Happy #pubday to "Virginia's Forgotten Founder: The World of Robert Carter Nicholas" by Brent Tarter! The first biography of a neglected but crucial revolutionary figure and a fascinating window into his world www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10201/ #skystorians #booksky #readUP #america250

Happy #pubday to "Writing the Noncolonial Self: Modern African Literatures and the Politics of Subjectivity" by Alexander Fyfe! How African literary forms imagine ways of living and being within coloniality www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10197/ #booksky #readUP

"One major take away from my research on free people of color is the diversity that existed within this population." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

"Morris depicts a world more reminiscent of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies than praiseworthy academic institutions." —@choicereviews.bsky.social www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10064/ #readUP

Happy #pubday to "Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia" by @wemilteer.bsky.social! An authoritative study of the free people of color in the largest state of the Old South upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/ #readUP #booksky #skystorians

open.spotify.com/episode/5U8T... Kathleen James-Chakraborty and Katherine M. Kuenzli, co-authors of "The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World's Fair to a Virginia HBCU" interviewed on the Lights, Camera, Author! podcast

"I hope readers will learn that children were/are legitimate historical actors worthy of research and inclusion in historical scholarship." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

"I hope readers come away with a more honest understanding of how progressive reform actually worked. . . That complexity has uncomfortable echoes today, and sitting with that discomfort is exactly the point." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Happy #pubday to "Under the Guise of Protection: Eugenics and Wayward Girls in Twentieth-Century Virginia" by Erin N. Bush! A shocking story of social engineering in the era of Jim Crow www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10178/

Happy #pubday to "Constructing American Childhood: Age-Based Laws and the Illusion of Protection in the Early United States" by Holly N. S. White! How definitions of childhood in early America codified social hierarchies and remain with us today www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10196/ #readUP #booksky

Happy #pubday to "Thomas Jefferson's Flowers: Historic Gardens at Monticello" by Peggy Cornett! The fascinating and innovative horticultural world of the Sage of Monticello www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10186/

Congratulations to Richard Kopley, winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award in the category of Critical/Biographical for his book "Edgar Allan Poe: A Life"! mysterywriters.org/2026-edgar-a...

Bit.ly/MWAYouTube Tonight is the Edgar Awards Banquet! Stream the event live beginning at 8:30pm EST!

Check out this new blog post by Peter Eisenstadt, author of the new Jackie Robinson biography "Integration at Second Base," on Robinson, Howard Thurman - another of his biographical subjects - and the nature of writing scholarly biography: www.upress.virginia.edu/news/peter-e...

"A challenging, intriguing, and essential book" —Modern Philology www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10000/

Excited to share the cover of my forthcoming book, 'Christ, Church, and Country' (@uvapress.bsky.social), on the home mission movement after the American Civil War and the role it played in the 'Greater Religious Reconstruction' of the US @raioxford.bsky.social www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10251/

Paul Niell Wins College Art Association Prize for his essay “Following the Footsteps of Juana Agripina: Slavery, Memory, and the Architecture of Invisibility in Ponce, Puerto Rico" arthistory.fsu.edu/niell-caapri...

"During an era of intensifying climate change, studying prior forms of environmental philosophy in arid spaces is increasingly important for charting a path forward" Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Had a great time launching, _The American Revolution at 250_ (@uvapress.bsky.social) at Mount Vernon last night with @lmchervinsky.bsky.social, Peter Onuf, Doug Bradburn, and @jbf1755.bsky.social Freeman. We had a great conversation (and a lot of laughs) before a great audience.

We are here at #OAH26! Stop by the booth and say hi, chat with an editor, grab some swag, and take advantage of the conference discount! Display copies are 50% off!

Happy #pubday to "Vanished Water: Imperialism, Capital, and Rural Ecologies in Late-Colonial Kenya" by James D. Parker! The trickle-down effects of empire on the environment upress.virginia.edu/title/10194/ #readUP

"He said on numerous occasions that his least favorite word was 'patience,' so often urged on Black Americans." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Happy #pubday to "Integration at Second Base: Jackie Robinson and the Quest for Black Citizenship" by Peter Eisenstadt! A new biography revealing the remarkable story of Jackie Robinson as a civil rights crusader www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10200/ #booksky #skystorians #readUP #Jackie42

Happy #pubday to "Integration at Second Base: Jackie Robinson and the Quest for Black Citizenship" by Peter Eisenstadt! A new biography revealing the remarkable story of Jackie Robinson as a civil rights crusader www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10200/ #booksky #skystorians #readUP

"Rongzom's text is almost a thousand years old. It is the very last text a monk or nun studies in the monastery. Yet, until recently, there was never any traditional commentary on it." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Happy #pubday to "The Early Tibetan Practice of Buddhist Philosophy: Metaphysics, Argumentation, and Identity in Rongzom's Dzokchen" by Dominic Di Zinno Sur! Identifying the roots of the Tibetan practice of Buddhist philosophy in one seminal text www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10162/

Tonight @gothamcenter.bsky.social, Peter Eisenstadt on "Jackie Robinson and the Untold Story of Baseball's Integration" Register here: www.gothamcenter.org/upcoming-eve...

We're looking forward to #OAH26 next week! Be sure to visit our booth in the book room! #skystorians #readUP

@unipresssalesbot.bsky.social do your thing!

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (@asecsoffice.bsky.social) Conference starts today! Visit our virtual exhibit and use code 10ASECS26 for 40% off through May 1st! www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/ASE...

Use the code 10VAFORUM26 to receive 40% off Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/

Planning on attending #OAH26 in two weeks? Have a book project you'd like to pitch, or research you'd like to discuss with an editor? DM us to set up a meeting, or stop by the UVA Press booth (#311) in the book room! @oah.org #readUP

UVA Press author Alison K. Hoagland ("The Row House in Washington, DC: A History" & "The Log Cabin: An American Icon") talks about her role in challenging the construction of President Trump's ballroom complex. www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n...

Happy #pubday to "The American Revolution at 250: Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding," edited by Francis D. Cogliano! The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birth www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10183/ #skystorians #readUP

Today on r/AskHistorians, we have @goberle.bsky.social discussing Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic, new from @uvapress.bsky.social Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

"The book is a grassroots history of the colonization movement, from the emigrants’ first-hand point of view." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Happy #pubday to "Out of Virginia: Black Americans' Search for Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Liberia" by Joseph P. Stinnett! The remarkable journey of a group of Black emigrants from the American South to Liberia after emancipation www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10187/ #booksky #skystorians #readUP

Happy #pubday to "Water Logics: Materialist Epistemologies for the Environmental Humanities" edited by yasser elhariry and Edwige Tamalet Talbayev Investigating the material imprint of water on thought itself www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10160/

The postie delivered two goodies today. The 250 vol will be published on April 3. The paperback of Rev Friendship will appear on May 5.

"As I unraveled the mystery, I discovered that this bizarre trial dramatically revealed how ordinary people explained the American Revolution to themselves." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

The 2026 Virginia Forum starts today! Stop by our table at @shenandoahu.bsky.social absolutely chock FULL of UVA Press books! Or visit our virtual exhibit here: upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/VAF... #skystorians #vahistory #ushistory #readUP

Happy #pubday to "The American Revolution on Trial: A New Nation Confronts the Burden of Independence" by T. H. Breen! A master historian uncovers a spellbinding story illustrating the stakes for the new nation in the American War for Independence www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10198/ #skystorians

The Virginia Festival of the Book kicks off today! Take 30% off these books by participating authors using promo code <10VABOOK26> when you order through our site! upress.virginia.edu #VABookFest #Booksky

Thrilled to receive this beauty. Many thanks to @frankcogliano.bsky.social & @uvapress.bsky.social This was a fun project.

Sometimes I read a book and it makes me go "Wow, we need this for an AMA," and today on @askhistorians.bsky.social is one of those books! We have Trishula Patel discussing the history of Indians in Zimbabwe! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori... @uvapress.bsky.social

Looking forward to launching this collection by @uvapress.bsky.social at Mount Vernon on April 16. www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-vi...

The author copies of Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia have arrived!

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Trailblazers Who Paved the Way for the Women of Today legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/law... With UVA Press author, Bancroft Prize winner, and Boston College Law Professor Mary Sarah Bilder

Wonderful to see this beautiful book in its natural habitat!