University of Arkansas Press

09/24/2026

Harry Patrinos and Kristen Scott talk about their new book, The State of Education in Arkansas with Matthew Moore on Ozarks at Large on KUAF 91.3 Public Radio.

UofA education reform researchers Harry Patrinos and Kristen Scott discuss their new book, the LEARNS Act, school choice, early literacy and what it will take for Arkansas students to rebound.

09/22/2026

John Gould Fletcher, Arkansas’s most celebrated writer at the time of his death in 1950, wrote an impressionistic and almost poetic history of Arkansas ...

09/14/2026

We could not be more excited about the future of our partnership with Butler Center Books and the Central Arkansas Library System.

The acquisition brings together two longstanding Arkansas institutions in a shared commitment to publishing and promoting the history, culture and voices of the Natural State.

09/11/2026

In “Letters of a Poet Dying: The Selected Correspondence of Frank Stanford,” published today via the University of Arkansas Press, editor A. P. Walton weaves a narrative that exhibits the complexity of one of our great poets.

09/03/2026

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of The Lex Rex Effect: Stories of a Conservative Pursuing Justice​ by Asa Hutchinson.

The Latin phrase Lex Rex, meaning “the law is king,” expresses a foundational principle of human liberty: that the law, rather than the will of any individual ruler, is the ultimate governmental authority. It was a principle at the heart of the American Revolution and remains essential to the functioning and endurance of America today. For 250 years, the United States has been tested by political conflict, social change, and challenges to its institutions, yet the rule of law has remained central to the nation’s constitutional order.

Asa Hutchinson’s distinguished career—as a former U.S. Attorney, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Under Secretary of Homeland Security, and Governor of Arkansas—offers a unique perspective from which to examine the enduring significance of Lex Rex in contemporary America.

The University of Arkansas Press has is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of The Lex Rex Effect: Stories of a Conservative Pursuing Justice​ by Asa Hutchinson. The Latin phrase Lex Rex, meaning “the law is king,” expresses a foundational principle of human liberty: that the...

08/26/2026

Reminder--Don’t miss this special evening at Historic Cane Hill!

Join us Thursday, August 27 at 6 PM at 6 PM as we welcome Patsy Watkins, author of "It’s All Done Gone: Arkansas Photographs from the Farm Security Administration Collection, 1935–1943."

At It’s All Done Gone: the Stories Behind the Photographs, Watkins will share the stories behind these remarkable photographs, exploring the photographers, the people and places they documented, and the lasting impact of these images nearly 90 years later. Following the presentation, she’ll sign copies of her book.

Guests can explore the Arkansas Portraits exhibition in the Cane Hill Gallery before and after the program.

🗓️ August 27
⌚ 6 PM
📍 Cane Hill College Building, 14219 College Rd, Canehill, AR

08/25/2026

Thank you to the Arkansas State Library for choosing EAT LIKE THE HOGS to represent Arkansas at the National Book Festival, held last weekend in Washington, DC. Co-editor Karen Van Horn was on hand to sign copies and talk Razorback recipes!

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08/20/2026

NOW AVAILABLE!

Letters of a Poet Dying: The Selected Correspondence of Frank Stanford, edited and with an introduction by A. P. Walton.

Letters of a Poet Dying is a watershed publication—the first collection of correspondence by the virtuosic poet Frank Stanford (1948–78). Born in southeast Mississippi, Stanford lived most of his brief life in northern Arkansas, where he studied, loved, founded a publishing company, and wrote prolifically before ending his life at the age of twenty-nine. These strikingly original letters, postcards, and book inscriptions written in Stanford’s twenties to several dozen recipients—poets, editors, friends, lovers, and family members—illuminate his complicated and often tumultuous creative process.

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