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"Hurt, Baby, Hurt is a fast-paced and brief yet intimate look into the life of William Walter Scott III, the man credited with inciting the so-called Detroit riots of July 1967."
Read the rest of this new review at www.fifthestate.org/archive/417-...
Read the rest of this new review at www.fifthestate.org/archive/417-...
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Hurt, Baby, Hurt is a fast-paced and brief yet intimate look into the life of William Walter Scott III, the man credited with inciting the so-called Detroit riots of July 1967."
Read the rest of this new review at www.fifthestate.org/archive/417-...
Read the rest of this new review at www.fifthestate.org/archive/417-...
Celebrate the 2025 ASTR conference with code UMASTR25 for 40% off! Stop by our table in the exhibit hall to browse our Theater & Performance Studies titles and order here: buff.ly/HDM1Ri7
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Celebrate the 2025 ASTR conference with code UMASTR25 for 40% off! Stop by our table in the exhibit hall to browse our Theater & Performance Studies titles and order here: buff.ly/HDM1Ri7
Heading to the AMS-SMT conference? Stop by to say hi to our editor Sara Jo Cohen and grab some swag! Also get 40% off all music studies titles with code UMAMS25 here: buff.ly/7dEautN
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Heading to the AMS-SMT conference? Stop by to say hi to our editor Sara Jo Cohen and grab some swag! Also get 40% off all music studies titles with code UMAMS25 here: buff.ly/7dEautN
The first book in the Tabletop Games series is now available! Start reading "Unsettling Catan" by J. Rey Lee at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The first book in the Tabletop Games series is now available! Start reading "Unsettling Catan" by J. Rey Lee at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
There is a new Brief Instructional Guide! "Beyond Plagiarism" by Kenny Harsch & Betsy Gilliland outlines how to teach students to properly cite sources rather than stumbling into plagiarism. Find it at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There is a new Brief Instructional Guide! "Beyond Plagiarism" by Kenny Harsch & Betsy Gilliland outlines how to teach students to properly cite sources rather than stumbling into plagiarism. Find it at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
We’re always working to improve discoverability of our titles. Recently, we added Homosaurus subjects to our site to help readers more easily find our LGBTQ+ studies titles. Learn more in our #LGBTQHistoryMonth blog post: press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/10...
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We’re always working to improve discoverability of our titles. Recently, we added Homosaurus subjects to our site to help readers more easily find our LGBTQ+ studies titles. Learn more in our #LGBTQHistoryMonth blog post: press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/10...
Get a preview of the new book "Unsettling Catan" in this Q&A with author J. Rey Lee! Read what inspired him to write about Catan and what it was like to write the first book in a new Tabletop Series: press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/11...
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Get a preview of the new book "Unsettling Catan" in this Q&A with author J. Rey Lee! Read what inspired him to write about Catan and what it was like to write the first book in a new Tabletop Series: press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/11...
"Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art" by @conditionedsoul.bsky.social is now available to read online! This book explores how artists used metaphors of non-heteronormative bodies and sexualities to resist authoritative dicta. Start reading: buff.ly/rsEMKUk
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art" by @conditionedsoul.bsky.social is now available to read online! This book explores how artists used metaphors of non-heteronormative bodies and sexualities to resist authoritative dicta. Start reading: buff.ly/rsEMKUk
"Curating the Commons" by Katia Arfara is now available! Explore socially engaged public artworks from the perspective of a curator and scholar in this new title. Read more: buff.ly/iDNdxDN
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Curating the Commons" by Katia Arfara is now available! Explore socially engaged public artworks from the perspective of a curator and scholar in this new title. Read more: buff.ly/iDNdxDN
Another reason why our #OpenAccess mission is so important this #OAWeek! Read more about "After Disruption" and other selected OA titles here: buff.ly/YqPuDrC
October 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Another reason why our #OpenAccess mission is so important this #OAWeek! Read more about "After Disruption" and other selected OA titles here: buff.ly/YqPuDrC
We have a new book to help readers prepare for the job application gauntlet! Take a look at "Presentation of Self in Academic Support Genres: Job Application Statements" by Mohammed Albakry & Clint Bryan at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We have a new book to help readers prepare for the job application gauntlet! Take a look at "Presentation of Self in Academic Support Genres: Job Application Statements" by Mohammed Albakry & Clint Bryan at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
Are you attending the virtual #FSNNA conference? Be sure to meet our editor Haley Winkle, and check out our latest titles in Fan Studies (and our other Media Studies books, too)! Use code UMWEB30 for a 30% discount. Browse here: press.umich.edu/Browse-by-Su...
October 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Are you attending the virtual #FSNNA conference? Be sure to meet our editor Haley Winkle, and check out our latest titles in Fan Studies (and our other Media Studies books, too)! Use code UMWEB30 for a 30% discount. Browse here: press.umich.edu/Browse-by-Su...
This Fulcrum survey response is exactly why we make our books #OpenAccess for anyone--regardless of their institution or lack thereof. Read more about our OA mission here: buff.ly/SrPWR4a #OAWeek
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This Fulcrum survey response is exactly why we make our books #OpenAccess for anyone--regardless of their institution or lack thereof. Read more about our OA mission here: buff.ly/SrPWR4a #OAWeek
We are committed to uplifting students, scholars, and readers by publishing #OpenAccess monographs and providing our readers free, online access via our Fulcrum platform. Read more about how we're celebrating #OAWeek here: buff.ly/YqPuDrC
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We are committed to uplifting students, scholars, and readers by publishing #OpenAccess monographs and providing our readers free, online access via our Fulcrum platform. Read more about how we're celebrating #OAWeek here: buff.ly/YqPuDrC
"The Education Alibi" is now available! This new addition to our African Perspectives series challenges conventional ways of thinking about global education goals and experiences of education in Africa. Start reading: buff.ly/w8RE4xl
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"The Education Alibi" is now available! This new addition to our African Perspectives series challenges conventional ways of thinking about global education goals and experiences of education in Africa. Start reading: buff.ly/w8RE4xl
As an #OpenAccess publisher, we know how important it is to deliver the best scholarship to the broadest possible audience around the world. Learn more about "Translating Human Rights in Education" and other OA books we're highlighting this #OAWeek here: buff.ly/YqPuDrC
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
As an #OpenAccess publisher, we know how important it is to deliver the best scholarship to the broadest possible audience around the world. Learn more about "Translating Human Rights in Education" and other OA books we're highlighting this #OAWeek here: buff.ly/YqPuDrC
Explore the UMP titles we selected for this year's International Open Access Week and read more about why we are committed to Open Access with this blog post: buff.ly/YqPuDrC #OAWeek
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Explore the UMP titles we selected for this year's International Open Access Week and read more about why we are committed to Open Access with this blog post: buff.ly/YqPuDrC #OAWeek
Interested in how Open Access is reshaping publishing? Check out this interview between UMP Publisher Charles Watkinson and Samuel A. Moore, author of "Publishing Beyond the Market": buff.ly/Zd2f0t8 #OAWeek
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Interested in how Open Access is reshaping publishing? Check out this interview between UMP Publisher Charles Watkinson and Samuel A. Moore, author of "Publishing Beyond the Market": buff.ly/Zd2f0t8 #OAWeek
Happy Open Access Week! For this year's theme of "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" we've put together a list of OA UMP titles that challenge these questions of knowledge ownership, access to education, and community. Read the full list: buff.ly/YqPuDrC #OAWeek
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Happy Open Access Week! For this year's theme of "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" we've put together a list of OA UMP titles that challenge these questions of knowledge ownership, access to education, and community. Read the full list: buff.ly/YqPuDrC #OAWeek
Happy National Baking Week! If you'd like to try a recipe from the oldest known published cookbook written by an African American woman, you can access "A Domestic Cook Book" by Malinda Russell at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
October 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy National Baking Week! If you'd like to try a recipe from the oldest known published cookbook written by an African American woman, you can access "A Domestic Cook Book" by Malinda Russell at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
"Acting the Part" by E. B. Hunter is now available! This book offers a new framework for understanding audience participation in twenty-first century immersive theater. Start reading: buff.ly/xq2qxei
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Acting the Part" by E. B. Hunter is now available! This book offers a new framework for understanding audience participation in twenty-first century immersive theater. Start reading: buff.ly/xq2qxei
"Bringing Their Mother Home" by Krishni Burns is now available! Explore the Magna Mater and her genderfluid cult followers in this new addition to our Classical Studies list! Grab a copy here: buff.ly/RkonGuF
October 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Bringing Their Mother Home" by Krishni Burns is now available! Explore the Magna Mater and her genderfluid cult followers in this new addition to our Classical Studies list! Grab a copy here: buff.ly/RkonGuF
"Today, Americans have a very clear idea about what it means to be a mother." Krishni Burns, author of the upcoming book "Bringing Their Mother Home" wrote a blog post on the archetype of Mother Goddesses at press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/10...
October 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Today, Americans have a very clear idea about what it means to be a mother." Krishni Burns, author of the upcoming book "Bringing Their Mother Home" wrote a blog post on the archetype of Mother Goddesses at press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/10...
In a new blog post, Toyin Falola shares about his new memoir and how he tries to "capture the subtlety of religion, identity, and belonging." Learn how "Malaika and the Seven Heavens" fits with his previous two memoirs at press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/10...
October 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In a new blog post, Toyin Falola shares about his new memoir and how he tries to "capture the subtlety of religion, identity, and belonging." Learn how "Malaika and the Seven Heavens" fits with his previous two memoirs at press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/10...
Did you know it is Banned Books Week? We're featuring our new book "Fear the Future" by Matthew Benjamin Cole, which discusses frequently banned books like 1984, Brave New World, and Handmaid's Tale and how dystopian stories have influenced political thought. Read it at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Did you know it is Banned Books Week? We're featuring our new book "Fear the Future" by Matthew Benjamin Cole, which discusses frequently banned books like 1984, Brave New World, and Handmaid's Tale and how dystopian stories have influenced political thought. Read it at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...