University of New Orleans Press

12/02/2025

“A mysterious , unseen , unseeable, unknowable and fearful thing — God.”

A little peek inside a profound book that is Haunch, Paunch, and Jowl. Published by the UNO Press & available to be yours now through our website. 📚

10/09/2025

It’s hard for me not to have the passion of a true believer about this book....

It’s hard for me not to have the passion of a Bible thumper about this book.

09/04/2025

Out for lunch again 🍽️ today, I’m checking out ’s interview with ! Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of publishing William Greiner’s collection of photography, NEUTRAL GROUND: NEW ORLEANS: 1990–2005. If you haven’t checked out his dreamy picturescapes yet, maybe this interview from The Advocate with Greiner will convince you to grab your own copy and show it off on your coffee table 📺

09/02/2025

Taking the opportunity during lunch to finally sit down and listen to ’s interview on that aired earlier this year! MY GOOD SON won our Publishing Lab Prize back in 2021, so it’s always a pleasure to see follow what our friends keep accomplishing ✨📖✨ I’ll drop the link to the interview in our bio for y’all to listen. We’re also stoked to say that submissions for our 2025 Publishing Lab Prize are OFFICIALLY CLOSED! Thanks for submitting your work to us, we’re all looking forward to checking it out ✍🏼 time to get back to digging through these manuscripts, check in with y’all soon!

08/28/2025

One of our favorite poets, marking twenty years since! Huzzah and we cannot wait to read!

The collection contains poetry and artwork from 44 Louisiana writers and/or artists, all of whom were impacted by the hurricanes and had to rebuild their lives.

08/04/2025

LOVE these photos from Christopher Louis Romaguera, Writer! CHARRAS is out this fall!

07/23/2025

"After pursuing a teaching career, Crider threw herself once again into writing—but initially in the form of novels, rather than drama. 'I was rejected by a hundred agents,' she says. 'They said my voice was too weak. Finally, I had two novels published—‘Kells’ and ‘Disorder’—after I shifted to a first-person narrative style, which is more like playwriting.' . .

Clearly, patience and persistence are the hallmarks of Amy Crider’s career. She has sought artistic success and recognition as doggedly as any Buddhist devotee pursues spiritual enlightenment. And like enlightenment, success tends to come only when one has done the necessary groundwork. When “Buddha’s Birthday” opens in August, we’ll see whether all the effort Crider has put into her writing over the last couple of decades is finally ready to bear fruit."

Amy Crider's play BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY opens in August at The Edge Theatre!

If any playwright in town deserves a break right about now, it would be Amy Crider.

07/22/2025

Thinking about picking up Josh Denslow's MAGIC CAN'T SAVE US? Read one of the stories—GOING PEACEFULLY—here:

While my wife got her hair cut, I went across the mall to a popular children’s clothing store to choose an outfit for a newborn boy. Semantically, it was incorrect though, because the boy wasn’t actually newborn yet.

07/21/2025

Luisah Teish is a writer and performer of African and African-diaspora sacred myth and folklore. She is known as a ritualist, keynote speaker, and spiritual advisor on a global scale. Her book Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals, a women's spirituality classic published in 1985 by Harper & Row Publishers, has since been translated into German, Spanish, and Dutch. As an Oshun priestess, Teish continues to officiate over spiritual retreats, rituals, and workshops in a practice that spans over forty years. She represents the African diaspora as a member of the Mother Earth Delegation of Indigenous Nations.