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Happy Pub Day to M. Akua McDaniel for, A Dream Deferred: The Art and Activism of Edwin Augustus Harleston! McDaniel offers a full portrait of Harleston's life and career, one that had an outsized impact on the American art world, and beyond. Get your copy at uscpress.com/A-Dream-Defe...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Happy to share that @molliebarnes.bsky.social's new book is headed to the @uscpress.bsky.social warehouse! Congrats on this accomplishment and happy reading to everyone engaged with the history of the Lowcountry and the Sea Islands! FYI @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Happy New Year, #FeministFridays! Today we congratulate Sarah Singer on her new book, The Patient Empowerment Paradox: Lyme Disease Rhetoric and Contested Health Literacies, which will be published in February 2026 with @uscpress.bsky.social!

📖 uscpress.com/The-Patient-...
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Thanks to Marquise Francis and @nbcnews.com for traveling to Orangeburg, SC, to talk to Cecil Williams about his photography and the SC Civil Rights Museum.

Great segment here: www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...

Great book from @uscpress.bsky.social here: uscpress.com/Injustice-in...
One Photographer’s Big Picture
87 year old photographer Cecil Williams has seen decades of history through his camera lens. He witnessed the civil rights movement in South Carolina and around the country. NBC News’ Marquise Francis...
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January 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Welcome back to #FeministFridays, Wrapped Edition, where we're celebrating @wildepatty.bsky.social's first book, Winning Our Wonder: Rhetorical Re/Constructions of American Civil War Women on the Web w/ @uscpress.bsky.social. Congratulations & we can't wait to read it!

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December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Ed Hagerty's definitive biography of Richard Anderson just hit the warehouse and can be purchased from @uscpress.bsky.social Anderson's war spanned firing on Ft. Sumter to the surrender at Appomattox--the whole career of Confederate cause can be assessed through his life. #CivilWarHistory #AmHist
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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If you are buying books this Holiday Season, make sure to support university presses. Lots of great deals. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Buy University Press Books This Holiday Season
Whatever success I can claim as a published author is the result of editors at academic publishers believing in and supporting my projects.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Over here at @uscpress.bsky.social I am listening to Walter Edgar and Alfred Turner talking about 25 years of Walter Edgar's Journal on SC Public Radio! Necessary listening for all South Carolinians and those passionate about American history.

www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/podcast/walt...
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Everyone, say welcome to the Understanding Contemporary American Literature shelf to N. S. Boone for his new book, Understanding Jorie Graham! Since her first book appeared in 1980, Jorie Graham has challenged readers with her bold, innovative, and capacious poetry. uscpress.com/Understandin...
December 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Thank you to everyone who attended my Annual History Lecture at @lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social last night, where I launched my book “The Republican House Divided.”

It was wonderful to discuss my work with such an attentive, friendly audience 📚🇺🇸🗃️

@lbishophisarch.bsky.social @uscpress.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thank you for everyone who came by our booth to support us and our authors!
@uscpress.bsky.social is taking in the views on this third day of the Columbia Junior League's Holiday Market! #HappyHolidays #booksale
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
And Happy pub day to Patty Wilde for Winning Our Wonder! Who is remembered? Who forgotten? Wilde draws on the methods of rhetorical circulation studies to trace how the Civil War stories of influential female figures have evolved in print and online. uscpress.com/Winning-Our-...
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy pub day to Vincent Sheheen for his book, The Concise Guide to South Carolina State Government! Published with the generous support of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, a law firm proudly serving the needs of business and government across SC. Get yours at uscpress.com/The-Concise-...
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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@uscpress.bsky.social is feeling festive at this year's Holiday Market, sponsored by the Columbia Junior League. #booksale #happyholidays
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Cheese Biscuit Queen has been featured in Southern Living Magazine alongside her amazing cheese biscuits! Read the full article here: www.southernliving.com/cheese-biscu...
These Crispy Cheese Biscuits Were A Southern Legend—And One Niece Made Sure They'd Live On
For one South Carolina family, funerals, baptisms, weddings, and holidays were unthinkable without crispy cheese biscuits that Aunt Mimi had baked and shared generously with others.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're proud to publish your book! Happy pub day! uscpress.com/The-Republic...
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Happy Pub Day to @timgalsworthy.bsky.social for his book, The Republican House Divided. The Republican House Divided is a timely work, offering insight into how the "Party of Lincoln" started on the road to becoming the GOP of today. uscpress.com/The-Republic...
#republicanparty #booksky #history
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In a recent article from @artnews.com.web.brid.gy, it was announced that the Museum of Fine Arts Boston has restituted two of David Drake's large-scale works to his descendants: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Learn more about Drake and his work here: uscpress.com/The-Words-an...
MFA Boston Restitutes Two Ceramic Vessels to Descendants of Enslaved Artist David Drake
The MFA Boston has restituted two ceramic vessels to the descendants of enslaved artist David Drake, repurchasing one for its collection.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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"Exporting Reconstruction: Ulysses S. Grant and a New Empire of Liberty" by Ryan P. Semmes is "part of a growing body of scholarship that broadens the study of Reconstruction beyond the U.S. South," writes Evan C. Rothera. Read more about it here: bit.ly/4nV1f1B @uscpress.bsky.social
Exporting Reconstruction (2024)
A detailed review of "Exporting Reconstruction: Ulysses S. Grant and a New Empire of Liberty" by Ryan P. Semmes.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:31 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
Our author, Kevin J. Hayes, recently gave a public lecture on everyone's favorite gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson and you can watch the full speech here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqJ5...

#gonzojournalism #booksky
The Story of Hunter S. Thompson: The Good Life Gone Awry - Kevin Hayes, PhD
YouTube video by McConnell Center
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November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thank you to The George Washington University - College of Professional Studies for having USC Press at this year's Ethics in Publishing Conference! We were part of a wonderful panel and you can watch the full hour here: gwpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/15t...
Equity and Inclusion in Publishing | 15th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference | GW Publishing
Equity and Inclusion in Publishing Moderated by Yael Fitzpatrick The Rhetoric of Hybrid Publishing: Negotiating Legitimacy and Stigma in the Modern Publishing Landscape, Brittany Griffiths Equity a...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Calling all book lovers, our holiday sale is live now until December 31st! All books are 50% with free shipping on all U.S. orders over $50! The sale is on our website only at uscpress.com and use code JHOL25 at checkout. Happy reading!
#booksale #holidaysale #booksky
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's cover reveal time for our Spring 2026 season of books! Thank you to our wonderful designers for helping us look our best. Check out these titles and more at uscpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM