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Publisher of books from four amazing imprints: the University Press of Colorado, the University of Alaska Press, Utah State University Press, and the University of Wyoming Press!

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UPColorado@upcolorado· 29d

The first book on #peacemedals using an #anticolonialist perspective, "Tarnished Promises" by @samueljredman.bsky.social is significant for #numismatics, #Americanhistory, #Indigenousstudies, and #museumcollections. Use promo code REDM26 to get 40% off this week! tinyurl.com/yc7ewx5n

Tarnished Promises
Indian Peace Medals in North America
by Samuel J. Redman
“Indian peace medals have long held a powerful allure—tangible symbols of diplomacy that also carry the weight of war. . . .
Deploying deft, nuanced analysis, Redman transforms a world-class museum collection into a powerful lens on the cultural collisions between Native Americans and European settlers.
A singular and compelling contribution.”—Chip Colwell, Wenner-Gren Foundation

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jul 7

Naming How We Feel considers how #writingcenteradministrators can facilitate better and more ethical practices in the #writingcenter and ameliorate the costs of such #emotionallabor to #faculty, #tutors, and #students. 40% off this week, use LAWSON26 ! upcolorado.com/utah-state-u... #academicsky

Naming How We Feel
Specific Affect and Emotional Labor In the Writing Center
by Daniel Lawson
“A replicable, aggregable, and
data-driven approach to researching affect and infusing tutor education curricula with a genre-based approach to managing emotional labor for writing center directors and scholars.”
—Hadi Banat, University of Massachusetts Boston

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jul 4

Iñupiat, Gwich'in, Tlingit, Alutiiq, Unangax̂. On the 250th birthday of the US, don't forget to also read up on the history of America's Indigenous peoples. Check out some relevant titles here: upcolorado.com/indigenous-l...

A spread of several book covers in Alaska Native Studies.

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jul 4

Happy Fourth of July! What better way to celebrate than reading about our nation's history? Here we've collected some award-winning titles in the history of the American West #history #westernhistory #ReadUP #Booksky #skystorians

Award-Winning Stories of the American West:

Industrializing the Rockies, by David A. Wolff
A History of Utah Radicalism, by John S. McCormick and John R. Sillito
Recollections of Past Days, edited by Sandra Ailey Petree
The Trail of Gold and Silver, by Duane Smith
Santa Rita del Cobre, by Christopher J. Huggard and Terrence M. Humble
Hosea Stout, by Stephen L. Prince

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jul 1

"The Flowery Death"—one of the first English translations of the Cantares Mexicanos since John Bierhorst’s 1985 translation— is now available! Order now with promo code SZOB26 to get 40% off! tinyurl.com/5n6b6rym #Nahua #Prehispanic #AcademicSky #colonialhistory #indigenousoraltraditions

The Flowery Death
The Image of Death in the Nahua Songs of Cantares Mexicanos
by Katarzyna Szoblik
“Illuminates performance practices as well as the context in which they are conveyed through a poetics of death as a result of sacrifice, war, and conquest.
It provides keys to unlock the hermeneutics of the Cantares for English-speaking scholars.”
—Jeanne Gillespie, The University of Southern Mississippi

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jul 1

What does active listening actually look like? You might be surprised by the breadth of "gestural listening" practices. Here's Utah State UP author Laura Feibush, interviewed in Town & Gown magazine (pg 22) tinyurl.com/ycxtv984

A screenshot of a magazine spread, the title being "You Might Be Reading the Room Wrong." Subtitle: "Researcher Laura Feibush explores how people communicate attention through gestures, body language and digital behavior." By Matt Farley.

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 30

Sure, it's officially the last day of pride month, but who is to say we can't celebrate queer voices and perspectives all year round? #Pride #booksky #ReadUP

Header text reads "University Press of Colorado Pride Reads" with images of 6 UPC titles and blurbs

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 29

An informative article on contingent labor in academia, to which we will add a point raised by our upcoming publication PRECARIOUSLY CENTERED which showcases a much needed gendered perspective tinyurl.com/5chtyxwn #feminist #labor #academicsky #teamrhetoric

An image of the book cover for Precariously Centered with the quote “Women workers largely bear the burdens of contingency because the crisis of contingency is largely a crisis of women’s labor.”

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 28

Don't judge a press by its size. Now that we're midway through the year, it's time to take a look back at all we've done in 2026, and boy is that a lot of books! Check out our full catalogue here: tinyurl.com/2mk3ftcv #smallpress #ReadUP #booksky #teamrhetoric #archaeology #humanities #alaska

A mid-year roundup of titles published by the University Press of Colorado including sections in Archaeology, Composition & Rhetoric, Public Humanities, and Alaskan Studies

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 25

Climatologists agree: it's officially reading weather #heatwave #booksky #ReadUP

A Severe Weather Alert notification that says "Excessive Heat"

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 24

How can #folklore solve contemporary social problems? What does applied #activist folklore look like? Find out in our newest collection: tinyurl.com/2tww662t

An image of the book cover for Folklore in the Public Square with the text:

"folklore has always been involved with dismantling white supremacy, fighting racism, and highlighting disenfranchised voices."

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 24

Broke: the Kindle bookmark feature Woke: a bookmark from an indie bookstore Baroque: 💀

the painting Saint Jerome Writing by Caravaggio featuring a skull as a bookmark

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 22

Essential reading for anyone who cares about #racialequity in #education, #mentorship, #leadership development, or student well-being "The Pipeline is Broken" is here and 40% off for 3 more days! Use promocode CIHS26 at checkout: tinyurl.com/ym5urvu6 #graduateschool #highered #academicsky

The Pipeline Is Broken
Graduate Students of Color on Racism, Justice, and Joy in the Academy
edited by Orly Clerge, Asia Ivey, Michelle Harris, and Sherrill Sellers
“A joy to read. The letters are beautifully written, and they are filled with insight and wisdom. They express the ways in which graduate students of color find themselves ‘out of place’ in a world that was never designed to support them and the forms of abuse with which they must routinely contend.”
—Carmen G. Gonzalez, Morris I. Leibman Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 19

"The evils of colonization, the chains of slavery, / systemic oppression--be wounds that never heal" tinyurl.com/4zrhkt4p #poetry #juneteenth #readUP

A poem from the book Nursery Rhymes in Black

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 19

Read 👏 Black 👏 authors #juneteenth #booksky #academicsky #teamrhetoric #readUP

Cover images for 4 books:

1. Our Charge to Keep
2. The Benevolent Gaslight
3. The Pipeline is Broken
4. K for the Way

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 18

The Benevolent Gaslight" analyzes discourse that recharacterizes acts of #racialviolence as #teachingmoments and learning opportunities. 40% off now off with promode MAPR26: tinyurl.com/yc3huau7 #education #pedagogy #booksky #academicsky #antiracism #popularculture #comprhet #criticalracestudies

The Benevolent Gaslight
A Technology of Race-Making
by Louis M. Maraj and Pritha Prasad “Well-researched and clearly written, theoretically bold with significant stakes. . . .
this book is poised to be an essential work.”
—Amy J. Wan, Queens College
and the Graduate Center, CUNY

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 18

Hot off the press, THE BENEVOLENT GASLIGHT diagnoses the insidious ways in which racial trauma and harm are often reframed by whiteness as a benevolent pedagogical tool for "antiracism." To that, loudly and unequivocally, it responds: "I am not your teaching moment." #academicsky #teamrhetoric

An image of the book cover for THE BENEVOLENT GASLIGHT: A TECHNOLOGY OF RACE-MAKING with the quoted text:

“Racial progress remains too often contingent upon white recognition and futurity; any attempt at ‘progress’ or transformation that occurs beyond the frame of white comfort or understanding signifies as merely disruptive or uncivil, even when it occurs in response to explicit racist violence and white supremacy.”

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 16

Exploring the tension between freedom and fidelity "Faithful Error" meditates on life’s most sacred and often difficult loves against a backdrop of environmental unease. Order now and use promo code GARR26 to get 40% off! tinyurl.com/y8ujsm8f #Poetry #poems #faith #relationships #becoming #booksky

Faithful Error
Poems
Sarah Lousie Garrido
“This book is full of life, of questions, of attention, of the marvelous errors that lead us again and again into, and out of, and back into belief. It is genuine in its questioning and its love of the world. It is funny and smart and kind and humble in all the right ways. I really loved reading this book and am grateful it is in the world.”
—Matthew Zapruder

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 16

In a modern era of social media and constancy of “crisis,” knowing when, how, and why to respond quickly is increasingly important. Get "Writing Emergencies" 40% off this week with promo code HAPA26: tinyurl.com/yc7t7xxz #teachingwriting #pedagogy #academicsky #writingstudies

Writing Emergencies: Composing (Ourselves in Times of Crisis)
Edited by Holly Hassel and Kate Pantelides
“An invaluable contribution . . .
An essential resource for my everyday work; as a teacher of students who are often in positions of (academic, socioeconomic, emotional) precarity, I find it to be an extraordinarily useful guide for my pedagogical planning and interventions.”
—Julie Lindquist, Michigan State University

“At once tough and sensitive, this collection demonstrates how reflection, coalition building, and strategic insight equip people to survive and navigate moments of crisis.”
—Kelly Blewett, Indiana University East

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 12

We're a tiny press, so we can't help but to jump for joy when we discover that we are actually cited as an example in the CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE! I mean, we think that's pretty cool 😎 😎 😎 #smallpress #copyediting

A screenshot of Section 14.39: Copublication from the Chicago Manual of Style

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 10

We are beyond excited for the publication of RURAL QUEER JOY which celebrates joy, freedom, and community in rural queer culture via some gorgeous social practice art. Hey. It's #pride month. Treat yourself to a coffee table book you'll love forever. Preorder Code: TABL26 tinyurl.com/778fs8py

An image of the book cover for RURAL QUEER JOY with the quote "Joy isn’t what the world hands to queer people; it’s what we build for ourselves, every day, against the odds."

UPColorado@upcolorado· Jun 1

"Another Kind of Symmetry" reflects on the challenges of living with #cross-cultural #traditions and how different responses to them can disrupt even the closest of relationships. Use promo code FOUN26 to get 40% off: tinyurl.com/mpt2chk8 #family #immigrantexperience #booksky #greece #greek

Another Kind of Symmetry
by Angela Jane Fountas
2024 Permafrost Prize Winner
“A beautifully written, heartfelt story of twin sisters torn in different directions. This transporting and atmospheric novel asks an important question—how do we maintain our deep ties with family and history while also carving out new lives for ourselves? As Fountas shows, familial love is complex, often painful, and has the power to echo across thousands of miles and hundreds of years.”
—Eowyn Ivey, Permafrost Prize judge and author of
"The Snow Child"

UPColorado@upcolorado· May 19

'Where We Start: A Practical Guide to #TechnicalCommunication Program Administration' edited by K. Alex Ilyasova and Sean D. Williams is out and 40% off with promo code ILWI26: tinyurl.com/2a3r5yxj #techcomm #academicadmin #programadministration #academicsky #highered

"At a time when our field is actively seeking viable frameworks to be applied in high-stakes settings, such as program management and institutional advancement, the research presented in this collection and the associated lessons are desperately needed.”
—Jason Tham,
Texas Tech University

UPColorado@upcolorado· May 15

'Gestural Listening In and Beyond the Classroom' investigates how students and instructors show that they are #listening to each other—and, sometimes, that they are not. 40% off this week with code FEIB26: tinyurl.com/4ssr9mha #teachingwriting #Firstyearwriting #academicsky #communication #embodied

Gestural Listening In and Beyond the Classroom
by Laura Feibush
“Thought-provoking and insightful, a compelling and needed tool for the field.”
—Jennifer Lin LeMesurier, Colgate University

“The accessible tone and excellent metadiscursive writing structure make this book terrific for first-year writing classes.”
—Debra Hawhee, Pennsylvania State University

UPColorado@upcolorado· May 12

"Enacting Empathy" and "Empathy and the Other" may be read alone or together and are of great interest to #writing teachers and #gradstudents invested in #socialjustice in the #classroom. 40% off this week with promo code BLLE26 upcolorado.com/tagged/empathy #academicsky #highered #pedagogy

"Great activities that offer inspriation and practical ideas to teachers."
—Laura Micciche, University of Cincinnati
Enacting Empathy: Stories and Strategies from the Writing Classroom
edited by Lisa Blankenship and Eric Leake
The concentrated focus on empathy from multiple perspectives makes this an especially valuable and enlightening guide.”
—Laura Micciche, University of Cincinnati
Empathy and the Other: Difference, Connection, and the Teaching of Writing
edited by Lisa Blankenship and Eric Leake

UPColorado@upcolorado· May 7

"Brown #Bears in Alaska’s #NationalParks" review in @ibabearbiology.bsky.social International Bear News, Spring 26 volume "The authors and editors can rest assured that they have hit the mark...” –Baba Dioum Read more: www.bearbiology.org/the-spring-2... Get the book: tinyurl.com/3dbmzdtp

Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks
Conservation of a Wilderness Icon
edited by Grant V. Hilderbrand, Kyle Joly, David D. Gustine & Nina Chambers
“A treasure trove of information on the majestic brown bear. . . . Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks combines history, contemporary research, and stunning photographs.”
—Foreword Reviews

UPColorado@upcolorado· May 7

"Cutting Life Short" explores research indicating support for serving serving #excessivesentences, advocates for new processes and recommends ways to alleviate problems associated with #lifesentences. 40% off this week: use LIFE26 at tinyurl.com/3evk5k7f #criminaljustice #law #parole #academicsky

Cutting Life Short
A Second Look at Life Sentences
by Dan Fetsco
Over 200,000 Americans are currently serving life sentences—more than the entire prison population in 1970—in a cruel and fiscally irresponsible system, even though many have demonstrated sustained rehabilitation. This forward-looking book argues that most people sentenced to life in prison can be, and should have been, safely released into the community and offers recommendations to help alleviate the problems associated with life sentences.

UPColorado@upcolorado· May 5

A valuable contribution to #Maya studies and #ethnohistory that makes important #primarysources accessible, “These Are Our Roots” is out and 40% off: promo code ROOTS26 tinyurl.com/28mua8cs #Academicsky #Guatemalanhighlands #Spanishcolonization #IndigenousStudies

"These Are Our Roots”
The History of the K’iche’ People as Told by Lords of the Tamub’ and Ilokab’
transcription, translation, and commentary by Allen J. Christenson
“Without a doubt this book is an extremely valuable contribution to the field of Maya studies and scholarship on Mesoamerica more broadly. It provides accessible translations of four key texts by one of the leading scholars in the study of the K’iche’.”
—Mark W. Lentz, Utah Valley University

UPColorado@upcolorado· May 1

A new history of #AncientAssyria #Israel and #Judah, "Assyria's Plunder" is here! Order now and use DEGR26 for 40% off tinyurl.com/3zedstmc @digital-hammurabi.bsky.social @moudhy.bsky.social @sophushelle.bsky.social @gvkonsta.bsky.social @sarahebond.bsky.social #neareasternarchaology #assyria

“A nuanced take on the Assyrian empire, examining in depth and detail both its original, ancient context and its modern reception.”
—Gina Konstantopoulos, UCLA

“I’ve been waiting for someone to write this book for thirty years.”
—Megan Cifarelli, Manhattanville University

Assyria's Plunder
From Ancient Empire to Modern Loot
Jessie DeGrado

UPColorado@upcolorado· Apr 27

The first book to explore #writingcenter and #writingprogramadministration in #HBCUs is here and 40% off this week! Use promo code KEEP26 at checkout: upcolorado.com/utah-state-u... #antiracistpedagogy #pedagogy #praxes #firstyearwriting #academicsky #rhetcomp