"Staging Visitation" edited by Bryan W. Schmidt and Weston Twardowski is now available to read online! This #OpenAccess edited collection explores how tourism becomes a site for the performance of identity. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

Peter Schweppe's "Out of Line" is now available to read online! This #OpenAccess volume explores how the politics of print transformed protest in West Germany's Global Sixties. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

At Gen Con, we loved running into friends, CMU alumni, and even editorial board members at our booth. We also met lots of new folks interested in our games and Press! Thanks to @uofmpress.bsky.social, Good Games Indianapolis, and the amazing staff of Gen Con for a fantastic 2026 convention!

Out today: "Out of Line" Peter Schweppe explores the underground print culture of 1968 West Germany: fringe books, illicit newspapers, incendiary flyers, furtive graffiti, and how they broke literary convention to make new kinds of meaning. 📚✊ bit.ly/4frn3kf @uofmpress.bsky.social

Need a good beach read? Check out our latest releases from June and July, including a study on queer soundwork, a never-before-published recipe book, ancient literary studies, and more. Browse here: buff.ly/uHWmkHM

Apologies, got distracted... there's been some good recent stuff published, although library access may be an issue. "The Mind of the Slave" looks like it's going to be really Quite Important. bsky.app/profile/uofm...

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Nicole J. Giannella's "The Mind of the Slave" is now available! The first volume of our Empire and After series investigates slave ownership and the limits of ownership in ancient Rome. Read more: press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

"International researchers from points across the globe will soon descend on U-M for a rare opportunity to engage with the largest collection of ancient papyri in North America." Learn more about the U-M seminar offering hands-on papyrus conservation training here: buff.ly/F0UDrZn

Preserving the world's oldest paper trail

International researchers from points across the globe—Dublin, Rome, Sydney, and more—will soon descend on the University of Michigan for a rare opportunity to engage with the largest collection of…

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A special shoutout to @uofmpress.bsky.social for helping us get to Gen Con this year by co-funding our booth! We have a few of their awesome books on games on display at our booth...come check them out tomorrow! #GenCon #universityofmichiganpress #cmichpress

The newest book in the Tabletop Games series is here! In "Their System, Our Game: Homebrew and the Worlds of Pathfinder" Scott DeJong and Marc Lajeunesse discuss what happens when players write their own rules. Find it (and the free, downloadable campaigns) at press.umich.edu/Books/T/Thei...

Authors Scott DeJong and Marc Lajeunesse wrote a blog post about how homebrew and Pathfinder inspired their new book "Their System, Our Game." Read it at press.umich.edu/Blog/2026/08...

Thanks KPFA! Read more about Diana's book "Rejecting Climate Doomism" here: press.umich.edu/Books/R/Reje...

Rejecting Climate Doomism | Diana Stuart

As scientists call for widespread climate action, there has been an alarming rise in climate doomism, the belief that it is too late to do anything about climate change. Many people who struggle to im...

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Why have so many people given up on the climate fight? Diana Stuart examines how fatalism about the climate emergency has been shaped by the erroneous assumption that, if we exceed 1.5C of global heating, we’ve passed the point of no return. kpfa.org/episode/agai... @uofmpress.bsky.social

Why have so many people given up on the climate fight? Diana Stuart examines how fatalism about the climate emergency has been shaped by the erroneous assumption that, if we exceed 1.5C of global heating, we’ve passed the point of no return. kpfa.org/episode/agai... @uofmpress.bsky.social

Against Climate Doomism | KPFA

As mega-fires rage around the world, why have so many people given up on the climate fight? Environmental sociologist Diana Stuart examines how fatalism about addressing the climate emergency has been...

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At UMP, we see scholarly publishing as part of the democratic process: a commitment to research, peer review, critical dialogue, and making knowledge more accessible beyond the academy. Explore our books about the American story here: buff.ly/gn4gmal

Heading to the #ATHE conference in Baltimore? Stop by our table and check out our latest titles on Theater and Performance, and use the discount code UMATHE26 for 40% off in our shopping cart. Browse our titles here: buff.ly/q15UQPv

Inquire, learn, and engage with our country's history and culture through UMP's curated collections, student-created catalog, and thought-provoking essays and blog posts about the American story here: buff.ly/gn4gmal

"Lavender Sounds" by Stacey Copeland is now available to read online! Copeland explores queer feminist soundwork, connecting historical lesbian radio with modern podcasting. Start reading here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub...

The second edition of THE PLEASANT PROFESSION OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN by @effjayem.bsky.social is out January 2027! This critical analysis examines Heinlein's arguments about the nature of science fiction, American politics, and himself. Pre-order here: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

Page proofs are here. It is real. Excited to be part of a great series with @uofmpress.bsky.social. press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

We're happy to publish another book written by teachers, for teachers! "Rubrics: What Every Teacher Needs to Know" by Deborah Crusan & Robyn Brinks Lockwood is now available. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Rubr...

She's here. 💜🎙️ My first solo book, Lavender Sounds: From Lesbian Radio to Queer Feminist Soundwork, is officially out with @uofmpress.bsky.social Read the Q&A here: press.umich.edu/Blog/2026/07... #OpenAccess #SoundStudies #RadioStudies #FeministMediaStudies #Podcasting #QueerAuthors

Q&A with Lavender Sounds Author Stacey Copeland

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In "The Death and Life of Chinese Civil Society" from Mujun Zhou, Zhou traces the rise and decline of China’s civil society project, showing why later social movements challenged its liberal vision. bit.ly/4y3APkx @uofmpress.bsky.social

"Humans are not without agency; as a species we decide, consciously or not, what we carry into the future." Nina Beguš on how Isaac Asimov’s work has influenced AI’s development: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/asimov-robotics-laws-claude-chatbots-consciousness-human-interaction/

Seeing "The Odyssey" movie soon? Brush up on the familiar story with our translation by Rodney Merrill. Grab a copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

The Odyssey

The Odyssey is considered to be one of the greatest pieces of world literature. Its basic story--the homecoming of Odysseus--is widely known. Although it has often been translated, earlier versions…

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"Books and scholarship are essential to a milestone anniversary like America’s 250th, because they contain the full, complicated story, not a polished myth." Read about Larnell Gross's perspective on American identity and the Soul of America catalog here: buff.ly/CrltURx

We're excited to publish "What Clever Friends: The Selected Letters of Jane Kenyon and Alice Mattison" edited by Chad Wriglesworth. More than 500 letters over 15 years reveal a deep friendship based in writing. press.umich.edu/Books/W/What...

What did it mean to "lose your mind" in the Middle Ages? Deprived of Sense and Intellect examines 460 miracle stories to reveal how #medieval communities understood mental disability, diagnosis, demonic possession, and healing. bit.ly/4avnWW9 @drleighanncraig.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social

Unsettling Catan is an excellent study that builds a substantive cultural critique from a touchstone in the boardgame world that extends to other eurogames and beyond. I benefitted from reading Professor Lee’s work and recommend Unsettling Catan without reservation. #booksky @uofmpress.bsky.social

Review of Unsettling Catan - Technology and Society, Incorporated

Landing page for Technology and Society, Incorporated. Owner Curtis Frye is an online trainer and conference keynote speaker.

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"Deprived of Sense and Intellect" is now available! This study reveals how medieval communities distinguished insanity and possession. Read more about the book and grab a copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/D/Depr...

What if #Tacitus’ lost books had survived? "Tacitus and the Incomplete" reconstructs missing episodes from Rome’s imperial past to explore how absence, hindsight, and historical imagination shape what we think we know. #AncientHistory #Classics bit.ly/4f32SJa @uofmpress.bsky.social

Good advice from our friends @uofmichigan.bsky.social. 📑

University of Michigan Press@uofmpress.bsky.social · 4w ago

Publicity and marketing scams are on the rise and as such, our marketing team has put together a blog post with tips, tricks, and warnings about how to self-publicize your work. Read more here: press.umich.edu/Blog/2026/07...