At the @AmLit_ALA exhibit today, we met
@UNC_Press author Andrew Donnelly, pictured below with his book Confederate Sympathies: Same-Sex Romance, Disunion, and Reunion in the Civil War Era. #ala2026
Powerful reporting from @jennyschuessler on the President’s House in Philly & the battle over public history. Feat. @johngmarks & his forthcoming book THY WILL BE DONE "about how Americans have thought, and fought, about Washington and slavery." https://t.co/jtMwRLjapd
It seems like only yesterday that nearly every American newspaper, dozens and dozens of them, even in mid-size cities, ran book reviews by local critics.
The alt-weeklies (I wrote for many of them) were everywhere and had feisty and boisterous book sections.
Time, Newsweek and other weeklies had serious critics who mattered to the conversation.
All this is gone.
The stamping out of the Washington’s Post’s excellent book section - one of the last standing - ends an era. It’s a turning point in America's literature, which can’t thrive without serious and ardent criticism - aka public talk, back and forth, between competing voices, in something like real time.
The silence out there is good for no one. Gloom suddenly feels like eclipse.
So these beauties just landed on my desk. White Power: Policing American Slavery by @gauthamrao coming in May. LMK if you need an ARC for review/feature/event, etc.
Pre-order It Is Not Enough to Survive: The Young Patriots Story NOW and get 30% off. On sale @UNC_Press til the end of the month.
Feat: Rednecks, Black Panthers, & Blue Ribbon Beer! Colonel Sanders watching the 1968 DNC riots! High-grade People Power! & more!
Link below⤵️
ASALH is proud to announce the finalists for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize, honoring outstanding scholarship on African American life & history.
🏆 Winner announced Feb 17, 2026
⏰ 7pm ET | 6pm CT | 5pm MT | 4pm PT
https://t.co/e7jcAKDyfG
#ASALH#ASALHBookPrize#BlackHistory
This @UNC_Press author panel offers essential insight for anyone seeking to understand the complexities behind US actions in Venezuela & their ripple effects across the hemisphere. https://t.co/EBn0nHDvqp
A renowned local historian delves into a decades-long struggle in Charlotte, offering insights that could shape future policies far beyond this city. https://t.co/MdgZReA3IC
When _Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos_ came out with @UNC_Press one year ago, I committed to donate all the proceeds to @affirmationLDS, the oldest LGBTQ LDS organization. I am please to have now donated my first royalty check and I thank all of you who made it possible.
The Divinity School congratulates Assistant Professor of American Religions William J. Schultz on the publication of his new book, 'Jesus Springs' (@UNC_Press, October 2025).
📘 'Jesus Springs' is available now: https://t.co/bwYYWaV6qc
#ReligiousStudies
To support the UNC System’s new graduation requirement, prize-winning historians at @UNC@UNChistory have created a new resource for UNC system courses, in partnership with UNC Press.
Learn more about the book & how students can get free access 👇
https://t.co/cySDakRi28
In this episode from #Season11 of @LeftOfBlack Historian Derrick E. White discusses his book 'Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football', which was just released in paperback from @UNC_Press
https://t.co/wMr4raO4sE
📚 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable at #ASALH2025!
Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement
🗓️ Thurs, Sept 25 | ⏰ 8:30–9:50 AM
📍 International Ballroom A – M2, North Tower
Register today 👉 https://t.co/OqgnJimTm1
#MidwestUnrest#CivilRights
For New Orleanians like Black Panther community organizer Malik Rahim and author Sarah Fouts, the hurricane that struck the city 20 years ago marked a pivotal moment in America’s shift toward the political right.
https://t.co/mtNAkry4tN
Join us on Wed., 10/8 at 6pm, as we present the 2025 Society of the Cincinnati Prize to Vaughn Scribner of @ucabears for his book Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America (@UNC_Press). Learn more: https://t.co/sb9cwQFblv