Congratulations to Loretta Victoria Ramirez, whose book THE WOUND AND THE STITCH has won the bronze medal for the 2025 International Latino Book Awards Best Academic Themed Book, College Level!

Matt Poland's article "Eliot at Yale" in George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies won the Donald Gray Prize for best journal essay from the North American Victorian Studies Association! The article is free to access until 1/31:

"This book shows us how remembering the people persecuted by the Nazi regime is once again essential for defending LGBTQ+ rights in a new age of growing fascism and anti-queer/trans oppression." @Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:

Thursday! Join Nicholas R. Jones, author of CERVANTINE BLACKNESS, for a book talk at Hofstra at 2:40pm. Find more information here:

The article "The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!

Last chance to shop our LGBTQ History Month sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll

The Fall 2025 issue of PSU Press News is here! Read on for new books, awards and reviews, journals news, and more: buff.ly/JddI3Nv

The article "Reconstructing Historical Soundscapes: Famagusta and Its Bells" in Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!

The article "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is free to read until 1/16!

Emma Stebbins, the artist behind the Bethesda Fountain in New York, is the subject of the Heckscher Museum of Art's latest exhibition. Read more about Stebbins and the exhibition here: buff.ly/lq84WAA For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX

"An admirably well-written, astute, and learned contribution to the field of Dutch art history and material culture studies." Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM:

Great to see @psupress.bsky.social’s ‘Father Chaucer and the Apologists’ by Sarah Baechle reviewed in @thetls.bsky.social! Buy the book in Europe from @ipsuk.bsky.social or your local bookshop! www.the-tls.com/literature/l...

Tomorrow! Join Nicholas R. Jones, author of CERVANTINE BLACKNESS, for a talk with Asociación de Cervantistas at 7pm. Find more information here:

"The book would work well as an introductory guide to changing views on sexual assault." Read more of the Times Literary Supplement's review of FATHER CHAUCER AND THE APOLOGISTS:

Emma Stebbins, the artist behind the Bethesda Fountain in New York, is the subject of the Hecksher Museum of Art's latest exhibition. Read more about Stebbins and the exhibition here: buff.ly/KgGcOzd For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX

Thomas Dunn, author of THE PINK SCAR, was featured in the New York Public Library's Researcher Spotlight! Read the full Q&A here:

The very first issue of American Gothic Studies just published, and the article "Carrie at 50" is free to read through the end of the year!

We are pleased to announce that the inaugural RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.

October is LGBTQ History Month, and we're celebrating with a sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll

“We need to remind the younger generations. That knowledge continues to get lost as we lose the availability for people to speak about it firsthand." Read more from THE PINK SCAR author Thomas Dunn's interview with the Bay Area Reporter:

Over the weekend, SNL celebrated the 50th anniversary of its premiere! To celebrate, we've made the article "Incongruent Bodies: The Gender Politics of SNL’s Hillary Clintons" free to read for three months. Read the article here:

"This book would be excellent for anyone who is interested in reading historical documents, learning about Tudor England, or reconsidering previously established ideas regarding magic." Read SEL's full review of THE MAGIC OF ROGUES here:

We're at #PHA2025 this weekend! Stop by our booth to browse our books. You can also shop through our Virtual Exhibit and get 40% off: bit.ly/47iRLrF

Tomorrow at 3pm EDT! Join the authors and editors of the tenth-anniversary edition of GRAPHIC MEDICINE MANIFESTO for a virtual launch. Register here:

MOSES JACOB EZEKIEL author Samantha Baskind was featured on the Read Beat (...and repeat) podcast! Listen to the full episode here:

October is LGBTQ History Month, and we're celebrating with a sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll

“Graphic medicine can reach people in ways data tables can’t.” Read more from A TALE OF TWO SURROGATES coauthor Elly Teman's interview with GraphicMemoirBlog:

Tomorrow! Join Alessandra Russo, author of A NEW ANTIQUITY, for a book talk at Princeton University. Find more details here:

Tomorrow! Join Alessandra Russo, author of A NEW ANTIQUITY, for a book talk at Princeton University. Find more details here:

The Unlocked Book of the Month is SOUND TACTICS. Read more and access the book here:

Last chance to shop our German Studies sale! Save 40% when you use discount code GSA25 at checkout. Sale ends 9/30: bit.ly/3HEycAk

Here's ep. 366B: Syosset's own Dr. Asa Mittman stops by the show to talk about how his alma mater shaped his career as a medieval art historian and his recent book, CARTOGRAPHIES OF EXCLUSION: ANTI-SEMITIC MAPPING IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. @psupress.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/09/04/t...

The article "The Motown Story: The First Decade, or A Star Is Born" is free to read for the rest of 2025! Find the article here: buff.ly/9exoNtb Be sure to take a look at AMP: American Music Perspectives 4.1-2, which is a special issue on Motown!

Happy birthday, F. Scott Fitzgerald! 🎂 In case you missed any of our #SummerOfGatsby free articles, don't worry! You can still read them through the end of October, and they're all linked below. buff.ly/VBhPSMv buff.ly/4M0I62e buff.ly/ExxoDH9 buff.ly/53gBWJD

Congratulations to José G. Izaguirre III, whose book BECOMING LA RAZA was named the winner of the NCA Latino/a Communication Studies Division and La Raza Caucus Outstanding Book Award!

“We live in a very complex country with a very complex history,’’ Baskind said, “and we should know about it.” Read more from MOSES JACOB EZEKIEL author Samantha Baskind's interview with Ideastream:

Friday! One of our Acquisitions Editors, Archna Patel, is part of a virtual panel on publishing your book with a university press! The panel is at 2 p.m. EDT. Register here:

Congratulations to THE WOUND AND THE STITCH author Loretta Victoria Ramirez, whose book was named a finalist for the 2025 International Latino Book Awards Best Academic Themed Book, College Level! The book also received honorable mentions in several categories.

The article "Poetics of Humility: Animal Ethics in Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell" in BISHOP–LOWELL STUDIES is free to read through 12/31:

The very first issue of American Gothic Studies has published, and the article "Carrie at 50" is free to read through the end of the year!

The entirety of Volumes 1 and 2 of Journal of Development Perspectives are free to access through October 12! Volume 1: buff.ly/4Sz7O9E Volume 2: buff.ly/QSJveXm

This month, we're giving you 40% books in German Studies! Save when you use discount code GSA25 at checkout. Sale ends 9/30: bit.ly/3HEycAk

Stacy Peebles, editor of THE CORMAC MCCARTHY JOURNAL, is featured in this article about Cormac McCarthy's personal library:

This week, PSU-ARC is holding a symposium on Frances E. W. Harper. Find the full schedule in the image. You can learn more about Frances E. W. Harper in Carole Lynn Stewart's TEMPERANCE AND COSMOPOLITANISM:

The article "'Questionable Justice': The Case of the Blue Hood in Pittsburgh’s South Hills" in PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY is free to read for the next three months!

This Friday, join the editors of KEYSTONE POETRY for a celebration at the PSU Libraries! We've teamed up w/ the PA Center for the Book & the PSU English Dept. for a poetry workshop (1:30-3:00pm) in the Dewey Room, and a reading/Q&A (4:00-5:00pm) and book signing (5:00-5:30pm) in Foster Auditorium!

“We touch Africa all the time in this city,” Bassi said, “And don’t even notice it.” The Washington Post joined Shaul Bassi, co-author of AFRICAN VENICE, for a trip through one of the book's proposed itineraries! Read the full article here:

"A vivid portrait of the inner worlds of surrogates, in the process challenging assumptions and offering a nuanced take on autonomy, kinship and the meaning of motherhood." Read more from A TALE OF TWO SURROGATES coauthor Elly Teman's interview w/ Hadassah Magazine:

This month, we're giving you 40% books in German Studies! Save when you use discount code GSA25 at checkout. Sale ends 9/30: bit.ly/3HEycAk

The entirety of Volume 1 of Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture is free to access until the end of October! Issue 1: buff.ly/ObLDvej Issue 2: buff.ly/b4A9x0g