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09/11/2025

🌾One month ago, the world celebrated Women’s Equality Day on August 26, commemorating the 19th Amendment being passed which gave women the right to vote. This day serves as a reminder of the progress made in the fight for gender equality and the ongoing work needed to achieve full equality for women.

📚 TCU Press is excited to introduce John Willingham’s The LastWoman.

📖 The novel tells the story of three young women in 1877, chasing freedom up the Mississippi River and into the Wild West.

💛 Beyond the adventure, it’s about friendship, courage, and surviving a world that tried to hold them back.

✨ Inspired by Frenchy McCormick, one of the last “golden girls” of the Old West—this is a tribute to women who dared to live life on their own terms.

09/11/2025

Today, we honor the lives lost, the survivors, and the heroes who showed extraordinary courage on September 11, 2001. Twenty-four years later, we remember their legacy and stand united in reflection and resilience.

09/10/2025

“We’re thrilled to introduce James Young Phillips—better known by his pen name, Philip Atlee—among our TCU Press authors. ✨

In No Fixed Abode, Phillips’ memoir reads like a novel, chronicling a life of rebellion, adventure, and audacious storytelling. From a scandalous debut novel banned in Fort Worth to World War II missions in China, a tumultuous marriage, and the creation of his famed fictional spy Joe Gall, Phillips’ story is as entertaining as it is unforgettable. 🔥

Shunning fame much like his spy character, Phillips faded from the spotlight until his death in 1991. Now, with TCU Press’s first-ever publication of his memoir, he’s recognized as one of America’s great 20th-century writers.

📖 No Fixed Abode takes readers on a globe-trotting journey of triumph, tragedy, addiction, and redemption—the greatest adventure Phillips ever wrote was his own life. Available now wherever books are sold.

09/08/2025

“A provocative and delectable portrait of a volatile remarriage and an insightful anatomy of love.” — Booklist
Pulitzer Prize–winner Robert Olen Butler’s Twice Around a Marriage is a tender, witty portrait of second chances, love, and what it means to endure together.
📖 Out soon from TCU Press.
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09/05/2025

🌿 Fun Feature Friday 🌿
We’re wildly in love… with endpapers. 😍
This week’s feature comes with a bit of bookish romance—imagine explaining endpapers to someone who’s never noticed them, and then promising to show them every single one. (Cue the swoon.)

Today we’re showing off the stunning endpapers from Seeing Wild by Dennis Stewart—one of our most visually striking nonfiction releases. Flip to the inside covers and you’ll see why we can’t stop staring.

💜 Because sometimes the most beautiful part of the book is hiding right on the inside.

📚 Grab your copy from our site or wherever wild books are sold.

09/03/2025

We’re incredibly fortunate to count Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert Olen Butler among our TCU Press authors. ✨
In From Where You Dream, Butler reminds us that true art springs not from the mind—but from the white-hot center of ourselves. 🔥
We’re thrilled to share that his newest work of fiction, Twice Around a Marriage, is now available for preorder! Don’t miss this stunning exploration of memory, love, and the tangled paths we follow. 💜
📖 Preorder now from our website or wherever books are sold online.

09/02/2025

Meet J.W. Wilson — author, entrepreneur, adventurer, and child at heart.

His biography, Final Encore, tells the remarkable story of piano prodigy Alexei Sultanov, whose life and talent captivated the world before it was tragically cut short.

Follow along today as Wilson takes over our feed and shares the passion behind the pages.

08/29/2025

“🌪️ 20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina became one of the deadliest and costliest storms in U.S. history.

📊 Beyond the numbers, the stories of those who lived through it reveal a fractured America haunted by racism, memory, and faith.

📚 TCU Press introduces Life in the Time of Hurricanes by Rod Davis 🌪️

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, this powerful novel goes beyond the statistics — following survivors as they navigate a fractured America haunted by racism, memory, and faith.

✨ Tales are told, identities remade, destinies reshaped. A tribute to survival and resilience in the face of the storms, both natural and man-made, that define us.

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08/27/2025

That’s a wrap on this week’s ! 💥 We hope you enjoyed hearing directly from one of our incredible authors. Want more behind-the-scenes stories, writing advice, and bookish inspiration?
📚 Another author takes over next Tuesday—don’t miss it!
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08/26/2025

📰🎸 When journalism met rock & roll.
Long before Irresistible Calling hit the shelves, Sean Mitchell was out chasing stories—and the music that shaped a generation.

This throwback takes us to the days of print deadlines, concert reviews, and a press pass that opened every backstage door.

✨ Irresistible Calling is available now from TCU Press—link in bio!

08/26/2025

Meet Sean Mitchell—journalist, critic, and now memoirist. In Irresistible Calling, Sean reflects on his decades in arts journalism, from Dallas to L.A., offering a front-row view to cultural shifts, celebrity interviews, and the power of the written word. He shows us how writing—at its best—isn’t just a job, but a calling.

🖋️ Irresistible Calling is available now from TCU Press.

05/20/2025