Our offices may be closed from 12/25 to 1/1 but our online bookstore is always open! Start building your reading list for the new year with code HOLIDAY25 for 50% off all books (including pre-orders) until 1/4! Illustration by Abigail Aaron. Browse here: buff.ly/92CDhh7

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Our Spring 2026 Catalog is now live! Pre-order our spring titles and get 50% off pre-orders with code HOLIDAY25 until 1/4! Browse here: buff.ly/92CDhh7

Have you shopped the @uofmpress.bsky.social holiday sale yet? Time is running out to get 50% off all of our books when you use the promo code HOLIDAY25. * Promo code “HOLIDAY25” can be used on any book at www.press.umich.edu until 4 January 2025. The discount does not apply to shipping costs.

Dysfluent in Fiction by Riley McGuire (@ohiostatepress.bsky.social) and By Touch Alone by Vanessa Warne (@uofmpress.bsky.social) “gesture toward a new trend for the field of Victorian disability studies: increased attention to materialism.”

Theresa Delgadillo, Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas - @uofmpress.bsky.social, September 2024 press.umich.edu/Books/G/Geog... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Shodona Kettle newbooksnetwork.com/geographies-...

New at PB: @christianlewis.bsky.social reviews two new books—Dysfluent in Fiction by Riley McGuire (@ohiostatepress.bsky.social) and By Touch Alone by Vanessa Warne (@uofmpress.bsky.social)—that explore Victorian materialisms and crip realities.

Samuel A. Moore, Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons – University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social, September 2025 press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Stephen Pinfield newbooksnetwork.com/publishing-b...

Our Spring 2026 Catalog is now live! Pre-order our spring titles and get 50% off pre-orders with code HOLIDAY25 until 1/4! Browse here: buff.ly/92CDhh7

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What if emotion IS knowledge? @khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS makes the case that “poetry exists as a valuable tool for understanding,” not despite its emotional resonance, but precisely because of it. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi... @uofmpress.bsky.social #Poetry #Books #RadicalPoetics

Unboxing the advanced copy! 💚 💚 K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today 👩🏻‍💻 By Areum Jeong 📚 University of Michigan Press, February 2026 @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/K/K-Po... 🙌🏻 Available for pre-order now!

Unboxing the advanced copy! 💚 💚 K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today 👩🏻‍💻 By Areum Jeong 📚 University of Michigan Press, February 2026 @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/K/K-Po... 🙌🏻 Available for pre-order now!

🤖 Nina Beguš @ninabegus.bsky.social uses the humanities to illuminate the cultural, ethical, and imaginative forces shaping AI’s development and its evolving role in human society in "Artificial Humanities", out now!: buff.ly/mtdpZWA @uofmpress.bsky.social

We're halfway through our annual holiday sale! Get 50% off with code HOLIDAY25 until 1/4. Browse here: press.umich.edu

We're so proud of all our award winners this year! Check out selected award winners from 2025 with this blog post and get 50% off all the featured titles with code HOLIDAY25 here: buff.ly/t8CaS9w

Michigan Publishing is now on LinkedIn! Learn about our work with the University of Michigan Press, Michigan Publishing Services, Deep Blue Repositories and more here: buff.ly/GA9eBBO

My book *Music at the Margins of Sense* is available for preorder on the University of Michigan Press’ website where you can read a description and preview the ToC! Order now to get 50% off during @uofmpress.bsky.social’s holiday sale. Stay tuned for the cover! 🎉 press.umich.edu/Books/M/Musi...

Congratulations to Philipp Demgenski on winning the 2025 SEEA Francis L. Hsu Book Prize for his book "Seeking a Future for the Past." Read more about the book and the prize here: seaa.americananthro.org/awards/past-...

OPEN ACCESS MUSICOLOGY VOL 3 is now available! These multimedia-rich essays for students and teachers of music history and ethnomusicology are essential for the music classroom. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Looking for gifts this holiday season? Browse our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide and get 50% off ALL UMP titles with code HOLIDAY25 at checkout! Browse here: buff.ly/dVlp1YL

What does it mean for a country to seek admiration? Learn about China's cultural diplomacy in this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode with "In Search of Admiration and Respect" author Yanqui Zheng and Sarah Bramao-Ramos here: newbooksnetwork.com/in-search-of...

An incredible, insightful book (and one of our favourite covers!): "Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art" explores how artists used non-heteronormative bodies and sexualities to resist authoritative dicta. 🗾 @conditionedsoul.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social bit.ly/48c2H9W

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The Lever Pres Spring & Summer 2026 catalog is here! From urban studies of contemporary Rome to explorations of pilgrimage in the Garhwal Himalaya region, there's something for everyone. Browse here: buff.ly/Xo1eOta

Another round of congratulations to Jon D. Rossini for receiving an honorable mention from the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Prize in US Latino/Latina and Chicana/Chicano Literary & Cultural Studies!🎉🎉Read the press release and full prize citation here:

Artificial Humanities launches now in a conversation with the author @ninabegus.bsky.social, Ted Chiang and James Yu. press.umich.edu/Books/A/Arti... @uofmpress.bsky.social

Congratulations to Theresa Delgadillo on winning the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Prize in US Latino/Latina and Chicana/Chicano Literary & Cultural Studies for "Geographies of Relation"🎉🎉Read the press release and full prize citation here:

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 #poem #poetry 6/7 press.umich.edu/Books/T/To-G...

“Helen Adam is a poet’s poet, for it is in her own tribe that she has been most read and praised, despite her long history of public readings” —Norman Finkelstein, in his chapter on Helen Adam in TO GO INTO THE WOODS, @uofmpress.bsky.social 2023 5/7 press.umich.edu/Books/T/To-G...

What if preserving a memory destroys it? In YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS, Wendy Xu argues for poetry that risks rupture, holds simultaneous pasts, refuses the settled comfort of a single story. @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Your... #Poetry #Books #BookSky

You can read my book #OpenAccess but if you want your very own hard copy, check out the UMP winter sale! Half the price, but 100% of the puns so subtle you wonder if I even did them on purpose. #MedievalSky doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

We love seeing our authors at conferences! Get Betsy's and Aly's books 50% off with code HOLIDAY25 here: press.umich.edu

🏛️ 🖌️ Another brilliant art book from one of our distributed presses this season: "Curating the Commons" examines contemporary turns in public art through an in-depth study of performance-centred public art presented in Greece, during the austerity years. buff.ly/3VKzgQ1 @uofmpress.bsky.social

“The Politics of Herding Cats: When Congressional Leaders Fail” is available from @uofmpress.bsky.social! press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-... Also apparently their Holiday sale is on, so save 50% by using code HOLIDAY25 at checkout. Best gift of the Holiday Season!

UMP's distributor, Liverpool University Press, are offering up to 50% off in their Winter Sale* Use discount code 27WINTER at checkout on the LUP website for UMP titles. Sale runs 1st-18th December 2025. buff.ly/PPkw5tl

Our winter sale has begun! Get 50% off all UMP titles with code HOLIDAY25, so start browsing here: buff.ly/6Q2tz4J

Join @samuelmoore.org this Weds. (5pm) to hear his discuss discuss key ideas from his fantastic new book ⏰ And download the book for FREE (if you haven't already!) via @uofmpress.bsky.social ebook collection website 🔗 www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Congrats to @ninabegus.bsky.social on publishing "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI." It’s open access on @uofmpress.bsky.social; OA publication made possible in part from UCB Library’s Berkeley Research Impact Initiative. www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

As we approach #Thanksgiving, we share a #FREE #OA book on gratitude. It tells the story of Aaron Dworkin, a MacArthur Fellow & spoken word artist who's dedicated his life’s work to changing the face of classical arts in the world. Thanks! @uofmpress.bsky.social #ReadUP #TeamUP bit.ly/48r2f7Z

The new #openaccess book "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI" by Nina Beguš encourages readers to use the humanities to thoughtfully approach the development of AI. Start reading now at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Heading to the ASA meeting in Arlington? Stop by our booth (#100) to meet our African Studies editor Marcella Landri and browse our latest titles! Get 40% off with code UMASA25 on any African Studies titles here: buff.ly/blc9z7t

New from Authors Alliance: An Interview w/Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) re Big Ten Open Books Program www.authorsalliance.org/2025/11/20/b... #ScholComm #Libraries #OpenBooks #OpenAccess #OA @authorsalliance.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social @bigtenacademic.bsky.social

New From Authors Alliance: An Interview with Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) About the Big Ten Open Books Program www.infodocket.com/2025/11/20/a... #scholcomm #libraries #openbooks @authorsalliance.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social @bigtenacademic.bsky.social

Community voices celebrate the story of how the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) transformed global scholarly publishing, told by industry leaders including Robert Kahn, co-founder of the Internet; @charleswatkinson.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social & so many more. 🎥rosenblumaward.org/n...

Hearty thanks to all who have celebrated University Press Week 2025, spotlighting the many who #TeamUP every day to advance knowledge and understanding. #ReadUP https://bit.ly/4hpJfe0#TeamUP

"Hurt, Baby, Hurt is a fast-paced and brief yet intimate look into the life of William Walter Scott III, the man credited with inciting the so-called Detroit riots of July 1967." Read the rest of this new review at www.fifthestate.org/archive/417-...

"Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art" is #3 on Amazon's top releases in LGBTQ+ Literary Criticism!🎉 Start reading here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

❓ What if “open access” isn’t really open when big publishers still hold the reins? 'Publishing Beyond the Market' asks who controls scholarly publishing, and imagines a future built on care, collaboration, and scholar-led presses instead of profit. #OA buff.ly/9uPkA2R @uofmpress.bsky.social

LeAnn Fields and University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social | A fantastic tribute to a leading editor published in Theatre Survey, in celebration of her extraordinary contributions to theater and performance studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3LIkOwI