University of Minnesota Press

06/20/2025

Saturday June 21, 11-1 pm, Meet and Greet with author and illustrator John Owens.

Happy Solstice weekend! We are so excited to host John Owens for his newest of his seasonally themed northwoods books. The story is told in his signature wordless style, which offers the reader endless options for storytelling or a moment of soothing picture gazing!

Come on down any time during the two hour span to meet the author and have your book signed. We will also have the rest of the collection on hand for sale!

06/20/2025

Kick your summer reading up a notch or three: We're offering $10 on print paperbacks when you order 3 or more using code MN93820. Good through July 1st. Happy reading! ☀️📚
https://www.upress.umn.edu/special-sale-10-paperbacks/

06/17/2025

Out today: Kitchens of Hope, a glimpse into the kitchens and lives of immigrants from more than thirty countries, with tasty recipes including curry, mole, biryani, pho, and more. Co-compiled by Linda S. Svitak, Christin Jaye Eaton, and Lee Svitak Dean.

https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517919122/kitchens-of-hope/

06/16/2025

Happy Pride, Columbus! 🌈

Some of our favorite q***r stories come from small presses. Here's a stack of some books we found uplifting, affirming and empowering!

Featured Titles
- Against Ageism: A Q***r Manifesto by Simon(e) van Saarloos from
- My Le***an Novel by Renee Gladman from
- Females by Andrea Long Chu from
- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw from West Virginia University Press
- A History of My Brief Body by Billy Ray Belcourt from
- I Sing To Use The Waiting by Zachary Pace from Two Dollar Radio
- Edge of the World: An Anthology of Q***r Travel Writing by Alden Jones from
- We All Loved Cowboys by Carol Bensimon from
- How To F**k Like A Girl by Vera Blossom from
- I'm A Fool to Want You by Camila Sosa Villada from
- Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn from
- Tar Hollow Trans by Stacy Jane Grover from
- S*x Goblin by Lauren Cook from
- Biomythography Bayou by Mel Michelle Lewis from
- Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White from
- Dysphoria Mundi by Paul B. Preciado from
- A Good Happy Girl by Marissa Higgins from
- Le***an Death by Mairead Sullivan from
- The Sea Gives Up The Dead by Molly Olguín from
- You Crushed It by Jean-Philippe Baril Guerard from
- Living In Your Light by Abdellah Taïa from
- The Q***r South by Douglas Ray from Sibling Rivalry Press
- The Q***r Arab Glossary by Marwan Kaabour from
- The Cruising Diaries by Brontez Purnell, Janelle Hessig from
- It Came from the Closet by Joe Vallese from
- Bluff by Danez Smith from

06/16/2025

This week’s damned soul is theologian - and author of ‘Late Star Trek’ - . As well as giving us the five tracks he will meet in Hell, Adam told us about what his book has to say about franchises and prequels, what the devil has to say about politics, and how Fleetwood Mac can be used as a teaching aid.

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Late Star Trek is out now on and is great. Even if you don’t like Star Trek, but are interested in pop culture and the nature of franchises.

06/12/2025

Apologies to those trying to use our website right now. It's down at the moment and our team is working as quickly as we can on a fix.

06/12/2025

Cover story: That's US!!! Thank you University of Minnesota Alumni Association!

📬 MEMBERS: Your next Minnesota Alumni magazine is in your mailboxes. Be sure to checkout the cover story about the U of M Press, who has published books on just about everything.

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06/11/2025

A new book explores what it would look like to build an economy that places care and caregiving work at the forefront.

06/11/2025

Published this week: Proposals for a Caring Economy, essays that articulate an economy that situates care at the forefront, edited by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918477/proposals-for-a-caring-economy/

06/11/2025