Stick at this work long enough and you'll see titles you acquired show up on lists for Book of the Day, Books of the Year, and hell, maybe Books of the Century. Congrats to Deesha Philyaw, whose "Secret Lives of Church Ladies" makes the Kirkus 21st Century list: www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction/best...

Happy to see that the University of Oklahoma Press, where I serve as editor-at-large for higher education, has joined Bluesky as @oupress.bsky.social. Follow them for the latest from our series, plus much more.

Eighteen months after the start of the new higher ed series at Oklahoma, a reason to celebrate: at @insidehighered.com, @biblioracle.bsky.social writes about @liznorell.bsky.social's book, as well as series titles by @cjdenial.bsky.social and Michelle Miller.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

Pleased to be helping Kent State with Deborah Fleming’s followup to “Resurrection of the Wild,” winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award (judged by Jelani Cobb, Daniel Menaker, Judith Thurman). Hit me up for a review copy of her “Ghosts of an Old Forest: Essays on Midwestern Rural Heritage."

New in Pittsburgh's avalanche of indie bookstores: Stay Gold Books in Regent Square, with a solid regional selection and comfortable seating.

With vice presidential candidate JD Vance calling professors "the enemy," you might assume higher ed has an adversarial relationship to him. But leaders like the one pictured here, who are intent on dismantling the public institutions they oversee, were instrumental in his rise.

A short essay about short books, publishing expertise, and an especially attractive set of dimensions: 4.72 x 7.48 inches: derekkrissoff.substack.com/p/472-x-748-...