Kent State University Press
@ksupress.bsky.social
Publisher of books and journals based at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Learn more at kentstatebooks.wordpress.com and kentstateuniversitypress.com.
We’re wrapping up #UPWeek with the announcement of our big sale—$5 books at our in-person event, and 40% off (plus free shipping) with code KSUP60 on our site. Hope to see you November 19 and 20:
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November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We’re wrapping up #UPWeek with the announcement of our big sale—$5 books at our in-person event, and 40% off (plus free shipping) with code KSUP60 on our site. Hope to see you November 19 and 20:
kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/a...
kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/a...
Great seeing KSUP author @terryallenbelew.bsky.social (pictured here with @tottencs.bsky.social, David Hassler, and Alison Hawthorne Deming) at last night’s Wick Poetry Center event in Kent! Belew’s book “The Deep Blue of Neptune”—winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize—is available now.
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Great seeing KSUP author @terryallenbelew.bsky.social (pictured here with @tottencs.bsky.social, David Hassler, and Alison Hawthorne Deming) at last night’s Wick Poetry Center event in Kent! Belew’s book “The Deep Blue of Neptune”—winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize—is available now.
Happy pub day to Rebecca Jumper Matheson! Her book “Artisans and Designers: American Fashion Through Elizabeth and William Phelps” is new in our series with the Costume Society of America:
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/artisan...
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/artisan...
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Happy pub day to Rebecca Jumper Matheson! Her book “Artisans and Designers: American Fashion Through Elizabeth and William Phelps” is new in our series with the Costume Society of America:
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/artisan...
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/artisan...
Kent State University Press turns 60 this year, and we’re grateful to our authors and friends who’ve joined in the celebration with praise for our work—including Kathleen M. Fernandez, @newsguy.bsky.social, David Hassler, and Tom Batiuk. More here: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/about/six-de...
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Kent State University Press turns 60 this year, and we’re grateful to our authors and friends who’ve joined in the celebration with praise for our work—including Kathleen M. Fernandez, @newsguy.bsky.social, David Hassler, and Tom Batiuk. More here: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/about/six-de...
Come find KSUP books—and @tottencs.bsky.social, our director—at the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival! If you’re not in Youngstown, you can still save 30% on titles from the exhibit (with free shipping, through 10/31). Use code LYF30 at checkout:
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Come find KSUP books—and @tottencs.bsky.social, our director—at the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival! If you’re not in Youngstown, you can still save 30% on titles from the exhibit (with free shipping, through 10/31). Use code LYF30 at checkout:
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com
Thrilled that “Oil Courses” by Carolyn Williams-Noren has been selected as the winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize! We’ll publish Carolyn’s book next fall with our partners at the Wick Poetry Center.
October 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thrilled that “Oil Courses” by Carolyn Williams-Noren has been selected as the winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize! We’ll publish Carolyn’s book next fall with our partners at the Wick Poetry Center.
New month, new chances to see KSUP authors! Our calendar’s been updated with festivals including @lityoungstown.bsky.social and the Buckeye Book Fair, plus appearances by Mary Noé, Charles Malone, Rebecca Jumper Matheson, and more:
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October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New month, new chances to see KSUP authors! Our calendar’s been updated with festivals including @lityoungstown.bsky.social and the Buckeye Book Fair, plus appearances by Mary Noé, Charles Malone, Rebecca Jumper Matheson, and more:
kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/b...
kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/b...
The baseball season may be winding down, but “Deadbeats, Dead Balls, and the 1914 Boston Braves” is still going strong. Congrats to Martin Bush, whose book is praised as “assiduously researched and smartly written” in the New York Post!
(Paywalled link below.)
nypost.com/2025/09/20/s...
(Paywalled link below.)
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September 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The baseball season may be winding down, but “Deadbeats, Dead Balls, and the 1914 Boston Braves” is still going strong. Congrats to Martin Bush, whose book is praised as “assiduously researched and smartly written” in the New York Post!
(Paywalled link below.)
nypost.com/2025/09/20/s...
(Paywalled link below.)
nypost.com/2025/09/20/s...
We’re so pleased that the launch for Rebecca Jumper Matheson‘s book “Artisans and Designers” will be included as part of this year’s celebration of University Press Week. Details about this free online event (to be held November 12) at the link:
upweek.up.hcommons.org/events/event...
upweek.up.hcommons.org/events/event...
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We’re so pleased that the launch for Rebecca Jumper Matheson‘s book “Artisans and Designers” will be included as part of this year’s celebration of University Press Week. Details about this free online event (to be held November 12) at the link:
upweek.up.hcommons.org/events/event...
upweek.up.hcommons.org/events/event...
Happy pub day to Galeeb Kachra, whose book “Peace and Security in Kenya: The USAID Approach” is now available:
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/peace-a...
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/peace-a...
September 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Happy pub day to Galeeb Kachra, whose book “Peace and Security in Kenya: The USAID Approach” is now available:
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/peace-a...
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/peace-a...
New on the blog: Our celebration of KSUP’s 60th birthday continues with a look at one standout title from our series in True Crime History—James G. Hollock‘s “Born to Lose.”
kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/t...
kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/t...
September 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New on the blog: Our celebration of KSUP’s 60th birthday continues with a look at one standout title from our series in True Crime History—James G. Hollock‘s “Born to Lose.”
kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/t...
kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/t...
We’re kicking off fall with another big roundup of news and reviews. Congrats to all our authors, and big thanks to the media and literary partners who’ve helped place KSUP’s books in global conversations: kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/e...
September 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We’re kicking off fall with another big roundup of news and reviews. Congrats to all our authors, and big thanks to the media and literary partners who’ve helped place KSUP’s books in global conversations: kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/e...
That’s @chrisbriem.bsky.social, author of our upcoming “Beyond Steel,” profiled in Pittsburgh Magazine! “If you want to talk about where Pittsburgh’s been or where Pittsburgh’s going, Christopher Briem is the guy to call." www.pittsburghmagazine.com/profile-chri...
September 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
That’s @chrisbriem.bsky.social, author of our upcoming “Beyond Steel,” profiled in Pittsburgh Magazine! “If you want to talk about where Pittsburgh’s been or where Pittsburgh’s going, Christopher Briem is the guy to call." www.pittsburghmagazine.com/profile-chri...
Happy pub day to @terryallenbelew.bsky.social, whose book “The Deep Blue of Neptune”—winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, published with the Wick Poetry Center—is now available: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/the-dee...
September 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Happy pub day to @terryallenbelew.bsky.social, whose book “The Deep Blue of Neptune”—winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, published with the Wick Poetry Center—is now available: www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2025/the-dee...
This Labor Day Weekend, take a Rust Belt Roadtrip with @gmoult.bsky.social, who recommends three books about Cleveland’s extraordinary sacred architecture from Kent State University Press: kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/m...
August 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This Labor Day Weekend, take a Rust Belt Roadtrip with @gmoult.bsky.social, who recommends three books about Cleveland’s extraordinary sacred architecture from Kent State University Press: kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/m...
The lineup for the Buckeye Book Fair has been released, and we’re thrilled that KSUP authors Deborah Fleming (author of “Ghosts of an Old Forest”) and Charles Malone (coeditor of “Light Enters the Grove”) will be there. Join the bookish fun on November 1 in Wooster!
August 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The lineup for the Buckeye Book Fair has been released, and we’re thrilled that KSUP authors Deborah Fleming (author of “Ghosts of an Old Forest”) and Charles Malone (coeditor of “Light Enters the Grove”) will be there. Join the bookish fun on November 1 in Wooster!
To mark KSU Press’s 60th birthday, we’re sharing a collection of celebratory resources on our website—including a history of the press, praise for our work from authors and friends, and more. Thanks for your support, and enjoy!
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/about/six-de...
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/about/six-de...
August 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
To mark KSU Press’s 60th birthday, we’re sharing a collection of celebratory resources on our website—including a history of the press, praise for our work from authors and friends, and more. Thanks for your support, and enjoy!
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/about/six-de...
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/about/six-de...
Great hearing “Light Enters the Grove,” published with the Wick Poetry Center, featured on the Page Count podcast from the Cleveland Public Library:
cpl.org/podcast-epis...
cpl.org/podcast-epis...
August 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Great hearing “Light Enters the Grove,” published with the Wick Poetry Center, featured on the Page Count podcast from the Cleveland Public Library:
cpl.org/podcast-epis...
cpl.org/podcast-epis...
"Civil War History" is a journal we’re proud to continue to publish—look for the September issue, now available at @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55224
August 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Civil War History" is a journal we’re proud to continue to publish—look for the September issue, now available at @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55224
Our celebration of KSUP’s tradition of publishing excellence continues with select back issues of “Civil War History.”
August 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our celebration of KSUP’s tradition of publishing excellence continues with select back issues of “Civil War History.”
More podcast news! At @rounderspodcast.bsky.social, KSUP author Martin Bush talks “Deadbeats, Dead Balls, and the 1914 Boston Braves.”
open.spotify.com/episode/0UWb...
open.spotify.com/episode/0UWb...
July 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
More podcast news! At @rounderspodcast.bsky.social, KSUP author Martin Bush talks “Deadbeats, Dead Balls, and the 1914 Boston Braves.”
open.spotify.com/episode/0UWb...
open.spotify.com/episode/0UWb...
What can Cleveland and Pittsburgh learn from each other? What would the two cities gain by teaming up as Cleveburgh?
In a new podcast, @chrisbriem.bsky.social—author of our forthcoming book “Beyond Steel”—considers the relationship between two iconic Rust Belt cities:
megaphone.link/CC6470937745
In a new podcast, @chrisbriem.bsky.social—author of our forthcoming book “Beyond Steel”—considers the relationship between two iconic Rust Belt cities:
megaphone.link/CC6470937745
July 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What can Cleveland and Pittsburgh learn from each other? What would the two cities gain by teaming up as Cleveburgh?
In a new podcast, @chrisbriem.bsky.social—author of our forthcoming book “Beyond Steel”—considers the relationship between two iconic Rust Belt cities:
megaphone.link/CC6470937745
In a new podcast, @chrisbriem.bsky.social—author of our forthcoming book “Beyond Steel”—considers the relationship between two iconic Rust Belt cities:
megaphone.link/CC6470937745
Next stop on the Cleveland bookstore tour: Mac's Backs Books, another indie where we were excited to find KSUP titles on the shelves. Visit them today!
July 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Next stop on the Cleveland bookstore tour: Mac's Backs Books, another indie where we were excited to find KSUP titles on the shelves. Visit them today!
Our fall catalog is here! Join us to:
📕anticipate new books (including titles by @chrisbriem.bsky.social and @terryallenbelew.bsky.social);
📕look back on 60 years of KSUP history; and
📕celebrate recent successes by @newsguy.bsky.social and others.
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/wp-content/u...
📕anticipate new books (including titles by @chrisbriem.bsky.social and @terryallenbelew.bsky.social);
📕look back on 60 years of KSUP history; and
📕celebrate recent successes by @newsguy.bsky.social and others.
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/wp-content/u...
July 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Our fall catalog is here! Join us to:
📕anticipate new books (including titles by @chrisbriem.bsky.social and @terryallenbelew.bsky.social);
📕look back on 60 years of KSUP history; and
📕celebrate recent successes by @newsguy.bsky.social and others.
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/wp-content/u...
📕anticipate new books (including titles by @chrisbriem.bsky.social and @terryallenbelew.bsky.social);
📕look back on 60 years of KSUP history; and
📕celebrate recent successes by @newsguy.bsky.social and others.
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/wp-content/u...
Great seeing so many recent titles from Kent State University Press at Loganberry Books in Cleveland! Big thanks to them—and to independent bookstores everywhere—for their support.
July 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Great seeing so many recent titles from Kent State University Press at Loganberry Books in Cleveland! Big thanks to them—and to independent bookstores everywhere—for their support.