UTP always has fun at TBF! It's our time of year to catch up with authors past, present, and future and connect with our wonderful readers. We're so looking forward to doing it all over again this weekend! Catch us if you can in tent 1, booth 117/118! #TexasBookFestival #Austin #booksky

Want to learn more about the work of Texas HBCUs? Then check out the journal ‘Freedom Schools’, FREE on Project MUSE from now until December 3rd! muse.jhu.edu/journal...

Join us at the Texas Book Festival for their 30th anniversary! 🎉 Taking place Nov. 8 & 9 in downtown #Austin, the free, fun literary event will feature many UT Press authors and panels. See y'all there (we're in tent 1, booth 117/118)! 🧡

Tis the season when you can get great books (as great gifts) at a great price! Our holiday sale is running on our site today through January 31st, 2026. Use code UTXGIFTS at checkout for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. 🎁 #booksale #holidaysale #booksky utpress.utexas.edu/h...

THE SOUL OF FONDA SAN MIGUEL is a full-color cookbook made by founder and owner Tom Gilliland to celebrate 50 years of the iconic Fonda San Miguel restaurant here in Austin. It's out now and on sale for your reading & cooking pleasure (and can be purchased below)! utpress.utexas.edu/9...

#AlexanderPayne has carved a name for himself as a great American auteur with films like Nebraska, The Holdovers, and Election. Jason Sperb is the first to look at Payne's filmography, dissecting the larger themes that run across his works. Get your copy below↓ #booksky utpress.utexas.edu/9...

Here’s a peek at the latest issue of ‘Journal of the History of Sexuality’, Volume 34, Issue 3! Print copies are available for order on our website: utpress.utexas.edu/j...

"[MOTHERSHIP CONNECTED] is an intersectional yet compulsively readable must-have for funk fans and music history buffs. Finally, these groundbreaking female artists are getting the spotlight they’ve long deserved." Thanks for the love, @avparnell.bsky.social and @nashvillescene.com!

Spend some time today with this great story featuring @nikostratis.com and THE DAD ROCK THAT MADE ME A WOMAN, out today from behind the paywall. Congratulations on a terrific first year, @theflytrapmedia.com!

Happy pub day to EARTHMOVING! To Celebrate, author Eray Çaylı wrote a piece capturing the central thesis of the book in PoLAR Journal. Read below! ↓ Contemporary Extractivisms in Northern Kurdistan polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/c...

"Most of us don’t stay open to the world and refuse to be knocked from our soapboxes, but Harrigan does just that throughout the collection, mixing memoir and journalism, questioning his own memories and prior stances." New review of Stephen Harrigan's latest. @utexaspress.bsky.social

Dive into the #PuertoRican Muslim experience with BORÍCUA MUSLIMS by Ken Chitwood. Chitwood has crafted a rich ethnographic study of the cultural & religious experiences of Latinx Muslims across the U.S. and the Caribbean to explore intersectional belonging. ❤️ 🔗↓ utpress.utexas.edu/9...#PuertoRican

Want to learn more about the work of Texas HBCUs? Pick up the latest copy of ‘Freedom Schools’! Volume 2 is now available: utpress.utexas.edu/j... 🧡

Austin, we've got some post work plans for you! If you weren't planning on seeing author Jim Harrington and Congressman Greg Casar in conversation with each other tonight at Birdhouse Books, maybe this review in @austinchronicle.bsky.social will change your mind! 💙 www.austinchronicle....

Many thanks to @hooks.bsky.social for this terrifically thoughtful review of Jeff Roche's THE CONSERVATIVE FRONTIER. @texasmonthly.bsky.social subscribers, this one will be in the print issue in your mailboxes very soon!

Derek Burdette's MIRACULOUS CELEBRITY is on shelves now! New in our #art and #arthistory list, this book is a study of the life-sized crucifix known as the Christ of Ixmiquilpan in Mexico. #religiousart #Mexico #visualculture #materialculture #CDMX

Austinites, join us this Thursday, October 16 at Birdhouse Books for an evening of book signing & conversation with author Jim Harrington and Congressman Greg Casar. Don't miss out on learning about THE TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT. More info linked below! withfriends.co/event...

The TNSR leadership team recently met with our friends at @utexaspress.bsky.social, whose tireless efforts ensure that our work is published and distributed. We would also be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the support of our directors at the Clements Center and Strauss Center. Thank you!

‘Studies in Latin American Popular Culture’ publishes articles, review essays, and interviews on diverse aspects of popular culture in Latin America. These are the journal’s top five most-read articles on Project MUSE over the past year: 🧵↓

Happy pub day to THE CONSERVATIVE FRONTIER! In his deeply researched landmark study, Jeff Roche argues that what we now come to recognize as the modern Republican party originated in West Texas. You can read the pub day book review in the NYT (@nytimes.com) below! 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025...

Guitar expert John Stubbings pulls together years of research, travel, and experience as a guitar collector to bring us THE DEVIL IS IN IT. Out now, THE DEVIL IS IN IT is a deeply researched history of the acoustic guitar that examines the acoustic guitar's profound impact on the music world.

Big week for our #visualculture list! IN THE HANDS OF DEVOTEES delves into the relationship that Black and Indigenous communities in colonial Lima had with Christian devotional imagery, which was ultimately one of creation. ❤️ utpress.utexas.edu/9...

The latest issue of ‘Latin American Music Review’ has arrived! To order your copy of 46:1, visit utpress.utexas.edu/j... 🧡

For friends of the scene, there's a dope author talk happening VIRTUALLY tomorrow at 6PM CDT! RSVP now to hear Tara Martin López talk with our friends at the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute about the Chicanx punk scene in El Paso! 💙 www.somosmacri.org/e...

#OTD in 2019, we published BIG WONDERFUL THING: A HISTORY OF TEXAS! Stephen Harrigan's rich exploration remains a seminal resource for TX lovers; on its 6th birthday, folks are still reaching for their copies to celebrate & parse the storied history of the lone star state.

"QUANTUM CRIMINALS is an absolute breakthrough in terms of how to write about music, how to write about a band, how to write about songs...I was crazy about that book. I felt so gratified—‘boy, someone’s finally doing something really different.’” THE Greil Marcus, folks. tinyurl.com/4zjm79he

Say hello to INSIDE ABSTRACTION: INTERPRETING INKA VISUAL CULTURE, on shelves now! 🧵 This exploration of #Inka visual culture takes a new stance, and proposes that Abstract Inka art is not meant to be decoded, nor does it have hidden messages. #booksky

Have you ever wondered how American sports got to be the massive enterprise it is today? It's, in part, because of figures like William Muldoon, who paved the way for modern athletes to be celebrities and entrepreneurs as well as sportspeople.

MUSHROOM LOVERS & FUN GUYS, we've got something for you! Check out PUFFBALLS, EARTHSTARS, STINKHORNS, AND OTHER GASTEROID FUNGI OF EASTERN NORTHERN AMERICA, out now!

Here’s a peek at the latest issue of Korean Journal of Communication, Volume 2, Issue 2!

THE TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT is out now! Jim Harrington, #civilrights activist, pulls from decades of experience fighting for justice in TX to explore the history of the TCRP and highlights the work of grassroots activism across the lone star state. 🔗↓ utpress.utexas.edu/9...

We're still buzzing off the excitement of the weekend (more on that later). . . and there's more to be excited about! All of these books are insightful, interesting, and have come out in the last couple of weeks. 🧡 Find out more about these great books at the link in our bio! 🔗 #ReadUP

Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com can *write*. Her memoir, The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman is told through the lens of a loose and unique definition of the musical genre. It’s one of the best books I’ve read this year. Lots more, including links to excerpts, here:

Though Hanif will not be able to make it to the event in person, he WILL be joining Jessica Hopper and Casey Kittrell virtually for the beginning of their panel. We hope to see all of you this evening, at 7:00pm in the Austin Central Library!

Hi, friends! Due to travel issues, Hanif won’t be joining Jessica Hopper this evening for their panel. We are SO lucky to have editor-in-chief of the year, Casey Kittrell, as stand-in conversation partner.

Readers of ‘Texas Studies in Literature & Language’ know this journal has a celebrated history of fascinating articles on literary criticism. Here are the top five most-read articles over the past year on Project MUSE 🧵

"If Texas were a country — once again — the University of Texas Press would be first in line to act as our national publishing house." Delighted by this lovely piece from @indelibleaustin.bsky.social in the Austin American-Statesman on us at 75! www.statesman.com/news/history...

Hanif Abdurraqib and Jessica Hopper are two of the greatest contemporary music writers of our time. They're chatting at Austin Central Library this weekend about their partnership as fellow music critics, editors, and friends. We'll be sat for their panel on Sunday, 9/21 at 7:00pm. So should you!

Stephen Harrigan has been one of the preeminent #Texaswriters for decades, and this Sunday we'll get to hear him talk shop with @texasmonthly's Ross McCammon about his extensive catalog of writing, including his new collection of essays with us, AN ANCHOR IN THE SEA OF TIME 💙

Texas folks! This Sunday, I'll be joining author David Hillis at the Austin Central Library for a conversation about writing, deep time, hill country ecosystems, and the Lone Star State's splendid natural history. Come through!

If you or anyone you know refers to themselves as an #AustinFoodie, we've got delicious news for you! 3x James Beard award-winning chef and journalist Toni Tipton-Martin will be joined by Adrian Lipscombe of the 40 Acres Project for a mouthwatering conversation on 9/21 at the #APL

Congratulations to our authors Tara Dudley and Charles L. Davis II, both faculty members at the UT School of Architecture, for being awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation! These grants will support their groundbreaking research on the history and cultural impact of our built environment.

As part of UTP's 75th anniversary celebrations, our Journals division's reflecting on popular articles in our many years of scholarly publishing. Beginning with one of our longest-standing partners ‘Information & Culture’, these are I&C's top 5 most-read articles on Project MUSE in the past year 🧵

Folks are sure to enjoy the conversation between notable Black history scholars Michael Hurd and Leonard N. Moore! Together, they'll talk through their work with the Press and football in the lone star state.

From our magazine: My career was all about being a zealous advocate for people who are poor, disenfranchised, and oppressed. What matters is their lives, their stories, their histories, their hope, and walking alongside them on the journey toward justice.

Texas naturalists have much to look forward to at our #APL event on Sunday 9/21. 🌱🦕 We'll be treated to a conversation between UTP authors David Hillis and Asher Elbein on the state's biodiversity, natural history, and ways we can help to preserve our beautiful home state for years to come.

It's a joy to see Seth Neblett's MOTHERSHIP CONNECTED: THE WOMEN OF PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC included among this month's "Reads for the Rest of Us" at @msmagazine.com! "Seth Neblett has compiled an unbelievable archive full of strength, humor, tea, shade and yes, funk." msmagazine.com/2025/09/03/b...

Read for yourself the quiet miracle of @nikostratis.com on Springsteen: thequietus.com/culture/book...

#Austin, one of the city's most celebrated authors, Sarah Bird, will be giving our opening author panel at The University of Texas Press at 75: A Celebration of Books and Ideas. Full schedule linked below! utpress.utexas.edu/7...

Architectural historian Richard Cleary has expanded his 2017 Places article, “The Architecture of Sports,” into a book, published this year by @utexaspress.bsky.social! The book explores how radio & TV shape our experiences of sports, and how such experiences overlap with politics of race & gender.