📚 Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth with Dolores Huerta Stands Strong! This inspiring biography for young readers honors a fearless activist who fought for justice with the rallying cry “Sí, se puede!” 💪 www.ohioswallow.com/978082142330... #DoloresHuerta #YoungReaders #SíSePuede

📘 “The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” — James Madison #ConstitutionDay reminds us of the enduring power of dialogue, debate, and vision. Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 offers a firsthand look: www.ohioswallow.com/978082140765... #JamesMadison

Julie K. Rubini's children's bio "Virginia Hamilton: America’s Storyteller" has been selected by the Ohio Center for the Book for the Great Reads from Great Places program THIS WEEKEND at The Library of Congress National Book Festival 2025! bit.ly/VirginiaHami... #NatBookFest #VirginiaHamilton

Author Kathleen Smythe packed the house Monday at Joseph-Beth Books, sharing stories from Bicycling Through Paradise—a guide to cycling tours of Cincinnati’s most fascinating historical sites. You can still grab a copy and start your own journey through the Queen City’s past. bit.ly/BikeParadise

🚴‍♀️ Like cycling and local history? Join authors Kathleen Smythe & Chris Hanlin for a discussion and signing of Bicycling through Paradise: Historical Tours Around Cincinnati. 📅 Aug 25 | 7 PM 📍 Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH 🔗 Event info: bit.ly/BikeCincy #Cycling #Books #CincinnatiEvents

The trippiest road trip novel of all somehow didn't make this list of the best in the genre— www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b... —but lucky for you, we have copies of the counterculture classic DIVINE RIGHT'S TRIP by Gurney Norman: www.ohioswallow.com/978091778842...

🇺🇸 Today we honor the bravery and brilliance of the Navajo Code Talkers. Introduce young readers to their legacy with Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers, a powerful middle-grade biography. 📘 Learn more: bit.ly/Begay #NavajoCodeTalkersDay #MiddleGradeBooks #IndigenousHistory #CodeTalkers

Congratulations to Kimberly Cleveland, author of Africanfuturism, winner of the Science Fiction Research Association Book Award for the best first scholarly monograph in science fiction! www.ohioswallow.com/978082141148... @sfrareview.bsky.social #sciencefiction #scifi #africanfuturism

‪"The historian Anna Müller has achieved something remarkable in her account of the life of Tonia Lechtman." Sean Martin reviews "An Ordinary Life? The Journeys of Tonia Lechtman" @ohiounivpress.bsky.social‬ in Polish American Studies Vol. 82, No. 1. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pas/arti...

In our latest #OA Featured Review, Khwezi Mkhize explores “Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala” (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social) by Joel Cabrita: bit.ly/4eNh9Iq #SouthAfrica #biography #arts #apartheid

We're delighted to share this breathtaking essay by poet Han Vanderhart, author of the prizewinning book, Larks: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170... @hanvanderhart.bsky.social @poetryfoundation.bsky.social

We're moving to a smaller office, and that means free books for you! Visit Alden Library 101 on Monday, July 14, from 9 am to 4 pm. We have fiction, poetry, children's books, history, African studies, Appalachian studies, and more! @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social @ohiouniversity.bsky.social

Join us at the FREE Columbus Book Festival this weekend! Check out our titles and score some awesome OHIO swag at booth 48. Plus, Columbus author Andrew Welsh-Huggins will be in our booth Saturday, 11–noon. If you haven't read one of his Andy Hayes Mysteries, you're missing out. See you there!

We're delighted that Katie Berta's RETRIBUTION FORTHCOMING is a longlisted finalist for the 2024 Julie Suk Award for the best poetry book published by a literary press! Get your copy today for 40% off with code SUN at www.ohioswallow.com/978082141150... #poetry

Special episode with GUEST HOST @amorak.bsky.social interviewing Han about Larks (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social) 📚💙 Of second books, writing trauma, line breaks versus enjambment, Marianne Moore, and more! Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/35d06173

With summer nearly here, we’ve got reading on our minds and a special online sale to offer: From May 20 to June 8, use promo code SUN at ohioswallow.com to get 40% off ALL books. Order more than $30 and get free U.S. shipping. Happy reading! #ReadUP #booksale

"Steele’s work is in a category apart, however. No serious poet can afford to ignore it, and in fact few have." A wonderful review of Timothy Steele's All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing in @plough.bsky.social: www.plough.com/en/topics/cu... #poetrycommunity

Dan Gearino—author of Comic Shop: The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us a New Geek Culture—appears in a new documentary showing tomorrow at 4:30 at the Gateway Film Center in Columbus! www.dailymotion.com/video/x9h713m Learn more about Dan's book here: www.ohioswallow.com/978080401213... #comicbooks

"Should be read by scholars and practitioners alike." Malaria on the Move examines how migration and travel influence the risk of malaria and reaffirms the need to take into consideration local socioeconomic factors in designing and implementing interventions. #WorldMalariaDay #WorldMalariaDay2025

Congratulations to Mamie Morgan, winner of the 2025 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize for MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S TOAST! Thank you to all the wonderful writers who entered this year's contest. We're currently accepting submissions for the 2026 contest. Visit www.ohioswallow.com/poetry-prize/ to learn more.

Student Appreciation Lunch 2025 ⭐️📖 Congrats to our three seniors graduating in May! Jenna Reitz | Publicity Assistant Nivi Chawda | Book Design & Publication Assisant Simone Tillman | Editorial Assistant We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors! #ohiouniversitypress

🌟 Staff Picks! 🌟 Sally shares their favorite OU Press read: Evidence of My Existence by Jim Lo Scalzo From a leper colony in India to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan… Scalzo tells a riveting story of seventeen years spent racing from one photo assignment to the next. 📖 ohioswallow.com

Congratulations, HPP Finalists! 💐⭐️ Here is a list of the finalists for the 2025 Hollis Poetry Prize contest. Stay tuned for an announcement of the winner next week! To learn more about the Poetry Prize and submit your application for the 2026 contest visit www.ohioswallow.com/poetry-prize/

Bestseller Feature! 🍄 Appalachian Mushrooms By Walter E. Sturgeon “This guide is destined to be an indispensable authority on the subject for everyone from beginning hobbyists to trained experts, throughout Appalachia and beyond.” Learn more at ohioswallow.com. #appalachia #mushrooms

Tonight! The annual Virtual Roethke Scholars series features contributors to A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke and is organized by editor William Barillas. www.friendsofroethke.org/events/noe-d... #NationalPoetryMonth

🌟 Staff Picks! 🌟 This week, Jeff shares their favorite OU Press read: Way’s Packet Directory, 1848—1994 by Frederick Way Jr. Learn more at ohioswallow.com!

"The book’s alchemy is to turn grief and anguish into spacious, bright beauty. Read, and ascend."—Dana Delibovi A beautiful Cable Street review of Larks, by Han VanderHart: cablestreet.org/issue-8-tabl.... @hanvanderhart.bsky.social @danadelibovi.bsky.social @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social

🌟 Staff Picks! 🌟 This week, Laura shares their favorite Press read: The Book Keeper by Julia McKenzie Munemo A memoir that’s equal parts love story, investigation, and racial reckoning—Munemo unravels and interrogates her whiteness, a shocking secret, and her family’s history. ohioswallow.com 📖

Philosophy Feature ☄️ Becoming a Place of Unrest By Robert Booth Robert Booth builds on the insights of ecofeminists, new materialists, and (especially) phenomenologists to develop an original and highly compelling environmental philosophy. Learn more at ohioswallow.com #philosophy #ecofeminism

"The wooden spoon. The light in November trees. The garden stakes. The eggshells. The dog's hip." Each line in "Broken" resonates with possibility. Each a foreshadowing. In @hanvanderhart.bsky.social's ✨beautiful✨ Larks (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social, 2025). 💔❤️‍🩹🫶 #poetry #bookSky 📚💙

OHIO Giving Day is today! Please consider our First Book Fund, which supports the publication of books by new authors working in African or Appalachian studies. Thank you—here's a direct link: www.givecampus.com/campaigns/43... #africa #appalachia #OHIOGivingDay @ohiouniversity.bsky.social

Happy National Poetry Month! ✍🏻⭐️🌷 We are officially accepting submissions for the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize! For more information on how to apply, to view past winners & learn more, visit: www.ohioswallow.com/poetry-prize/ #nationalpoetrymonth #hollissummers #poetryprize

A fabulous review of Available Light in the Johannesburg Review of Books. This is a book we originated and co-pubbed with Jacana. @joburgreview.bsky.social #omarbadsha johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2025/03/25/o...

We're proud to offer the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and to support poetry as a vital part of university press publishing. Check out this @literaryhub.bsky.social piece: lithub.com/art-liberty-... #poetry @aupresses.bsky.social

Staff Picks! 🌟 Tyler shares their favorite OU Press read: Gone Dollywood by Graham Hoppe “Hoppe blends celebrity studies, cultural analysis, folklore, and the personal reflections of longform journalism into an unforgettable interrogation of Southern identity.” Learn more at ohioswallow.com 📖

Recent Release! Malaria on the Move By Kundai Manamere Malaria on the Move provides a historical analysis of malaria control in Rhodesia and independent Zimbabwe from the late nineteenth century to 2015. Learn more at ohioswallow.com #publichealth #globalhealth #africanstudies #zimbabwe

Last Tuesday was the Publication Day of Larks 🎞️❤️‍🔥 By Han VanderHart, winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize! This collection of lyric poems traces genealogies of trauma and healing within a southern family. Learn more at ohioswallow.com #poeticmemoir #ruralpoetry #southerngothic #hollissummers

Book Sale! 📖💫🌄🌾🌷 In honor of the 48th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference today, our Appalachian Studies collection will be on sale throughout the week. Use code “APP25” for 35% off paperbacks and ebooks; 50% off hardcovers + free US shipping! March 19-26, 2025. Visit ohioswallow.com/app25/!

Now Available for Preorder 🌟 For You, I’d Steal A Goat By Niq Mhlongo “For You, I’d Steal a Goat is a vibrant collection of short stories that explore a wide range of themes, such as corruption, racial bias, family troubles, and lovers’ spats, to name a few…” Visit ohioswallow.com to learn more!

Pre-Order Now! The Lion’s Historian By Sandra Swart Swart argues that animal sentience, agency, and cognition inflect the Anthropocene with a novel, usable past that offers more-than-human solutions to living in today’s world. Learn more at ohioswallow.com #africanstudies #oupress

🌟 Staff Picks! 🌟 This week, Beth shares their favorite OU Press read: How Fire Runs by Charles Dodd White A chilling, timely reminder of the moral and human costs of racial hatred… Learn more at ohioswallow.com 📖 #howfireruns #charlesdoddwhite #staffpicks #oupress

We’re proud to celebrate Women’s history this month and every month. ✨🌷📖 #womenshistorymonth #supportwomenauthors #ohiouniversity #oupress

Congratulations to Mark W. Deets, winner of the 2024 ASWAD Outstanding First Book Prize! The annual award honors an outstanding single-authored first book focused on Africa and/or the African diaspora. @ohiouniversity.bsky.social #africanstudies #senegal #bookprize

On Monday, March 10, join author Daniel Magaziner for the South African launch of AVAILABLE LIGHT! RSVP by March 6. Livestream starts at 10:30 am US Eastern Standard Time. #omarbadsha #southafrica #booklaunch

Now available! Payne Hollow By Harlan Hubbard A poetic illustrated memoir of the simple, self-sufficient life Harlan Hubbard and his wife, Anna, led in remote Kentucky for over three decades beginning in the early 1950s. 🕯️🧣 Learn more at ohioswallow.com. #paynehollow #harlanhubbard

University presses are publishing great books! Kudos to our friends up at Kent State University Press. @ksupress.bsky.social #ohio #ReadUP www.chronicle.com/article/this...

It’s Pub Day! ✍🏻 Elusive Histories By Allen Isaacman, Joy Chadya & Barbara Isaacman Elusive Histories offers rich insights into the social history of labor migration and the experience of racism—rebuking the idea that arbitrary borders determine where & how a person belongs. Visit ohioswallow.com

New Release! Kinfolks By Gurney Norman Kinfolks is a collection of short stories centered around a young boy growing up in rural Kentucky during the 1940s and 1950; exploring his relationships with his extended family and Appalachian community into adulthood. Learn more at ohioswallow.com

Hot off the press… The Texture of Change By Jody Benjamin The Texture of Change examines historical change across a broad region of western Africa—from Saint Louis, Senegal, to Freetown, Sierra Leone—through the development of textile commerce, consumption, and dress. Visit ohioswallow.com!

We’re proud to celebrate Black History Month! Here’s a special collection of titles on African American history. Visit www.ohioswallow.com/black-history-month/ to browse more 💐 #blackhistorymonth #BHM #blackliterature