Finished copies of THE POLITICAL SUPREME COURT by @rachelshelden.bsky.social have hit the office and they're stunning 🤩 Publishing October 27th!
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Bancroft Award-winning historian Thomas Andrews joins Kate on the podcast to talk about his love of revision, surviving first drafts, and the dissertation advice he might have taken too seriously. Plus they talk about his new book, THE GREAT HORSE FLU (@uncpress.bsky.social). Listen: buff.ly/FYvA0Yx
Thomas Andrews Revels in Revision
Thomas joins Kate on the Drafting the Past podcast to talk about his "haphazard" publishing trajectory, his own interviews with writers, and more.
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Just checked the weather and looks like another beautiful day to read a banned book 📖
We're looking for an intern - join our publicity team!
Helen Kyriakoudes@hkyria.bsky.social · 4d agoWe're hiring for a (paid) intern! Come join the publicity team at @uncpress.bsky.social. In person at our offices on the UNC-CH campus, $15/hr, 10-20 hrs/week. Apps close this Friday 10/9 & feel free to reach out with any q's either here or at the email in my bio. bit.ly/4xYdO0V
Thomas Andrews joins @askhistorians.bsky.social today to discuss his book The Great Horse Flu: A Forgotten Contagion and the Fate of Reconstruction America, new from @uncpress.bsky.social. Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: What was the Great Horse Flu, and what can it tell us about people, animals, and disease in the Reconstruction Era--and today, with Thomas Andrews?
Explore this post and more from the AskHistorians community
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Recalling a Union officer fueled (at least partly) by a belief in abolition. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @uncpress.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social #agloriousfate #robertgouldshaw #54thmassachusetts #booksky #bookreview #civilwar #union
A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw | Washington Independent Review of Books
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So many UNC Press authors at Raleigh Wide Open this Saturday!
Eddie Huffman@eddiehuff.bsky.social · last wk.Your humble narrator will be in excellent company Saturday afternoon at Raleigh Wide Open. Join Alice Gerrard, David Menconi, Phil Jamison, and me. The program starts at 2 p.m. My segment about Doc Watson: A Life in Music (published by @uncpress.bsky.social), kicks off at 3:30. raleighwideopen.com
It’s royalty check day from @uncpress.bsky.social! I know it’s a bit crass to celebrate, but it’s actually really heartwarming as a historian to know that people are still reading Making Machu Picchu and using it in their classes. Thanks so much!
As part of her fabulous podcast conversations, Jennifer writes some book reviews. Concise and helpful! And one about my book, 'Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class' @uncpress.bsky.social @cliodialogues.bsky.social
Clio's Review: Beyond Norma Rae
Book review of Aimee Loiselle, Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class (University of North Carolina Press, 2023)
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Aimee Loiselle joins The Clio Dialogues history podcast to discuss 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘙𝘢𝘦 and the Puerto Rican women whose labor and organizing were integral to the U.S. textile and garment industries. 🔗Link in bio @aimloiselle.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
Are you writing a book about food justice and race? Learn more about our Black Food Justice series with series editor Ashanté Reese and @lucaschurch.bsky.social next week at this online lunch and learn👇 utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The new book edited by ASA members Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social and Golshan Golriz brings together work by leading scholars of social movements, religion, and gender and sexuality to better understand the activism of the queer faithful. @uncpress.bsky.social
LGBTQ Religious Activism
Despite the LGBTQ movement’s rapid growth and significant policy successes over the past few decades, many mainstream religions continue to discriminate ag...
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It's here! "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is officially out today! I can't quite put into words how much this means. This book took years, and I'm endlessly grateful to everyone who supported it and believed in this story. Grab your copy today. Link in comments. #DontLetMeBeMisunderstood...
Celebrating National Coffee Day because behind every completed manuscript is an alarming amount of coffee ☕️
Big congratulations to two of my dear friends on their book releases today. First up is @civilwarmemory.bsky.social's new book on the life and legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. You can get this for 30% at @uncpress.bsky.social by using code 01HATM30 uncpress.org/978146969717...
A Glorious Fate
Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment—one of the first regiments of Black so...
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Who do you picture when you think “American working class”? Aimee Loiselle joins The Clio Dialogues history podcast to discuss 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘙𝘢𝘦 and why our cultural image of the working class leaves so many workers outside the frame. 🎧Link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social @aimloiselle.bsky.social
One last pub day for September! Meet our four newest releases: https://uncpress.org/hot-off-the-press/
Who's going to Alice Gerrard's book event and performance at Raleigh Wide Open Music Festival this Saturday? 🎤 🎶 raleighwideopen.com/2026-lineup/
Historian Aimee Loiselle joins The Clio Dialogues history podcast to discuss 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘙𝘢𝘦: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘗𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 and the workers behind the Hollywood version of labor history. @aimloiselle.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
Wonderful to see my book in the hands of so many readers. Tuesday is the official publication day for A GLORIOUS FATE with @uncpress.bsky.social. #booksky
Ray E. Boomhower@rboomhower.bsky.social · 2w agoReally looking forward to reading @civilwarmemory.bsky.social’s new book. Got my copy today.
I'm so sad to miss @asalh-bhm.bsky.social this year, but I see Policing Passengers! 🎉 Plus many books cited in it!
UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · 2w agoOur ASALH booth is ready for you! Stop by to view our titles on display or chat with editors, @dawnd.bsky.social and Andrew Winters 🙌 #ASALH2026 @asalh-bhm.bsky.social
Did you know Nina Simone and Langston Hughes first met in Asheville? Check out this excerpt from DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD: Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and the Birth of Black Power by @wjasonmiller.bsky.social (out next week 9/29) in @indyweek.bsky.social 🎶 indyweek.com/news/culture...
The Day the Priestess and the Poet Met in Asheville
Langston Hughes first met Nina Simone in 1949, when he visited her high school NAACP chapter. Their friendship would go on to make history.
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Just spent a full hour on Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins (WFAE), talking about "The Friendship and Collaboration of Nina Simone and Langston Hughes." With Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood arriving Monday, the timing feels perfect. Link in comments. #DontLetMeBeMisunderstood
Our ASALH booth is ready for you! Stop by to view our titles on display or chat with editors, @dawnd.bsky.social and Andrew Winters 🙌 #ASALH2026 @asalh-bhm.bsky.social
The complete #JERPano Vol. 46 Fall issue is available free on Project MUSE for the next four weeks, courtesy of @uncpress.bsky.social. Every article in this edition is open to read, download, and share with students and colleagues! Click the link in the🧵or scan the QR code to access.
"A Mother’s Work: Mary Bickerdyke, Civil War Era Nurse" by Megan VanGorder "will be an important addition to scholarly conversations on women’s history and the history of medicine and nursing," writes Sarah Handley-Cousins. Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdh6v49z @uncpress.bsky.social
