Now available for preorder! Motion to Survive traces Joseph R. Urgo’s understanding of Parkinson’s disease not simply as a diagnosis, but as a revelation that reshapes the meaning of movement across his entire life. Preorder now and save 30% using code Motion30: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...

New interview with Ryan Teitman up at Pittsburgh Review of Books: pghrev.com/the-craft-of... Special thanks to Elise L. Ryan for such an insightful reading of Paperweight!

Looking for a local literary event this weekend? No problem! Join S. Victor Fleischer and Toivo Motter for a presentation and book signing of Lost Voices of the Great War, which expands upon the award-winning PBS documentary of the same name. Learn more here: mapsairmuseum.org/events/crew-...

Mark your calendars for the Columbus Book Festival THIS weekend! Join many University of Akron Press authors, including Annah Browning, Carolyn Behrman, and more for an exciting weekend immersed in literature. To learn more about the event, visit: www.columbusbookfestival.org

LAST CALL for submissions to the 2026 Akron Poetry Prize! We're looking forward to reading your work. Submit those poetry manuscripts of 48-90 pages here: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit

New interview featuring Ryan Teitman by Cate Lycurgus up at the Adroit Journal!

David Roderick@droderick77.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cate Lycurgus chats with poet Ryan Teitman today @adroitjournal.bsky.social. Ryan's new book is PAPERWEIGHT, just out from @uakronpress.bsky.social. theadroitjournal.org/2026/06/01/a...

We always enjoy the way a book can create conversation in the literary world, especially when that book is as unique, brilliant, and playful as Annah Browning's latest poetry collection Cryptid.

rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Michael Sikkema @michael-sikkema.bsky.social : An interview with Annah Browning / @uakronpress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/mich...

Don't miss your chance to get a copy of Lost Voices of the Great War signed by editors S. Victor Fleischer and Toivo Motter THIS Saturday at the Akron History Center from 11am to 2pm! #booksigning #authorevents #akron #summitcounty #WorldWarI #thegreatwar #history

"The power of the volume lies not in its mastery of form but in the wildly vivid language—her voice has as much life and energy as the character it sets out to describe." Huge gratitude to John P. Loonam for this stunning review of I'll Take My Body To-Go! southernreviewofbooks.com/2026/04/17/i...

Girlhood is Something Fierce and Bruising in “I’ll Take My Body To Go”

Girlhood is cracked open to glisten in Kindall Fredericks’ electrifying new collection, “I’ll Take My Body to Go”

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IT'S HERE! 🎉 The Akron Poetry Prize is now open! The competition is open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives $1,500 and publication of their book as part of the Akron Series in Poetry. Full details here: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit

ICYMI: THE AKRON #POETRY #PRIZE OPENS IN 2 DAYS! 👉 Open to all #poets writing in English 👉 $1,500 prize & publication of book 👉 Final judge = Brenda Shaughnessy 👉 #Manuscripts, 48-90 pgs, accepted via Submittable Apr. 15-June 15 View guidelines: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro... #Competition

ICYMI: We're delighted to partner with Bierce Library to bring poetry to campus and the community for #NationalPoetryMonth! Stay tuned for more news about the upcoming poetry event and more. ✨ #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetryreading #akron #akronohio #poets

We want to wish a happy publication day to S. Victor Fleischer and Toivo Motter, editors of Lost Voices of the Great War! #newreleases #universitypress #Ohio #history #SummitCounty #WWI

Is it a coincidence that we announced @annahlbrowning's forthcoming #poetry collection #Cryptid is available for preorder and now #Bigfoot has been spotted all over #Ohio? We think not. Order now and save 30% with code PoetryLives26 here: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...

Happy Publication Day to When Ohio Was Blue by Dale Butland! When Ohio Was Blue is a political memoir for readers who may not be deeply immersed in—or even particularly fond of—politics. Order now: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...

✨ AWP author signings ✨ We won't be in #Baltimore this year. BUT you can still get your UA Press #poetry books signed by our #poets! Thanks to our friends at @neomfa.bsky.social who have generously agreed to host our author signings. ❤ Browse our forthcoming books: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/

Many thanks to Madison Helbig at Signal Akron for including Cryptid on this great list of books to look forward to in 2026. Full list here: signalakron.org/akron-here-a... Preorder coming soon! #poetry #poetrycommunity #forthcomingbooks #universitypress #poetrylovers #Cryptid #aliens #paranormal

Here are books Akron readers can look forward to in 2026

2026 is brimming with fantastic new books, and this month's Words on the Street is here to help Akronites meet their new favorite.

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“The lost dog won’t let me tether it. // Our neighbor strips on his porch, / out of his mind. // The monarch with the deformed wing / does not live happily among the zinnias / like I promised the children.” —Sarah Green @sixthfinch.bsky.social @uakronpress.bsky.social sixthfinch.com/sgreen7.html

Far more than simply a memoir, When Ohio Was Blue provides readers with a behind-the-scenes account of what it was like to work at the highest level of Ohio politics during the 1980s and ’90s. Preorder now and save 30% with code POLITICS30. blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...

Don't miss the Akron Bicentennial musical event of the year! Join us Wednesday, Dec 3 2025, at 7 pm at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall for “A Concert For Akron, By Akron," where we're honored to be selling copies of Akron at 200 50% off. Reserve your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-concert-...

We love a good conversation about poetry! 🔥 Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w... Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions! #publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity

Heading to the Byckeye Book Fair tomorrow? Be sure to say hi to all the UA Press authors attending! You'll find Dr. Jon Miller, Dr. Steven D. Hambley, and John W. Kropf with their latest works at the book fair from 9:30am to 4pm. #bookfair #authors #Ohio #buckeyes #newbooks #localhistory #festival

NEW ESSAY ALERT! ☄ There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place. Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...

Of colliding climates of grief, of the hidden qualities of stanzas, of not fiction but possibility, of Blueberries for Sal & Italian squares & how words work with the world & writing heavy things lightly & more! Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social is here! @uakronpress.bsky.social 🎙️📚💙

Episode 79: Sarah Green (Of Dictionaries, Salvage and Destruction, and the Longing to Make Something Good)

Sarah Green, author of The Deletions (University Akron Press, 2025) Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Purchase: The Deletions (Editor’s Choice, Akron Poetry Prize) Sarah Green is the…

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Listen to Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social here: share.transistor.fm/s/23bf7d41 And read the full poem “Apostrophe” here: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/sa... 📚💙🎙️ #poetry #podcast #booksky @uakronpress.bsky.social

Adrenalized by this beautiful review of NONBINARY BIRD OF PARADISE (@uakronpress.bsky.social) by Catie Macaulay for @sundresspub.bsky.social. I feel like he truly GOT the book, its whole structure, each gesture. Thank you, thank you, thank you! sundressblog.com/2025/09/30/s...

Sundress Reads: Review of Nonbinary Bird of Paradise - The Sundress Blog

In Emilia Phillips’ Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (The University of Akron Press, 2024), God is many things: they are “a knot / that knows how to untie itself,” “the first/war,”  a “voyeur, who gave / [t...

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Looking for a piece of #akron history? Join us this weekend at Cascade Locks Parks Association for the Akron Oatmeal Festival where we'll have copies of Akron at 200 and even more local history books on sale! #sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration

Happy Pub Day! What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories. Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod... #anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers

Congratulations to Alfredo Aguilar of Lockhart, TX, who has won the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize as chosen by Eduardo C. Corral! 🎉 This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well! Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....

Less than two weeks until the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced during the virtual ceremony! 🎉 Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day... #poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress