"Wilson sensed that creativity is all around us, and Glasco sees that." Thanks to the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for this wonderful, thoughtful review of August Wilson's American Century! pghrev.com/august-wilso...

very excited to share the cover for our forthcoming book by susan burns on the history of medical modernization and public health in tokyo! featuring a bunch of color images and cool maps!

The ghost of editor @mickodopolous.bsky.social will be "floating" at #AAG2026. Cultivating book projects on behalf of @upittpress.bsky.social. Buy him a drink, or grab an appointment here bit.ly/3MdV2AX to tell him your bookish thoughts.

No Rhododendron is a finalist for the 2026 PEN Open Book Award! Congrats, Samyak! See all of the finalists here: pen.org/2026-pen-ame... The winners will be announced on March 31st.

Announcing the winner of the 2026 Drue Heinz Literature Prize! upittpress.org/patricia-gra...

We're thrilled to share the cover for Asian Catholicism and the Remaking of Contemporary Families, edited by @michelchambon.bsky.social and James Ponniah, the first book in our new Contemporary Asian Catholics series! Details and US preorder: bit.ly/3ZidSJT EU and RoW preorder: bit.ly/3YELHVw

Happy pub day to World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta by Matthew Mullane! upittpress.org/books/978082...

excited to receive my advance copy of our latest title in asian studies & architectural history! kudos to the author and my design & production colleagues on this gorgeous book! the color illustrations really pop! upittpress.org/books/978082... @upittpress.bsky.social

Excited to see some of our recent titles included in the London Review of Books University Press spread!

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Galleys available for Galileo’s Fame by @annalunapost.bsky.social With this book, Anna-Luna Post offers a welcome new perspective on the volatile dynamic between early modern fame and science in Italy, shifting the focus from the recipient of fame to its brokers. upittpress.org/books/978082...

Congrats to Sheila Crane, whose book, City in the Shadow of Shantytown. A Critical History of Bidonville, we're honored to publish in the Spring 2026! www.arch.virginia.edu/news/center-...

"I think writers are eavesdroppers". Terrific interview with Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Mubanga Kalimamukwento about her writing motivations and process. She also recently passed the Minnesota Bar Exam! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMCH...

Three of books are featured in the 2025 @aupresses.bsky.social Book, Jacket, and Journal show! Congrats to Alex Wolfe, our Editorial and Production Director, who designed all three:

Exclusive cover reveal and Q&A for What God in the Kingdom of Bastards by Brian Gyamfi over at @debutiful.bsky.social! debutiful.net/2025/05/06/7...

maybe i've been watching too much video game streamer content, but my quote for launching this series: "LET'S GO BRO!!!"

welcome to Pittsburgh, #ASEH2025! while you're here, stop by the @upittpress.bsky.social booth in the exhibit hall to say hello, look at some books, and chat about food, drinks, & places to see. and remember, when you get home, speak not of the wonders you have seen here

I hope #ASEH2025 attendees find us in the exhibit hall in the hotel basement. Ask directions! There are many of us here - fantastic editors and others, so many good books. Come by.

Congrats to Oksana Maksymchuk, whose collection Still City was named to the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize longlist! griffinpoetryprize.com/press/2025-l... Still City is first-hand poetic witness to the war in Ukraine.

we're all set up and ready for #AAS2025 -- stop by the @upittpress.bsky.social booth 3/14-3/16 for the latest news on pitt and our pubs!

Exciting news for those writing books on Asia. There's a new book series in town: Power Currents: Asian Media in the World! Edited by some great folks including @jonabel.bsky.social @cheryllsoriano.bsky.social and Rahul Mukherjee, this series looks exciting: upittpress.org/series/power...

The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is open for submissions! Details here: upittpress.org/starrett-pri...

Last night we gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Mal Goode, Wilburn's grandfather and network news’s first African American correspondent. A welcome reminder of all that's good in the world in these dark and strange times. upittpress.org/books/978082...

Not to be missed: this episode of @randywilburn.bsky.social 's podcast on the ever-inspiring Mal Goode. #blackhistorymonth iamnorthwestarkansas.com/captivate-po...

Join us 2/13 at the University of Pittsburgh for a celebration of the life and work of Mal Goode (Class of ‘31), network news’s first African-American correspondent.

Congrats @kendalljoy.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 CCCC Outstanding Book Award for Sensitive Rhetorics: Academic Freedom and Campus Activism!

CFP for an edited collection: “Japanese Video Games and Critiques of the Western Aesthetic Tradition.” call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/02/... If interested, send abstract (300 words) & CV to DA Hall & Austin Anderson ([email protected]) by 31 March 2025. Please share!

I'm proud and happy that the Pitt World History Center @whcpitt.bsky.social is sponsoring this timely event tomorrow: "Global Perspectives on the Role of Faculty in an Age of Campus Repression. calendar.pitt.edu/event/global...

"The first scholar with a deep knowledge of Carpatho-Rusyn culture to write about Warhol, Rusinko’s engaging book will no doubt prove to be the definitive study of Julia’s profound influence on her son." Terrific review of Andy Warhol's Mother @hyperallergic.com! hyperallergic.com/985368/julia...

Our Spring/Summer 2025 catalog is now available! upittpress.org/spring-summe... Poetry, Architecture and Urban History, History of STM, Latin American Studies, and Composition/Rhetoric: there's something for everyone!

We’re delighted to announce that Bill Gaythwaite of Union, NJ, is the winner of the 2025 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, selected by Manuel Muñoz! Details here: upittpress.org/bill-gaythwa...

Terrific interview with Amy Kaminski, author of The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo now available on GovFresh.com! govfresh.com/dm/amy-paige...

first day of the african studies association is in the books! speaking of books, we're displaying an eye-catching selection in our open-floorplan booth right by the exhibit hall entrance! #ASA2024 @upittpress.bsky.social

COVER REVEAL! We’re thrilled to announce: Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital by Amber N. Wiley (on sale 3/25/25 Details/pre-order here: upittpress.org/books/978082...

We’re a bit tucked away near Studio 4, but I hope you’ll stop by to check out the sale @upittpress.bsky.social for #PSA24. 30% off + free domestic shipping through 12/2. Use code 29PSA24. upittpress.org/psa-2024-con...

We’re thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820 by @edwinrose.bsky.social • Reading the World joins our Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series on 3/18/25.

We’re hiring a Design and Production Assistant! Details here: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

all set up and ready to exhibit at the 2024 annual conference on south asia in madison! @upittpress.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta by Matthew Mullane, an incisive study of a towering figure in modern Japanese architecture. World Observation will be published on April 22, 2025.

We’re thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of SPACES OF IMMIGRATION: AMERICAN PORTS, RAILWAYS, AND SETTLEMENTS by Catherine Boland Erkkila. Spaces of Immigration joins our Culture, Politics, & Built Environment series on 4/15/25 upittpress.org/series/cultu...

Reginald Shepherd is in the NYTimes Book Review, where he deserves to be: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/b...

Shakespeare Manga Theater The second of four Osamu Tezuka books I'm thrilled to be presenting with ABLAZE Publishing and Tezuka Productions. This one is a collection of Shakespeare-inspired stories told with sequential art. 1/x

We’re thrilled to share the cover for Spatial Theories For The Americas: Counterweights to Five Centuries of Eurocentrism by Fernando Luis Lara, on sale 11/19/24. Details here: upittpress.org/books/978082...

“empathic knowing” “enigmatic storytelling” “superb” Terrific review of Obligations to the Wounded in Shelf Awareness: www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...

Coming in October: Sharing Spaces: Technology, Mediation, and Human-Animal Relationships, edited by @finnarne.me & @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social On sale 10/29/24. Details: upittpress.org/books/978082...

The most comprehensive Japanese dictionary is going to be updated. www.sankei.com/article/2024...

given the intense focus on kamala devi harris this election season -- and possibly beyond -- this is a good time to reintroduce our recent biography of her (alleged) namesake kamaladevi chattopadhyay... grab this great book at half the price and twice the timeliness!

“formally adventurous stories rooted in Zambian literary traditions” Galleys now available for the next Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner, Obligations to the Wounded by Mubanga Kalimamukwento LMK if I can send you one!

join my author Nico Slate for an online conversation with Mytheli Sreenivas about Nico's forthcoming biography of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay - 4/17 12pm Eastern, register at tinyurl.com/Slate-Book

The Selected Shepherd is out today! Selected and with an additional introduction by Jericho Brown, The Selected Shepherd is the first standalone collection dedicated to the work of Reginald Shepherd, who passed away in 2008. upittpress.org/books/978082...