Carnegie Mellon University Press
@cmupress.bsky.social
Publishing books since 1972, with a particular focus on poetry and literature.
Here's what we're up to: linktr.ee/cmupress
Here's what we're up to: linktr.ee/cmupress
"This bilingual edition preserves Vilariño’s rhythmic precision and existential intensity, giving readers a rare glimpse into a body of work that continues to resonate far beyond its origins."
No in @literaryhub.bsky.social's new round-up of UP translations ❤️
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No in @literaryhub.bsky.social's new round-up of UP translations ❤️
lithub.com/reading-arou...
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"This bilingual edition preserves Vilariño’s rhythmic precision and existential intensity, giving readers a rare glimpse into a body of work that continues to resonate far beyond its origins."
No in @literaryhub.bsky.social's new round-up of UP translations ❤️
lithub.com/reading-arou...
No in @literaryhub.bsky.social's new round-up of UP translations ❤️
lithub.com/reading-arou...
Amazing to see No featured here - thanks so much @wwborders.bsky.social and @tobiascarroll.bsky.social!
Did you miss Tobias Carroll's Watchlist? It's full of great recommendations of books in translation that you should read this fall. Keep scrolling for more information about each book on the list: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
tobiascarroll.bsky.social
tobiascarroll.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Amazing to see No featured here - thanks so much @wwborders.bsky.social and @tobiascarroll.bsky.social!
We're pleased to announce the creation of two new CMUP poetry prizes, made possible by the generosity of @teppercmu.bsky.social professor Sridhar R. Tayur!
Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...
Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We're pleased to announce the creation of two new CMUP poetry prizes, made possible by the generosity of @teppercmu.bsky.social professor Sridhar R. Tayur!
Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...
Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...
Introducing our Fall 2025 titles, a full slate of poetry, fiction, and even our first academic title 🍁
Learn more about them here: www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Learn more about them here: www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
October 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Introducing our Fall 2025 titles, a full slate of poetry, fiction, and even our first academic title 🍁
Learn more about them here: www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Learn more about them here: www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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My take on Jonathan Aaron’s wonderful “Just About Anything” @cmupress.bsky.social in @ronslate.bsky.social’s “On the Seawall”: “Aaron’s poetry, for the length of a few lines, a handful of pages, persuades us that things or people that are gone aren’t, in fact, lost.” www.ronslate.com/on-just-abou...
September 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My take on Jonathan Aaron’s wonderful “Just About Anything” @cmupress.bsky.social in @ronslate.bsky.social’s “On the Seawall”: “Aaron’s poetry, for the length of a few lines, a handful of pages, persuades us that things or people that are gone aren’t, in fact, lost.” www.ronslate.com/on-just-abou...
It's that time of year again! Submissions are open for poetry and fiction manuscripts.
➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/cmupress
➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/cmupress
August 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's that time of year again! Submissions are open for poetry and fiction manuscripts.
➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/cmupress
➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/cmupress
Our friends at @upittpress.bsky.social are hosting a very cool event and it's less than a month away!
See you there ✨
See you there ✨
August 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our friends at @upittpress.bsky.social are hosting a very cool event and it's less than a month away!
See you there ✨
See you there ✨
No notes*
*says our editorial director, who's from over there
*says our editorial director, who's from over there
The wind and the rain.
The wind and the rain again
and again. Ireland.
Frances Harvey (Donegal Haiku published by Dedalus Press 2013)
The wind and the rain again
and again. Ireland.
Frances Harvey (Donegal Haiku published by Dedalus Press 2013)
July 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
No notes*
*says our editorial director, who's from over there
*says our editorial director, who's from over there
CMUP author + fiction editor Sharon Dilworth was featured in the local Marquette, MI paper for her novel, To Be Marquette, which we published in Spring 2024 🏞
A wonderful (and well-deserved) article. Congrats Sharon!
A wonderful (and well-deserved) article. Congrats Sharon!
“Timelessness of Trestles: An Appreciation of Sharon Dilworth’s Novel, ‘To Be Marquette’”
“I was miles away from Marquette.” — Sharon Dilworth There is a timelessness to Sharon Dilworth’s novel “To Be Marquette.” Her characters probably resemble many of us who questioned the Cold War and t...
www.miningjournal.net
July 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
CMUP author + fiction editor Sharon Dilworth was featured in the local Marquette, MI paper for her novel, To Be Marquette, which we published in Spring 2024 🏞
A wonderful (and well-deserved) article. Congrats Sharon!
A wonderful (and well-deserved) article. Congrats Sharon!
We are proud to have published two distinguished recent @cmu.edu lectures under our Tartan Editions imprint.
The first is "With Eyes No Longer Blind: Vision and Visibility in Engineering" by Dr Gilda Barabino, 2024 recipient of the Dickson Prize in Science: dx.doi.org/10.1184/R1/2...
The first is "With Eyes No Longer Blind: Vision and Visibility in Engineering" by Dr Gilda Barabino, 2024 recipient of the Dickson Prize in Science: dx.doi.org/10.1184/R1/2...
With Eyes No Longer Blind: Vision and Visibility in Engineering
This lecture was first presented on February 19, 2025 at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, as part of the University Lecture Series, by Dr. Gilda A. Barabino, recipient of the 2024 Dickson P...
dx.doi.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We are proud to have published two distinguished recent @cmu.edu lectures under our Tartan Editions imprint.
The first is "With Eyes No Longer Blind: Vision and Visibility in Engineering" by Dr Gilda Barabino, 2024 recipient of the Dickson Prize in Science: dx.doi.org/10.1184/R1/2...
The first is "With Eyes No Longer Blind: Vision and Visibility in Engineering" by Dr Gilda Barabino, 2024 recipient of the Dickson Prize in Science: dx.doi.org/10.1184/R1/2...
Did you hear that @kathdriskell.bsky.social, one of our fantastic Spring 25 poets, has been named Kentucky's poet laureate? Congratulations, Kathleen—so well deserved!
Writers bring us ‘something particularly humane,’ says Kentucky's next poet laureate.
Poet and teacher Kathleen Driskell will succeed Silas House.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/17/w...
Poet and teacher Kathleen Driskell will succeed Silas House.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/17/w...
Writers bring us 'something particularly humane,' says KY's next poet laureate • Kentucky Lantern
Poet and teacher Kathleen Driskell of Oldham County will be Kentucky’s next poet laureate, succeeding Silas House.
kentuckylantern.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Did you hear that @kathdriskell.bsky.social, one of our fantastic Spring 25 poets, has been named Kentucky's poet laureate? Congratulations, Kathleen—so well deserved!
"Each piece here has its particular power and poignancy," writes Linda Parsons of Claudia Barnett's volume of six one-act plays about women in science. "And, most importantly, they leave you hungry for more." chapter16.org/the-scientis...
The Scientist’s Dilemma
“If I want people to listen, I need a Y chromosome,” says Barbara in Claudia Barnett’s short play I Knew She Was Right. Inspired by geneticist Barbara Mc…
chapter16.org
April 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Each piece here has its particular power and poignancy," writes Linda Parsons of Claudia Barnett's volume of six one-act plays about women in science. "And, most importantly, they leave you hungry for more." chapter16.org/the-scientis...
It's publication day for @kathdriskell.bsky.social, Jonathan Aaron, Virginia Conchan, Michael McGriff, and Claudia Barnett!
March 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's publication day for @kathdriskell.bsky.social, Jonathan Aaron, Virginia Conchan, Michael McGriff, and Claudia Barnett!
We're so excited about this one!
Happy publication day to my friend & former professor, Jonathan Aaron! His new & selected poems, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, is out today by @cmupress.bsky.social.
Buy it here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#poetrycommunity #poetrysky #writingcommunity
Buy it here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#poetrycommunity #poetrysky #writingcommunity
Just About Anything
A probing collection of new and selected poetry from Jonathan Aaron. A poem uses words to try to get at what can't be put into words. The best poems remain just out of reach; something in or about the...
press.uchicago.edu
March 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We're so excited about this one!
So pleased to see the brilliant @kathdriskell.bsky.social's Goat-Footed Gods on this list (Out now! Get your copy at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
March 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So pleased to see the brilliant @kathdriskell.bsky.social's Goat-Footed Gods on this list (Out now! Get your copy at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
What a lovely @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social review of Virginia Konchan's Requiem lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
(It's out now!) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
(It's out now!) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
The Poetry of Grief | Los Angeles Review of Books
Eileen G’Sell reviews two new poetry collections, Virginia Konchan’s “Requiem” and Cass Donish’s “Your Dazzling Death.”
lareviewofbooks.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What a lovely @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social review of Virginia Konchan's Requiem lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
(It's out now!) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
(It's out now!) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
Just ten more days to enter our literary translation and new play contests! www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Calls and Contests - Carnegie Mellon University Press - Carnegie Mellon University
Submit your work now! Carnegie Mellon University Press announces two concurrent literary contests for 2025: a Literary Translation Contest and a New Play Contest, both accepting submissions from Janua...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Just ten more days to enter our literary translation and new play contests! www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Hey, look at that! A CMU Press alum reading at another CMU! (Not you, @cmichpress.bsky.social!) It's beginning to feel very Spiderman in here. www.fayettenewspapers.com/stories/awar...
Award-winning poet to deliver reading Thursday at CMU - The Fayette Advertiser
Central Methodist University will welcome American poet Allison Joseph for a reading on Thursday, February 20. A question and answer session will take place following the reading, which begins at &he...
www.fayettenewspapers.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey, look at that! A CMU Press alum reading at another CMU! (Not you, @cmichpress.bsky.social!) It's beginning to feel very Spiderman in here. www.fayettenewspapers.com/stories/awar...
"Poised at the threshold of surprise, Aaron's poems relax into a kind of domestic surrealism that's both insightful and humorous, yet immediately recognizable, "asking / questions no one can answer / but asking anyway."" Fred Muratori in Library Journal
Coming March 22
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Coming March 22
bookshop.org/p/books/just...
Just about Anything: New and Selected Poems
New and Selected Poems
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January 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Poised at the threshold of surprise, Aaron's poems relax into a kind of domestic surrealism that's both insightful and humorous, yet immediately recognizable, "asking / questions no one can answer / but asking anyway."" Fred Muratori in Library Journal
Coming March 22
bookshop.org/p/books/just...
Coming March 22
bookshop.org/p/books/just...
Reposted by Carnegie Mellon University Press
Our open submission period (for new plays and literary translation) is now live! Read more about it:
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Calls and Contests - Carnegie Mellon University Press - Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Press announces two concurrent literary contests for 2025: a Literary Translation Contest and a New Play Contest, both accepting submissions from January 21 to February 28, ...
www.cmu.edu
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Our open submission period (for new plays and literary translation) is now live! Read more about it:
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Our open submission period (for new plays and literary translation) is now live! Read more about it:
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Calls and Contests - Carnegie Mellon University Press - Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Press announces two concurrent literary contests for 2025: a Literary Translation Contest and a New Play Contest, both accepting submissions from January 21 to February 28, ...
www.cmu.edu
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Our open submission period (for new plays and literary translation) is now live! Read more about it:
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Dzvinia Orlowsky's Those Absences Now Closest named a Most Brilliant Book of 2024! www.brilliant-books.net/most-brillia...
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January 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Dzvinia Orlowsky's Those Absences Now Closest named a Most Brilliant Book of 2024! www.brilliant-books.net/most-brillia...
We are really excited to announce that Carnegie Mellon University Press is holding two concurrent literary contests in 2025: a Literary Translation Contest and a New Play Contest. Both will be accepting submissions from January 21 to February 28, 2025. Find out more: www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Open Contests - Carnegie Mellon University Press - Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Press announces two concurrent literary contests for 2025: a Literary Translation Contest and a New Play Contest, both accepting submissions from January 21 to February 28, ...
www.cmu.edu
January 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We are really excited to announce that Carnegie Mellon University Press is holding two concurrent literary contests in 2025: a Literary Translation Contest and a New Play Contest. Both will be accepting submissions from January 21 to February 28, 2025. Find out more: www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Hey, fellow #Pittsburgh lovers of words—think we can convince @pghdistrict8.bsky.social, @pghdistrict5.bsky.social and others on city council to take inspiration from
the Scots and name our plows?
the Scots and name our plows?
January 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hey, fellow #Pittsburgh lovers of words—think we can convince @pghdistrict8.bsky.social, @pghdistrict5.bsky.social and others on city council to take inspiration from
the Scots and name our plows?
the Scots and name our plows?