“Trigger Warnings” from Lever Press is an interdisciplinary collection which aims to deepen our understanding of trigger warnings in a social justice context. Read more about the book here: bit.ly/4qXJtNf @leverpress.bsky.social

🍴 Hungry? "Lunch at the Shop" shows how to turn everyday work lunches into thoughtful, fresh, and shared meals, with over fifty recipes and practical tips for simple, satisfying cooking. @uwapress.uw.edu bit.ly/4rQSB6A

"Emotional Filipinos" examines how U.S. colonial rule influenced race, modernity, and emotion in the Philippines, with effects on current conflicts and anti-Western sentiments. Explore this book and more in UGAP's 'Sociology of Race and Ethnicity' series: bit.ly/4cqZdUB @ugapress.bsky.social

“Nonviolent Response” by Sheri Rysdam and JT Torres presents a nonviolent philosophical framework with practical methods for teachers and others, offering evidence-based methods for effective, timesaving, and motivational responses. Read more: buff.ly/Bcg31dB @upittpress.bsky.social

New titles in the University of Michigan ELT series from @uofmpress.bsky.social explore teaching, learning, and educational practice across diverse contexts, offering critical perspectives on contemporary education. Browse the full series here 👉 bit.ly/4tgFdu1

Forthcoming from Bridwell Press, “Amid This” by Allan Peterson reflects on perception, language, and the astonishments of everyday life, offering lyrical meditations shaped by attentiveness to the world. Pre-order here: bit.ly/45JzbYC @michiganpublishing.bsky.social

”Boundaries and Bodhisattvas” by Xu Ma is a striking new perspective on women, religious spaces, and literary culture during the Ming and Qing eras and redefines the place of women in Chinese religious and cultural history. Pre order ➡️ bit.ly/3ZiYoFQ @uwapress.uw.edu

Forthcoming from University of Georgia Press, “The Season of Birds and Stones” is a wide-ranging collection of essays that engages with the natural world through encounters in national parks and other wild places. Pre-order here: bit.ly/3LPWA41 @ugapress.bsky.social

"August Wilson's American Century" is out today! This book is a revealing study of Pittsburgh’s influence on one of America’s most acclaimed playwrights and was listed by Pioneer Press (Minneapolis-St. Paul) as a most anticipated release for 2026. Read more: bit.ly/49W53Mj @upittpress.bsky.social

📣 We're hiring! The University of Washington Press is looking for a full-time senior project editor to shepherd books through copyediting, design, and production—from scholarly monographs to illustrated art history and regional trade titles. For more details & to apply visit: bit.ly/UWPressSenio...

Thrilled to see August Wilson's American Century, which publishes tomorrow (!), on this list!

Publishing this week from University of Michigan Press, "Robert Altman's Nashville” unravels what an American slice-of-life film can still tell us after fifty years. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/4c1Zihh @uofmpress.bsky.social

“Living Rome”, edited by Isabella Clough Marinaro and Will Haynes, explores contemporary Rome’s urban transformations, inequalities, activisms, and social dynamics. Find out more: bit.ly/3LZlKNp @leverpress.bsky.social

What does ‘home’ mean when it’s shaped by conquest, labour, and global migration? “Balikbayan” traces how Filipino migrants transformed the idea and reality of the homeland. Find out more here 👉 bit.ly/3NL370f @uwapress.uw.edu

Two forthcoming books in the ‘Sociology and Ethnicity’ series from University of Georgia Press spotlight how power, place, and inequality shape lived experience from urban space to rural fields 📚👇

Science doesn’t just produce knowledge; it also produces identities and reputations. Discover two recent books from University of Pittsburgh Press which examine how scientific authority, masculinity, and fame were constructed in early modern Europe and post-Enlightenment Argentina. 🧵 ⬇️

Happy Publication Day to all of these wonderful authors! 🎉✏️📖 Check out these New Releases on our website: ugapress.org #publications #publicationday #UGAPress #newreleases

“What the Mirror Said” argues for the centrality of Black women poets through close reading, personal reflection, and literary history. Forthcoming in the 'Poets on Poetry' series from University of Michigan Press, pre-order here: bit.ly/49XGaP5 @uofmpress.bsky.social

From MSUP's 'US-China Relations in the Age of Globalization' series, "The Lost Chance in China and the Rise of Cold War Populism" is a rollicking retelling of America’s #China misfires and the rise of the #populist fury that became McCarthyism. bit.ly/48H1R5j #ColdWar #USChina #PoliSci

Migwi Mwangi is the winner of the 2026 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize! His collection, Desire Path, was selected by Terrance Hayes and will be published as part of the Pitt Poetry Series in September 2026. Congrats, Migwi! Details here: upittpress.org/migwi-mwangi...

No Rhododendron is a finalist for the 2026 PEN Open Book Award! Congrats, Samyak! See all of the finalists here: pen.org/2026-pen-ame... The winners will be announced on March 31st.

📣 We’re pleased to share the 2026 Free Issues. Each year, we make one issue from each of our journals free to read, showcasing the range of disciplines, approaches, and scholarly communities represented across the Press. Explore the free issues ⬇️ #AcademicSky

@sarabpritchard.bsky.social looks at how urban nightscapes reveal the environmental and social consequences of artificial light, from ecological disruption to uneven access to darkness—themes further explored in her forthcoming book, TRANSFORMING NIGHT. Read the article in @nichecanada.bsky.social:

Out now: “Insurgent Veins” from University of Pittsburgh Press reframes the relationship between Indigenismo Studies and Indigenous Literature, arguing that they are not mutually exclusive but overlap in significant ways. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/45jFqSL @upittpress.bsky.social

From #UGAP's brilliant 'Sociology of Race and Ethnicity' series: "Enforcing Order on the Border" Eric Gamino provides an insider’s look at South Texas that uncovers how race, policing, and immigration enforcement converge at the borderlands. bit.ly/44g8HNG @ugapress.bsky.social

From University of Pittsburgh Press, ”Reading the World” by Edwin D. Rose explores how natural history connects diverse individuals and information from across the globe. Read more here: bit.ly/4b5WvU3 @upittpress.bsky.social

Two excellent new #PoliSci titles to have on your radar: 1. "Waves of Discontent" reveals how rising voter frustration fuels volatile elections, boosts political outsiders, and creates a “policy doom loop” of anger and gridlock. 🌊 bit.ly/4ptthCX @uofmpress.bsky.social

“Moving Mountains” from University of Washington Press is a compelling and vital book for anyone interested in feminist history, Asian American and Pacific Islander activism, and the unfinished work of collective liberation. Pre-order here ➡️ bit.ly/4bEsBq4 @uwapress.uw.edu

Beau Cleland's “Between King Cotton and Queen Victoria” re-centers our understanding of the Civil War by framing it as a hemispheric affair, influenced by the actions of a network of private parties and minor officials. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3LkhUym @ugapress.bsky.social

Announcing the winner of the 2026 Drue Heinz Literature Prize! upittpress.org/patricia-gra...

"Driven" is Tom Johnson’s powerful, deeply personal look at journalism, leadership, and resilience. Discover the legendary newsman’s front-row journey through #LBJ, #CNN, and the fight for truth: bit.ly/4901ggf @ugapress.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social #USPolitics #Journalism

✊ "Rehabilitate Marx!" say Jan Mervart and Jiří Růžička. In this vivid dive into post-Stalinist #Czechoslovakia, this book reveals how Communist Party intellectuals broke from rigid orthodoxy to reimagine #Marxism itself. bit.ly/3KG20Om @upittpress.bsky.social

In "The Future of the South China Sea", #China’s shifting ambitions in the South China Sea come into sharp focus. Jiye Kim's revealing study exposes evolving interests and bold new diplomatic strategies: bit.ly/4aF1z1f @uofmpress.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

From Amherst College Press, "Forgotten Friendships" examines transnational friendships and alliances between intellectuals from #Yugoslavia and the #Francophone African and #Caribbean world during the mid-twentieth century. bit.ly/48pq3u0 @michiganpublishing.bsky.social

We're happy to share the stunning 45th Anniversary Release of Sharon Olds's "Satan Says" in a deluxe hardcover. The debut poetry collection was originally published in the Pitt Poetry Series in 1980 and received the inaugural San Francisco Poetry Center Award. @upittpress.bsky.social bit.ly/4oKx6m3

From the #NationalPoetrySeries: "Blue Loop". AJ White's collection offers meditative, deeply personal poems that navigate addiction, recovery, and the search for balance, finding grounding in the self while exploring connection, loss, and acceptance. bit.ly/44u3zFC @ugapress.bsky.social

Since its publication last October, Lara Eggers' "Flop Era" has met continuous praise. Eggers' collection is is a sharp, self-deprecating, metaphor-rich plunge into regret, desire, and the flawed, funny mess of being human. bit.ly/3XJg6By @upittpress.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social #Poetry

#Poetry from University of Pittsburgh Press: The poems in "Burn" tango with why the world is so beautiful and terrible at the same time. Hamby asserts that everything is a mess—how do we walk through it laughing and crying? Find out: bit.ly/481O0ax @upittpress.bsky.social

Wendy Xu's fascinating "Your Historical Loveliness Knows No Bounds" is a restless, genre-blurring exploration of contemporary #poetry, #diaspora, and belonging that traces personal and political histories through the works of formally daring poets. @uofmpress.bsky.social

🧱 "Late Invocation for Magic": In poems selected from his long career, Jim Daniels focuses on #Detroit and other Rust Belt cities, where issues of class, race and justice play out in the streets and kitchens and backyards and garages of the Americans trying to live there. bit.ly/4rjXllH #MSUP

In "The Poetic Way of Xie Lingyun", Ping Wang shows how Xie Lingyun’s southern-exile milieu catalysed formal and thematic innovations in #shi poetry that transformed classical Chinese literary practice and shaped East Asian poetic traditions. Find more from UWP: bit.ly/48EA5q1 @uwapress.uw.edu

"Stealing from the Gods" is now available! Isabel K. Köster charts the narratives surrounding temple robbery in ancient Rome in this new OA volume. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Congratulations to Coll Thrush whose book WRECKED is a 2026 Pacific Northwest Book Awards winner! The awards committee praised the book as "groundbreaking, compassionate work and a valuable contribution to the historical canon of the Pacific Northwest."

📺 More Film Studies titles from our distributed presses this season... The chapters in "Local TV" examine how local television in the U.S. has fostered community, creativity, and civic engagement over the 20th and 21st centuries! bit.ly/48q7KUq @ugapress.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

PERFORMING VULNERABILITY by Emily L. Hue "reminds us that there is no expiration date for the trauma of migration; the emotional rupture of uprooting from one's homeland can reverberate across decades." Read a review by Melissa Carlson in CAA Reviews: www.caareviews.org/reviews/4353

"In the Darkness of the Cinema" is a vivid study of how the gendered, racialised, and moral politics of moviegoing shaped the social and urban worlds of twentieth-century Rio and São Paulo. From UPP: bit.ly/43P2J6c @upittpress.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social #FilmStudies

📺 In "Screening Precarity", post-2010 Hindi cinema becomes a contentious screen of precarity, charting India’s turn from neoliberal promise to nationalist affect and revealing how marginal identities are reshaped under this shifting political economy. bit.ly/4ojJfhA @uofmpress.bsky.social

🎉 ✅ New year, new press! University of Washington Press titles are now available to buy directly from the LUP website. Browse all UWP has to offer: bit.ly/4rc68pE @uwapress.uw.edu @livunipress.bsky.social

⚕️ From tea to opium, "Exoticizing Consumption" provides a sweeping study of how globally sourced “exotic” drugs reshaped eighteenth-century European knowledge, commerce, and medical practice amid unregulated imperial exchange. 💉 bit.ly/3XNS5Jj @lupdistribution.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social

Liverpool University Press will be closed after Friday 19th December for the winter break, returning on Monday 5th January 2026. We wish you a lovely festive period.