Why do some songs stick with us? @dandipiero.bsky.social answered some questions about his new book "Big Feelings" and discussed how "the entire project has been a joy to write" in our newest blog post. Take a look at press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/10...

'Arthurian Intertextualities' reveals how Malory’s Morte reworks earlier English poems, offering new views on Arthur, Guenevere, Launcelot & Palomydes. Tolhurst & Whetter rethink women, kingship, war, and defend Guenevere while highlighting Malory’s artistry. @uofmpress.bsky.social bit.ly/4nzYcfF

Can cultural criticism convince cardboard consumers to challenge colonialism and capitalism in Catan? Find out in my newest design diary. CU there! #boardgames @pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social @nopunincluded.com @stonemaiergames.com

The newest Poets on Poetry book "Your Historical Loveliness Knows No Bounds" is by Wendy Xu! The book moves between essay, close-readings, ekphrasis, memoir, travelogue, poetry, and monologue to push the boundaries of what poetry can hold. Find it at press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Your...

The author of "The Courtesan's Memory, Voice, and Late Ming Drama," Peng Xu has another book talk at UC Berkeley on Oct. 30! Learn more about her new book and the launch here: events.berkeley.edu/ccs/event/30...

Toyin Falola's new memoir "Malaika and the Seven Heavens: A Memoir of My Encounters with Islam" is now available! This book focuses on how his personal journey illuminates the transformative power of empathy, communication, and shared humanity. Read #OpenAccess at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

"Queer Throughlines" by @dotorious.bsky.social is now available! Trace contemporary transnational Korean LGTBQ+ activism with this new addition to our Global Queer Asias series. Start reading: buff.ly/xfJIUR5

Had the pleasure of meeting Haley and seeing my book out in the wild for the first time at the GSA this past weekend. Anyone interested in picking up a copy, check out the 40% off code below!

Krishni Burns, author of the forthcoming "Bringing Their Mother Home" just received her author copies! Her book is out next month, so pre-order your copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/B/Brin...

Check out this book talk with Peng Xu for her new book "The Courtesan's Memory, Voice, and Late Ming Drama" at Stanford University! The book talk is on Oct. 28 at 4:30PM, so RSVP here: events.stanford.edu/event/book-t...

"The Banyamulenge Soldier" by Christopher P. Davey is now available! This new addition to our Ethnic Conflict: Studies in Nationality, Race, and Culture series reveals how violence and identity converge in genocide narrative identity. Start reading: buff.ly/jq90ePu

Pre-order Nina's book here: press.umich.edu/Books/A/Arti...

10 years after the initial idea, Artificial Humanities is here! Thanks so much to all who have preordered it. I hope you enjoy reading it and find this research approach as generative as I do. More to come!

🎸 We're eagerly anticipating next week's release of "Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl." Dan DiPiero delves into the indie music revival by young, queer, feminist artists reworking 90s grunge and 2000s pop. @dandipiero.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social bit.ly/4gdI40o

🎲 From UMP's exciting new 'Tabletop Games' series, 'Unsettling Catan' traces how Catan sparked the eurogame boom while questioning how its “peaceful” design masks power, conflict, & imperialist themes in play. bit.ly/47Wj6k6 @uofmpress.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

Heading to #GSA2025? Stop by our booth to browse our latest German Studies titles and meet our Editor Haley Winkle! Get 40% off all German Studies titles with code UMGSA25 until Oct 31. Browse here: buff.ly/CKDfA9Z

"Before Before" author Betsy Small wrote a piece about her time in the Peace Corps and learning the language of Sierra Leone. Read it at www.peacecorps.gov/connect/blog...

"An Actor's Tale" by Amy E. Hughes is now available! This study of the 19th century US entertainment industry through the perspective of an ordinary actor illuminates the existence, predominance, and erasure of White male mediocrity in US culture. Start reading: buff.ly/hR11skU

"I wish for readers to consider how communities under threat of destruction navigate such inter-generational challenges." In our newest blog post, Christopher Davey discusses the process of writing his new book "The Banyamulenge Soldier." press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/09...

"This book is rigorous in its scholarship, but it also pulses with life, with drag, with joy, and with grief." Check out this wonderful review of @larrylafountain.bsky.social 2021 book "Translocas" from the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social! Read: buff.ly/WjJLQnm

"...Part history, part theory, and part love letter." Mick Muerte reviews Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes’ “Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance.” pghrev.com/the-politics...

📘 'Fear the Future' explores how dystopian thinking shaped 20th-century politics. From Orwell & Huxley to Arendt & Foucault, it traces how fears of domination, technology & mass society also sparked visions of freedom. @uofmpress.bsky.social bit.ly/4gpjIRP

Elizabeth B. Bearden's "Crip Authority" is now available! This new titles to our Corporealities series explores how Renaissances writers and artists with disabilities engaged with consolatory literature. Start reading here: buff.ly/jHIOmuZ

"Dancing Opacity" by Amy E. Swanson is now available! This title explores how contemporary dancers recalibrate constructions of gender, sexuality, and race while navigating the international dance circuit. Start reading: buff.ly/cxqBV8z

🌟Officially out now: "The Politics of Beginning. The Origin of Private Authority in the Process of Translation" with @uofmpress.bsky.social OPEN ACCESS www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono... Here comes a thread

As mentioned by The New York Times, the 1910 law applied in Sean Combs' sentencing also featured in the Charlie Chaplin trials. You can learn more in Diane Kiesel's book "When Charlie Met Joan." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/a...

Are you ready for the semester? Author Shiri Noy wrote this piece with advice on setting up a project management system to help get you through this academic year. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

Our new book "A Student-Friendly Guide to Move from Civil Law to U.S. Common Law" by Nancy Daspit & Kirsten Schaetzel supports students adapting to a different way of practicing and studying law. Learn more at myumi.ch/bVX39

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Check out a few of our titles below that highlight the history, culture, identities, & contributions of Hispanic and Latinx communities around the world. Read about some of these titles here: buff.ly/VnJa9kl

Our newest Poets on Poetry book is "Dispatches from the Land of Erasure: Essays and Conversations" by Philip Metres. The book gathers a decade of writing and conversations to discuss the writer's role as a catalyst for justice and a resister of empire. Find it at press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp...

Trace the forgotten impact of courtesan's in Chinese theater in Peng Xu's "The Courtesan's Memory, Voice, and Late Ming Drama!" Learn more and grab a copy here: buff.ly/LIjGeYT

Kodak invented "the Kodak moment" to teach people they needed cameras to remember their lives. Jason Schneiderman sees poems heading down the same commercial track – and he's having none of it! Read more in NOTHINGISM, out now from @uofmpress.bsky.social: press.umich.edu/Books/N/Noth...

🌈 'Queer Throughlines' traces transnational Korean LGBTQ+ activism since the 1990s—mapping solidarity across Seoul & LA, from anti-war protests to church resistance, showing how queer movements weave community & political change across borders. bit.ly/4lRt1el @uofmpress.bsky.social

📱 'Cultural Production of Hallyu in the Digital Platform Era' explores how the Korean Wave is reshaped by global platforms like Netflix & TikTok, highlighting the power dynamics between creators, tech, and audiences in today’s digital cultural industries. 🌏 bit.ly/47jVoy4 @uofmpress.bsky.social

Just got my advance copy! Unsettling Catan releases Nov. 4 lookingglance.com/unsettling-catan/ #boardgames @uofmpress.bsky.social

Happy 10th anniversary to "In the Name of Editorial Freedom: 125 Years at the Michigan Daily" edited by Stephanie Steinberg! To celebrate the book's anniversary, we are offering 50% off. Just use the discount code "UMFREEDOM" on our website: press.umich.edu/Books/I/In-t...

Just got my copy! @uofmpress.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

Betsy Small was interviewed about her book "Before Before" and her time in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone for SoftPower/FulStories! To listen and see photos, visit www.softpowerfulstories.org/5-betsy-small/

"Broken Record" by Michael S. Lynch and Anthony J. Madonna is now available! This new title to our Legislative Politics and Policy Making series explores how roll call voting as contributed to political polarization. Read here: buff.ly/XOcnIx5

Michigan readers love @uofmpress.bsky.social books! The "Read Michigan" Program impacts every county in the state. Launched in collaboration with @wearelyrasis.bsky.social, "Read Michigan" features works of 3 MI university presses, incl. MSU and Wayne State's. ebc.press.umich.edu/stories/2025...

Go to the their booth and buy all the books, including arguably the greatest political science book to ever use the word “fleek” or reference Animal Crossing: New Horizons. #APSA2025 #APSA25

Heading to APSA? Swing by Book 411 to see our latest Political Science titles and meet our editor Madison Allums. Get 40% off all Political Science titles with code UMAPSA25 until Oct. 14! Browse here: buff.ly/Lm6ciat

"The Politics of Beginning" by Alejandro Esguerra is now available! This new edition to our Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics series explores our understanding of how to translate knowledge into new political projects. Read here: buff.ly/YL7dBG2

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN by @shanedenson.bsky.social is now available! As the inaugural volume of the film|minutes series, this book offers a minute-by-minute analysis of James Whale's 1935 masterpiece Bride of Frankenstein. Start reading here: buff.ly/U96DFVI

"Screening Precarity" by Megha Anwer & Anupama Arora is now available! This Media Studies title frames post-millennial Hindi films as cinema of precarity and explores how marginal identities are shaped when neoliberalism and authoritarianism enmesh. Read here: buff.ly/7nt56Nj

"The Banyamulenge Soldier: Genocide between Congo and Rwanda" examines how Banyamulenge soldiers’ narratives reveal the intertwining of violence, memory, and identity in the aftermath of genocide and ongoing conflict. Explore more here: bit.ly/47IlHOy @uofmpress.bsky.social

Grateful for this work and the work of the work

Such a powerful and necessary book, @philipmetres.bsky.social. It’s been an honor to work with you and my colleagues at @uofmpress.bsky.social to bring it out.

Check out this impact story and webinar recording about @uofmpress.bsky.social digitally converting its entire backlist of ~3500 monographs! Learn more about how UMP made their older scholarly works digitally available, high-quality, accessible ebooks on Fulcrum:

Julia H. Fawcett's "Movable Londons" is now available! This #OpenAccess title explores how people can shape a city's spaces and how a city can shape its people. Start reading: buff.ly/08s67qR