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📚✨ Book Sale Alert! ✨
Select titles — Captain Chicano, A Hunger with No Name, Heavy Metal Nursing, and Making a Kingdom of It — are on sale exclusively on our website through the New Year!

Don’t miss out on these powerful reads at special prices. 💫

Happy reading! 📖🧡

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November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Dive into our latest interview with the translators of The Voice of Blood — a powerful collection of short stories by Gabriela Rábago Palafox. Discover how they brought this haunting, lyrical work into English.

Read the full interview on the University of Tampa Press website (link in bio).
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The buzz is building for 'The Voice of Blood' by Gabriela Rábago Palafox.

Bronx critic and author David Brizer describes it as “an eye opener. (A vein opener, too.)”

Translated by M. Elizabeth Ginway & Enrique Muñoz Mantas, this chilling, lyrical novel releases on October 31st!
October 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📚 Studies in the Fantastic #19 is here!
This latest issue of the journal “devoted to the speculative, fantastic, and weird in literature and other arts” explores new frontiers of imagination and scholarship. Don’t miss it! ✨🖋️

#BookRelease #SpeculativeFiction #UTampaPress #StudiesInTheFantastic
September 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Get caught up before the next issue drops!

📚 Explore Studies in the Tales #18 and Studies in the Fantastic #16—two gems from our collection. Get ready for a new edition landing this month so now’s the perfect time to dive in.

#StudiesInTheFantastic #FantasyLit #ComingSoon #tampa #florida #utampa
September 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Don’t miss the full interview with Lance Larsen, conducted by Ryan McIlvain, on Larsen’s luminous poetry collection Making a Kingdom.

Read now — just head to our website, tap 'Blog,' and it’s the fourth post down!

#tampa #florida #utampa #reading #readingcommunity #bookstagram #literaryjournal
September 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What are you reading this weekend? 📚✨
Surround yourself with great stories like she did — explore the latest from University of Tampa Press and find your next weekend read.

#WeekendReads #UTPress #BookLovers #ReadLocal #FridayReads #tampa #florida #utampa #reading #readingcommunity #bookstagram
September 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🩸 Something powerful is coming...
The Voice of Blood arrives this October 31, 2025 from University of Tampa Press.

In today’s post, learn more about this unforgettable work — and meet the author and translators behind it.

📖 Pre-order today!

#VoiceOfBlood #UTampaPress #LiteraryTranslation
September 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Dive into the realm of Zoodikers this weekend — Are you ready for a literary journey? 🦔📚

Available now from University of Tampa Press!

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September 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
✨ The moment has arrived! ✨ Explore Zoodikers: A Bestiary — an enchanting exploration of vanished beasts, myths, and the wild realms blending reality and art. ➡️ Swipe to learn more about this book!

NOW available from University of Tampa Press! 📚🦌

#Zoodikers #NewRelease #UniversityOfTampaPress
September 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We sat down with poet Richard Chess for a deep dive into his creative process, poetic inspiration, and the craft of writing. His insights are a must-hear for writers and poetry lovers alike.

📖 Don’t miss this thoughtful conversation — now available via Youtube!

#tampa #florida #utampa #reading
September 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#ThrowbackThursday to Studies in the Fantastic issue 5—revisiting our unique explorations of fantasy and myth. A must-read from our archives!

#TBT #FantasyRevisit #MythicalJourneys #TampaPress #FantasyLiterature
August 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
📚⏳ From the University of Tampa Press: our exciting new acquisition, Luigi Russi’s The Catastrophic Nature of Time, set to release in 2026.

This upcoming book invites us to pause and savor the unnoticed rhythms of everyday life, revealing a deep sense of time amidst the rush.

#TimeMatters
August 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🩸 Sneak peek alert! Catch a glimpse of an excerpt from The Voice of Blood featured in Studies in the Fantastic #18! 👉 Swipe to uncover what awaits within…

Now available for pre-order!

#TheVoiceOfBlood #StudiesInTheFantastic #UTampaPress #SpeculativeFiction
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Zoodikers is almost here! Don’t forget — this wonderful collection is available for pre-order now and officially releases September 8, 2025!

Secure your copy today and be among the first to explore its sharp and unforgettable pages. 📚✨

#Zoodikers #PoetryRelease #PreOrderNow #TampaPress
August 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Zoodikers: A Bestiary is already turning heads — and it hasn’t even hit shelves yet! 💥 With early praise from many literary voices, this debut is a wild ride through language, myth, and creaturely imagination.

📖 Official release: September 8, 2025
🛒 Now available for pre-order

#UTampaPress
August 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#ThrowbackThursday to "The Last Rites Never Came" by David M. Delo. This book "presents a vivid picture of the scope of problems and issues that a successful university president must address".

Grab your copy now!

#UTampaPress #DavidMDelo #TBT #TheLastRitesNeverCame
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Honoring Steve Kowit—poet, teacher, and compassion advocate. His poetry urges us to savor everyday beauty. 🌟🖋️

#PoetryIsLife #SteveKowitTribute #EmbraceTheMoment #InspireWithWords #CelebratePoetry
July 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
✨ The Occasions of Paradise by John Blair—winner of the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry—is a moving, lyrical collection full of quiet urgency and elegant depth. As Kevin Prufer writes, “Despite their sadness and pain, [these poems] are also quietly optimistic and elegant.”
July 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
✨ What are readers saying about In Thailand It Is Night by Ira Sukrungruang? 🌙
Swipe through to see how this powerful collection is resonating with others—heartfelt, lyrical, and unforgettable.

#tampa #florida #utampa #reading #readingcommunity #bookstagram #IraSukrungruang #InThailandItIsNight
July 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Richard Chess’s Tekiah explores the weight and clarity of memory, faith, and history—bringing lyric beauty to the complexities of contemporary life. As Alan Shapiro writes, it’s a book that will “amaze, challenge, and console.”

#Tekiah #RichardChess #PoetryBooks #UTampaPress
July 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Take a closer look at What the Body Knows by Lance Larsen and discover the depth of his poetry. This lyrical collection reflects on memory, longing, and the quiet beauty woven into everyday life.

#LanceLarsen #WhatTheBodyKnows #UTampaPress #ContemporaryPoetry #PoetryLovers #IndiePress #tampa
July 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
✨Dive into Public Gestures, Matt Yurdana’s striking collection that explores the ordinary moments we share and the subtle acts that shape our lives. Thoughtful, sharp, and deeply human—this is poetry that stays with you long after the last page.

#tampa #florida #utampa #reading #readingcommunity
July 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Looking for books that pair perfectly with slower, sunlit days? These five summer-ready reads offer reflection, wit, and lyricism—ideal whether you're porch-sitting, traveling, or simply taking it slow.

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July 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Rolling the Bones" by Christopher Buckley, winner of the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry, is praised by Philip Levine as a humble yet profound collection. It offers grounded, moving poetry that reflects on worldly and otherworldly events.

#tampa #florida #utampa #reading #readingcommunity
July 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM