WATCH: Author Rachel Wahl (KEEPING OUR ENEMIES CLOSER, out today!) discusses how her work brings together people with sharply different political views for conversations that often prove surprising for all involved https://bit.ly/4i59b0d

UVA professor studies payoff of engaging in political conversation

When conversations about politics get tense, many people’s instinct is to shut them down. A UVA professor is urging people to resist that instinct, saying they might get more out of the conversation t...

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WATCH: Author Sari Altschuler discusses her book BEFORE DISABILITY—a literary, legal, and cultural history of disability, race, and citizenship between the Revolution and the Civil War—on C-SPAN's Book TV https://bit.ly/4ANncHl

ICYMI: @m-r-glass.bsky.social's CRACKED FOUNDATIONS—which examines how debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities—is discussed in @newyorker.com's extended analysis of the history of the American landscape https://bit.ly/4hLo9rc

Why America Looks the Way It Does

From vast grids to winding suburbs, Americans have spent two centuries remaking the landscape around property.

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Congratulations to Frances Tanzer, whose book VANISHING VIENNA has won the Radomír Luža Prize, granted by the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance! https://bit.ly/4yv1WER

"There’s real hope for city governments to address big problems and offer real solutions. There's a path forward." Read more from Stephen J. McGovern's interview with @inquirer.com about his book on grassroots activism in Philly, MOBILIZATION POLITICS https://bit.ly/3Tw1ebd

A political scientist studied the rise of grassroots activism in local government. Philly was his case study.

Stephen McGovern's "Mobilization Politics" details how Philly activists employed bottom-up tactics to win major policy victories in criminal justice reform and protections for immigrants and workers.

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Congratulations to Penn Press author Elizabeth N. Ellis (THE GREAT POWER OF SMALL NATIONS, 2022: https://bit.ly/4hWypxO), who has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship!

I am so happy to see The Predatory Sea among these amazing books written by scholars I respect and admire! 🗃️ @pennpress.bsky.social

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We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2026 John Ben Snow Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period prior to 1800. Read more here: www.nacbs.org/news/snow-pr... @yalepress.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social @cambridge.org @csschmitt.bsky.social

What’s in a pepper pot? @inquirer.com highlights William Woys Weaver’s upcoming PEPPERPOT CITY as they follow Black chefs celebration and exploration of the legacy of Philadelphia’s signature soup. www.inquirer.com/food/craig-l...

What’s in a pepper pot? Black chefs gather to celebrate, revive, and update Philadelphia’s signature soup.

In a year full of historical reflections for America's 250th anniversary, the time is ripe to consider an iconic Philadelphia soup that has nearly disappeared — and attempt to revive it.

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Looking for a Philly read? @inquirer.com has listed TRAVELS ON THE EDGE by Robert McCracken Peck from our partner press @amphilpress.bsky.social as one of "10 books with deep Philly connections for your fall reading lists." www.inquirer.com/arts/philade...

10 books with deep Philly connections for your fall reading lists

From short stories to mysteries, or nature hikes and a deep dive into the city's history, we've got you covered.

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Congratulations to @m-r-glass.bsky.social, whose book CRACKED FOUNDATIONS has won the Lewis Mumford Prize, granted by the Society for American City and Regional Planning History... https://bit.ly/3YdWa9W

“A great campus is never finished. . . . It is our responsibility to leave an even richer and more resilient landscape for those who come after us.” Read more about Frederick Steiner and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa's richly illustrated PENN'S SYLVANIA in the Daily Pennsylvanian! https://bit.ly/3VvG9y3

New book traces Penn’s landscape, trees through the years

The book, titled “Penn’s Sylvania” after the Latin word for woodland, centers around nearly fifty images of campus trees. 

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Some news on our blog: The Middle Ages Series welcomes new co-editors Hussein Fancy and Julie Orlemanski! https://bit.ly/3TLOvRG

Penn Press Announces Hussein Fancy and Julie Orlemanski as Co-Editors of The Middle Ages Series - University of Pennsylvania Press

Penn Press is pleased to announce Hussein Fancy, Associate Professor of History at Yale University, and Julie Orlemanski, Associate Professor of English

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Today is the LAST DAY to save 50% on select paperbacks with our Back to School Sale! Browse our collection featuring popular course titles alongside new releases—including 25+ new titles not included in last year's sale—and use code PENNSCHOOL26 to receive your discount! https://bit.ly/4zMN4Tb

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Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

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Our 2026 Back to School Sale ENDS TOMORROW! Browse our collection of half-off paperbacks and order now with code PENNSCHOOL26 to save! https://www.pennpress.org/back-to-school-sale/

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Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

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Our 2026 Back to School Sale ends Tuesday! Browse our collection of paperbacks available for 50% off and use code PENNSCHOOL26 to save! https://www.pennpress.org/back-to-school-sale/

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Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

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Our 2026 Back to School Sale ends Tuesday! Browse our collection of paperbacks available for 50% off and use code PENNSCHOOL26 to save! https://www.pennpress.org/back-to-school-sale/

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Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

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Join us in thanking our peer reviewers and celebrating #PeerReviewWeek! On our blog, our book and journal editors reflect on how peer review is the lifeblood of scholarly publishing https://bit.ly/4j20eFU

Peer Review: The Lifeblood of Scholarly Publishing  - University of Pennsylvania Press

September 14 to 18 is Peer Review Week and the team at Penn Press wishes to thank the many scholars who serve as peer reviewers for our books and

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Happy #PeerReviewWeek! Let's celebrate the valuable work of peer review, an often unrecognized task that ensures that the work we publish is accurate, reliable, and merits becoming part of the durable scholarly record. Thank you, peer reviewers!

ICYMI: Join us in celebrating #PeerReviewWeek and check out our blog to learn how peer review "ensures that scholarly rigor is maintained, and that arguments are strengthened and refined so that new work meets the highest standards possible"! https://bit.ly/4j20eFU

Peer Review: The Lifeblood of Scholarly Publishing  - University of Pennsylvania Press

September 14 to 18 is Peer Review Week and the team at Penn Press wishes to thank the many scholars who serve as peer reviewers for our books and

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It's #PeerReviewWeek! To learn more about the importance of peer review to Penn Press and to the entire world of scholarly publishing, head to our blog! https://bit.ly/4j20eFU

Peer Review: The Lifeblood of Scholarly Publishing  - University of Pennsylvania Press

September 14 to 18 is Peer Review Week and the team at Penn Press wishes to thank the many scholars who serve as peer reviewers for our books and

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As we celebrate #PeerReviewWeek, we want to take a moment to thank the peer reviewers who make our publications possible. Ensuring that our books and journals maintain high standards of scholarship, peer reviewers are essential to the production of new academic works. We couldn't do it without them!

Our Back to School Sale features more than 250 paperbacks, from popular course titles to new releases, available for 50% off—including 25+ new titles not included in last year's sale! Browse the collection and use code PENNSCHOOL26 to save until 9/22. https://www.pennpress.org/back-to-school-sale/

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Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

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I'm honored to receive these awards from SACRPH, an organization that has done so much to support myself, @brentcebul.bsky.social, and other young urban scholars. 🎉🥳🍾🥂 Looking forward to celebrating with folks in Cincy!! @pennpress.bsky.social sacrph.org/awards/past2...

BOUNDARIES OF BELONGING shows "how fluid identities and communities could be in this period and how rights to personhood, property, and profit could fluctuate based on numerous factors." Learn more (including how you can save 75% on this book!) in Tracy Kellmer's new blog post https://bit.ly/4AdB39K

Author Fuad Musallam recently joined AnthroPod, the podcast of the @culanth.bsky.social, to explore how disappointment functions in today's world as well as to discuss his book A BREAK IN THE FUTURE. Listen now! https://bit.ly/4r2GNia

What Disappointment Does

Disappointment emerges in today’s world in a variety of spaces and social registers. But what does it feel like, how do we know it… what does it ...

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Zachary M. Bennett's "slim, engaging book" CONTESTED CURRENTS "effectively argues that New England’s waterways dictated its development—and in doing so, shaped American history." And it's one of the best nonfiction books of this fall, according to Bloomberg! https://bloom.bg/4A3EGip

Your Guide to This Fall’s Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books

A handy primer for the best and most searching history, biography and current events you’ll read this season.

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Don't forget to check out our Back to School Sale, which offers 50% off over 250 paperbacks, featuring longtime course favorites alongside recent highlights (including 25+ new editions added since last year's sale)! Browse the collection and use code PENNSCHOOL26 to save https://bit.ly/4zMN4Tb

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Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

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Congratulations to our Penn Press finalists for the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, Frederick Douglass Portrait and Abolition: Kim F. Hall's THE SWEET TASTE OF EMPIRE and Casey Schmitt's THE PREDATORY SEA! https://bit.ly/46idC1c

Yale Announces 2026 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists

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"Environmentalists, designers, architects and historians offer their thoughts on the University of Pennsylvania campus and its famous buildings" in PENN'S SYLVANIA, out now from Penn Press. Read more in @phillyvoice.com's rundown of 8 great fall books from Philly authors! https://bit.ly/4dqdTD0

In need of a fall read? These 8 new books from Philly authors explore everything from witchcraft to Penn's history

Rachel Pastan has a novel about a theater director who struggles to maintain her deceased mother's home and Lizzie Buehler has a story about a woman who becomes fixated on her boyfriend's ex.

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Happy Labor Day! WORK, CAPITALISM, AND DEMOCRACY, edited by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, explores the meaning of work, capitalism, and democracy in the past to shed light on the same conflicts today—one of many great Penn Press titles grappling with the history of labor in America https://bit.ly/4r4YTjW

Work, Capitalism, and Democracy – Penn Press

A collection of essays exploring the meaning of work, capitalism, and democracy in the past to shed light on the same conflicts todayChanges to the meaning a...

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