Now Available! In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-1876 by Christiana Payne This richly illustrated volume explores the significance of trees in the visual and literary imagination of mid-nineteenth-century America. www.uapress.com/product/in-t...

Exhibit, Marathon Reading Honor Arkansas Poet Frank Stanford news.uark.edu/articles/810...

Available for pre-order! Letters of a Poet Dying is a watershed publication—the first collection of correspondence by the virtuosic poet Frank Stanford (1948–78) www.uapress.com/product/lett...

"Rappleye’s collection is a mesmerizing catalogue of the miscreants and underdogs of the world." —J.C. Scharl, Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry, 2026 www.uapress.com/product/barl...

✨𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙, Greg Rappleye, University of Arkansas Press (@uarkpress.bsky.social)

📘 @dradjgonzalez.bsky.social reviews "Águila: The Vision, Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Two-Spirit Shaman in the Ozark Mountains, " by Moroles & Umansky, @uarkpress.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Now Available! “I love how patient the poems of Stevie Edwards are, how closely they attend to image and the unfolding of the heart. This book is teeming with moments that function as mirrors.” —Hanif Abdurraqib www.uapress.com/product/the-...

Now Available! Rogue Astronaut by Mitchell Jacobs, a finalist for the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. www.uapress.com/product/rogu...

Now Available! Domestica by Samuel Piccone, winner of the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. www.uapress.com/product/dome...

Ran into my college friend Mitchell Jacob's at AWP and bought his cool debut poetry collection ROGUE ASTRONAUT (from @uarkpress.bsky.social) It has my favourite poem of his in it, so already a win for me!

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for Greg Rappleye! His collection Barley Child, winner of the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, has been named a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award! www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

This Legendary Southern Hotel Nearly Became A Parking Lot—Now It’s Turning 150 @southernliving.com www.southernliving.com/legendary-ar...

If you’re gonna be in Baltimore for AWP next week, come through and holler at me at one of my book signings. Shoutouts to @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social and @uarkpress.bsky.social for the opportunity!

Available in paperback for the first time! Originally published in 1924 and long out of print, this book tells the story of the Mosaic Templars of America , a famous Black fraternal organization that was founded by John E. Bush and Chester W. Keatts in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Jean Sizemore expands the architectural history that links the home with the farmstead, with construction materials and methods, with traditional landscape, and with the way of life that the dwelling shelters. www.uapress.com/product/ozar...

Three Arkansas Favorites Available in Paperback for the First Time www.uapress.com/2026/02/19/t...

Looking Back at the Arkansas Gazette, edited by Roy Reed, will be available for the first time in paperback this April. www.uapress.com/product/look...

“Águila is an important contribution and the text’s candor, and collaboration... Águila’s story is powerful, as is its pedagogy, demonstrating how women have always played a vital role in shamanism.” —Tarryl Janik, Nova Religio, vol. 29, no. 3 (2026) www.uapress.com/product/agui...

7 new books on the way this Spring! uapress.com/catalog/

OFF TO PRINT! Paper Pistol by Raphael Jenkins, finalist for the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. Pre-order: www.uapress.com/product/pape...

OFF TO PRINT! The Weather Inside by Stevie Edwards, a finalist for the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. Pre-order: www.uapress.com/product/the-...

OFF TO PRINT! Soon to be in your hands: the third, authoritative, scholarly edition of Frank Stanford's THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE THE MOON SAYS I LOVE YOU. Pre order: www.uapress.com/product/batt...

🚨🚨COVER REVEAL🚨🚨 I am thrilled to finally be able to share this because it also means that I get to say that PRE-ORDERS ARE LIVE!!! You can hit that link in my bio and secure yourself a copy of my debut if you’re feeling froggy!!

Available for pre-order! The Weather Inside by Stevie Edwards, a finalist for the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, selected by Patricia Smith. www.uapress.com/product/the-...

DOMESTICA by Samuel PIccone, winner of the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, is now available for pre-order. www.uapress.com/product/dome...

Available for pre-order! In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-1876 by Christiana Payne. www.uapress.com/product/in-t...

Great Gift Books from the University of Arkansas Press! Order by December 3 to get books by Christmas. conta.cc/4oDvuLi

It's University Press Week! #UPWeek2025 The University of Arkansas Press @uarkpress.bsky.social is the foremost publisher of Arkansas history in the state. Learn more about their history here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/univ...

Karen Van Horn and Becky Bull talking about their new cookbook EAT LIKE THE HOGS on KNWA! www.nwahomepage.com/video/eat-li...

Up South in the Ozarks: Dispatches from the Margins, by Brooks Blevins, is now available in paper! www.uapress.com/product/up-s...

EAT LIKE THE HOGS is coming soon to Harps locations across Arkansas. You can buy your copy now at the Harps in Fayetteville on Mission/Crossover. Thrilled to partner with our hometown grocer!

"Children are so talented at asking unanswerable questions. Questions that cut you to the quick," host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1384. Read "I do not mention the war in my birthplace to my six-year-old son but somehow his body knows" by Julia Kolchinsky: bit.ly/48Yk4Nz

Dickson Street Bookshop has The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford by James McWilliams, plus a great selection of classic Stanford poetry to read while you wait for the new edition of The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You.

An Interview with Holly Mason Badra. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @uarkpress.bsky.social #booksky

📘BOOK REVIEW📘 2⃣ Andrea Cadelo (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) reviews Food Studies in Latin American Literatures. Perspectives on the Gastronarrative (@uarkpress.bsky.social 2021), edited by Rocío Del Águila and Vanessa Miseres. READ HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A poem so extreme it makes an understatement of the term. spring '26

Literary Biographies - Writers Tim O'Brien, William Faulkner and Frank Stanford The authors of biographies about writers Tim O'Brien, William Faulkner, and Frank Stanford were in conversation at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville. www.c-span.org/program/book...

Eat Like the Hogs is now available! Make Coach Cal's Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce. www.uapress.com/product/eat-...

Deadline extended! The Miller Williams Poetry Prize, edited by Patricia Smith, will accept submissions until October 21, 2025. www.uapress.com/product-cate...

AVAILABLE! Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats, edited by Karen Van Horn and Becky Bull www.uapress.com/product/eat-...

WPS! 🐗 Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats is now available! www.uapress.com/product/eat-...

Today's Featured Poem: "I bring poets from Lviv, Ukraine to my college class in Arkansas" by Julia Kolchinsky from Parallax published by @uarkpress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/i-bring...

For the September edition of On Our Nightstands, Public Thinker series editor Benjamin R. Cohen recommends The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford by James McWilliams (@uarkpress.bsky.social).

James McWilliams at TrueLit! October 12. faylib.org/event/13981465

Now Available! Architects of Being: The Creative Lives of Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina, edited by Catherine Walworth. www.uapress.com/product/arch...

Playhouse to Powerhouse: Locating Black Power Women and their Movement in the Black Theatre by Kerry Goldmann is now available! www.uapress.com/product/play...

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of The Metal of a Thousand Uses: Mercury Mining in Arkansas, 1930–1946 by John T. Reynolds. www.uapress.com/2025/09/15/a...

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the third, authoritative edition of Frank Stanford’s The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You. www.uapress.com/2025/09/10/a...

Wes Tirey interviews James McWilliams, author of The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford highhorse.blog/2025/08/17/w...

A visually compelling, historically grounded account of how trees shaped the intellectual and emotional landscapes of a generation—and how their representations laid the groundwork for the ecological consciousness to come. www.uapress.com/2025/09/08/a...