University of Minnesota Press

11/14/2025

Interview at The Society Pages on newly released volume with University of Minnesota Press addressing bullying. We need to change how q***r bullying is understood in order to create more effective interventions and policy.

11/13/2025

"I turn to literature for guidance and models of how to navigate this strange world . . . black writers, especially black women writers, have always served as models for me." https://lithub.com/celebration-and-struggle-on-the-life-and-work-of-alice-childress/ via Literary Hub

I was born into a country where people with uteruses had the right to choose if, when, and how they would carry a fetus to full term. I don’t live in that country anymore. I grew up in a world wher…

11/12/2025

>> Economies and Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism.
Christina Jerne opens a fascinating black box of the anti-mafia movement’s tactic of mimicking the mafia activities and rethinks the scope of cultural and political transformation that economic action can (and already does) bring about.
https://economicsociology.org/2025/11/10/economies-and-economics-of-italian-anti-mafia-activism/

11/11/2025

Excellent new titles releasing today:

-Mysterious Tales of Old Minneapolis, fiction by Larry Millett

-Everything Is Permitted: On Assassin's Creed by Cameron Kunzelman

-By Their Work: Indigenous Women's Digital Media in North America, edited by Joanna Hearne and Karrmen Crey

11/10/2025

Finding Each Other and the Stakes of Public Education: A zoom discussion Nov. 11th, 8pm Eastern, with Ujju Aggarwal, hosted by Debt Collective:

What opportunities do our present combined crises—of austerity and intensified facism—present us with in considering how we struggle over…

11/10/2025

Eye-opening books on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975, and other shipwreck stories of life and loss. Select titles now 30% off with code MN94100.
https://www.upress.umn.edu/collection-historic-shipwrecks/

11/06/2025

"Taken together, Parascientific Revolutions and Spectropolis offer valuable insights into the lacunae through which the supernatural persists, whether the generative fringes of scientific endeavors or the occult operations of finance."

Jordan Williamson reviews Derek Lee’s “Parascientific Revolutions: The Science and Culture of the Paranormal” and Joshua Comaroff’s “Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore.” Link in the comments.

11/05/2025

MN: Celebrate reading with us this Saturday at Rain Taxi Review's Twin Cities Book Festival in its new location: St. Paul's Union Depot! Join us for special discounts, swag, and the chance to meet beloved authors.

Join the University of Minnesota Press on Saturday, November 8, at Rain Taxi's 2025 Twin Cities Book Festival! From 10am to 5pm, drop in for discounted book shopping, talks, and signings from authors and illustrators including Betsy Bowen, Kathleen and Beth Rooney, Debra Stone, and David Hakensen.