Heading to the Byckeye Book Fair tomorrow? Be sure to say hi to all the UA Press authors attending! You'll find Dr. Jon Miller, Dr. Steven D. Hambley, and John W. Kropf with their latest works at the book fair from 9:30am to 4pm. #bookfair #authors #Ohio #buckeyes #newbooks #localhistory #festival

NEW ESSAY ALERT! ☄ There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place. Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...

Of colliding climates of grief, of the hidden qualities of stanzas, of not fiction but possibility, of Blueberries for Sal & Italian squares & how words work with the world & writing heavy things lightly & more! Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social is here! @uakronpress.bsky.social 🎙️📚💙

Listen to Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social here: share.transistor.fm/s/23bf7d41 And read the full poem “Apostrophe” here: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/sa... 📚💙🎙️ #poetry #podcast #booksky @uakronpress.bsky.social

Adrenalized by this beautiful review of NONBINARY BIRD OF PARADISE (@uakronpress.bsky.social) by Catie Macaulay for @sundresspub.bsky.social. I feel like he truly GOT the book, its whole structure, each gesture. Thank you, thank you, thank you! sundressblog.com/2025/09/30/s...

Looking for a piece of #akron history? Join us this weekend at Cascade Locks Parks Association for the Akron Oatmeal Festival where we'll have copies of Akron at 200 and even more local history books on sale! #sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration

Happy Pub Day! What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories. Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod... #anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers

Congratulations to Alfredo Aguilar of Lockhart, TX, who has won the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize as chosen by Eduardo C. Corral! 🎉 This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well! Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....

Less than two weeks until the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced during the virtual ceremony! 🎉 Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day... #poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress

We are beyond thrilled to share that Lena Khalaf Tuffaha has won the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry! 🎉 Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win! Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.

The @aupresses.bsky.social's 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is now open in the Project Gallery at the Myers School of Art until 9/24! 📚 We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it! #universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts

📚 Happy Publication Day to Akron at 200! 📚 Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30! blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod... #OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday

Join us THIS Friday, 9/12, @ 10am at Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's Free Writing Conference, where we're super excited to be tabling for the #bookfair! The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there! #universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry

We are thrilled to share that Something About Living by @lenatuffaha is a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards! Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists! #poetry #poetrycommunity #writers

Listen now: New interview with Sarah Green on the viewless wings poetry podcast! 🔥 viewlesswings.com/2025/08/25/p... #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #interview #Spotify #podcast #universitypress #writers

NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER! What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history. Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod... Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.

Congrats to our member presses & their authors on this list: @uakronpress.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @uwiscpress.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social & Texas Review Press!

Stunned and absolutely thrilled that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (@uakronpress.bsky.social, 2024) is a finalist for the LGBTQ+ Poetry Lammy (@lambdaliterary.bsky.social)! Congrats to all the finalists in all categories 🏳️‍🌈

Take advantage of the #taxfreeweekend in #Ohio over the next two weeks by stopping by Northside Marketplace to score some great books and goodies! #books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron

📣 We are thrilled to share that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise by @emdashphillips.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 Lammy Awards! 🥳 #poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets

@marybid.bsky.social isn't just our poetry series editor extraordinaire, she's also a talented poet and #fiction writer! Join us in congratulating her on the publication of The Girl With the Black Lipstick! blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi... #flashfiction #ordernow #90sVibesOnly #newrelease

Looking to score a copy of #Akron at 200? Join us tonight at the Akron-Summit County Public Library for the Forgotten #History Forum, with UA Press director Dr. Jon Miller. Books are $35 before tax! Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/forgotten-... #Ohio #bicentennial #culture #preorder #anthology

Huge gratitude to Leigh Cuen and @southrevbooks for this wonderful review of Lady Smith by @allofthejess! southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/07/01/l... #poetry #review #poetrycommunity

Wow! Last night was one for the books. Huge thank yous to @allofthejess, @sarahgreenmusic, and @jenmoore05 for a truly stunning night of #poetry! And to @biercelibrary for providing a beautiful location and much-needed refreshments. We are already looking forward to planning another #reading! 🤩

📣 ATTENTION 📣 Submissions to the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize close TODAY! Open to all poets writing in English Prize = $1,500 & publication Final judge is Eduardo C Corral Manuscripts must be a total length of 48-90 pages Submit here: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...

REMINDER: The 2025 Akron Poetry Prize closes in five days! Send us those manuscripts! theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit

Normally, we share reviews of our books. Today, we're sharing a review by UA Press author Ryan Teitman! There is much to love in this brilliant review. 👇 Stay tuned for his forthcoming collection Paperweight in spring 2026! 💥 lareviewofbooks.org/article/bear...

The 2025 Akron Poetry Prize closes in 17 days. Don't delay, submit your manuscript via Submittable now! 👇 theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369... #poetry #poetrycommunity #submissionopportunity #prize #share

Hey Poetry Writers! Let's talk chapbooks with the one and only @marybid! #poetry #poetrycommunity #amwritingpoetry #poetrychapbook #onlinepoetryworkshop @NEOMFA @uakronpress.bsky.social www.lityoungstown.org/post/next-st...

You have 30 days left to submit your #poetry manuscript to the annual Akron Poetry Prize! The winner receives $1500 and publication of their manuscript. This year's judge is the brilliant Eduardo C. Corral! Submissions close June 15, 2025. theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit

We are thrilled to welcome award-winning writer Abayo Animashaun as this week's workshop leader for our self-care series in collaboration with Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre! 🤩 Seats are limited. Register now 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of...

Many thanks to Robin Myers for this new review of Something About Living by @lenatuffaha! ✨ www.poetrynw.org/every-empire... #review #poetry #poetrycommunity #poets #bookreview

and the birds won’t stop singing. Sarah Green, from The Deletions (@uakronpress.bsky.social)

There is one week left to register for Sarah Freligh's upcoming workshop "Notions of Home." Only a few seats remain! Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/notions-of... #writers #akron #selfcare #workshop #writercommunity #creativewriting

Join us THIS Saturday inside The Well CDC, in partnership with Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre, for "The Business of Self-Care for Writers: A Workshop on Goals and Artistic Growth" led by @marybid.bsky.social! FOUR spots remain, so learn more & register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-busine...

Many thanks to Ellen Chenoweth for this stunning review of Artists on Creative Administration in Dance Chronicle! Read the full review here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #creativeadministration #dance #danceadministration #artsadministration #artists

Akron Poetry Prize @UAkronPress.bsky.social (Poetry; pays) opened to fee-based poetry submissions. #amwriting

8. Pacific Paradise Herbal Tea & Nonbinary Bird of Paradise by Emilia Phillips (@emdashphillips.bsky.social) from @uakronpress.bsky.social

Submissions to the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize are now open! 🥳 The winning #poet receives $1500 and publication of their #manuscript. The 2025 final judge is Eduardo C. Corral! Submit: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369... #contest #prize #poetry #poetrycommunity #share

The University of Akron Press, in partnership w/Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre, is excited to announce Finding a Shell: How to Care for Yourself as a Writer, a free four-part workshop series on self-care for writers, beginning Saturday, 4/26. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/o/elizabeths...

Happy publication day to these two stunning poetry collections! Use code POETRYLIVES to take 30% off jacket price now until the end of April! blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod... #poetry #poetrycommunity #publicationday #newrelease #writerscommunity #divorce #separation #grief

Submissions to the annual Akron Poetry Prize open in 8 days! www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro... #poetry #poetrycommunity #prize #competition #opportunity #poets #submissionopportunity #writerscommunity #share

Happy National Poetry Month! Please enjoy 30% off all our poetry collections with code POETRYLIVES. Note: discount code does not work on mobile devices. Browse our poetry catalog here: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod... #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylives #akron #universitypress #smallpress

Ready those #poetry manuscripts! The Akron Poetry Prize opens April 15, and the winning poet receives $1500 and publication of their manuscript! Full details here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro... #contest #prize #poetrycommunity #poets

Join us at the #AWP25 #bookfair at Table #1022 for author signings featuring Tyler Mills, @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social, and Jess Smith! #LA #losangeles #writers #poets #poetry #poetrycommunity #newreleases

The 2025 Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference and #bookfair is right around the corner! If you're in Los Angeles, come say hi and check out our new and forthcoming poetry collections. #poetry #poetrycommunity #sale #booksbooksbooks #conference #awp2025

NEW BOOK ALERT! The Pioneer Route and Electric Railways of Northeast Ohio presents #masstransit in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century urban United States from a business history perspective. Preorder coming soon! #transportation #ohiohistory #electricrailways #electrictraction #neohio #train

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Join us in shouting congratulations to our poetry series editor, @marybid.bsky.social, on her forthcoming novella-in-flash, The Girl with the Black Lipstick! 🔥

Huge congratulations to Lena Khalaf Tuffaha for Something About Living being chosen as a 2025 Notable Book by the American Library Association! ✨ #poetry #notablebook #americanlibraryassociation #poetrycommunity rusaupdate.org/2025/01/2025...