"There was no doubting that Papi was this pigeon. Maybe he was all the pigeons in the world, or only the ones in Brooklyn. Maybe when we die, we all reincarnate as pigeons, the details of our personality visible in the particular hues of their wings, their beaded feet for Catholics." 1/

We're pleased to announce that Daniel Majchrowicz and David Boyk are the winners of the 2026-27 Humanities in Translation (HiT) Prize for THE AJEEB SOCIETY, a collection of Urdu short stories by acclaimed writer Qazi Abdul Ghaffar.

The first image presented here is the penultimate page of my most recent full-length poetry collection, IT'S IMPORTANT I REMEMBER, published earlier this year by @nupress.bsky.social.

"I can't imagine feeling less, or caring less. That's not the heart I have," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in today's encore episode. Read "Pardon My Heart" by Marcus Jackson — from PARDON: POEMS — and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4wMKzOV 📖: @nupress.bsky.social

NUP has acquired New Studies in the Age of Goethe, the renowned book series sponsored by the Goethe Society of North America. The series publishes innovative research that contextualizes the “Age of Goethe,” whether within the fields of literature, history, philosophy, art, music, or politics.

The 2026 Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize is now open for submissions! Previous winners include current Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda Del Valle, Ama Codjoe, Jenny Xie, Nicole Sealey, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. Prize closes 10/31/26.

Thank you for sharing your favorite Gothic novels with me for the @nupress.bsky.social blog! nupress.northwestern.edu/blog/2026/07...

Eight Writers Share Their Favorite Gothic Novels with Rachel Feder | Northwestern University Press

My spooky novella, The Turn, is out! A Gothic governess story in the nineteenth-century tradition, The Turn is inspired in part by many years of thinking

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Join us in celebrating all things theatre and drama in recognition of ATHE's 2026 conference! Use code ATHE40 at checkout now through July 31 to enjoy 40% off.

Thank you to @nupress.bsky.social for the care package of books ❤️‍🩹 screaming and crying over C. Russell Price and Elizabeth Crane 💙🩵💙

If you've spent your weekend thinking about the sound a bow makes when plucked, about duty to guests, divine or otherwise, and about stories that we tell and retell for thousands of years, we have the reading list for you.

HAR MAR by Hilal Isler is here! The women in HAR MAR are all on the verge of something—success, rebellion, revelation—and they want to disappear as much as they want to be seen. Moving back and forth between Turkey and the United States, these stories trace migrations both physical and emotional.

All we want is a nice crisp salad. Maybe some fresh berries. But I guess we can't have that. Here's what we're reading instead.

🏠💀New review! 💀🏠 The Turn by @rachelfeder.bsky.social from @nupress.bsky.social "A short, sharp, deliciously written gothic potboiler that simmers along right up until the moment it explodes in your face"

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Synopsis When Baxter, a young writer and recent college graduate, accepts a live-in nanny position for an affluent professor’s family in the foothills of th ...

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Hershel Parker. #MelvilleMonday bsky.app/profile/hest... "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing." —Chapter 5 of Book IV of Herman Melville’s Pierre bsky.app/profile/nupr...

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Please join us in celebrating his life and works. nupress.northwestern.edu/blog/2026/07...

Just having a little cry reading this opening excerpt of a review of all three of my books by the amazing @erinvachon.bsky.social in the summer issue of The Missouri Review missourireview.com/article/the-...

We were saddened to hear of the recent passing of Hershel Parker, our friend, our author, and our partner with whom we had the joy and privilege of maintaining a decades long collaboration. Over the course of half a century, Parker shepherded The Writings of Herman Melville.

Read Salma Hussain's review of Sima Qadeer's Brown Girls, Grown Up (pub. @nupress.bsky.social) in Issue 35! ...In the end, it is this underlying, pulsating message of self-love in Sima Qadeer’s debut ... that is the most taboo and radical of all. www.thetemzreview.com/hussain-qade...

Grief is a rodeo filled with ghost clowns. In BISQUICK: AN AMERICAN SEANCE, poet C. Russell Price introduces us to Ghost Cowboy, Bisquick (a ghost horse), and more. Together, they try to answer the question: if the dead could talk, wouldn't they have something better to say? Out August 15, 2026.

As we head into the holiday weekend, we're thinking about the stories and people who make the United States what it is. These are the books we're reading for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Well, well, well. Look what we have here. If it isn't CIRCLE JERK AND THIS AMERICAN WIFE from Pulitzer nominated theater company Fake Friends. More than just a pair of plays, this book is a visual archive, a dramaturgical marvel, and an exploration of what it means to do art in the digital world.

See how the cover for The Flowers Along the Way by Claudia Castro Luna was created! The debut memoir is due out on September 15, 2026, from @nupress.bsky.social! debutiful.net/2026/06/17/s...

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Claudia Castro Luna, the former Washington State Poet Laureate, and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet, is publishing her debut memoir, The Flowers Along the Way (Northwestern University Press) on Septemb...

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The Podcast Just Dropped! open.spotify.com/episode/4VRT... My conversation with talented author @rachellayown.bsky.social on her impressive new novel "How We See The Gray" @nupress.bsky.social

Reality As A Novel

Realistic fiction has always been a mainstay of literature. The examples are many, I have my own list of favorites. Documenting real life issues can also present a conundrum; how far does the write…

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The storm hit our warehouse last night! While it's without power, you won't be able to order directly from our website, so this is an excellent excuse for you to support your favorite bookstore. With any luck, we'll be up and running again soon! Thank you for your patience in the meantime.

For some reason, we've been thinking about bears this afternoon. Wonder what that's about.

We're celebrating the centennial of Judith Malina's birth with the release of all four volumes of THE DIARIES OF JUDITH MALINA. These diaries showcase the most influential period of this radical theater director, actor, and activist's career. Use code MALINA for 40% off when ordering all four vols.

new interview!!! @cavar.bsky.social talks Differential Diagnosis with M. K. Thekkumkattil fifthwheelpress.com/blog/intervi...

Interview: Cavar in conversation with M. K. Thekkumkattil — fifth wheel press

[sarah] Cavar is the author of Failure to Comply (featherproof books, 2024) and Differential Diagnosis (Northwestern University Press, 2026). They edit manywor(l)ds.place , and have had work f...

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Honored to see “Border Less” featured here, in excellent company. Thank you @debutiful.bsky.social and @rachellayown.bsky.social for spotlighting polyphonic stories that take risks with form and voice. 🙏🏽🤎 For more on each 📕, visit: debutiful.net/2026/05/18/t... (Images reposted from @debutiful )

Head over to the LA Review of Books to read this thoughtful and engaged review of EVOCATIONS OF ITALY by Pavel Pavlovich Muratov, translated by Lena M. Lencek with photographer Gideon Bosker. lareviewofbooks.org/article/evoc...

This is tonight!!! We hope to see you @theunderstudychi.bsky.social to celebrate @rachellayown.bsky.social's debut novel!

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We’re thrilled for @rachellayown.bsky.social's debut novel HOW WE SEE THE GRAY forthcoming tomorrow (!!!) from @nupress.bsky.social. She’ll be in conversation at the @theunderstudychi.bsky.social w/ @meganstielstra.bsky.social on May 21 at 7:30pm—register below! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...

Is it possible to devise a system of morality and ethics from math? From physics?? From the Laws of Thermodynamics??? @dmdalton.bsky.social says YES in his latest book from @nupress.bsky.social. Give a listen to our discussion on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-matter-o...