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University of Alabama Press Website: www.uapress.ua.edu As the scholarly publishing arm of the university, The University of Alabama Press serves as an agent in the advancement of learning and the dissemination of scholarship. An editorial board comprised of representatives from all doct

oral-degree-granting public universities within Alabama oversees the publishing program. Projects are selected that support, extend, and preserve academic research. The Press also publishes books that foster an understanding of the history and culture of this state and region. The Press publishes in a variety of formats, both print and electronic, and uses short-run technologies to ensure that the works are widely available.

🎉📚 Writers, it’s almost time! The annual Fiction Collective 2 contests return on AUGUST 15, and FC2 is calling for your ...
07/21/2025

🎉📚 Writers, it’s almost time! The annual Fiction Collective 2 contests return on AUGUST 15, and FC2 is calling for your most daring, genre-defying fiction! 🗓️✨

Submissions open for both The Ronald Sukenick and Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prizes—don’t miss your chance to be part of the future of fiction! 💥✍️

🔗 Learn more and submit: https://tinyurl.com/9wfzhfsy

While translating his late father’s unfinished manuscript, a son uncovers a haunting story of betrayal, artistic obsessi...
07/18/2025

While translating his late father’s unfinished manuscript, a son uncovers a haunting story of betrayal, artistic obsession, and a mysterious woman named Lena Wu whose existence may be more myth than memory. Daydreamers: A Novel by Alvin Lu is a literary mystery that spans generations and continents, where every page reveals a deeper entanglement of fiction, family, and the past we can’t outrun. Get the book: 📚🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s3wzan6

In The Single Life, Jordan Windholz explores how unmarried men in Renaissance literature challenged traditional ideas of...
07/17/2025

In The Single Life, Jordan Windholz explores how unmarried men in Renaissance literature challenged traditional ideas of masculinity, legacy, and social order. These figures complicate what we think we know about patriarchy and offer a fresh perspective that resonates today. Get the book: 📚🔗https://tinyurl.com/5dkxbfhn

From wartime nutrition guidelines to the rise of organic food movements, Six Women Who Shaped What Americans Eat by Mich...
07/16/2025

From wartime nutrition guidelines to the rise of organic food movements, Six Women Who Shaped What Americans Eat by Michelle Mart traces the powerful influence of six women who helped define modern American food culture. Their stories connect the dots between public health, food marketing, and activism, offering a timely look at how our food choices came to be. 🍽️
Get the book! 📚https://tinyurl.com/mrxkz7pb

Join Harold Jackson and Kids in Birmingham 1963 on July 17th at 7 PM Central for a powerful conversation with the Pulitz...
07/14/2025

Join Harold Jackson and Kids in Birmingham 1963 on July 17th at 7 PM Central for a powerful conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winner, as he shares stories from his newly released memoir reflecting on growing up in Birmingham during the 1950s and ’60s.

✨ Presented in collaboration with Kids in Birmingham 1963 — a remarkable project that brings to light the voices of those who lived through Birmingham’s civil rights era as children. Through these deeply personal stories, they help us connect with the past, understand its impact, and carry its lessons forward.

🔗 Zoom link for KIDS Connect: https://tinyurl.com/55vy2y82
🔗 Get Harold Jackson's Book: https://tinyurl.com/yc2sj2ay
🔗 Learn more about Kids in Birmingham: https://tinyurl.com/4av4txbj

Journalist Harold Jackson invites us to talk with him on July 17th: "I’ve finally finished my memoir and think a lot of you fellow KIDS will identify with my childhood memories of Birmingham in the ‘50s and ‘60s by reading the book. To help you do that, University Press is offering a generous...

🐝 On this day in 2007, the USDA began investigating Colony collapse disorder (CCD), a crisis threatening the honeybees w...
07/14/2025

🐝 On this day in 2007, the USDA began investigating Colony collapse disorder (CCD), a crisis threatening the honeybees we rely on for one-third of our food. In The Story of Food in the Human Past, anthropologist Robyn E. Cutright shows how early humans risked stings to harvest honey, highlighting our long-standing dependence on pollinators.

🌍 Mark the anniversary by reading the blog “Bees, Brains, and the Human Past” and discover how honeybees have shaped human evolution. Learn why protecting both honeybees and bumblebees is essential for the future of our food systems and ecosystems. 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yc46wbz2
📚 Get the book: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/3as3zd2y

💡Did you know? 💡The USS Thresher, launched on this day in 1960, was the first in a new class of nuclear-powered attack s...
07/09/2025

💡Did you know? 💡The USS Thresher, launched on this day in 1960, was the first in a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. Its tragic loss in 1963 remains the worst submarine disaster in U.S. Navy history and led to sweeping changes in submarine safety and design.

In Emergency Deep: Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander, Alfred Scott McLaren recounts covert missions aboard the USS Queenfish, a sub shaped by the hard lessons of the Thresher. His gripping memoir is a riveting and deeply human story that illuminates the intensity and pressures of commanding a nuclear attack submarine in some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable.

📚Get your copy today! Now available in paperback for the first time: https://tinyurl.com/u543wn5n

This Fourth of July, take a deeper look at the road to independence. It wasn’t inevitable, and it didn’t happen overnigh...
07/04/2025

This Fourth of July, take a deeper look at the road to independence. It wasn’t inevitable, and it didn’t happen overnight. Discover how loyalty to the Crown gave way to revolution in this excerpt from 1776: The Year of the Hangman by John S. Pancake. 🎆 Read the blog now and reflect on the complex roots of American identity: https://tinyurl.com/yeyp8689

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📚 In a time when national memory feels more urgent than ever, America’s National Cemeteries by Timothy B. Spears invites...
07/02/2025

📚 In a time when national memory feels more urgent than ever, America’s National Cemeteries by Timothy B. Spears invites readers to reflect on sacrifice, identity, and the landscapes that hold our collective past. A must-read for history lovers, veterans, and thoughtful travelers.
📖 Get your copy: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/3vsucppf
📖 Read an excerpt: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/34dzajhe

The ketubah continues to evolve, shaping Jewish identity in an ever-changing world. 📜 In Translating the Ketubah, Benjam...
06/25/2025

The ketubah continues to evolve, shaping Jewish identity in an ever-changing world. 📜 In Translating the Ketubah, Benjamin Steiner explores how English translations of this sacred marriage contract have helped Jewish communities navigate shifting cultural, legal, and social landscapes for over two centuries. 📚🔗 tinyurl.com/2wxdj7hp Happy

🌎✈️ Migration is as old as humanity, but its complexities are often lost in today’s headlines. We’ve partnered with the ...
06/24/2025

🌎✈️ Migration is as old as humanity, but its complexities are often lost in today’s headlines. We’ve partnered with the Association of University Presses and 29 contributing publishers to spotlight essential reading on migration and immigration—books that provide deeper understanding beyond the noise.

🔗 Explore the curated list: https://tinyurl.com/4jer6j8k
🔗 More from university presses: https://tinyurl.com/288u8hd5

The University of Alabama Press is pleased to contribute to a collaborative dialogue on the topic of immigration, hosted by the Association of University

In early 20th-century Tennessee, loyalty to the Lost Cause coexisted with rising American patriotism. The Lost Cause and...
06/23/2025

In early 20th-century Tennessee, loyalty to the Lost Cause coexisted with rising American patriotism. The Lost Cause and the Great War by Robert E. Hunt reveals how reformers like Luke Lea balanced Confederate memory, nationalism, and progressive goals before the Civil Rights era reshaped the South. 🔗 tinyurl.com/52pm9zbx

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The University of Alabama Press was founded in the fall of 1945 with J. B. McMillan as founding director. The Press’s first work was Roscoe Martin’s New Horizons in Public Administration, which appeared in February 1946. In 1964, the Press joined the American Association of University Presses.

UAP has won numerous awards for its publications over the years and has developed a solid list of titles in archaeology, public administration, and several areas of literature and history. With a staff of 17, the Press publishes between 80 to 85 books a year and has a backlist of approximately 1,800 titles in print.

The University of Alabama Press has also fostered several publishing partnerships with such institutions as the Birmingham Museum of Art, Samford University, the Jule Collins Smith Museum, and the Pebble Hill Center for the Humanities at Auburn University. Additionally, UAP serves as the publisher of the Fiction Collective Two (FC2) imprint for experimental fiction.