University of Washington Press

@uwapress

Publishing with a view | Since 1920

505 Following5,883 Followers134 Posts

Website Website Bluesky

Is this your profile?Claim it and uwapress.dirty.social is yours.Claim profile

University of Washington Press@uwapress· 15d

When saving wetlands imperils Black futures, restoration demands reimagination. In GOOD SEDIMENT, Monica Patrice Barra reframes ecological repair as a political and cultural practice through an ethnographic study of Black coastal communities in Louisiana. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Good Sediment: Black Ecologies and the Politics of Restoration in Coastal Louisiana by Monica Patrice Barra

"Through compelling prose and rigorous analysis . . . Monica Barra urgently calls for and articulates a 'restoration otherwise' that moves beyond technical fixes toward more just futures of ecological governance and community repair." —Jovan Scott Lewis, author of Violent Utopia: Dispossession and Black Restoration in Tulsa

University of Washington Press@uwapress· 20d

THE CHEROKEE NATURAL WORLD, an #OpenAccess collection of stories, language, and teachings, is available now via #RavenSpace, published by @ubcpress.bsky.social in association with UW Press. bit.ly/CherokeeNatu... Also see the companion print edition, CHEROKEE EARTH DWELLERS. #NAISA2026 #NAIS

University of Washington Press@uwapress· 26d

Enjoy this @hnetreviews.bsky.social H-Environment roundtable on THE BEACH CURE by Meghan Crnic, an environmental history of healing on the Northeastern shores of the US in the late 19th century: networks.h-net.org/sites/defaul...

The Beach Cure: A History of Healing on Northeastern Shores by Meghan Crnic, Foreword by Paul S. Sutter

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Jul 8

Now available, KURDISH WOMEN'S TRANSNATIONAL RESISTANCE by Nisa Göksel offers urgent insights into the resilience of women’s movements under authoritarianism, displacement, and war. 40% off + free domestic shipping with promo code WARM26 at checkout through July 11: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Kurdish Women's Transnational Resistance: Revolutionary Politics in Everyday Life by Nisa Göksel

"This groundbreaking book offers one of the first comprehensive accounts of the Kurdish women's movement from a transnational perspective. . . . [A] landmark study." —Bahar Baser, Durham University

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Jul 6

If you're visiting Seattle this summer or hosting out-of-towners, we're offering free access to excerpts from our Essential Seattle collection through July 15, featuring books that explore the city's histories, cultures, and communities. Browse the collection: bit.ly/EssentialSeattle

Collage of book cover images from the University of Washington Press' Essential Seattle collection, featuring books on the cultures and histories of the city.

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Jun 30

Available now, THE RACIAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATE by Keith K. Miyake delivers a bold rethinking of how race, environment, and state power are entangled. Get 40% off and free domestic shipping with promo code WARM26 at checkout through July 11. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

The Racial Environmental State: Contested Spaces of Resistance by Keith K. Miyake

"This bold and timely book exposes how 'the environment' is not a neutral object of protection but a political construct shaped through legal and bureaucratic power." —Summer Gray, author of In the Shadow of the Seawall: Coastal Injustice and the Dilemma of Placemaking

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Jun 22

We were delighted to host University of Guam Press (UOG Press) Managing Editor Vanessa Ochavillo for an AUPresses Week in Residency. Thanks to Vanessa for visiting and talking publishing with us and to @aupresses.bsky.social for making the residency happen!

University of Washington Press Director Nicole Mitchell stands beside University of Guam Press Managing Editor Vanessa Ochavillo, who holds up two UOG Press books.

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Jun 2

Our Summer Book Sale is on now! Save 40% and enjoy free domestic shipping on *all* books on our website—including preorders. Use code WARM26 at checkout. uwapress.uw.edu/summer-readi...

University of Washington Press Summer Books Sale
40% off and free domestic shipping with code WARM26, June 1–Jully 11
uwapress.uw.edu

University of Washington Press@uwapress· May 27

Available now, THE RACIAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATE by Keith K. Miyake delivers a bold rethinking of how race, environment, and state power are entangled—from the racial politics of public housing in 1970s New York to the construction of US-Mexico border walls. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

"A richly detailed, even-handed, and convincing answer to a crucial question: Should movements for justice and liberation engage with the settler colonial state, given its complicity in ecological and other violence?" —Jill Lindsey Harrison, author of From the Inside Out: The Fight for Environmental Justice within Government Agencies

University of Washington Press@uwapress· May 21

On @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, Vindhya Buthpitiya @vindi-b.bsky.social discusses A VOLATILE PICTURE (June 16)—on Tamil photographic practices in Sri Lanka and the making and moving of images across borders, communities, and generations. Listen to the interview: newbooksnetwork.com/a-volatile-p...

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Apr 28

Now available, A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE by @tamikonimura.bsky.social is a deeply affecting memoir of reckoning with a father's death and the Japanese American incarceration—a "gut-wrenching work of intergenerational dialogue" (Publishers Weekly). Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Cover of A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter's Return to Tule Lake by Tamiko Nimura

"In this gut-wrenching work of intergenerational dialogue, Nimura braids passages from her late father's unpublished memoir of growing up in California's Tule Lake Japanese-American concentration camp during WWII with her own reflections on the text. . . . [A] memorable duet." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Apr 8

Laura Kina received a Lifetime Achievement Award from AAAS for her outstanding and lifelong contribution to the field. Kina serves as editor for our Critical Ethnic Studies and Visual Culture series and is the coeditor of two volumes on Asian American art.

Photo of Laura Kina. Credit: Midori Aronson, 2024.

Cover of War Baby / Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art edited by Laura Kina & Wei Ming Dariotis

Cover of Queering Contemporary Asian American Art edited by Laura Kina and Jan Christian Bernabe

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Apr 8

Congratulations to our #AAAS2026 Association for Asian American Studies award winners! 🧵 CARING FOR CAREGIVERS by Valerie Francisco-Menchavez was named Winner of the Award for Best Book (2025) by the Filipino Studies section in the AAAS.

Cover image of Caring for Caregivers: Filipina Migrant Works and Community Building during Crisis by Valerie Francisco-Menchavez

Photo of author Valerie Francisco-Menchavez

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Apr 2

We're excited to be in Honolulu for the Association for Asian American Studies #AAAS2026 conference! Come say hi and see our new and upcoming books at our booth—and enjoy 40% off with the conference discount. For those not attending, please visit our virtual exhibit: uwapress.uw.edu/association-...

Flyer promoting the University of Washington Press' books in Asian American studies, featuring an array of book covers and information on the conference discount.

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Mar 31

In SEABIRDS AS SENTINELS, Eric Wagner of UW's @pugetsoundinstitute.org explores what seabirds can teach us about a changing ocean. Join us this spring for a book event to learn how seabirds draw together many threads—of climate change, of fisheries, and of histories human and more-than-human alike.

Graphic promoting Eric Wagner's book events for "Seabirds as Sentinels: Auklets, Puffins, Shearwaters, and the View from Destruction Island"

April 1, 6:30 pm at Birds Connect Seattle

April 9, 7:00 pm at Pilchuck Audubon Society

April 11, 6:00 pm at Dungeness River Nature Center

April 23, 7:00 pm at Third Place Books Lake Forest Park

May 6, 6:00 pm at the Burke Museum

May 13, 7:00 pm at University of Washington, Tacoma

Photo of author Eric Wagner holding an auklet chick.

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Mar 26

Hello from Kansas City! 👋 We're at #ASEH2026 with @aseh.bsky.social to share our new and forthcoming books in Environmental History. Our 40% off conference discount runs through April 30—visit our virtual exhibit to browse books and order: uwapress.uw.edu/american-soc...

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Mar 17

MOVING MOUNTAINS by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Adrienne Winans explores a pivotal moment in the development of Asian American and Pacific Islander feminisms—a timely read for #WomensHistoryMonth. Now available: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Cover of Moving Mountains: Asian American and Pacific Islander Feminisms and the 1977 National Women's Conference by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu with Adrienne A. Winans

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Mar 14

Forthcoming books in the UW Press / Geiss Hsu Foundation #OpenAccess Books collection include OBSERVING THE UNSEEN by Andrew Schonebaum and WADING BAREFOOT THROUGH A MOUNTAIN STREAM: The Travel Diaries of Xu Xiake (1587-1641) edited by James M. Hargett.

Cover of Observing the Unseen: Curiosity and Common Knowledge in Early Modern China by Andrew Schonebaum

Cover of Wading Barefoot through a Mountain Stream: The Travel Diaries of Xu Xiake (1587-1641) edited by James M. Hargett

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Mar 14

Two major Ming dynasty story collections, STORIES OLD AND NEW by Feng Menglong and SLAPPING THE TABLE IN AMAZEMENT by Ling Menchu, are now openly available thanks to the generous support of the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation. Read the collection: uw.manifoldapp.org/projects/pro...

Cover of Stories Old and New: A Ming Dynasty Collection

Cover of Slapping the Table in Amazement

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Mar 13

#AAS2026: Thanks to everyone who came by for the Meet and Greet with Lev Nachman @lnachman32.bsky.social! Learn more about CONTESTED TAIWAN and get 40% off and free domestic shipping with code WAAS26 at checkout: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Cover of Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Mar 12

Greetings from @asianstudies.org #AAS2026 in Vancouver! We're excited to share new and notable books in #AsianStudies. Stop by Booth 218 to say hello! Our 40% off conference discount runs through March 31—visit our virtual exhibit to learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/association-...

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Feb 26

Seattle, come celebrate the release of Adrian De Leon's new book, BALIKBAYAN: A Revenant History of the Filipino Homeland. Joined by Moon-Ho Jung, De Leon will discuss what it means to go back home when “home” is shaped by conquest, labor, and longing. 📅Saturday, March 7 at 12 pm 📍Mam's Books

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Feb 24

Congratulations to Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, whose book CARING FOR CAREGIVERS won Honorable Mention in the Social Sciences category of the 2026 Association for Asian American Studies Book Awards. #AAAS aaastudies.org/announcement... Read more about the book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Book cover featuring a colorful mural-style painting of Filipina caregivers with the title “Caring for Caregivers: Filipina Migrant Workers and Community Building During Crisis” by Valerie Francisco-Menchavez displayed in large white text.

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Feb 10

New in #Anthropology, POSSESSED LANDSCAPES by Tomas Cole is a case study in reimagining sovereignty through ecological stewardship, set in the highlands of the Myanmar-Thai border. Available now in print and #OpenAccess, made possible by @acls1919.bsky.social with generous support from Arcadia.

Book cover of Possessed Landscapes: Experiments in Conservation and Sovereignty in Southeast Myanmar by Tomas Cole, featuring people in rain ponchos near rice paddies in a misty mountain setting.

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Feb 9

📣 We're hiring! The University of Washington Press is looking for a full-time senior project editor to shepherd books through copyediting, design, and production—from scholarly monographs to illustrated art history and regional trade titles. For more details & to apply visit: bit.ly/UWPressSenio...

Now hiring! Senior Project Editor. Submit your application through the University of Washington's job site by February 27. bit.ly/UWPressSeniorProjectEditor

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Jan 6

PERFORMING VULNERABILITY by Emily L. Hue "reminds us that there is no expiration date for the trauma of migration; the emotional rupture of uprooting from one's homeland can reverberate across decades." Read a review by Melissa Carlson in CAA Reviews: www.caareviews.org/reviews/4353

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Dec 9

WOMEN WRITERS OF HUIZHOU by Binbin Yang offers an innovative spatial analysis of Qing women's writing. "In this perfect gem of a book the tumultuous worlds of China's long nineteenth century come alive." —Dorothy Ko Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295... #AsianStudies

Book cover for “Women Writers of Huizhou: Imaginaries of Space and Place in Qing China” by Binbin Yang. The background features a soft, traditional Chinese landscape painting with misty mountains, trees, and village buildings in muted tones. The title appears in large blue serif type, and the author’s name is displayed at the bottom on a textured blue-gray band.

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Dec 8

Now available, QUEERING THE HMONG DIASPORA by Kong Pheng Pha offers a groundbreaking exploration of race, gender, and sexuality. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Book cover of Queering the Hmong Diaspora featuring a person standing against a plain background, overlaid with the title and subtitle: “Racial Subjectivity and the Myth of Hyperheterosexuality,” by Kong Pheng Pha.

"This incisive study explores how Hmong American experiences challenge mainstream ideas about race, gender, and sexuality. By focusing on queer voices and cultural identity, it offers fresh insight into belonging, justice, and the complexity of Hmong life in the diaspora." —Chia Youyee Vang, author of Hmong America: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora

"A formidable contribution to queer studies and Asian American studies." —Martin F. Manalansan IV, author of Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Nov 17

📢 The annual UW Press Holiday Sale is here! November 17, 2025–January 2, 2026, get 40% off and free domestic shipping on all books sitewide with promo code WINTER25 at checkout. Start browsing: bit.ly/UWPressHolidaySale2025

Graphic announcing UW Press Holiday Sale: 40% off and free domestic shipping with code WINTER25, valid November 17, 2025–January 2, 2026, on a blue background with snowflakes.

University of Washington Press@uwapress· Oct 20

That's a wrap for #WHA2025! Big thanks to the Western History Association and everyone who came by our booth. A reminder for all WHA members: our 40% off conference discount code, WWHA25, is valid through October 31! Browse and save on books in #WesternHistory: uwapress.uw.edu/western-hist...