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The University of Utah Press is celebrating 75 years in 2024!
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In today’s #UPWeek blog tour, university presses consider *what* they do to #TeamUP. Building relationships & engaging in activities with their authors, campuses, academic libraries & other university presses play an important role. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qH5cJV
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#upweek 2025 celebrates the essential work of university presses to amplify scholarship & ideas. This UP Week Gallery highlights how @Aupresses #TeamUP to explore, engage, and promote the latest ideas.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's University Press Week! What does that mean? Read more here: aupresses.org/events/unive...
#ReadUP
#TeamUP
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November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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How do university presses #TeamUP to advance knowledge? A baker’s dozen inspiring examples in the #UPWeek Gallery include work by @ucpress.bsky.social, @dukepress.bsky.social, @mitpress.bsky.social, @uofupress.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social & @ualbertapress.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/43CrodY
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We are on Ute land (hence the name Utah!). Learn more about the different Ute tribes and the history and present of the Ute Nation during Native American Heritage Month!
#Utah

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November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We had a fantastic time at GBAC Great Basin Anthropological Association Conference. Read more about it on our latest blog post!
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October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Our editors are on the move! Jedediah’s headed to WHA in Albuquerque, and John’s off to GBAC in Reno. Two cities, two conferences, one mission: great books & great convos. Stop by our tables and say hi! #WHA2025 #GBAC2025 #UofUPress
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We'll be at the Wasatch Festival of Books on Saturday. Come visit us and peruse books and attend some awesome sessions. All sessions are at the Salt Lake City Public Library's main downtown library.

See more here: www.wasatchfestivalofbooks.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
There's something special about stepping out from behind the screen and sharing real space with the people who make this place what it is. The future of the press feels brighter when you're building it with people you genuinely admire. I'm grateful I get to work with this team.
September 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Meet John, our new acquisitions editor for archaeology, anthropology, & linguistics. We're very excited to have him on board!
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September 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join us Friday, September 19 for the Water Commons: Living Legacies of Utah Waterways conference. Find more information here: tanner.utah.edu/center-event...
The Water Commons: Living Legacies of Utah Waterways - Tanner Humanities Center
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September 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Check out Paul G. Nauert's review of "Sustainable Capitalism: Essential Work for the Anthropocene," edited by Inara Scott, published in 2024 by @uofupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #sustainability #capitalism
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September 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re celebrating the vibrant stories and enduring contributions of Utah’s Latino communities.
Discover their legacy in Latinos in Utah — a powerful tribute to culture, resilience, and history.
#LatinosInUtah #UtahHistory #RepresentationMatters
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Just signed a contract with the @uofupress.bsky.social for the publication of the volume I co-edit with @kmkentel.bsky.social, “Istanbul Unbound: Environmental Approaches to the City” 🎊
September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Congratulations to Caleb Nolen! Jennifer Chang chose his manuscript, Afterlight, as the winner of the 2025 Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry. Look for the book in spring of 2026. #Uofupress #poetry #PoetryCommunity
September 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This week 105 years ago, the Nineteenth Amendment was certified. Celebrate Women’s Equality Day with a book from the University of Utah Press! #WED #WomensEqualityDay #uofupress
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Reviews in @dialoguejournal.bsky.social 58.2:

📗"The Annotated Book of Mormon" @oxunipress.bsky.social
📚"Tales of the Chelm First Ward" & "American Trinity" @bccpress.bsky.social
📙"I Spoke to You with Silence" @uofupress.bsky.social

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August 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Available now!

_The Mountain: Journeys in High Places _by Robin Patten. This book takes readers into higher realms, exploring the complex kinship between mountains and human thought, traditions, and ways of being.

Read more here: uofupress.com/books/the-mo...
August 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We are excited to announce our new colophon, the juniper tree!
August 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The highlight of my job is calling the poetry winner every year. I believe Dan was in an airport about to head to Ireland!
A year ago today, @uofupress.bsky.social called & let me know they’d be publishing my book of #poetry. The elation! Today, it’s 4 sale online—just in time 4 the #SealeyChallenge. & if you don’t participate in that, that’s cool, too—you can still have a quiet, slow read 😀: dmurphy.online/estate-sale/
Estate Sale - Dan Murphy
Praise for Estate Sale “Early in Dan Murphy’s elegiac debut, Estate Sale, the poet writes: ‘There is only so much sweetness/in this world. I kiss and kiss and it’s gone. ‘Haunted by the inevitable gri...
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August 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Expand your audiobook collection with our books on Audible! tinyurl.com/mtvm27bw
July 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Pioneer Day is a time to reflect on Utah’s roots.

The Marriott Library blog features a great roundup of books from the University of Utah Press that explore the state’s early history and the people who lived it.

Worth a read: blog.lib.utah.edu/university-o...
#PioneerDay #UtahHistory #UofUPress
July 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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July 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Check out Evelyn Brister's review of Betsy L. Howell's "Wild Forest Home: Stories of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest," published in 2024 by @uofupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #conservation
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July 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
_An Exaltation of Parks_ by Steve Kemp tells how America’s wonderlands were saved, not by government alone, but by a man with vision and means. More timely now than before.

#AnExaltationOfParks #Conservation #Philanthropy #NationalParks #UofUPress

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July 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM