The Kent State University Press

09/06/2025

That’s Chris Briem, author of our upcoming “Beyond Steel,” profiled in Pittsburgh Magazine! “If you want to talk about where Pittsburgh’s been or where Pittsburgh’s going, Christopher Briem is the guy to call.”

Find the September issue on newsstands now, and watch for our book—a much-anticipated contribution to Rust Belt studies—in February.

https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/profile-christopher-briem/

09/02/2025

Happy pub day to Terry Belew, whose book “The Deep Blue of Neptune”—winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, published with the Wick Poetry Center—is now available:

https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/the-deep-blue-of-neptune/

08/30/2025

This Labor Day Weekend, join Gavin Moulton (the emerging scholar behind the account Rust Belt Roadtrip) for a tour of Cleveland’s extraordinary sacred architecture. In a new essay for the blog, he recommends three titles from Kent State University Press:

https://kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/my-cleveland-bookshelf-gavin-moulton/

08/26/2025

In a new feature for the blog, we’re highlighting backlist titles that continue to resonate with issues in the region, nation, and world. First up: the series Voices of Diversity, which—in a mission that remains central to KSUP's work—helped celebrate the Cleveland area’s rich ethnic heritage.

In a new feature for the blog, we’re highlighting backlist titles from Kent State University Press that continue to resonate with issues in the region, nation, and world.

08/26/2025

Check out new poetry books for the week of 8/26 from Carcanet Press, Krupskaya Books, Host Publications, Texas Review Press, Station Hill Press, Acre Books, The Kent State University Press, University of Nebraska Press, Guernica Editions, Exile Editions, Indiana University Press, Milkweed Editions,....

08/25/2025

Grateful to PublicSource for sharing a first look at “Beyond Steel.”

In the 1960s, Pitt dreamed of a million-dollar research park over Panther Hollow. The ambitious plan would have built a nuclear reactor in the heart of Oakland.

08/22/2025

Next time you visit Kent State University Libraries, look for our new display celebrating KSUP’s 60th birthday!

08/20/2025

New on the blog: Read an excerpt from Rebecca Jumper Matheson’s “Artisans and Designers,” coming in November in our series with Costume Society of America. In this early look, Matheson uses a single item—the Phelps Postman Shoulder Bag—to introduce the work of Phelps Associates, the leathergoods and sportswear firm at the heart of her book.

Kent State University Press will publish Rebecca Jumper Matheson’s “Artisans and Designers: American Fashion Through Elizabeth and William Phelps” this fall. Part of our Costume S…

08/18/2025

The lineup for Buckeye Book Fair has been released, and we’re thrilled that KSUP authors Deborah Fleming (author of “Ghosts of an Old Forest”) and Charles Malone (coeditor of “Light Enters the Grove”) will be there. Join the bookish fun on November 1 in Wooster!

08/15/2025

To mark KSU Press’s 60th birthday, we’re sharing a collection of celebratory resources on our website—including a history of the press, praise for our work from authors and friends, and more. Thanks for your support, and enjoy!

https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/about/six-decades-of-publishing-what-matters/

08/12/2025

A Little News:
Richmond Must Fall from The Kent State University Press will be available in paperback in September.

08/12/2025

Great hearing “Light Enters the Grove,” published with the Wick Poetry Center, featured on the Page Count podcast from the Cleveland Public Library!

https://cpl.org/podcast-episode/exploring-cuyahoga-valley-national-park-through-poetry/