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As the only university press in the state, Iowa is also dedicated to preserving the literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest. For scholars and students, we publish reference and course books in the areas of archaeology, American studies, American history, literary studies, theatre studies, and the craft of writing. For general readers, we publish the winners of the
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Celebrate Earth Month with us now by perusing our books about the environment and nature!
POETS: Submissions are now open for the Iowa Poetry Prize! Get us your manuscripts from today through April 30th. For more details follow the link below.
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/authors/iowa-prize.htm
CHALLENGING PREGNANCY is the story of Genevieve Grabman’s harrowing pregnancy and the science and politics of maternal healthcare in the United States, where every person must self-advocate for the desired outcome of their own pregnancy.
As Women's History Month comes to a close, our appreciation for fabulous female writers continues! Check out ANTIPODES: STORIES forthcoming from the amazing Holly Goddard Jones.
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609388294/antipodes
I have a book of short stories coming out in May, and Jonathan Miles reviewed it in the April/May issue of GARDEN AND GUN. There's no online version for me to link here, unfortunately, and I cherish every word of it, but here's an excerpt:
"Blazingly alive. Jones's characters...have moms and kids and Pinterest accounts and antidepressent prescriptions and husbands who can be sweetly earnest but miss the point all the same. Jones adheres to no privacy policy with her characters, rooting through their psyches, scopping out their secrets, spilling every bean. As a result, her eleven stories crackle with the messy, bristly particulars of modern life, and record, with the fidelity of an ASMR track, what the poet Kat Ryan called 'the small plop ordinary lives make...But what you'll also find is a fresh and invigorating weirdness...She dashes her realism with fabulism, horror, suspense, satire, even an eighth teaspoon of paperback romance. She doesn't limit herself. Jones grabs whatever elements she wants from literature's periodic table to convey--sometimes mournfully, always vibrantly--what it feels like to be alive at this strange and unsteady moment."
It's a special kind of joy to be read with this much specificity and sincerity, by someone who got exactly what I was trying to do and granted me maximum credit for pulling it off. If you come across the issue, you'll find it on page 48.
March is coming to an end as is Women's History Month. But it's never too late to support female authors like Madhushree Ghosh, whose food memoir KHABAAR: AN IMMIGRANT JOURNEY OF FOOD, MEMORY, AND FAMILY, is coming out next week!
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609388232/khabaar
This month celebrate Women's History Month by placing in your calendar for our forthcoming book THEY DON'T WANT HER THERE: FIGHTING SEXUAL AND RACIAL HARASSMENT IN THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY by Carolyn Chalmers.
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609388195/they-don’t-want-her-there
Check BEHIND THE BIG HOUSE: RECONCILING SLAVERY, RACE, AND HERITAGE IN THE U.S. SOUTH by Jodi Skipper, on sale now!
“Skipper has illuminated for us one of the most pressing issues in American identity—how we reckon with our own original sin of enslavement. More than that, she’s illuminating a path to redemption lit by thoughtful engagement, open eyes, and open hearts. This book is the intersection of mindfulness and hope.”—Michael W. Twitty, James Beard Award–winning author, THE COOKING GENE
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609388171/behind-the-big-house
The short story is a form uniquely suited to experimentation and play. Five fiction writers discuss innovative approaches to the short story in their own work and the work of writers whom they admire, reflecting on what premises and constraints have proved fruitful for them and for others, thinking through the purpose of experimentation—what it makes possible, both for the writer and the reader—and offering exercises to prompt writers who hope to experiment in their own work.
Discover the history of black female comedy for Women's History Month with CRACKING UP: BLACK FEMINIST COMEDY IN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY UNITED STATES by Katelyn Hale Wood.
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609387723/cracking-up
Follow the link below for today's featured book for Women's History Month I ALWAYS CARRY MY BONES poems by Felicia Zamora!
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609387761/i-always-carry-my-bones
Hot Off the Press: BEHIND THE BIG HOUSE: RECONCILING SLAVERY, RACE, AND HERITAGE IN THE U.S. SOUTH by Jodi Skipper.
“Skipper has illuminated for us one of the most pressing issues in American identity—how we reckon with our own original sin of enslavement. More than that, she’s illuminating a path to redemption lit by thoughtful engagement, open eyes, and open hearts. This book is the intersection of mindfulness and hope.”—Michael W. Twitty, James Beard Award–winning author, THE COOKING GENE
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609388171/behind-the-big-house
Continue celebrating Women's History Month by reading Sufiya Abdur-Rahman's powerful memoir.
“It’s a marvel the way Abdur-Rahman blends cultural criticisms and reflections on media into a memoir about the stories we inherit and choose to tell. With quick prose and stunning insight, she skillfully widens intimate family portraits into histories of the American Civil Rights movement. She captures the challenges and triumphs of keeping faith in an ideology, keeping faith in our loved ones. HEIR TO THE CRESCENT MOON is a deeply personal account of learning to navigate the limitless possibilities of being Black and Muslim and a woman.”—Donald Edem Quist, author, HARBORS
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609387822/heir-to-the-crescent-moon
In case you missed yesterday's interview with the wonderful Madhushree Ghosh on WNYC's All Of It, check it out here! KHABAAR's official pub date is April 4th; order your copy today!
Bengali American author Madhushree Ghosh explores concepts such as identity and belonging as a South East Asian immigrant in her new food memoir.
University of Iowa Graduate College students: Like working with books? Consider applying for your Graduate Assistantship with the U Iowa Press! We have 2 positions open. See Handshake for full details.
Today for Women's History Month check out KICKING ASS IN A CORSET by @AndreaKayneOfficial!
“KICKING ASS IN A CORSET is a practical and insightful guide to finding one’s resolve and agency under great constraint and in trying times. This book is a road map for women leaders who want to tap into their own reserve of power to lead consciously, skillfully, and fearlessly. As someone who believes in the power of cultivating our leadership skills in all areas of life, Kayne’s work is a necessary and supportive addition to my bookshelf.”—Angella M. Nazarian, author, PIONEERS OF THE POSSIBLE: CELEBRATING VISIONARY WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Get your copy of CHALLENGING PREGNANCY on sale today through our website!
“A compelling read that educates the reader and exposes the harms caused when our medical system treats women like vessels.”—Julie F. Kay, coauthor, CONTROLLING WOMEN: WHAT WE MUST DO NOW TO SAVE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609388157/challenging-pregnancy
Today for Women's History Month check out GREEN CHILI AND OTHER IMPOSTORS by Nina Mukerjee Furstenau!
“I was mesmerized by this ambitious book—a blend of memoir, research, and food lore—from start to finish. From inside her farmhouse kitchen in Missouri to the home of a traditional cheesemaker outside Kolkata, from the fish pond in her grandmother’s garden to the tea gardens of Makaibari, I walked with the author as she took me to multiple, flavor-rich worlds.”—Sayantani Dasgupta, author, WOMEN WHO MISBEHAVE
Couldn't agree more!
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Hot off the Press: CHALLENGING PREGNANCY: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE POLITICS AND SCIENCE OF HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA by Genevieve Grabman
“A compelling read that educates the reader and exposes the harms caused when our medical system treats women like vessels.”—Julie F. Kay, coauthor, CONTROLLING WOMEN: WHAT WE MUST DO NOW TO SAVE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609388157/challenging-pregnancy
Celebrate #womenshistorymonth 2022 with us by taking a look at some of our recent and upcoming books!
BEHIND THE BIG HOUSE gives readers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to interpret the difficult history of slavery in the U.S. South. The book explores Jodi Skipper’s eight-year collaboration with the Behind the Big House program, a community-based model used at local historic sites to address slavery in the collective narrative of U.S. history and culture. In laying out her experiences through an autoethnographic approach, Skipper seeks to help other activist scholars of color negotiate the nuances of place, the academic public sphere, and its ambiguous systems of reward, recognition, and evaluation.
Congratulations to YOU NEVER GET IT BACK for making The Story Prize 2021 longlist!!
In this first book of essays devoted entirely to Nathaniel Mackey’s work, prominent critics respond to a major oeuvre that is at once affirmative and utopic, negational and dystopic. Contributors:
Maria Damon, Joseph Donahue, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Norman Finkelstein, Luke Harley, Paul Jaussen, Adalaide Morris, Fred Moten, Peter O’Leary, Anthony Reed
So excited to see this interview with Nina Mukerjee Furstenau about her recently released book GREEN CHILI AND OTHER IMPOSTERS and Madhushree Ghosh, author of the forthcoming KHABAAR: AN IMMIGRANT JOURNEY OF FOOD, MEMORY, AND FAMILY via @BOMBMagazine!
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DAY 2 of the Socially Distanced Iowa State Fair CHALLENGE: Prepare for movie night! Make some popcorn and set up an outdoor theater; it's way easier (and more affordable) than you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSnyL1AOYA What movies get you in the festival mood? We're also keeping the fun going with our Iowa State Fair book sale! From now to August 22nd, check out our sale books. Find them here: https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/sale-books!
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