University of Pittsburgh Press
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We publish in a wide range of scholarly and cultural fields for general readers, scholars, and students. Home of the Pitt Poetry Series. https://upittpress.org/ NOT the official account of the university.
(3/61) “taught his sons how to soothe // skittery colts by looking them in the eyes / taught Perry to pretend not to read / when reading could get a colored man / hanged” —Colleen J. McElroy, “Les Anciens” (Blood Memory) @upittpress.bsky.social #61WomenPoets #WOC #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets
So happy to finally share the news that my book, “A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe,” will be out in Spring 2027 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. I still can't believe it's now beyond my hands and on its way to meeting its readers.
New edited volume, "Asian Catholicism and the Remaking of Contemporary Families" challenges assumptions about Catholicism in Asia, showing how families and faith transform one another through marriage, kinship and everyday practice: bit.ly/4gpa2J1 @upittpress.bsky.social @michelchambon.bsky.social
"What God in the Kingdom of Bastards introduces an exciting new voice in American poetry, with the promise of more ground-breaking work to come." Absolute rave for Brian Gyamfi in Rain Taxi! raintaxi.com/what-god-in-...
What God in the Kingdom of Bastards
Brian Gyamfi's debut collection marks the arrival of an original voice at once visionary yet resistant to easy romanticism, offering an expansive poetry of allusion and personal reflection. Reviewed b...
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Such a strong sense of place and history in these haunting #poetry collections. It’s been such a pleasure to spend time with them this July. @upittpress.bsky.social @thegallerypress.bsky.social
"The speaker of today’s poem confesses something — and in doing so, with self-compassion and self-forgiveness, sets it down," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1566. Read "What I Wanted to Keep Private" by Melissa Crowe, from ABIDER: bit.ly/4yExjgE 📖: @upittpress.bsky.social
#newbookalert Daniele Valisena's "Italian Lives, Belgian Coal: An Environmental History of Labour and Migration" will be published this fall with @upittpress.bsky.social #envhist 👇 upittpress.org/books/978082...
“My neighbor’s wife sits in a lawnchair / on the city cement sidewalk, fingers / the dials of several broken radios. Blistery / twisting fingers lose their color, whiten / from grasping” — @daisyfried.bsky.social, “Broken Radios” @upittpress.bsky.social
🚨📘 Book Alert! 📘🚨 My first monograph, 'A Science for Everyday Life' is now available for pre-order! Published by @upittpress.bsky.social & released mid-December 2026. US/North America: upittpress.org/books/978082... UK/Europe: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
New colleague at @upittpress.bsky.social, publicist Lesley Raines shares Pittsburgh's bookish gems with the London crowd. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
The best bookshops in Pittsburgh, USA - LSE Review of Books
In this guide, Lesley Rains takes us on a tour of the best independent bookshops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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NEW: A guide to the best bookshops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 📚🇺🇸 by Lesley Rains @upittpress.bsky.social @staygoldbooks.bsky.social @cityofasylum.bsky.social @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social
The best bookshops in Pittsburgh, USA - LSE Review of Books
In this guide, Lesley Rains takes us on a tour of the best independent bookshops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Scott Sundvall, Caddie Alford, Ira J. Allen eds. Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth - @upittpress.bsky.social, December 2026 upittpress.org/books/978082...
We are thrilled to announce @andrewhemmert.bsky.social as the winner of our 2026 Editor’s Prize in Poetry! Winners receive publication and a thousand dollars. "Natural History" will appear in THE FLORIDA REVIEW Vol. 50, No. 2, Spring 2027, on sale in March 2027. #flreview
☀️ Our Summer Sale starts today! Until 19th July, our client press titles are available on the LUP website at *50% off*. Use code "27SUMMER" at checkout ☀️: bit.ly/3SDhyGh @uofmpress.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu @livunipress.bsky.social
Check out our brand new interview with @ctsalazar.bsky.social and Angela Ball on STEEPLECHASE. @upittpress.bsky.social southernreviewofbooks.com/2026/07/06/s...
"[Today's] poem finds the sacred all around," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1545. Read "Panis Angelicus" by Carol Muske-Dukes — from WYNDMERE — and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4vDs3bm 📖: @upittpress.bsky.social
🏙️ A fascinating an unique study out this season, "Paris After Haussmann" traces how Parisians exposed the hidden infrastructures of modern Paris, revealing that the systems shaping urban life also produced new inequalities, risks, and dependencies. bit.ly/43B7xvy @upittpress.bsky.social
Be sure to check out our June roundup for brand-new books out from @upittpress.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social @splitlippress.com @deepvellum.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social @blackwaterpress.com & @lfpbooks.bsky.social:
Books Launching in June 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books released by CLMP members in June 2026. Heaven off the Coast by M. S. A. Bacon Fuente Fountain…
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All Eyes on Space by Sam Dodd asks us to look at television and see architecture: the design, planning, land acquisition, construction, maintenance, and waste behind the small screen. On Sale 9/29/26; details & preorders available now: upittpress.org/books/978082...
Looking for a poetry collection to read this #PrideMonth? Pick a book (or several) from our reading list featuring indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for Pride Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For Pride Month, observed annually during the month of June, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the literature by…
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Our Fall/Winter 2026 catalog is now available: upittpress.org/fall-winter-... Short fiction, poetry, Asian Studies, Architecture & Urban Studies, Latin American Studies, there's something for everybody!
Discover from #UPP's Pitt Poetry Series the selected poetry of Milan Děžinský, translated by Nathan Fields, including many poems previously not published in English by the celebrated Czech poet: bit.ly/3S4jYNR @upittpress.bsky.social
Coming 10/6/26: Italian Lives, Belgian Coal: An Environmental History of Labor and Migration by Daniele Valisena How the Toxic Legacy of Coal, Migrant Labor, and Industrial Capitalism Shapes the World We Live In Details/preorders: upittpress.org/books/978082...
Congratulations to Joan Naviyuk Kane @naviyuk.bsky.social, the winner of the 2026 Shelley Memorial Award! Given by nomination only, the Shelley Memorial Award is awarded by the Poetry Society of America to a poet, selected with reference to his or her genius. poetrysociety.org/about/news/j...
Abider by Melissa Crowe received a starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social! www.publishersweekly.com/9780822968375 Abider will be published on 9/22/26: upittpress.org/books/978082...
We're happy to present some more titles from UPP's Pitt Poetry Series: "Steeplechase" spans #Mississippi to distant cities, tracing love’s last two years after catastrophic illness with humor, grief, hope, and a devotion to language’s endless reach. @upittpress.bsky.social bit.ly/3RLBJBg
🔥 In "Fire Series", Kelly Hoffer follows the mythic force of fire through grief, sex, anger and nationhood, asking how language can remake what it cannot resolve. Discover this and more Pitt Poetry:https://bit.ly/4uFIYJS @upittpress.bsky.social @kellyrosehoffer.bsky.social
A Place in the World is the Gold Medal Winner for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Award, Short Fiction categor! Congrats, Bill! www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winne...
