We're thrilled to see two UW Press books among these finalists, both #OpenAccess via @manifoldscholar.bsky.social. KERNELS OF RESISTANCE by Liza Grandia: uw.manifoldapp.org/projects/ker... UPLAND GEOPOLITICS by Michael B. Dwyer: uw.manifoldapp.org/projects/upl...

Available now, THE RACIAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATE by Keith K. Miyake delivers a bold rethinking of how race, environment, and state power are entangled—from the racial politics of public housing in 1970s New York to the construction of US-Mexico border walls. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Chicana curator Elizabeth Ferrer made the decision to remove a portrait of Cesar Chavez from her exhibition “Chicano Camera Culture.” She explains why at the link below.

Tamiko Nimura faces the past head-on as she shares coming to terms with her family's experiences while incarcerated during World War II and her father's death.

On @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, Vindhya Buthpitiya @vindi-b.bsky.social discusses A VOLATILE PICTURE (June 16)—on Tamil photographic practices in Sri Lanka and the making and moving of images across borders, communities, and generations. Listen to the interview: newbooksnetwork.com/a-volatile-p...

Tamiko Nimura’s A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return to Tule Lake is an inventive memoir that explores how rejection from academia helped launch her into ancestral research, and ultimately a visit to the site of one of the worst Japanese American internment camps.

In 'Satirical Tibet: The Politics of Humor in Contemporary Amdo', the scholar Timothy Thurston shows how Tibetan artists have mastered the art of zurza (ཟུར་ཟ་), to deliver one of the most remarkably inventive forms of cultural resistance under the Chinese state : https://ow.ly/wgLE50YUStj

had a lovely conversation with Miranda Melcher from @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my book 'A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka' newbooksnetwork.com/a-volatile-p... out with @uwapress.uw.edu (very soon!) uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Now available, A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE by @tamikonimura.bsky.social is a deeply affecting memoir of reckoning with a father's death and the Japanese American incarceration—a "gut-wrenching work of intergenerational dialogue" (Publishers Weekly). Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

We have a cover! I am excited to announce that @uwapress.uw.edu will release my book in late 2026: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295... #flyfishing #trout #montana #bulltrout #environmentalhistory #westernhistory

New Medieval Books: Chinese Characters across Asia, by Zev Handel, published by @uwapress.uw.edu www.medievalists.net/2026/04/new-... #Languages #Chinese #Books

Striking cover image (and title!) for @timothyagrose.bsky.social’s forthcoming book with @uwapress.uw.edu. The “Studies of Ethnic Groups In China” series (edited by none other than @steveharrell.bsky.social) continues to be a vital resource for scholars in the field! uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

CHICANO CAMERA CULTURE "underscores the lineage and legacy of Chicano/a/x culture with a range of cross-generational voices." In PRINT Magazine, read a review of the publication and exhibition surveying the history of Chicano/a/x photography in the US:

Happy Earth Day! On our blog, science writer Eric Wagner (SEABIRDS AS SENTINELS) shares about his time tracking seabirds off the coasts of Washington and Vancouver Island, and how deep observation reveals both wonder and urgency. Read our Q&A:

Over lunch at CheBogz in Beacon Hill, Jane Wong interviewed Tamiko Nimura to discuss “A Place for What We Lose," her new memoir & reflection on Japanese American Incarceration. Click below for our latest "Dining & Writing" dispatch 🔗 Photos by Oliver Vy Lê Nguyễn 📷 www.chum.news/dining-writi...

"People would say, 'How could someone as old as you write a book?' And you could see the smoke come out of his ears." Rebecca McCarthy, author of the biography NORMAN MACLEAN, contributed her recollections to an article marking the 50th anniversary of his famous novella 'A River Runs Through It':

New Book Announcement: “Samurai” by Rosina Buckland and Oleg Benesch @uwapress.uw.edu @britishmuseum.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/samurai-by-r...

*Revolutionary Natures* is now in print. @eastasiascitech.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu

Check out Xavier Ante's review of Tomas Cole's "Possessed Landscapes: Experiments in Conservation and Sovereignty in Southeast Myanmar," published in 2025 by @uwapress.uw.edu; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #conservation www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

In a review of CONTESTED TAIWAN for @chinabooksreview.com, Andrew J. Nathan highlights author @lnachman32.bsky.social's sharp reframing of Taiwan's political divide: "The main cleavage . . . is not left-wing versus right-wing but over Taiwanese identity and cross-strait strategy." Read more:

New Book Announcement: “Observing the Unseen: Curiosity and Common Knowledge in Early Modern China” by Andrew Schonebaum @uwapress.uw.edu asianreviewofbooks.com/new-book-ann...

Congratulations to our #AAAS2026 Association for Asian American Studies award winners! 🧵 CARING FOR CAREGIVERS by Valerie Francisco-Menchavez was named Winner of the Award for Best Book (2025) by the Filipino Studies section in the AAAS.

What a gift: to be seen so clearly by a good friend and brilliant thinker, Vince Schleitwiler, at your joint publishing home, the International Examiner. iexaminer.org/grappling-wi...

Thanks, @hyperallergic.com! SAMURAI and CHICANO CAMERA CULTURE among these Spring art book recommendations:

We're excited to be in Honolulu for the Association for Asian American Studies #AAAS2026 conference! Come say hi and see our new and upcoming books at our booth—and enjoy 40% off with the conference discount. For those not attending, please visit our virtual exhibit: uwapress.uw.edu/association-...

"[Tamiko] Nimura creates a vivid, thoughtful work that explores intergenerational trauma, parental loss, and how these histories continue to shape identity and relationships across generations." Thanks, Alta Journal! @tamikonimura.bsky.social's memoir, A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE is out on April 28.

Leading scholar of Latinx photography Elizabeth Ferrer shares more about CHICANO CAMERA CULTURE, a new book and exhibition that surveys the history of photography by Chicano artists based in the US, spanning the 1960s to the present day. Read our Q&A on the blog:

What can a rhinoceros auklet tell us about the health of the Salish Sea? Find out at Seabirds Live! A free multimedia event May 13 at UW Tacoma. Register: tinyurl.com/SeabirdsLive @birdsconnectsea.bsky.social @univpugetsound.bsky.social @kingsbooks.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu #seabirds #bookevent

In SEABIRDS AS SENTINELS, Eric Wagner of UW's @pugetsoundinstitute.org explores what seabirds can teach us about a changing ocean. Join us this spring for a book event to learn how seabirds draw together many threads—of climate change, of fisheries, and of histories human and more-than-human alike.

Some nice titles here. You can check out our Greenhouse #envhum book talks with Jay Turner on Charged newnatures.org/greenhouse/e... and Micah Muscolino on Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e... #ASEH2026

Hello from Kansas City! 👋 We're at #ASEH2026 with @aseh.bsky.social to share our new and forthcoming books in Environmental History. Our 40% off conference discount runs through April 30—visit our virtual exhibit to browse books and order: uwapress.uw.edu/american-soc...

Taiwan offers a compelling lens through which to explore questions of identity, place, and connection in the Asia Pacific. Author of TAIWAN LIVES Niki J. P. Alsford reflects on these themes and their broader significance on the Interlocutor Podcast.

Read an excerpt from MOVING MOUNTAINS by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu on how Asian American and Pacific Islander women built a collective political agenda and fostered cross-racial solidarity at the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference. #WomensHistoryMonth

MOVING MOUNTAINS by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Adrienne Winans explores a pivotal moment in the development of Asian American and Pacific Islander feminisms—a timely read for #WomensHistoryMonth. Now available: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Two major Ming dynasty story collections, STORIES OLD AND NEW by Feng Menglong and SLAPPING THE TABLE IN AMAZEMENT by Ling Menchu, are now openly available thanks to the generous support of the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation. Read the collection: uw.manifoldapp.org/projects/pro...

#AAS2026: Thanks to everyone who came by for the Meet and Greet with Lev Nachman @lnachman32.bsky.social! Learn more about CONTESTED TAIWAN and get 40% off and free domestic shipping with code WAAS26 at checkout: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Hey everyone in Vancouver at @asianstudies.org! I’m doing an author meet and greet TODAY at 12:30 at the @uwapress.uw.edu booth! Please come say hi!

Greetings from @asianstudies.org #AAS2026 in Vancouver! We're excited to share new and notable books in #AsianStudies. Stop by Booth 218 to say hello! Our 40% off conference discount runs through March 31—visit our virtual exhibit to learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/association-...

Through interviews and a memoir, Puyallup activist Ramona Bennett Bill recalls a lifetime in pursuit of Indigenous rights and how future generations guided her efforts. | Essay

The new issue of the JHI features a review essay by Naomi Sussman: "Building the Future with the Past: Indigenous Authorship and the Function of Ethnography": muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic... This article is now free to read without a subscription.

Seattle folks, I'll be back in the city this weekend - come hang at Mam's Books in the International District for my book launch and conversation with Moon-Ho Jung! @uwapress.uw.edu

TOMORROW! Book Talk with Aaron Goings Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest March 3 at 3:30PM Allen Auditorium, Allen Library North University of Washington Free and open to the public.

The seabirds of Destruction Island off WA reveal impacts of climate change

Seattle, come celebrate the release of Adrian De Leon's new book, BALIKBAYAN: A Revenant History of the Filipino Homeland. Joined by Moon-Ho Jung, De Leon will discuss what it means to go back home when “home” is shaped by conquest, labor, and longing. 📅Saturday, March 7 at 12 pm 📍Mam's Books

Congratulations to Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, whose book CARING FOR CAREGIVERS won Honorable Mention in the Social Sciences category of the 2026 Association for Asian American Studies Book Awards. #AAAS aaastudies.org/announcement... Read more about the book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Decades in the making, YÉIL KUNDAYAAYÍ, ADVENTURES OF RAVEN is a monumental volume of Tlingit Raven stories—the first to present them in the original language with facing English translations. Read our Q&A with copublishers Sealaska Heritage Institute @shinstitute.bsky.social to learn more:

Author Tamiko Nimura reflects on her Japanese American family’s history of wartime incarceration in the Northwest Asian Weekly. In her forthcoming memoir-in-essays, A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE (April 2026), she draws from her late father’s unpublished memoir about his experiences at Tule Lake.

For the Japanese American Day of Remembrance, we're sharing an excerpt from CITIZEN 13660, Nisei artist Miné Okubo's graphic memoir of daily life in US government-run incarceration camps in California and Utah during World War II. Read now on our blog:

Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture in Western History and Biography Book talk with Aaron Goings March 3, 2026, 3:30 p.m. Allen Auditorium Allen Library North University of Washington, Seattle Free and open to the public