Why writers should take public transportation: "You will write a good deal more waiting for a bus or sitting on a train than you will driving a car, or as a passenger in a car; and you will be thrown in with strangers—people not of your choosing." —Lydia Davis, "Essays One"

Dallas, Texas.

From the acknowledgments in the delightful Nicked, by M.T. Anderson.

"When you revise a sentence you are revising not only the words of the sentence but also the *thought* in the sentence." —Lydia Davis, "Essays One"

We've got some incredible new books headed your way in 2026! Take a look and pre-order copies now during our holiday sale and save 40%!

Deep Vellum Books, Dallas, Texas.

Dallas, Texas.

"It was not snowing. When one was past fifty it was absurd to be disappointed because there was no snow on Christmas morning, but elderly people are never quite as sensible as the young imagine." —Georges Simenon, "Maigret's Christmas"

Dallas, Texas.

Soar Into Spring! Our Spring/Summer 2026 catalog is now available. Browse the catalog here ➡️ www.oupress.com/spring-summe...

An ambushed detective: "Then they swarmed over me, hung on my arms, kicked my legs from under me, kicked consciousness out of my head. It slid like a disappearing tail light down the dark mountainside of the world." —Ross MacDonald, "The Moving Target"

A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle

The 1990s marked a bold chapter for UT Press! By the mid-nineties, UT Press had published 85 new books, with a total of 900 titles in print. Keep watching to see a few of the titles we shared in this decade! #UTPress #UniversityOfTexas #UTexasPress #UTP75 #75YearsofUTP #booksky #ReadUP

"The eyes in his fleshy face were like raisins in unbaked dough." —Ross MacDonald, "The Moving Target"

As the year winds to a close, we're excited to share our Spring 2026 catalog of books being published in January 2026 and beyond—all available for preorder now. Through January 2, 2026, use code WINTER25 at checkout on our website to receive 40% off plus free domestic shipping on all books.

"I undressed and got into bed without looking at the empty twin bed on the other side of the room. In a way, it was a relief not to have to explain to anyone what I had been doing all day." —Ross MacDonald, "The Moving Target"

A year-end post: reflecting on the use of sustained groups in collaborative activities (rather than switching up groups frequently). beyondthescope.substack.com/p/you-again-...

It's not too late to save 30% on all in-stock titles (and preorders!). Use the code SALE30 at IndiePubs until Dec. 31 for orders in the USA. publisher.indiepubs....

"'Perhaps you’d like a drink.' 'Not before lunch. I’m the new-type detective.'" —Ross MacDonald, "The Moving Target"

Boomboxes and leg warmers weren't the only things making waves in the 1980s. Our publishing voice continued to expand with works that informed, challenged, and celebrated culture! Here's a look back at some of the books we published in the 80s. #UniversityOfTexas #UTexasPress #UTP75 #75YearsofUTP

"The light-blue haze in the lower canyon was like a thin smoke from slowly burning money." —Ross MacDonald, "The Moving Target"

Out Now! "A History of the Cherokee Nation" by Rachel Caroline Eaton and edited by David Berry, Martha Berry and Patricia Dawson. www.oupress.com/978080619606...

TK is from T/C (write it by hand and you’ll see the K), for “to come.” Just want to be sure the knowledge of the elders isn’t lost.

The number of times each university press appears in the Further Reading section of Ethan Hawke's graphic novel "Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars": Oklahoma - 5 Nebraska - 4 Arizona - 1 Utah - 1 Yale - 1

"I write 10 hours a day, mostly in my mind" Is quite a thing to say. (It was said by M.F.K. Fisher)

The 1970s brought bold ideas, poetic voices, and new perspectives into the UT Press catalog. As much as the world was rapidly changing, so were we! Keep watching to see the titles we published during this formative decade! #UniversityOfTexas #UTexasPress #UTP75 #75YearsofUTP #booksky

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

David Carkeet's "The Greatest Slump of All Time" should be on more best-of lists for baseball novels. And, if such a thing exists, on more best-of lists of comic novels about depression.

New book review: Brimberry on Melin-Moser, Catharine: _When Montana Outraced the East: The Reign of Western Thoroughbreds, 1886-1900_. University of Oklahoma Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment. Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20135056

"He believes that second place is the best place in life to be. It carries honor without the awful burden of excessive excellence." —from David Carkeet's comic novel about depressed baseball players, "The Worst Slump of All Time"

"Behind the plate, Narvel sees himself not as an accomplished major-league catcher but as a young man who squats for a living." —from David Carkeet's novel about depressed baseball players, "The Greatest Slump Ever"

Submissions are open for the WLT Student Translation Prize. If you’re a student enrolled in a translation studies program, send your prose and poems in by 1/10/26. We want to read your translations! All the details are here in the link: worldliteraturetoday.org/translation-...

"Politics is the art by which politicians obtain campaign contributions from the rich and votes from the poor on the pretext of protecting each from the other." —Oscar Ameringer, quoted in "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History"

"In 1911, Socialist Oscar Ameringer received 23 percent of the vote in a three-way race for mayor of Oklahoma City." —from "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History" edited by Davis D. Joyce

if you want your book to be reviewed... ...go review a book! people need to write reviews for books to be reviewed!

may I recommend writing a book review? it's fast, it's useful, it's a good thing to do. if it's an academic review, just look up the book review editor for a journal where you'd like to publish and pitch a review of a book that came out in the last few years or is forthcoming

"Bob Kerr, U.S. senator for Oklahoma, once declared his ideology in a single sentence: 'I'm against any deal I ain't in on." —from Danney Goble's essay "The Southern Influence on Oklahoma" in "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History"

Taking a moment to brag about our writing studies books because our amazing authors just. keep. winning. awards.

The @hilltimes.com Best 100 Books of 2025 has just gone live. Thrilled to see the excellent representation of @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social authors -- just shy of 20%! Have a project in Canadian politics you'd like to discuss? You know where to go. 😉

🎉 KU Leuven turns 600 today! 🎉 On 9 December 1425, Pope Martin V signed the foundation bull that established a university in Leuven! 💥 Use code KULEUVEN600 and get 25% off books about KU Leuven’s history. 👉 Explore the collection: lup.be/collection/6... #KULeuven600 #600YearsKULeuven #KULeuven

"GOD ALMIGHTY UNDERSTANDS THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE. Address HIM only in that Tongue." —notice posted on a German-speaking Mennonite church near Fairview, Oklahoma in 1918. From "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History," edited by Davis C. Joyce.

"Like most railroad men, Charles Haskell often outfoxed stubborn landowners who refused to sell right-of-ways by waiting until night to build the line through the property of his sleeping victims." —"'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History"

"A must-read for scholars and historians of early America and Native American and Indigenous studies, 'Cherokee Power' provides a much-needed breath of fresh air."

The "imprecise, contradictory, and muddled definitions" of early 20th century progressivism, listed in the essay "Progressivism in Oklahoma Politics, 1900-1913" from "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History," edited by Davis D. Joyce.

An interesting publishing story. Thanks to el gran @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social for the photo from his library! open.substack.com/pub/derekkri... @blackiebooks.bsky.social

Superb novel. If you haven't read it, you have a treat waiting for you.

Look at that beautiful box of books!

Thanks to Sue Retka Schill for inviting Tom Rogers and me onto the Homegrown Fuels podcast to talk about our book and the history of ethanol fuel. Fun conversation! youtu.be/wYpOz7CfiaA?...

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