"Books and scholarship are essential to a milestone anniversary like America’s 250th, because they contain the full, complicated story, not a polished myth." Read about Larnell Gross's perspective on American identity and the Soul of America catalog here: buff.ly/CrltURx

We're excited to publish "What Clever Friends: The Selected Letters of Jane Kenyon and Alice Mattison" edited by Chad Wriglesworth. More than 500 letters over 15 years reveal a deep friendship based in writing. press.umich.edu/Books/W/What...

What did it mean to "lose your mind" in the Middle Ages? Deprived of Sense and Intellect examines 460 miracle stories to reveal how #medieval communities understood mental disability, diagnosis, demonic possession, and healing. bit.ly/4avnWW9 @drleighanncraig.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social

Unsettling Catan is an excellent study that builds a substantive cultural critique from a touchstone in the boardgame world that extends to other eurogames and beyond. I benefitted from reading Professor Lee’s work and recommend Unsettling Catan without reservation. #booksky @uofmpress.bsky.social

"Deprived of Sense and Intellect" is now available! This study reveals how medieval communities distinguished insanity and possession. Read more about the book and grab a copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/D/Depr...

What if #Tacitus’ lost books had survived? "Tacitus and the Incomplete" reconstructs missing episodes from Rome’s imperial past to explore how absence, hindsight, and historical imagination shape what we think we know. #AncientHistory #Classics bit.ly/4f32SJa @uofmpress.bsky.social

Good advice from our friends @uofmichigan.bsky.social. 📑

Independence Day might be over, but the Press is still celebrating American's 250th birthday! Check out the exclusive Soul of America catalog from U-M student Larnell Gross, which explores the American identity through the lens of 11 UMP books here: buff.ly/gn4gmal

Publicity and marketing scams are on the rise and as such, our marketing team has put together a blog post with tips, tricks, and warnings about how to self-publicize your work. Read more here: press.umich.edu/Blog/2026/07...

"Sideways Developments" by Kai Hang Cheang is now available! This volume in the Global Queer Asias series is a meditation on queer and trans persistence in global Hong Kong. Start reading here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Out in November, COPY/RIGHTS AND EARLY CINEMA addresses copyright and early intermediality, piracy and censorship, international distribution, and more at the 17th annual International Domitor Conference! Read more here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/C/Copy...

Climate doomism says it’s too late. "Rejecting Climate Doomism" argues the opposite: every fraction of a degree matters, and meaningful climate action remains possible through policy, collective change, and active hope. Discover this and more titles from UMP: bit.ly/4oMQu3j @uofmpress.bsky.social

"Poets as Public Scholars" is now available to read online! This new addition to the Digital Culture Books series models ways poetry can drive public scholarship in the digital age. Start reading here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

☀️ Our Summer Sale starts today! Until 19th July, our client press titles are available on the LUP website at *50% off*. Use code "27SUMMER" at checkout ☀️: bit.ly/3SDhyGh @uofmpress.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu @livunipress.bsky.social

👋 Monday at #IMC2026 has flown! We’ve more books and more presses than ever on our stand and it’s been an excellent first day. Come down to booth 14 at the book fair and say hello today until 7:30 pm 📚 @uofmpress.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu @livunipress.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Great to see our client press books out in the wild at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds! 📚 @uofmpress.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu #IMC2026

"Tacitus and the Incomplete" edited by Panayiotis Christoforou and Bram L.H. ten Berge is now available! This edited collection reconstructs the lost episodes, narratives, and books in Tacitus' Histories and Annals. Grab a copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/T/Taci...

My book TRANSLOCAS is free to read until the end of 2026 as part of the @uofmpress.bsky.social US at 250 initiative. It was one of the 11 books selected by student Larnell Gross to be part of the section titled Soul of America: 250 Years through Books. Thanks Larnell! press.umich.edu/Books/US-250

📢 This week, we're thrilled to be attending #IMC2026 for the second year with a selection of our distributed presses. Stop by our stand to catch some excellent #Medieval titles at 50% off! @imc-leeds.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu @uofmpress.bsky.social #MSUP

Happy 4th of July! The 250th birthday of the United States offers an opportunity to inquire, learn, and engage with our country's history and culture. This page highlights books, a student-created catalog, and essays about the American story: press.umich.edu/Books/US-250

It's the last day of our Spring Sale! Get 50% off ALL books with code SPRING26 here: press.umich.edu

Last day on sale! @uofmpress.bsky.social informed me we got 335 preorders so far. 'First Encounters with AI' includes essays by @kyliu99.bsky.social @hannesbajohr.de @nicholasnardini.bsky.social @annelyse.bsky.social @realiainsthomas.bsky.social @jamesyu.bsky.social @sashastiles.bsky.social

Excellent #PoliSci titles from @uofmpress.bsky.social this season: "Global Urban Policy" and "The Post-Global City" show cities as engines of political and technological change, where policy and everyday innovation reshape power, inequality, and urban futures. Discover more:

How might established nonprofit presses helpfully meet existing needs in diamond publishing, particularly for smaller institutional & community-based publishers? These are the questions asked by @annualreviews.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social & @universitypress.cambridge.org in a workshop.

It's the last week of our Spring Sale! Get 50% off all UMP books before this deal is gone here: press.umich.edu

ReadUP on America at 250: University presses & their expert authors offer insights into the American experiment from the Founding to today, in this round-up of reading lists & curated collection of books: https://bit.ly/4xQZlFq

Spotted in the wild by our editorial director: Dan DiPiero's "Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl" at Lion's Tooth in Milwaukee! We're always so happy to see our books in indies.💙

From UMP's excellent 'Global Queer Asias' series: "Sideways Developments" Through Hong Kong literature and visual culture Kai Hang Cheang reveals how queer and trans communities imagine new paths of resilience, belonging, and collective futures. solidarity in uncertain times. @uofmpress.bsky.social

Tuesday @umichlibrary.bsky.social celebrated Juneteenth with our amazing hosts at @zingermans.bsky.social feat. @uofmpress.bsky.social's Ella E. Hall Recipe Book which shares recipes from Hall's journals in our Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. www.zingermanscommunity.com/2026/06/june...

This must-have guide, THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE by Dan Hassler-Forest, gives readers a fresh perspective on the classic horror film. Read more about the new addition to our film|minutes series and pre-order here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/T/The-... @danhf.bsky.social

We're excited to be a part of U-M's U.S. at 250 celebrations! Stay tuned for more info about our upcoming exhibit, catalog, and participation in a scavenger hunt in the fall. Read more about U-M's plans here:

Last night @zingermans.bsky.social celebrating Juneteenth & the release of the Ella E. Hall Recipe Book was wonderful. Amazing food and speakers, plus joyful conversation with our community. The bakehouse did a great job recreating a Lady Baltimore Cake recipe Ella loved! @umichlibrary.bsky.social

We love our local indie bookstores! Check out this article from The Sun Times News about local indies thriving in the Ann Arbor area: buff.ly/x5jKEtl

PRACTICE DIALOGUES: LISTENING TO THE WISDOM OF CARE WORK is now available to read online! This volume written by a collective of practitioners calls readers to learn from, not simply about, care work and those dedicated to it. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Still haven't stocked up on your summer reading list? No worries, we have you covered! Get 50% off ALL books with code SPRING26 until July 1. Browse here: press.umich.edu

"We Rode the Rhythms as One" celebrates the life and legacy of Etheridge Knight, tracing his journey from incarceration to poetic influence. Through essays, interviews, and letters, it reveals how poetry became a force for survival, community, and social change. bit.ly/3S1MPlZ @uofmpress.bsky.social

@uofmpress.bsky.social is having a spring sale: Save 50% with promo code SPRING26. Maybe you'd like to order a book that tackles the challenges faced by graduate writers: press.umich.edu/Books/T/Thri... #GradCom #AcWri #AcademicSky #PhD #ECR #Postdoc

We're thrilled to announce our Fall 2026 Catalog!🎉 Browse our forthcoming titles for the season and get 50% off all pre-orders with code SPRING26. Browse the catalog here: buff.ly/7tV6V3Y

@uofmpress.bsky.social have a spring sale on atm. SPRING26 gets you 50% off a range of titles. Sale includes my book on the dilemmas of contemporary Korean politics encountered by progressive efforts to resolve inequality and address the enduring power of the chaebol and the conservative bloc.

59 years ago, the Caucus for a New Political Science (CNPS) emerged in protest against the Vietnam War and the political science establishment. Clyde Barrow revisits that radical history and its lasting challenge to the discipline: bit.ly/4nR2ZdO @clydewbarrow.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social

This Pride Month, check out our forthcoming and latest titles from our Gender and Sexuality Studies list with this blog post: press.umich.edu/Blog/2026/06...

Need a new book to enjoy this summer? Browse our 2026 Summer Reading List and get 50% off ALL books with code SPRING26. Read more: buff.ly/xCj2wsa

"The Ella E. Hall Recipe Book" is now available and open access! This is a personal collection of over 50 recipes and culinary experiments from Hall's 1920-1939 journal. Get a copy or start reading for free at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

In a house by a river that lamented as it ran, Lived a father, and his daughter, and the dog-headed man… —Helen Adam, “A Tale Best Forgotten” from TO GO INTO THE WOODS, by Norman Finkelstein, @uofmpress.bsky.social 2023 #WyrdWednesday #poem #poetry press.umich.edu/Books/T/To-G...

If you're looking for a physical copy of Unsettling Catan, this is the lowest it gets, but remember digital is always free through Open Access. press.umich.edu/Books/U/Unse... #boardgames

So many great books available at half off including a definitive history of the @umich.edu Medical School: press.umich.edu/Books/M/Medi...

Whether you’re heading to the beach or finally getting a chance to catch up on rest after another long academic year, chances are @uofmpress.bsky.social has a book or two for you. And at 50% off, now’s a great time to treat yourself! ⛱️☀️📚

At last, some good news!

Congratulations to "Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone" author Betsy Small on winning Silver at the 2026 Nautilus Book Awards!🎉Check out the full list of winners here: www.nautilusbookawards.com/2026-nautilu...

Is writing thinking? Our new volume holds 16 essays by professional creative writers reflecting on writing in the time of AI. All books are currently 50% off with the code SPRING 26, making it cost $10. Preorders are delivered on Sep 28. @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/F/Firs...