University of Akron Press

08/21/2025

We are beyond excited to share that Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a winner of the 2025 Arab American Book Awards! Something About Living has won the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award!

Huge thanks to the Arab American National Museum for selecting this powerful poetry collection.

Please join us in congratulating Lena on another well-deserved award! 🤩🥳

08/19/2025

📣 NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER 📣

For more than a century, something the authors call “a whispering history” lay just beneath the surface of a public space filled with activity and ignorance. More recently, as the mystery of Schneider Park’s abandoned graves has entered the public lore, its questions have multiplied. This ground contains the remains of those least able to answer those questions—the infirm, the impoverished, the immigrants. And therefore this book provides a vital community service, dignifying lost souls and allowing us a better understanding of who they were and, by extension, who we are. If a society is measured by how it regards its most vulnerable members, What Remains contributes importantly not just to Akron’s historical record, but its humanity.

—David Giffels, author of Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America and The Hard Way on Purpose

Save 30% with code WHAT30. Preorder here: https://blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/product/what-remains/

08/01/2025

Take advantage of the in over the next two weeks by stopping by Northside Marketplace to score some great books and goodies!

07/30/2025

FYI!

07/30/2025

📣 We are thrilled to share that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise by Emilia Phillips has been shortlisted for the 2025 Lammy Awards! 🥳

07/18/2025

ICYMI: Dr. Mary Biddinger isn't just our poetry series editor extraordinaire, she's also a talented poet and fiction writer! 🥳

Join us in congratulating her on the publication of her new novella-in-flash, The Girl With the Black Lipstick, out now at Black Lawrence Press.

https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-girl-with-the-black-lipstick/

07/15/2025

Looking to score a copy of Akron at 200? Join us tonight at the Akron-Summit County Public Library for the Forgotten History Forum, featuring UA Press director Dr. Jon Miller.

Books will be on sale for $35 before tax!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forgotten-history-forum-series-presented-by-firstenergy-foundation-tickets-1297344996809?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

07/03/2025

Huge gratitude to Leigh Cuen and Southern Review of Books for this wonderful review of Lady Smith by Jess Smith!

A review of Jess Smith’s poetry collection, “Lady Smith.”

07/01/2025

FYI!

A new 427-page publication, “Akron at 200: A Bicentennial History,” will be available for purchase this week at the Akron History Center (172 South Main St.).

You can buy this book Wednesday through Saturday (July2-5) from 10am to 2pm. The 27-chapter anthology is published by the University of Akron Press and sponsored by the City of Akron. There are 26 authors, recruited for the project by Dave Lieberth, Executive Secretary of the Akron Bicentennial Commission, who served as an editor of the compilation along with Dr. Jon Miller, Director of the University of Akron Press.

The hard cover book is listed at $50 but will be available for purchase during Akron’s Bicentennial week at a discounted price of $35.

06/27/2025

Wow! Last night was one for the books.

Huge thank yous to , , and for a truly stunning night of !

And to for providing a beautiful location and much-needed refreshments.

We are already looking forward to planning another ! 🤩

06/26/2025

It’s here! See you all today for this stellar lineup! ✨

Hey ! We are excited to share that we're hosting a reading on Thursday, June 26th at 4pm featuring Jess Smith, Sarah Green, and Jennifer Moore.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration preferred: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/university-of-akron-press-poetry-reading-tickets-1367280917029?aff=oddtdtcreator