We're kicking off a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison on February 18, 2026! Spread the word, sign up for our newsletter, and join in the celebration. ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org

New in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: @chrisbriem.bsky.social, author of Kent State's upcoming book "Beyond Steel," on why steel isn't coming back to Pittsburgh: www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insi...

Pleased to share the news that the latest issue of our journal "Civil War History"—edited by @jimdowns.bsky.social, and featuring articles by @legg.bsky.social, @nielseichhorn.bsky.social, and others—is now available at @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56267

The audiobook version of “Behind the White House Curtain” is now available. www.audible.com/pd/Behind-th...

Last chance... almost full. Where else do you want to be on a Tuesday evening in Pittsburgh?

“Future prospects for greater Pittsburgh are decoupled from the prospects of the steel industry, a reality... difficult to accept for a region identified for so long with the once monolithic industry.” From BEYOND STEEL by @chrisbriem.bsky.social (@ksupress.bsky.social). pghrev.com/did-the-wolf...

Big thanks to @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for sharing an excerpt from @chrisbriem.bsky.social’s much-anticipated book “Beyond Steel.” We're excited for the official launch event at White Whale Bookstore on February 3.

We are saddened to learn of the death of Cleveland sportswriter Bill Livingston. KSU Press is proud to be the publisher of several of his books, including "The Promise of LeBron James." www.msn.com/en-us/sports...

Coming in March: Journalist Nina Mandell tells the story of Ohio’s celebrated Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School gymnastics team in “A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the Line”: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/a-fract...

For today's PG, Stephen Karlinchak, @ZackTanner.com and I look back at the first quarter of this century and some of Pittsburgh's big stories. I helped cover many of them. For this I got to talk with @chrisbriem.bsky.social. Stories and timeline here: newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/pittsburgh-t...

Ha… yunz have pushed it up to #4. It’s a curious list.

Grateful to @academiclife.bsky.social for the great podcast episode with Rebecca Jumper Matheson, whose book "Artisans and Designers" is new in our series with the Costume Society of America. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/artisans-and...

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More happy news this holiday season! @clevelandscene.bsky.social names “The Coming of Fabrizze” one of “10 Cleveland Novels the Book Lover in Your Life Actually Would Like for Christmas.” We’re proud to have reissued Raymond DeCapite‘s novel at KSUP: www.clevescene.com/arts/arts-st...

Announcement: You can now pre-order the paperback edition of 'Behind the White House Curtain' with an updated preface. It’ll be released on March 3. bookshop.org/p/books/behi...

One last reviews roundup for 2025—including attention for books by @jlauck1941.bsky.social, @newsguy.bsky.social, and more. Congrats to all our authors, and thanks to our many readers!

Big news: @rustbeltlab.bsky.social has launched “Rust Belt Studies"! We're proud to see KSUP represented in the inaugural issue, which has @jlauck1941.bsky.social's essay from “Where East Meets (Mid)West,” plus a review of Deborah Fleming’s “Ghosts of an Old Forest.” www.rustbeltstudies.org/journal

Big thanks to @clevelandmag.bsky.social for including Deborah Fleming’s “Ghosts of an Old Forest,” published this year by KSUP, on their list “50 Cleveland Book Releases We Loved in 2025”! clevelandmagazine.com/articles/50-...

As the year winds down, a note of thanks to some of the review outlets, literary organizations, and other partners who’ve helped celebrate Kent State University Press’s books and authors in 2025. We’re excited for even bigger things in 2026!

I had such a great experience working with @ksupress.bsky.social, and I’m very proud to have The Art of Pity on this list!

As the year winds down, a note of thanks to some of the review outlets, literary organizations, and other partners who’ve helped celebrate Kent State University Press’s books and authors in 2025. We’re excited for even bigger things in 2026!

Congrats to @terryallenbelew.bsky.social, whose book “The Deep Blue of Neptune,” copublished with the Wick Poetry Center, is reviewed in the Good Life Review!

Holiday shoppers: Our big sale is still going! Save 40% (plus free shipping) with code KSUP60 at checkout on Kent State University Press's site: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com

Don’t come for me, come for Brian O., but mark your calendars. RSVPs required to attend in person: whitewhalebookstore.com/events

We were fortunate enough to print one of the poems in this collection two winters ago. Congratulations Carolyn! rustandmoth.com/work/history...

Sorry to interrupt any festivities but we're running a Black Friday special. We open at 9 AM & the first 100 customers in the door will receive an envelope containing something special. Deets are below. See you then!

We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...

Thanks to @fitgradfts.bsky.social for highlighting Rebecca Jumper Matheson‘s book “Artisans and Designers,” new in our series with the Costume Society of America. If you’re in New York, don’t miss the author’s signing at FIT on December 1 at 5:30PM.

Here's the link to the recording of our Q&A on France 24 about President Trump's increasing insults and threats against reporters and the news media: f24.my/BZfj

Congrats, Danielle! "The Art of Pity" asks us to consider, in a most fundamental sense, why literature matters--something as relevant today as it ever has been (cc @ksupress.bsky.social)

Ok, this is neat. You can reserve a loan now from the Carnegie Library. acl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S2...

Now through 12/31/25, Kent State University Press is having a 60th anniversary sale. Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien

We’re wrapping up #UPWeek with the announcement of our big sale—$5 books at our in-person event, and 40% off (plus free shipping) with code KSUP60 on our site. Hope to see you November 19 and 20: kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/a...

University Press Week Starts Today! Some events and coverage below. @aupresses.bsky.social

Happy University Press Week! Join us in celebrating how authors, university press publishing professionals & so many others #TeamUP to advance knowledge. Explore this @bookshop.org collection of university press books to find your next thought-provoking read: https://bit.ly/4nhTQcc#TeamUP #ReadUP

“I want a compass. / I need deliverance. Good god, take me” — Oliver Baez Bendorf (@oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in The Spectral Wilderness by Oliver Baez Bendorf, published by Kent State University Press (@ksupress.bsky.social), 2015. Shared here with deep gratitude.

Great seeing KSUP author @terryallenbelew.bsky.social (pictured here with @tottencs.bsky.social, David Hassler, and Alison Hawthorne Deming) at last night’s Wick Poetry Center event in Kent! Belew’s book “The Deep Blue of Neptune”—winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize—is available now.

Happy pub day to Rebecca Jumper Matheson! Her book “Artisans and Designers: American Fashion Through Elizabeth and William Phelps” is new in our series with the Costume Society of America: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/artisan...

The PDCA First Monday Forum looks at the struggle to save America's voices to the world via USAGM broadcasting (including the Voice of America, RFE/RL and Radio Free Asia). The main speakers are two ex VOA White House bureau chiefs: me & Patsy Widakuswara. publicdiplomacy.org/news_mana... #SaveVOA

Final days of the sale!

Kent State University Press turns 60 this year, and we’re grateful to our authors and friends who’ve joined in the celebration with praise for our work—including Kathleen M. Fernandez, @newsguy.bsky.social, David Hassler, and Tom Batiuk. More here: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/about/six-de...

Here's our hour-long discussion examining the current dissent in America. www.youtube.com/live/RmikNRrv...

From the New York Post to the Journal of Southern History, KSUP titles continue to help shape conversations around the region and the world. Congrats to all the authors whose books are featured in this month’s stack. Read more at the new roundup of news and reviews.

It's been too long, Bluesky friends. We're back. We received 10,000+ books this week. Feel free to stop in & check em out

Come find KSUP books—and @tottencs.bsky.social, our director—at the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival! If you’re not in Youngstown, you can still save 30% on titles from the exhibit (with free shipping, through 10/31). Use code LYF30 at checkout: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com

More good news from the journal “Civil War History,” which is pleased to welcome Matthew Fox-Amato to its staff as book review editor. He joins editor @jimdowns.bsky.social and associate editor Crystal N. Feimster.

Thrilled that “Oil Courses” by Carolyn Williams-Noren has been selected as the winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize! We’ll publish Carolyn’s book next fall with our partners at the Wick Poetry Center.

With the Browns and Steelers facing off this Sunday, it seems like a good time to ponder the relationship between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. @chrisbriem.bsky.social, author of our upcoming book “Beyond Steel,” argues it’s worth approaching the cities not as rivals but as Rust Belt partners.

Big news! Marcy S. Sacks has received the John T. Hubbell Prize for her article “‘I Shall Forward to You My Contraband’: Tracing Coerced Wartime Black Movement North through an Incomplete Archive." KSUP annually presents the award for the best article published in the journal "Civil War History."

New month, new chances to see KSUP authors! Our calendar’s been updated with festivals including @lityoungstown.bsky.social and the Buckeye Book Fair, plus appearances by Mary Noé, Charles Malone, Rebecca Jumper Matheson, and more: kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/b...