! Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/S/Simo...

Happy publication date to Emily Mitchell, whose new story collection THE CHURCH OF DIVINE ELECTRICITY is out today! Learn more: tinyurl.com/4jwdxnex Emily has upcoming events in Washington, D.C.; Madison, WI; Richmond, VA; Columbia, MD; and Cleveland, OH!

In @adroitjournal.bsky.social, Allison Wyss interviews Emily Mitchell, whose new story collection The Church of Divine Electricity publishes tomorrow: theadroitjournal.org/2025/11/03/a...

Many thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social & @poetmorgan.bsky.social for including Bruce Snider's Blood Harmony in this month's recommended poetry collections! lithub.com/ancient-algo...

Today in @electricliterature.com: "My Brothers and I Could Not Be More Different," an excerpt adapted from @600mildollarman.bsky.social Steve Majors's new memoir, Man Made: electricliterature.com/my-brothers-...

Mark your calendars: on November 3, Portage County Public Library's Stevens Point Branch will host Anthony Bukoski, author of the story collection The Thief of Words! www.pocolibrary.org/all-library-...

Congratulations to Steve Majors @600mildollarman.bsky.social, whose new memoir Man Made: In Search of Dads, Daddies, Father Figures, and Fatherhood is out today! Learn more about the book: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/M/Man-...

Thanks so much to @wibookfestival.bsky.social for hosting @blemer.bsky.social, author of The Lonely Veteran's Guide to Companionship, at the #wibookfest Fall Celebration! There's a weekend full of events, so if you're out and about in Madison, check out the schedule: www.wisconsinbookfestival.org

It's the last day of the #afsam25 in-person exhibit; we hope you'll stop by to check out recent titles and chat with acquisitions editor @kilravockrose.bsky.social! If you're not here in person, you can browse our exhibit online with the discount code (AFS25UWISC): uwpress.wisc.edu/About/Exhibi...

Scenes from #afsam25: Steve Siporin is the author of The Befana is Returning: The Story of a Tuscan Festival. Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...

Today's Featured Poem: "水客" by Caroline M. Mar from Water Guest published by @uwiscpress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/the-wat...

Many thanks to @poetrydaily.bsky.social for featuring 水客, a poem from Caroline Mar's collection Water Guest! poems.com/poem/the-wat...

Happy publication date to Celia Applegate, whose new book The Work of Music: Labor and Creativity in Germany's Long Nineteenth Century is out today! Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...

Join @scrawford.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social in DC today at 5 p.m. for a conversation with Jennifer Anne Moses (YOU'VE TOLD ME BEFORE, @uwiscpress.bsky.social)! It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/jen... #booksky

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Poetry: Cowboy Park by Eduardo Martínez-Leyva! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Poetry: How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters by Saúl Hernández! 🎉🎉🎉 @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social @uwiscpress.bsky.social #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

Now on display: the @aupresses.bsky.social Book, Jacket, and Journal Show! If you visit the University of Wisconsin's Memorial Library over the next couple of weeks, please stop by to check out the show. It'll be on display in the lobby until mid-October!

Happy publication day to Jennifer Anne Moses, whose new collection of short stories YOU'VE TOLD ME BEFORE is out today. Learn more about the book: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/Y/You-...

Happy publication date to William Aylward, Jacques des Courtils, Bonna D. Wescoat, & all the contributors to their new book, Architectural Networks in the North Aegean: Thasos, Samothrace, and the Formation of Hellenistic Design, which is out today. Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/A/Arch...

Happy publication day to Eddie L. Quitoriano, whose book Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows: The Making of a Mindanao Rebel is out today 📚 This memoir includes an introduction by Patricio N. Abinales & Francisco J. Lara and a foreword by Patricia G. Steinhoff. Learn more: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/D/Deep...

Montclair: reminder! Watchung Booksellers is hosting the launch event for Jennifer Anne Moses's new story collection, You've Told Me Before, tomorrow (Tuesday/publication day)! Details and registration: www.watchungbooksellers.com/events/31647...

Today in @theoffingmag.bsky.social: an excerpt from Steve Majors @600mildollarman.bsky.social's forthcoming memoir, Man Made: Searching for Dads, Daddies, Father Figures, and Fatherhood: theoffingmag.com/insight/blac...

From the Forward: an interview with Jennifer Anne Moses, author of the story collection You've Told Me Before, publishing next week: forward.com/culture/book...

Scenes from @thegsa.bsky.social #theGSA2025: Rebecca Carter-Chand with her new book, Christian Internationalism and German Belonging: The Salvation Army from Imperial Germany to Nazism. Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/C/Chri... (& be sure to use discount code GSA25UWISC if you order online!)

Many thanks to @midamericanreview.bsky.social for this review of Alex Pickett's recent story collection, Camera Lake!

We're at @thegsa.bsky.social #theGSA2025, exhibiting from 5 p.m. this evening through Sunday morning. If you're here too, we hope you'll stop by to chat with editor in chief @dancrissman.bsky.social and check out our recent books.

Have you checked out our "forthcoming" page lately? Many spring '26 books are available for preorder, including poetry collections by Rebekah Denison Hewitt, Siew Hii, and Lisa Low, and memoirs by Juda Bennett and Line Nagell Ylvisåker (translated by Kelsey Camacho)! Learn more: tinyurl.com/yywmzs3p

Less than one month to go until the @wibookfestival.bsky.social Fall Celebration! If you're attending, we hope to see you at @blemer.bsky.social's presentation, Friday, October 24 at 4:30 PM! Event details: www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/lonel...

“I really loved trying to craft a narrative voice that was distinctly recognizable across time yet that also changed and grew in organic ways.” Aodhán Ridenour talked to Patrick McGinty about his new book TOWN COLLEGE CITY ROAD, out 9/30 from @uwiscpress.bsky.social. pghrev.com/the-language...

From @pghcitypaper.com: Patrick McGinty takes readers from the Rust Belt to Wall Street in Town College City Road: tinyurl.com/5n9aejxh

Happy publication day to Patrick McGinty, whose new novel TOWN COLLEGE CITY ROAD is out today! Learn more: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/Town... Thanks to @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for publishing an excerpt from the book this morning! Check it out here: pghrev.com/town-college...

Next week, Jennifer Anne Moses's new book of stories, YOU'VE TOLD ME BEFORE, will be released! Many thanks to @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social for this review: www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/youve-t...

Thanks to @libraryjournal.bsky.social for the wonderful review of Patrick McGinty's forthcoming novel, TOWN COLLEGE CITY ROAD, out tomorrow! Read the full review: www.libraryjournal.com/review/town-...