University of Akron Press

10/31/2025

Heading to the Byckeye Book Fair tomorrow? Be sure to say hi to all the UA Press authors attending! You'll find Dr. Jon Miller, Dr. Steven D. Hambley, and John W. Kropf with their latest works at the book fair from 9:30am to 4pm.

10/30/2025

WOW! UA Press author Sarah Green interviewed with .vanderhart, and you do not want to miss your chance to listen to this beautiful episode up at ! 🔥

https://ofpoetrypodcast.com/

10/27/2025

NEW ESSAY ALERT! ☄

There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.

"At this table, there is no script; the story isn’t written beforehand. No one knows exactly what will happen next; we each become performer and audience, rolled into one."

Read now: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1735889/this-be-the-place-a-gaming-table-in-philadelphia

10/07/2025

Looking for a piece of history? Join us this weekend at Cascade Locks Parks Association for the Akron Oatmeal Festival where we'll have copies of Akron at 200 and even more local history books on sale!

09/30/2025

Happy Publication Day to What Remains

What Remains presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history. What is now a suburban park where people play soccer and flag football in the City of Akron, Ohio, was once a Progressive-era county infirmary’s burial ground for people who were poor, infirm, troubled, immigrant, injured, alcoholic, elderly, or otherwise deemed “unemployable” during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through community-engaged scholarship, this book uses legal, historical, archaeological, and anthropological lenses to consider what is above and below the grass. What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories. It is about what is worth remembering, what is better left forgotten, and who gets to decide.

Order today and save 30% with code WHAT30: https://blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/product/what-remains/

09/29/2025

📣 ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF THE 2025 AKRON POETRY PRIZE! 📣

Congratulations to Alfredo Aguilar of Lockhart, TX, who has won the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize as chosen by Eduardo C. Corral!

This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists listed here: https://www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize/poetryprizewinner.dot.

Much gratitude to Eduardo for all his care in selecting the winner. Brenda Shaughnessy will judge the 2026 competition! 🎉

And thank you to all who trusted us with their work. We never lose sight of the risk you all take when submitting your work, and we cherish every single submission.

09/23/2025

Less than two weeks remain until the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced during the virtual ceremony! 🎉

Join us in rooting for all the , but especially University of Akron Press Emilia Phillips!

Don't miss your chance to listen to Emilia's , Beyond the Gender Binary, at 11AM ET.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day-and-the-37th-annual-lambda-literary-awards-tickets-1633024753999?aff=oddtdtcreator

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/