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Looking for a place to start your summer reading? Check out our classics, new releases, and hidden gems📚 Score 40% off all print books & 50% off all ebooks with code UTXSUMMER at checkout through July 31st! Shop now: utpress.utexas.edu/s...
Out now! DISPUTED PATHS by Cristina Buarque de Hollanda & José Szwako uncovers the sweeping history of post-dictatorship Brazil—from popular demands for democracy to the rise of Bolsonarismo. The book offer a look at how memory shapes the country's deep political divides.
Out now! KIK’ASLEMAL RI KAQCHIKELA’ by Walter E. Little, Judith M. Maxwell, Kawoq, & Ixnal blends advanced language learning with Maya culture. An immersive, nuanced guide to fluency and cultural competency in one of Guatemala's major Mayan languages.
Special Issue Alert! TEXAS STUDIES IN LITERATURE & LANGUAGE 68:2 covers the topic of “The Unpublished Works of James Loehlin”.
Out now! HORROR AND INDIGENEITY edited by Murray Leeder & Gary D. Rhodes uncovers the sweeping history of Indigeneity in horror—from classic settler cinema tropes to groundbreaking modern works by Indigenous creators.
Out now! ONE STATE UNDER GOD by Joseph L. Locke uncovers the sweeping history of religion in Texas—from Indigenous cave art and Tejano folk saints to the rise of modern Christian nationalism. A fast-paced look at how the Lone Star State’s spiritual path was blazed.
When we published Hanif Abdurraqib’s GO AHEAD IN THE RAIN in 2019, indie booksellers championed the book, bringing Hanif’s book to their communities and carrying it to a spot on the New York Times bestsellers list.
The first JLAG issue of 2026 is now available! Here’s what you’ll find inside 25:1, including Richard Francaviglia’s review of our title PRECARIOUS SECRETS: A HISTORY OF THE LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL THRILLER by Fabricio Tocco.
We are excited for Joseph Locke’s Texas book tour for ONE STATE UNDER GOD: A History of Religion in Texas, deemed “a superb, compelling, essential account of how we got here” (@texasobserver.org) and “a compelling chronicle of our religious landscape” (@texasmonthly.bsky.social).
Check out all of our new July releases on our website: utpress.utexas.edu/ #JulyBooks #NewReleases
Our July lineup has officially arrived! Check out our newest titles across Texas history, cultural studies, Latin American studies, and more with the release of ONE STATE UNDER GOD, HORROR AND INDIGENEITY, KIK’ASLEMAL RI KAQCHIKELA’, and DISPUTED PATHS.
Celebrating 250 years of America! 🇺🇸 From new releases to hidden gems, explore the rich history and complex stories that shaped the nation. Check out our featured titles and save with code UTXSUMMER: utpress.utexas.edu/c... #America250
Out today! THE CIVITAS COLLECTION 250, edited by Richard M. Reinsch II, brings together 25 leading scholars to examine the Declaration of Independence on its 250th anniversary. 🇺🇸 Copies are available to order here: utpress.utexas.edu/9...
Tonight at Film at Lincoln Center, catch a special 6PM screening of Elaine May’s Mikey and Nicky, celebrating the film's 50th anniversary with a new 4K restoration. Features an introduction by Todd Berliner, UT PRESS author of HOLLYWOOD RENEGADE.
Looking for your next nature read? 🌱📚 Check out our latest books featuring incredible titles exploring landscapes, parks, creatures, and more. ☀️ Don't forget about our Summer Sale! Use code UTXSUMMER to save on your next read: utpress.utexas.edu/s... #SummerReading #SummerSale #NatureBooks
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We are proud to see our titles showcased in the 2026 @aupresses.bsky.social Book, Jacket, and Journal Show! This annual event celebrates outstanding design and production achievements by member presses from the past year. 👏📚
This #Juneteenth, explore vital perspectives on resistance, culture, and equity. From CIVIL RIGHTS IN BLACK AND BROWN to JUNETEENTH RODEO, we’ve curated a reading list of essential books exploring the legacies of emancipation. 📚👇
Congratulations to Nancy Christie & Michael Gauvreau, whose piece "Transgressive Intimacies and Male Sexual Reputation in New France and Quebec, 1685–1830” won the 2026 Best Article Prize from the Canadian Historical Association’s Committee on the History of Sexuality.
INDIGNANT LIBERALISM is available now! In this new release, Ellen Moodie embeds with "indignados" in El Salvador to investigate why the country's hard-won democratic promises gave way to rising populist authoritarianism. Copies are available here: utpress.utexas.edu/9...
Out today: SADISTIC CHOLAS by Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa! Read how Black, trans, and queer Peruvian feminists use "sadistic vengeance" to confront patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy, building a nonviolent commons of care for our world.
We are thrilled to announce that James Michael Buckley's multi-award-winning CITY OF WOOD is now available in paperback! Order your copy of the new paper edition today: utpress.utexas.edu/9... #ArchitecturalHistory #UrbanHistory #CaliforniaHistory #AmericanWest
ENLIGHTENMENT IN COLONIAL EGYPT by Israel Gershoni and Molly Bernstein is available now! Gershoni and Bernstein examine the life and legacy of Ahmad Lutfi al-Sayyid, widely recognized as the creator of Egyptian nationalism.
Out now: SPECTRAL AESTHETICS by China Medel! This bracing study explores the US–Mexico border, exposing how surveillance renders migrant deaths invisible. Analyzing contemporary art, Medel highlights how artists use "ghostly traces" to fight back & prove life is indispensable.
TEXAN CRUCIBLE by Marian J. Barber is available now! In this eye-opening history, Barber reveals how Irish, German, and Czech immigrants navigated the landscape of nineteenth-century Texas. #TexasHistory #AngloTexan #TexasImmigrants
Check out our June releases at our website: utpress.utexas.edu/ #JuneBookTitles #UTPress
Hello, June and new book releases! We are excited for the release of REVIVING THE ARTIST WHO FOUGHT HITLER, TEXAN CRUCIBLE, SPECTRAL AESTHETICS, INDIGNANT LIBERALISM, SADISTIC CHOLAS, and ENLIGHTENMENT IN COLONIAL EGYPT and the distribution of THE CIVITAS COLLECTION 250.
Two years ago today, we had the honor of publishing GRIEF IS A SNEAKY BITCH by Lisa Keefauver, an essential and uncensored guide to grief and loss. Happy two-year pub anniversary to GRIEF IS A SNEAKY BITCH and Lisa Keefauver! Her work truly offers a vital companion for all.
We’re thrilled to share that Tim Seiter’s WRANGLING PELICANS has been named the 2026 Nonfiction Winner of the Summerlee Book Prize, awarded by The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University!