The Ohio State University Press
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We publish great books and journals across literary and cultural studies. Our Mad Creek imprint is home to expansive, fresh, and invigorating literary and graphic works, and Trillium publishes books about Ohio and the Midwest. www.ohiostatepress.org
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Samara Rafert@rafertess.bsky.social · 6mo agoCheck out the Ohio State University Press spring 2026 calendar! Memoir, essays, poetry, comics studies, sci fi studies, rhetoric, classics, narrative … email me at osup_publicity@osu.edu for exam & review copies. #academicsky #comicsstudies #teamrhetoric bit.ly/3M0yBiJ_s
Rochelle Raineri Zuck explores how indigenous editors sought to use the press as a tool to advance indigenous interests. #AmericanPeriodicalHistory #indigenousHistory @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/nbw5w
Abigail Boucher tackles M. P. Shiel's #ThePurpleCloud to explore the role luck plays in the origins and future of humanity, and in the class structures that organize society. Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social here: shorturl.at/qJoJu #VictorianStudies #Darwinism
Michelle Bumatay's book looks amazing: it's about Black francophone bandes dessinées (comic books)! (ohiostatepress.org/books/titles..., @ohiostatepress.bsky.social) I need to read this book ASAP!
On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power
Centers the diversity of Black francophone cartoonists while demonstrating the reparative nature of their work in combatting stereotypes and challenging transcolonial power imbalances.
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MBumatay@mbumatay.bsky.social · last yr.🤩 Thrilled to have Jagravi Dave profile my book on @brittlepaper.bsky.social - brittlepaper.com/2025/02/comb...
"Bumatay reframes bandes dessinées … as a tool for resistance and transformation…[providing] important context on the long history of the work of Black comics in contributing to global discussions of representation and power." @brittlepaper.bsky.social brittlepaper.com/2025/02/comb...
Combatting Racial Stereotypes Through Comics: On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power by Michelle Bumatay
On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power by Michelle Bumatay is the first book in English to explore the work of Black francophone artists of bandes desinées and their responses to colonial l...
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It's official! We are proud to partner with @projectmuse.bsky.social on their Subscribe to Open (S2O) program to make our journals more accessible to libraries and scholars worldwide. Check out our first journal of 2025, #Narrative, live and #OpenAccess on Project Muse: shorturl.at/RPvZB
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"I found it challenging to trust the limits set by my obsessions." Thank you @pw.org for featuring @austinaraujo.bsky.social! AT THE PARK OF THE EDGE OF THE COUNTRY is just out. Ten Questions for Austin Araujo+https://www.pw.org/content/ten_questions_for_austin_araujo
BOOK NEWS: How Black women poets' prominence comes at a price Recent release from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social journalofmodernliterature.blogspot.com/2025/02/book... #Booksky #BlackHistoryMonth
BOOK NEWS: How Black women poets' prominence comes at a price
Pitfalls of Prestige: Black Women and Literary Recognition BY LAURA ELIZABETH VRANA Ohio State UP, 2024 ISBN: 978-0-8142-1575-3 https://ohi...
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Andrea Hoff & Wanda John-Kehewin of Beyond Collective investigate how #Visions of the Crow utilizes comic storytelling to reflect on Canada’s fraught history with and lasting impact on Indigenous Peoples. Free on @projectmuse.bsky.social: shorturl.at/deuW3 #CreeNation #IndigenousComics
"I wanted to fill a gap in the graphic novel … canon by presenting a story about the unique needs of heritage speakers." Marcela Garcés talks to @lupitareads.bsky.social about ME LLAMO MARCELA: MY STORY AS A HERITAGE SPEAKER lupitareads.substack.com/p/nuevaspagi... @professorlatinx.bsky.social
#NuevasPáginas: Marcela T. Garcés
with Marcela T. Garcés author of Me Llamo Marcela: My Story as a Heritage Speaker!
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Coming in July in our series New Suns: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Speculative! Looks at the work of @rfkuang.bsky.social, @nkjemisin.bsky.social, @nnedi.bsky.social, @tomiadeyemi.bsky.social, @tashasuri.bsky.social, @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social, @nghivo.bsky.social and others.
Joy Sanchez-Taylor@jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social · last yr.Hi All! I am a scholar of BIPOC science fiction and fantasy literature. My new book Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre is now available to preoder. I am so excited to see this book, the companion to my first book Diverse Futures, come to life: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
This essay still resonates. From ON OUR WAY HOME FROM THE REVOLUTION: REFLECTIONS ON UKRAINE, by Sonya Bilocerkowycz, available from our trade imprint, Mad Creek Books. #Ukraine #Putin @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/in-the-age-o...
In the Age of Political Thugs
This one is red, communist red, the color of tomato paste and new cars. South Dakota has been easily carried by the Republicans in every election since 2000, when the color scheme of conservative “…
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Nora Kassner explores the significant role the pediatric HIV-AIDS pandemic had on the shift in family policy on gay parenthood and "color-blind" adoption in the 90s. Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social here: shorturl.at/JodbV #CriticalAdoptionStudies #GayAdoptionStudies #InterracialAdoption
It’s wild and wonderful to hear Major Jackson read from @austinaraujo.bsky.social’s brand-new collection, AT THE PARK ON THE EDGE OF THE COUNTRY. Get your copy for 20% + free shipping here: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
At the Park on the Edge of the Country: Poems
Poems that map the intricacies of memory, immigration, and belonging through the experiences of one Mexican American family in the rural American South.
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The Slowdown@slowdownshow.org · last yr.“Consider today’s episode a shout out, a lifting of siblinghood that avoids traditional predictable codes and stereotypes,” shares Major. Read “Jamboree, Evening, Midsummer” by Austin Araujo @austinaraujo.bsky.social (@ohiostatepress.bsky.social): bit.ly/3QiKgb1
Courtney Lewis reflects on the ways that comics & graphic novels inspire #Indigenous students as well as facilitate the education of and dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students regarding the critical issues faced today. Free on @projectmuse.bsky.social: shorturl.at/Cm9HP
Literary scholars discuss the ethical & intellectual labor involved with recovering and preserving Black literature from 19th century periodicals to fight the erasure of Black Print culture. check it out on @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/tpex6 #BlackHistory #AmericanPeriodicals
Stephen C. E. Hopkins explores the popular medieval apocryphon, the #ErythraeanSibyl and argues that it represents a crucial element in a network of Welsh religious prose texts which present prophecy in royal presences. #CelticStudies Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/zMZsA
#Maidu artist Chag Lowry spotlights the importance of Native artists telling and owning their own stories as a direct result of the stereotypical imagery that informs American society. Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social for free until 02/22: muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/... #Indigenous #Yoruk
"Driven by mission and tolerant of risk, these houses are publishing some of the most-vital books around." Even without the recognitions we and other UPs are used to, this golden age has long been apparent. Thanks, @derekkrissoff.bsky.social! www.chronicle.com/article/this... @aupresses.bsky.social
Opinion | This Is a Golden Age for University Presses
The focus on efficiency and innovation misses the point: We are producing fabulous books.
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Blues is often touted as one of the genre fathers of country music. As we celebrate #Beyonce's historic win with #COWBOYCARTER, take a look at how African-American Blues and Folk storytelling continues to enrich music and literary narratives. shorturl.at/ana2Z @projectmuse.bsky.social #Narrative
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ALT: a woman wearing a white cowboy hat and a sash that says ' cowboy ' on it
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Māori artist Zak Waipara explores the relationship between indigenous art practices and sequential storytelling in this stunning visual essay. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/...
📚 In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re spotlighting a must-read from the #PathToOpen program on JSTOR! Jones’s powerful book by @ohiostatepress.bsky.social offers a compelling exploration of Black speculative feminist writers. Access this live title on #JSTOR here: bit.ly/40Rl4NQ
We apologize for the technical difficulties -- Inks 8(3) will now be free to access @projectmuse.bsky.social until the end of the February: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53356
In this conversation, John McLeod and Emily Hipchen discuss how adoption is to be found at the center of wider social and historical circumstances. @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/ZGLEN #AdoptionStudies
Narrative 33(1) has arrived! Check out our latest issue live on @projectmuse.bsky.social as scholars from around the world explore the #Narratological structures in E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Sandman" & Matthew Herbert's "The Music: A Novel through Sound". shorturl.at/t3H9U
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Alt: The cute version of the sandman from Rise of the Guardians.
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Inks 8(3), guest edited by Katherine Kelp-Stebbins and Jeremy M. Carnes focuses on global communities of #Indigenous creators who use their voice (and pen) to engage with cultural narratives through comics. Free to access @projectmuse.bsky.social from 2/1 – 2/22: muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
Kudos to Ashley Lawson, author ON EDGE: GENDER AND GENRE IN THE WORK OF SHIRLEY JACKSON, PATRICIA HIGHSMITH, AND LEIGH BRACKETT, which is nominated for an Edgar Award (critical/biographical) by @mysterywriters.bsky.social. ohiostatepress.org/b...
On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett
Reframes postwar American literary fiction through the work of Leigh Brackett, Shirley Jackson, and Patricia Highsmith, arguing that recognizing genre play as literary skill is essential for a more inclusive canon.
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