University of Akron Press

09/16/2025

We are beyond thrilled to share that Lena Khalaf Tuffaha has won the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry! 🎉

Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!

Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.

09/12/2025

09/11/2025

Excellent news! And YES, we're proud to be a part of The University of Akron! 👏

More than 15,000 students said yes to UA this fall, and the energy is incredible. From our largest first-year class since 2021 to growth among transfers, graduate and law students, life at UA is thriving.

Learn more about what is fueling our success. https://bit.ly/3Vd2n4A

09/11/2025

📣 It's here! 📣

The Association of University Presses 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, an interactive exhibit, is now open in the Project Gallery at the Myers School of Art.

Since 1965, the show has fulfilled its mission to "honor and instruct" by honoring the design and production teams whose work furthers a long tradition of excellence in book design, and through a traveling exhibit and acclaimed annual catalog of selected entries visually teaching the tenets of good design.

The Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is a juried design competition, open only to Association of University Presses' member publishers. We are honored to co-sponsor the exhibit with the Myers School of Art to bring this to The University of Akron and the Akron community!

Check it out now until September 24! 📚

09/09/2025

Happy Publication Day to Akron at 200! 📚

Akron at 200: A Bicentennial History offers a rich collection of in-depth essays that span the earliest days of the city’s history to the present. This is not a comprehensive history of the City of Akron; it is, instead, a celebration of two hundred years of history. Readers can not only learn about significant figures, such as John Brown and Sojourner Truth, but also entrepreneurs, musicians, athletes, and other citizens who contributed to the growth and reputation of the city. Important political and religious leaders are profiled, as are the efforts of everyday Akronites to improve their city and its neighborhoods. With a deeper look at a wide range of subjects previously unexplored in published histories of the city, this book will inspire readers to better appreciate the remarkable history and promising future of Akron, Ohio.

Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!

https://blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/product/akron-at-200/

09/08/2025

Join us THIS Friday, Sept. 12, at 10am at Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's Free Writing Conference, where we're super excited to be tabling for the book fair!

The book fair will be held in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library at 525 Superior Ave. See you there!

08/26/2025

We are thrilled to share that Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards!

Huge thank you to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!

The Washington Center for the Book (an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book administered by Washington State Library) has selected 42 finalists in seven categories for the 2025 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) for outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2024. This is the 59th year of the program, formerly called the Governor's Writers Awards.

From Lummi Island to Cashmere, Washington state is packed with talented creators sharing their skills, passion, and creativity with readers across our region and the world. We are so proud to help shine a light on these excellent titles.

A winner in each category will be announced on Sept. 16, 2025.
https://washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2025-washington-state-book-award-finalists-announced

08/26/2025

Listen now: New interview with Sarah Green on the viewless wings poetry podcast!

https://viewlesswings.com/2025/08/25/poet-sarah-green-on-grief-resilience-and-crafting-the-deletions-interview/

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

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