University of Akron Press
@uakronpress.bsky.social
We are a small university press based in Akron, OH. We publish Ohio history & culture, poetry, contemporary poetics, politics, dance, psychology, and law.
Many thanks to Madison Helbig at Signal Akron for including Cryptid on this great list of books to look forward to in 2026.
Full list here: signalakron.org/akron-here-a...
Preorder coming soon!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #forthcomingbooks #universitypress #poetrylovers #Cryptid #aliens #paranormal
Full list here: signalakron.org/akron-here-a...
Preorder coming soon!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #forthcomingbooks #universitypress #poetrylovers #Cryptid #aliens #paranormal
Here are books Akron readers can look forward to in 2026
2026 is brimming with fantastic new books, and this month's Words on the Street is here to help Akronites meet their new favorite.
signalakron.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Many thanks to Madison Helbig at Signal Akron for including Cryptid on this great list of books to look forward to in 2026.
Full list here: signalakron.org/akron-here-a...
Preorder coming soon!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #forthcomingbooks #universitypress #poetrylovers #Cryptid #aliens #paranormal
Full list here: signalakron.org/akron-here-a...
Preorder coming soon!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #forthcomingbooks #universitypress #poetrylovers #Cryptid #aliens #paranormal
Reposted by University of Akron Press
“The lost dog won’t let me tether it. // Our neighbor strips on his porch, / out of his mind. // The monarch with the deformed wing / does not live happily among the zinnias / like I promised the children.” —Sarah Green @sixthfinch.bsky.social @uakronpress.bsky.social sixthfinch.com/sgreen7.html
Sixth Finch - Summer 2024 - Sarah Green - FORESHADOWING
Sixth Finch - Summer 2024 - Sarah Green - FORESHADOWING
sixthfinch.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:32 PM
“The lost dog won’t let me tether it. // Our neighbor strips on his porch, / out of his mind. // The monarch with the deformed wing / does not live happily among the zinnias / like I promised the children.” —Sarah Green @sixthfinch.bsky.social @uakronpress.bsky.social sixthfinch.com/sgreen7.html
Far more than simply a memoir, When Ohio Was Blue provides readers with a behind-the-scenes account of what it was like to work at the highest level of Ohio politics during the 1980s and ’90s.
Preorder now and save 30% with code POLITICS30.
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Preorder now and save 30% with code POLITICS30.
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Far more than simply a memoir, When Ohio Was Blue provides readers with a behind-the-scenes account of what it was like to work at the highest level of Ohio politics during the 1980s and ’90s.
Preorder now and save 30% with code POLITICS30.
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Preorder now and save 30% with code POLITICS30.
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Don't miss the Akron Bicentennial musical event of the year!
Join us Wednesday, Dec 3 2025, at 7 pm at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall for “A Concert For Akron, By Akron," where we're honored to be selling copies of Akron at 200 50% off.
Reserve your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-concert-...
Join us Wednesday, Dec 3 2025, at 7 pm at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall for “A Concert For Akron, By Akron," where we're honored to be selling copies of Akron at 200 50% off.
Reserve your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-concert-...
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Don't miss the Akron Bicentennial musical event of the year!
Join us Wednesday, Dec 3 2025, at 7 pm at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall for “A Concert For Akron, By Akron," where we're honored to be selling copies of Akron at 200 50% off.
Reserve your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-concert-...
Join us Wednesday, Dec 3 2025, at 7 pm at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall for “A Concert For Akron, By Akron," where we're honored to be selling copies of Akron at 200 50% off.
Reserve your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-concert-...
We love a good conversation about poetry! 🔥
Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w...
Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions!
#publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity
Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w...
Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions!
#publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We love a good conversation about poetry! 🔥
Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w...
Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions!
#publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity
Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w...
Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions!
#publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity
Heading to the Byckeye Book Fair tomorrow? Be sure to say hi to all the UA Press authors attending! You'll find Dr. Jon Miller, Dr. Steven D. Hambley, and John W. Kropf with their latest works at the book fair from 9:30am to 4pm.
#bookfair #authors #Ohio #buckeyes #newbooks #localhistory #festival
#bookfair #authors #Ohio #buckeyes #newbooks #localhistory #festival
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW ESSAY ALERT! ☄
There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.
Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.
Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
NEW ESSAY ALERT! ☄
There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.
Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.
Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
Reposted by University of Akron Press
Of colliding climates of grief, of the hidden qualities of stanzas, of not fiction but possibility, of Blueberries for Sal & Italian squares & how words work with the world & writing heavy things lightly & more!
Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social is here! @uakronpress.bsky.social 🎙️📚💙
Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social is here! @uakronpress.bsky.social 🎙️📚💙
Episode 79: Sarah Green (Of Dictionaries, Salvage and Destruction, and the Longing to Make Something Good)
Sarah Green, author of The Deletions (University Akron Press, 2025) Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Purchase: The Deletions (Editor’s Choice, Akron Poetry Prize) Sarah Green is the…
ofpoetrypodcast.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Of colliding climates of grief, of the hidden qualities of stanzas, of not fiction but possibility, of Blueberries for Sal & Italian squares & how words work with the world & writing heavy things lightly & more!
Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social is here! @uakronpress.bsky.social 🎙️📚💙
Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social is here! @uakronpress.bsky.social 🎙️📚💙
Reposted by University of Akron Press
Listen to Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social here: share.transistor.fm/s/23bf7d41
And read the full poem “Apostrophe” here: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/sa...
📚💙🎙️ #poetry #podcast #booksky
@uakronpress.bsky.social
And read the full poem “Apostrophe” here: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/sa...
📚💙🎙️ #poetry #podcast #booksky
@uakronpress.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Listen to Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social here: share.transistor.fm/s/23bf7d41
And read the full poem “Apostrophe” here: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/sa...
📚💙🎙️ #poetry #podcast #booksky
@uakronpress.bsky.social
And read the full poem “Apostrophe” here: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/sa...
📚💙🎙️ #poetry #podcast #booksky
@uakronpress.bsky.social
Reposted by University of Akron Press
Adrenalized by this beautiful review of NONBINARY BIRD OF PARADISE (@uakronpress.bsky.social) by Catie Macaulay for @sundresspub.bsky.social. I feel like he truly GOT the book, its whole structure, each gesture. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
sundressblog.com/2025/09/30/s...
sundressblog.com/2025/09/30/s...
Sundress Reads: Review of Nonbinary Bird of Paradise - The Sundress Blog
In Emilia Phillips’ Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (The University of Akron Press, 2024), God is many things: they are “a knot / that knows how to untie itself,” “the first/war,” a “voyeur, who gave / [t...
sundressblog.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Adrenalized by this beautiful review of NONBINARY BIRD OF PARADISE (@uakronpress.bsky.social) by Catie Macaulay for @sundresspub.bsky.social. I feel like he truly GOT the book, its whole structure, each gesture. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
sundressblog.com/2025/09/30/s...
sundressblog.com/2025/09/30/s...
Looking for a piece of #akron history? Join us this weekend at Cascade Locks Parks Association for the Akron Oatmeal Festival where we'll have copies of Akron at 200 and even more local history books on sale!
#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration
#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration
October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looking for a piece of #akron history? Join us this weekend at Cascade Locks Parks Association for the Akron Oatmeal Festival where we'll have copies of Akron at 200 and even more local history books on sale!
#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration
#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration
Happy Pub Day!
What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.
Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers
What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.
Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers
September 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy Pub Day!
What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.
Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers
What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.
Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers
Congratulations to Alfredo Aguilar of Lockhart, TX, who has won the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize as chosen by Eduardo C. Corral! 🎉
This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!
Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....
This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!
Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....
September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Congratulations to Alfredo Aguilar of Lockhart, TX, who has won the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize as chosen by Eduardo C. Corral! 🎉
This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!
Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....
This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!
Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....
Less than two weeks until the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced during the virtual ceremony! 🎉
Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress
Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress
September 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Less than two weeks until the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced during the virtual ceremony! 🎉
Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress
Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress
We are beyond thrilled to share that Lena Khalaf Tuffaha has won the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry! 🎉
Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!
Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.
Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!
Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.
September 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We are beyond thrilled to share that Lena Khalaf Tuffaha has won the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry! 🎉
Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!
Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.
Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!
Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.
The @aupresses.bsky.social's 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is now open in the Project Gallery at the Myers School of Art until 9/24! 📚
We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!
#universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts
We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!
#universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The @aupresses.bsky.social's 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is now open in the Project Gallery at the Myers School of Art until 9/24! 📚
We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!
#universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts
We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!
#universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts
📚 Happy Publication Day to Akron at 200! 📚
Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday
Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday
September 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
📚 Happy Publication Day to Akron at 200! 📚
Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday
Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday
Join us THIS Friday, 9/12, @ 10am at Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's Free Writing Conference, where we're super excited to be tabling for the #bookfair!
The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!
#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry
The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!
#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Join us THIS Friday, 9/12, @ 10am at Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's Free Writing Conference, where we're super excited to be tabling for the #bookfair!
The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!
#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry
The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!
#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry
We are thrilled to share that Something About Living by @lenatuffaha is a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards!
Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writers
Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writers
August 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We are thrilled to share that Something About Living by @lenatuffaha is a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards!
Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writers
Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writers
Listen now: New interview with Sarah Green on the viewless wings poetry podcast! 🔥
viewlesswings.com/2025/08/25/p...
#poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #interview #Spotify #podcast #universitypress #writers
viewlesswings.com/2025/08/25/p...
#poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #interview #Spotify #podcast #universitypress #writers
Poet Sarah Green on Grief, Resilience, and Crafting "The Deletions" [INTERVIEW] - Viewless Wings
viewlesswings.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Listen now: New interview with Sarah Green on the viewless wings poetry podcast! 🔥
viewlesswings.com/2025/08/25/p...
#poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #interview #Spotify #podcast #universitypress #writers
viewlesswings.com/2025/08/25/p...
#poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #interview #Spotify #podcast #universitypress #writers
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!
What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.
Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.
What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.
Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.
August 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!
What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.
Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.
What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.
Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.
Reposted by University of Akron Press
Congrats to our member presses & their authors on this list: @uakronpress.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @uwiscpress.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social & Texas Review Press!
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...
Announcing the Finalists for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
This year marks 37 years
lambdaliterary.org
July 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congrats to our member presses & their authors on this list: @uakronpress.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @uwiscpress.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social & Texas Review Press!
Reposted by University of Akron Press
Stunned and absolutely thrilled that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (@uakronpress.bsky.social, 2024) is a finalist for the LGBTQ+ Poetry Lammy (@lambdaliterary.bsky.social)! Congrats to all the finalists in all categories 🏳️🌈
July 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Stunned and absolutely thrilled that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (@uakronpress.bsky.social, 2024) is a finalist for the LGBTQ+ Poetry Lammy (@lambdaliterary.bsky.social)! Congrats to all the finalists in all categories 🏳️🌈
Take advantage of the #taxfreeweekend in #Ohio over the next two weeks by stopping by Northside Marketplace to score some great books and goodies!
#books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron
#books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron
August 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Take advantage of the #taxfreeweekend in #Ohio over the next two weeks by stopping by Northside Marketplace to score some great books and goodies!
#books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron
#books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron
📣 We are thrilled to share that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise by @emdashphillips.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 Lammy Awards! 🥳
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets
July 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📣 We are thrilled to share that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise by @emdashphillips.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 Lammy Awards! 🥳
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets