Happy #FirstLineFriday Check out An Impossibility of Crows! Returning to her family's eerie Pennsylvania farm, a chemist attempts to breed a giant, intelligent crow to carry her daughter to freedom—only to spark a dangerous obsession with control. Code UMASS20 for 20% off: https://twp.ai/4hwTOg

Dive into our October reading list with An Impossibility of Crows by Kirsten Kaschock! A Frankenstein retelling centered around a mother's mission to make a monstrous crow for her daughter, where her experimentations don't go quite as she planned. 1/2

For the month of October, we will be sharing some of our books that delve into ghosts, murder, and the supernatural. Follow along with each post to find out what you should read this fall season, and check out our blog post at https://twp.ai/4hwTRb to learn more about each title. Happy Reading!

Today is the last day to submit to the Juniper Prize. Go to the Juniper Prizes page at https://twp.ai/4iwtHt to send your manuscript through our Submittable link today! We can’t wait to read what you’ve written. 1/2

Crimes Against Feeling: Piracy, Sympathy, and Ocean Politics in Antebellum American Legal Culture by Mark B. Kelley is out now!

Foreword Reviews says, "Jennifer De Leon’s White Space is an entertaining, thought-provoking personal essay collection that explores race and writing with humor and wisdom." Purchase a copy of the Juniper Prize winning book at https://twp.ai/4hqgwF today. 1/2

Don’t miss out, there’s only 5 days left to submit to the Juniper Prize! Head to the Juniper Prizes page at https://twp.ai/4iwtHm to submit your manuscript through our Submittable link. You may just be our next winner! 1/2

Join Mia Millefoglie and Susan Conely 7PM September 30th at Mechanics' Hall as they discuss Daughters of Stone and Tide, speak on memoir writing, and answer your questions! Register today at https://twp.ai/4hv5wR. We hope to see you there!

Join UVA Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry in their virtual discussion with Arlene W. Keeling, and her newest book, Harbor of Hope. The meeting will be hosted from 12-1PM (ET) on Tuesday, September 29th. Use link https://twp.ai/4hv5zd to join!

Twin States, Different Paths: The Politics of New Hampshire and Vermont by Brian L. Porto is out now! This book explores the contrasting political cultures of New Hampshire and Vermont.

Come see me at the @umasspress.bsky.social table here at @asalh-bhm.bsky.social meeting - always a great conference! Exhibit hall opens tomorrow (Thursday) at 9am.

Author Cynthia Blakeley says, "This honest and gripping memoir, full of psychological insight and compassion, will stay with readers long after the last page is turned." To read this Juniper Prize winning book, get Because We Must by Tracy Youngblom at https://twp.ai/4hqgta. 1/2

“In The Memory Eaters, Elizabeth Kadetsky carries us down 'the river of forgetfulness,' a journey that proves both brilliant and beautiful," say author Dinty W. Moore. 1/2

Only two more weeks before our Juniper Prize submissions close! If you want to be considered for next year’s prize, go to the Juniper Prizes page at https://twp.ai/4iwtJM to submit your manuscript. Good luck and happy submitting! 1/2

Join author Steve Howell in discussing his book, Cold War Puerto Rico: Anti-Communism in Washington's Caribbean Colony, during CENTRO's Library & Archives lunch hour. The virtual event starts at 12:00 PM EST on Tuesday, September 15th, so be sure to RSVP @centropr.bsky.social !

Author Bob Hicok says I Love You But I Don’t Speak Your Language, “brushes against the menace and loneliness of life and reminds us, again and again, that we think and feel in the language of firework.” 1/2

"If this marvelously Strange Hymn sounds like nothing we’ve ever heard, it’s exactly what we’ve been listening for," says author Jody Gladding. You can read Carlene Kucharczyk's Juniper Prize winning book Strange Hymn at https://twp.ai/4hqgj7. 1/2

Two new releases: Swimming with Turtles: How Wonder Reconnects Us to the Natural World by Susan Baur, and Daughters of Stone and Tide: Loss and Resilience in a Fisherman’s Family by Maria "Mia" Millefoglie are out now!

According to author Gordon Kippola, the poetry of Juniper Prize Winner Saara Myrene Raappana, "...embodies a vast and transcendent array of subtle artfulness in the creative application of metered verse, exceeding any modern poet whose work I've encountered." 1/2

Winner of the National Book Award, Arthur Sze, says, "Mark Irwin’s new poems that ask 'how long, how bright?' are radiant with a sheen of longing and urgency." To purchase a copy of Once When Green, winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry, visit https://twp.ai/4hqgZu. 1/2

There’s only one month left before our Juniper Prize submissions close! Visit our Juniper Prizes page at https://twp.ai/4iwtGR to get your manuscript in before it's too late. Submissions run now through September 30th! 1/2

Field Guide to the Northeast Alpine Summits: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York by Allison W. Bell and Nancy G. Slack is out now!

Winner of the 2025 Juniper Prize for Poetry, Who Follow the Gleam is “an incantatory weave, a confrontation with the self, an earnestness unafraid of irony,” as author Jesse Nathan puts it. Or, more simply, "This book is a gorgeous mixture. A song.” 1/3

The Kenyon Reviews says, "That Place Where You Opened Your Hands is a debut poetry collection that deftly balances emotion, observation and declaration, filled with surprising and yet entirely understood lines.” 1/2

Reviving Johnathan Edwards by Stephen D. Crocco is now available. The untold story of how an unlikely Harvard atheist helped resurrect one of America’s greatest Puritans. Purchase your copy here: https://twp.ai/4iw7GC #readUP #UMassPress #JonathanEdwards #PerryMiller #biography #NewEngland

Publisher’s Weekly says An Impossibility of Crows is, “[A] fiercely unsettling gothic novel that fuses maternal devotion, scientific obsession, and inherited trauma." Winner of the 2025 Juniper Prize for Fiction, Kirsten Kaschock writes feminist retelling of Frankenstein just as dark and ugly. 1/2

Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, says, "Gichigami is one of the most interesting novels I have read. In part, this is because of the masterful depiction of a landscape that is both fascinated and underrepresented..." 1/2

Winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction, Foreword Reviews says, "Fine Dreams is a wrenching novel in which young women claw back control of their lives after unimaginable violence." Check out Linda N. Masi's book, or learn how you can submit to the prize by visiting https://twp.ai/4hqf6V!

Brandon Arvesen with True Magazine describes Woman House as, “a beautiful memoir built from intimate moments, fragmented memories, and collaborative questioning of the past.” 1/3

Wondering if your work is eligible to receive a Juniper Literary Prize? The Juniper Prize accepts a wide array of genres and writers, from creative nonfiction to poetry, debut writers to experienced authors. Learn more about how you can submit by visiting https://twp.ai/4hqf5i today!