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Happy 2025 and happy 75 years of UTP! All year we’re celebrating our rich history and exciting future, and we hope you will join us. Our success depends on so many of you, whether author, editor, librarian, bookseller, or reader! Follow along to celebrate with us ❤️ #75YearsofUTP #booksky #UTP75
UTP always has fun at TBF! It's our time of year to catch up with authors past, present, and future and connect with our wonderful readers. We're so looking forward to doing it all over again this weekend! Catch us if you can in tent 1, booth 117/118!
#TexasBookFestival #Austin #booksky
#TexasBookFestival #Austin #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
UTP always has fun at TBF! It's our time of year to catch up with authors past, present, and future and connect with our wonderful readers. We're so looking forward to doing it all over again this weekend! Catch us if you can in tent 1, booth 117/118!
#TexasBookFestival #Austin #booksky
#TexasBookFestival #Austin #booksky
Want to learn more about the work of Texas HBCUs? Then check out the journal ‘Freedom Schools’, FREE on Project MUSE from now until December 3rd!
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November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Want to learn more about the work of Texas HBCUs? Then check out the journal ‘Freedom Schools’, FREE on Project MUSE from now until December 3rd!
muse.jhu.edu/journal...
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Join us at the Texas Book Festival for their 30th anniversary! 🎉 Taking place Nov. 8 & 9 in downtown #Austin, the free, fun literary event will feature many UT Press authors and panels. See y'all there (we're in tent 1, booth 117/118)! 🧡
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join us at the Texas Book Festival for their 30th anniversary! 🎉 Taking place Nov. 8 & 9 in downtown #Austin, the free, fun literary event will feature many UT Press authors and panels. See y'all there (we're in tent 1, booth 117/118)! 🧡
Tis the season when you can get great books (as great gifts) at a great price! Our holiday sale is running on our site today through January 31st, 2026. Use code UTXGIFTS at checkout for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. 🎁
#booksale #holidaysale #booksky
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#booksale #holidaysale #booksky
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November 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Tis the season when you can get great books (as great gifts) at a great price! Our holiday sale is running on our site today through January 31st, 2026. Use code UTXGIFTS at checkout for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. 🎁
#booksale #holidaysale #booksky
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#booksale #holidaysale #booksky
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THE SOUL OF FONDA SAN MIGUEL is a full-color cookbook made by founder and owner Tom Gilliland to celebrate 50 years of the iconic Fonda San Miguel restaurant here in Austin. It's out now and on sale for your reading & cooking pleasure (and can be purchased below)!
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October 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
THE SOUL OF FONDA SAN MIGUEL is a full-color cookbook made by founder and owner Tom Gilliland to celebrate 50 years of the iconic Fonda San Miguel restaurant here in Austin. It's out now and on sale for your reading & cooking pleasure (and can be purchased below)!
utpress.utexas.edu/9...
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#AlexanderPayne has carved a name for himself as a great American auteur with films like Nebraska, The Holdovers, and Election. Jason Sperb is the first to look at Payne's filmography, dissecting the larger themes that run across his works. Get your copy below↓ #booksky
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October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#AlexanderPayne has carved a name for himself as a great American auteur with films like Nebraska, The Holdovers, and Election. Jason Sperb is the first to look at Payne's filmography, dissecting the larger themes that run across his works. Get your copy below↓ #booksky
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Here’s a peek at the latest issue of ‘Journal of the History of Sexuality’, Volume 34, Issue 3! Print copies are available for order on our website:
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October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here’s a peek at the latest issue of ‘Journal of the History of Sexuality’, Volume 34, Issue 3! Print copies are available for order on our website:
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"[MOTHERSHIP CONNECTED] is an intersectional yet compulsively readable must-have for funk fans and music history buffs. Finally, these groundbreaking female artists are getting the spotlight they’ve long deserved."
Thanks for the love, @avparnell.bsky.social and @nashvillescene.com!
Thanks for the love, @avparnell.bsky.social and @nashvillescene.com!
Seth Neblett Charts a Course Through P-Funk’s Female History
With ‘Mothership Connected,’ the son of Mallia Franklin gives the women of Parliament-Funkadelic a long-overdue spotlight
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October 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"[MOTHERSHIP CONNECTED] is an intersectional yet compulsively readable must-have for funk fans and music history buffs. Finally, these groundbreaking female artists are getting the spotlight they’ve long deserved."
Thanks for the love, @avparnell.bsky.social and @nashvillescene.com!
Thanks for the love, @avparnell.bsky.social and @nashvillescene.com!
Spend some time today with this great story featuring @nikostratis.com and THE DAD ROCK THAT MADE ME A WOMAN, out today from behind the paywall.
Congratulations on a terrific first year, @theflytrapmedia.com!
Congratulations on a terrific first year, @theflytrapmedia.com!
In "The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman," Niko Stratis tells her journey of self-discovery through her love of dad rock. @nicolefroio.bsky.social interviews the author, asking why the genre is so appealing to queer and trans people.
Why Do Queer And Trans People Listen To Dad Rock?
The earnestness of dad rock makes queer and trans people unlikely fans of the genre. Nicole Froio investigates why.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Spend some time today with this great story featuring @nikostratis.com and THE DAD ROCK THAT MADE ME A WOMAN, out today from behind the paywall.
Congratulations on a terrific first year, @theflytrapmedia.com!
Congratulations on a terrific first year, @theflytrapmedia.com!
Happy pub day to EARTHMOVING! To Celebrate, author Eray Çaylı wrote a piece capturing the central thesis of the book in PoLAR Journal. Read below! ↓
Contemporary Extractivisms in Northern Kurdistan polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/c...
Contemporary Extractivisms in Northern Kurdistan polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/c...
Contemporary Extractivisms in Northern Kurdistan
Emergent Conversation 24 This essay is part of the series Kurdistan(s): Repression, Resistance, and the Fight for Survival, PoLAR Online Emergent Conversation 24 By Eray Çaylı On a summer evening i…
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October 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Happy pub day to EARTHMOVING! To Celebrate, author Eray Çaylı wrote a piece capturing the central thesis of the book in PoLAR Journal. Read below! ↓
Contemporary Extractivisms in Northern Kurdistan polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/c...
Contemporary Extractivisms in Northern Kurdistan polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/c...
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"Most of us don’t stay open to the world
and refuse to be knocked from our soapboxes, but
Harrigan does just that throughout the collection,
mixing memoir and journalism, questioning his own
memories and prior stances."
New review of Stephen Harrigan's latest.
@utexaspress.bsky.social
and refuse to be knocked from our soapboxes, but
Harrigan does just that throughout the collection,
mixing memoir and journalism, questioning his own
memories and prior stances."
New review of Stephen Harrigan's latest.
@utexaspress.bsky.social
‘Anchor in a Sea of Time’ Exemplifies the Fine Art of Changing One’s Mind
A review of author Stephen Harrigan’s first essay collection since 2013.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Most of us don’t stay open to the world
and refuse to be knocked from our soapboxes, but
Harrigan does just that throughout the collection,
mixing memoir and journalism, questioning his own
memories and prior stances."
New review of Stephen Harrigan's latest.
@utexaspress.bsky.social
and refuse to be knocked from our soapboxes, but
Harrigan does just that throughout the collection,
mixing memoir and journalism, questioning his own
memories and prior stances."
New review of Stephen Harrigan's latest.
@utexaspress.bsky.social
Dive into the #PuertoRican Muslim experience with BORÍCUA MUSLIMS by Ken Chitwood. Chitwood has crafted a rich ethnographic study of the cultural & religious experiences of Latinx Muslims across the U.S. and the Caribbean to explore intersectional belonging. ❤️
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October 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dive into the #PuertoRican Muslim experience with BORÍCUA MUSLIMS by Ken Chitwood. Chitwood has crafted a rich ethnographic study of the cultural & religious experiences of Latinx Muslims across the U.S. and the Caribbean to explore intersectional belonging. ❤️
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Want to learn more about the work of Texas HBCUs? Pick up the latest copy of ‘Freedom Schools’! Volume 2 is now available:
utpress.utexas.edu/j... 🧡
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October 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Want to learn more about the work of Texas HBCUs? Pick up the latest copy of ‘Freedom Schools’! Volume 2 is now available:
utpress.utexas.edu/j... 🧡
utpress.utexas.edu/j... 🧡
Austin, we've got some post work plans for you! If you weren't planning on seeing author Jim Harrington and Congressman Greg Casar in conversation with each other tonight at Birdhouse Books, maybe this review in @austinchronicle.bsky.social will change your mind! 💙
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October 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Austin, we've got some post work plans for you! If you weren't planning on seeing author Jim Harrington and Congressman Greg Casar in conversation with each other tonight at Birdhouse Books, maybe this review in @austinchronicle.bsky.social will change your mind! 💙
www.austinchronicle....
www.austinchronicle....
Many thanks to @hooks.bsky.social for this terrifically thoughtful review of Jeff Roche's THE CONSERVATIVE FRONTIER. @texasmonthly.bsky.social subscribers, this one will be in the print issue in your mailboxes very soon!
How West Texas Created American Conservatism
A new book says a handful of eccentric characters in our most remote region changed America forever.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Many thanks to @hooks.bsky.social for this terrifically thoughtful review of Jeff Roche's THE CONSERVATIVE FRONTIER. @texasmonthly.bsky.social subscribers, this one will be in the print issue in your mailboxes very soon!
Derek Burdette's MIRACULOUS CELEBRITY is on shelves now! New in our #art and #arthistory list, this book is a study of the life-sized crucifix known as the Christ of Ixmiquilpan in Mexico.
#religiousart #Mexico #visualculture #materialculture #CDMX
#religiousart #Mexico #visualculture #materialculture #CDMX
October 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Derek Burdette's MIRACULOUS CELEBRITY is on shelves now! New in our #art and #arthistory list, this book is a study of the life-sized crucifix known as the Christ of Ixmiquilpan in Mexico.
#religiousart #Mexico #visualculture #materialculture #CDMX
#religiousart #Mexico #visualculture #materialculture #CDMX
Austinites, join us this Thursday, October 16 at Birdhouse Books for an evening of book signing & conversation with author Jim Harrington and Congressman Greg Casar.
Don't miss out on learning about THE TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT. More info linked below!
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Don't miss out on learning about THE TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT. More info linked below!
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October 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Austinites, join us this Thursday, October 16 at Birdhouse Books for an evening of book signing & conversation with author Jim Harrington and Congressman Greg Casar.
Don't miss out on learning about THE TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT. More info linked below!
withfriends.co/event...
Don't miss out on learning about THE TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT. More info linked below!
withfriends.co/event...
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The TNSR leadership team recently met with our friends at @utexaspress.bsky.social, whose tireless efforts ensure that our work is published and distributed. We would also be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the support of our directors at the Clements Center and Strauss Center. Thank you!
October 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The TNSR leadership team recently met with our friends at @utexaspress.bsky.social, whose tireless efforts ensure that our work is published and distributed. We would also be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the support of our directors at the Clements Center and Strauss Center. Thank you!
‘Studies in Latin American Popular Culture’ publishes articles, review essays, and interviews on diverse aspects of popular culture in Latin America. These are the journal’s top five most-read articles on Project MUSE over the past year: 🧵↓
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
‘Studies in Latin American Popular Culture’ publishes articles, review essays, and interviews on diverse aspects of popular culture in Latin America. These are the journal’s top five most-read articles on Project MUSE over the past year: 🧵↓
Happy pub day to THE CONSERVATIVE FRONTIER! In his deeply researched landmark study, Jeff Roche argues that what we now come to recognize as the modern Republican party originated in West Texas.
You can read the pub day book review in the NYT (@nytimes.com) below! 🔗
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You can read the pub day book review in the NYT (@nytimes.com) below! 🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025...
October 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Happy pub day to THE CONSERVATIVE FRONTIER! In his deeply researched landmark study, Jeff Roche argues that what we now come to recognize as the modern Republican party originated in West Texas.
You can read the pub day book review in the NYT (@nytimes.com) below! 🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025...
You can read the pub day book review in the NYT (@nytimes.com) below! 🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025...
Guitar expert John Stubbings pulls together years of research, travel, and experience as a guitar collector to bring us THE DEVIL IS IN IT. Out now, THE DEVIL IS IN IT is a deeply researched history of the acoustic guitar that examines the acoustic guitar's profound impact on the music world.
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Guitar expert John Stubbings pulls together years of research, travel, and experience as a guitar collector to bring us THE DEVIL IS IN IT. Out now, THE DEVIL IS IN IT is a deeply researched history of the acoustic guitar that examines the acoustic guitar's profound impact on the music world.
Big week for our #visualculture list! IN THE HANDS OF DEVOTEES delves into the relationship that Black and Indigenous communities in colonial Lima had with Christian devotional imagery, which was ultimately one of creation. ❤️
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October 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Big week for our #visualculture list! IN THE HANDS OF DEVOTEES delves into the relationship that Black and Indigenous communities in colonial Lima had with Christian devotional imagery, which was ultimately one of creation. ❤️
utpress.utexas.edu/9...
utpress.utexas.edu/9...
The latest issue of ‘Latin American Music Review’ has arrived! To order your copy of 46:1, visit utpress.utexas.edu/j... 🧡
October 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The latest issue of ‘Latin American Music Review’ has arrived! To order your copy of 46:1, visit utpress.utexas.edu/j... 🧡
For friends of the scene, there's a dope author talk happening VIRTUALLY tomorrow at 6PM CDT!
RSVP now to hear Tara Martin López talk with our friends at the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute about the Chicanx punk scene in El Paso! 💙
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RSVP now to hear Tara Martin López talk with our friends at the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute about the Chicanx punk scene in El Paso! 💙
www.somosmacri.org/e...
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For friends of the scene, there's a dope author talk happening VIRTUALLY tomorrow at 6PM CDT!
RSVP now to hear Tara Martin López talk with our friends at the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute about the Chicanx punk scene in El Paso! 💙
www.somosmacri.org/e...
RSVP now to hear Tara Martin López talk with our friends at the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute about the Chicanx punk scene in El Paso! 💙
www.somosmacri.org/e...
#OTD in 2019, we published BIG WONDERFUL THING: A HISTORY OF TEXAS! Stephen Harrigan's rich exploration remains a seminal resource for TX lovers; on its 6th birthday, folks are still reaching for their copies to celebrate & parse the storied history of the lone star state.
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#OTD in 2019, we published BIG WONDERFUL THING: A HISTORY OF TEXAS! Stephen Harrigan's rich exploration remains a seminal resource for TX lovers; on its 6th birthday, folks are still reaching for their copies to celebrate & parse the storied history of the lone star state.