"This American hero understood that his personal success was no substitute for broad equality and achievement." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘Integration at Second Base’ Review: Jackie Robinson’s Long Game

Robinson broke baseball’s color line and led the Brooklyn Dodgers to the World Series. His work fighting racial prejudice wasn’t limited to the world of sports.

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Happy #pubday to "Ecologies of Resistance: Arts, Activism, and Transdisciplinary Futures in Latin America and the Latinx Worlds," edited by Ilka Kressner, Ana María Mutis, and Elizabeth M. Pettinaroli! Reframing traditional conceptions of ecology www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10179/

New Volume of Scholarly Editing, an #openaccess peer-reviewed journal archived by the #LibraryofCongress and distributed by @uvapress.bsky.social #textualediting #scholarlyediting #history #textualrecovery #AI #Afrofuturism #teactualscholarship #DH

Curious about "Homer’s elliptical narrative technique and how it influenced some other writers’ styles and lives"? Read "Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate" by Daniel Mendelsohn! www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5626/

Three Rings - UVA Press

In this genre-defying book, best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we l

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youtu.be/xDVd4jMCmSk?... "Thomas Jefferson's complicated legacy 250 years after the Declaration of Independence" featuring Press author @agordonreed.bsky.social

Thomas Jefferson's complicated legacy 250 years after the Declaration of Independence

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Curious about "Homer’s elliptical narrative technique and how it influenced some other writers’ styles and lives"? Read "Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate" by Daniel Mendelsohn! www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5626/

Three Rings - UVA Press

In this genre-defying book, best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we l

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. #SHEAR2026 may be over, but the 40% discount code still lives . . . until August 15! Good to see you @stevesarson.bsky.social, @adamxmcneil.bsky.social@frankcogliano.bsky.social, @matthewmason.bsky.social, Christopher Pearl, Susan Stearns (And many more)! www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/she...

Conference swag. Probably his least controversial position. @uvapress.bsky.social

A rare social media appearance (with her blessing) of my nonpareil editor, Nadine Zimmerli, and the book we did together for @uvapress.bsky.social (with 24 amazing colleagues). Taken at #SHEAR2026

Congratulations to @stevesarson.bsky.social whose book 'The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States' has been named a finalist for the 2026 George Washington Prize! www.mountvernon.org/about/news/n...

Nominees Announced for the 2026 George Washington Prize, One of America’s Most Prestigious Book Awards

Nominees Announced for the 2026 George Washington Prize, One of America’s Most Prestigious Book Awards

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We are here at #SHEAR2026! Stop by the booth, chat with an editor, browse our books, and take advantage of the conference discount! Or, if you're not in Philadelphia, visit our virtual exhibit and use promo code <10SHEAR26> valid until August 15! www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/she...

How did the United States embrace, use, and alter the image of Napoleon Bonaparte? Mark Ehlers gives us much to think about in his new book _Napoleon in America_ @uvapress.bsky.social in how the French Emperor was symbol and enemy open.spotify.com/episode/0kEY... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

UVA professor and UVAP author Ian Stevenson's quest for evidence of past lives: www.chronicle.com/article/is-t...

Is There Life After Death? This Scholar Tried to Prove It.

A psychologist’s quest for evidence of past lives.

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www.styleweekly.com/whats-in-the... "The recovery of the box solved a long-standing mystery related to President Lincoln . . . [but] mysteries remain. Though cornerstone boxes were successfully recovered from the monuments for Lee and Jefferson Davis, one for Stonewall Jackson is still missing."

What's in the Box?!?

“The Buried Cause” highlights the contents and history of Monument Avenue’s Confederate cornerstones.

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Happy #pubday to "To Save Us All from Slavery's Power: Republican Alarms, Southern Terrors, and the Plunge into Civil War" by Mark Wahlgren Summers! A dramatic reappraisal and retelling of the destruction of the American Union www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10209/ #skystorians #readUP #booksky

Anthea Hartig, Rob Parkinson, Virginia Scharff, and me talking about the Declaration of Independence on Ben Franklin's World :) Episode 446: The Declaration of Independence at 250 - Ben Franklin's World share.google/h0HReuh0ed64...

Happy #pubday to "Redeemer, Reformer, Rebel: The Progressive Era Activism of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett" by Kathleen Waters Sander! The first biography of one of Virginia’s greatest social reformers www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10195/ #booksky #readUP #skystorians

"Despite the ubiquity of consecrated relic pills in Tibetan Buddhist cultural settings—indeed, tiny baggies of such pills are distributed in even the most casual encounters with Tibetan lamas—there has been little research examining this phenomenon." www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Author's Corner with James Duncan Gentry, author of THE BODHISATTVA'S BODY IN A PILL

<p>Today, we are happy to bring you our conversation with James Duncan Gentry, author of <em>The Bodhisattva’s Body in a Pill: The Material and Spirit

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Happy #pubday to "The Bodhisattva’s Body in a Pill: The Material and Spiritual History of a Buddhist Relic Tradition" by James Duncan Gentry! "Hands-down the best book on Tibetan Buddhism in a decade." —Jacob Dalton, University of California, Berkeley upress.virginia.edu/title/10185/

Ben Franklin's World: The Declaration of Independence at 250 What did the founders mean by “all men are created equal”? Who did they believe was eligible to pursue life, liberty, and happiness? And how are Americans today thinking through their own answers? benfranklinsworld.com/episode-446-...

Happy #pubday to "The Bodhisattva’s Body in a Pill: The Material and Spiritual History of a Buddhist Relic Tradition" by James Duncan Gentry! "Hands-down the best book on Tibetan Buddhism in a decade." —Jacob Dalton, University of California, Berkeley upress.virginia.edu/title/10185/

"It may be the most famous Modernist house that never existed" www.wsj.com/real-estate/...,

Exclusive | Alfred Hitchcock’s Vandamm House Never Existed, Until They Built Their Own

Two architecture lovers created a real-life version of the home in Utah. It is now on the market for $45 million.

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"Writing this book helped me develop a new optimism about the capacities of imaginative fiction." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Author's Corner with Victoria Googasian, author of ANIMAL MINDS, OTHER MINDS

<p>Today, we are happy to bring you our conversation with Victoria Googasian, author of <em>Animal Minds, Other Minds: Nonhuman Intelligence and Narra

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UVA Press@uvapress.bsky.social · 4w ago

Out now! "Animal Minds, Other Minds: Nonhuman Intelligence and Narrative Form in American Fiction" by Victoria Googasian How a fascination with animal consciousness, perception, and intelligence shaped American fiction in the twentieth century www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10206/ #booksky #readUP

Out now! "Animal Minds, Other Minds: Nonhuman Intelligence and Narrative Form in American Fiction" by Victoria Googasian How a fascination with animal consciousness, perception, and intelligence shaped American fiction in the twentieth century www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10206/ #booksky #readUP

August 27: Celebrate the botanical legacy of Monticello at this exclusive members-only event featuring Peggy Cornett, Monticello’s Senior Curator of Plants, discussing her new book, "Thomas Jefferson’s Flowers." Register: www.monticello.org/events/peggy...

Peggy Cornett on “Thomas Jefferson's Flowers”

Celebrate the botanical legacy of Monticello at this exclusive members-only event featuring Peggy Cornett, Monticello’s Senior Curator of Plants,…

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"I was often surprised especially by how critical Native Americans were of the French and the apparent ease with which they conveyed these sentiments. The list goes on and on." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Author's Corner with Sharon V. Salinger, author of PERCEIVED IN PRINT

<p>Today, we are happy to bring you our conversation with Sharon V. Salinger, author of <em>Perceived in Print: Indigenous American and French Ideas o

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Out now! "Perceived in Print: Indigenous American and French Ideas of the Other" by Sharon V. Salinger A fresh look at the conversations and interactions of Native Americans and French as recorded in writings from the New World www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10207/ #skystorians #booksky

Out now! "Perceived in Print: Indigenous American and French Ideas of the Other" by Sharon V. Salinger A fresh look at the conversations and interactions of Native Americans and French as recorded in writings from the New World www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10207/ #skystorians #booksky

Joel Duncan looks at how American poets have explored driving, in all its facets. Visit our stand in person at #MSA2026 or find us online ⬇️ buff.ly/mZlouqU @uvapress.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social

Alexandria Pride is this Saturday, June 27, rain or shine! Proud among 100+ exhibitors participating! Free magnets, stickers & zines, including items from the Library of Virginia. "Queer Virginia" from @uvapress.bsky.social available at 30% off #pridemonth www.alexandriava.gov/sites/defaul...

59/158 2026 Official Submission #MAAHStoneAtoZ @uvapress.bsky.social

"The book is ultimately about South Africa and Israel, but it is also about the ways people make sense of distant struggles and incorporate them into their own political visions." Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Author's Corner with Asher Lubotzky, author of SHIFTING SOLIDARITIES

<p>Today, we are happy to bring you our conversation with Asher Lubotzky, author of <em>Shifting Solidarities: The South African Anti-Apartheid Moveme

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UVA Press@uvapress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy #pubday to "Shifting Solidarities: The South African Anti-Apartheid Movement's Perceptions of Zionism" by Asher Lubotzky! Examining the evolution of South African activists’ attitude toward the state of Israel www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10204/