Meghana Mysore’s short story collection Let All Our Ghosts Depart is out now! 🩵 Available on our website as always—www.wvupress.com.

New #fiction #books from University of Georgia Press, @upittpress.bsky.social, @graywolfpress.bsky.social, Pegasus Books, @wvupress.bsky.social, @univnebpress.bsky.social, @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social, @riverheadbooks.bsky.social & more. #writingcommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-fiction-...

New Fiction Titles (9/1/26)

Check out new fiction books for the week of 9/1 from Sea Crow Press, University of Georgia Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, Graywolf Press, Pegasus Books, West Virginia University Press, Leapfro...

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Megan Howell's softie spotted at the South Philadelphia Library 👀 Buy it at wvupressonline.com/node/954!

For the love of football 💛💙 take 50% off two John Antonik titles now through September 15 at wvupressonline.com 🏈 Almost Heaven 🏈 The Backyard Brawl #WVUFootball

We spoke with Mark Paris—dean of WVU Libraries and Press—about his rural upbringing, what drew him to WVU, what he’s reading right now, and so much more. 🔷🔸 Full interview on Booktimist at the link in bio! 🔗

Author Rachel Weaver is in a recent episode of the ICU Podcast where she touches on her memoir Dizzy—link in bio!

Assistant professor and WVU Press author Sarah Morris was interviewed by CBS News Sunday Morning correspondent Conor Knighton about the local and global impact of "Take Me Home, Country Roads." 🎸🎶 bit.ly/4vWrjhs

Arthurdale, WV was created during the New Deal by Eleanor Roosevelt, who aspired to create a planned community that modeled an ideal rural life during the Depression. This weekend is the Arthurdale New Deal Heritage Festival! newdealfestival.org

We’re thrilled to share the news that Zoe Gadegbeku (Blue Futures, Break Open) and Julija Šukys (Artifact) are 2026 IPPY Award medalists! 🏅

Are you following Black in Appalachia? www.blackinappalachia.org Black in Appalachia works to raise the history, visibility and contributions of Black communities in the Mountain South & broader Appalachia. #Juneteenth #blackinappalachia #appalachia

$10 paperbacks / $5 ebooks for four pride-friendly WVU Press titles with code PRIDE26 at wvupress.com 🏺This Way Back by Joanna Eleftheriou 💙 Blue Futures, Break Open by Zoe Gadegbeku 🧑‍🎨 Enclosure Architect by Douglas Milliken ⛰️The Rope Swing by Jonathan Corcoran Happy Pride Month!🏳️‍🌈

The summer book recommendations from @kristel.bsky.social are “Dizzy: A Memoir” by Rachel Weaver (@wvupress.bsky.social) and “When Longing Becomes Your Lover: Breaking from Infatuation, Rejection, and Perfectionism to Find Authentic Love” by Amanda McCracken.

Summer Reads 2026

Last month, a new book came out from Steven Rosenbaum warning about how AI is impacting our brains and our conception of truth.

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New at PB: @catgander.bsky.social & Stefania Heim share an excerpt from their new anthology “Beyond Ourselves: Contemporary Poets on Muriel Rukeyser” (@wvupress.bsky.social), a book named after one of Rukeyser’s most famous and most moving poems.

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“We wanted to make a book that began to answer the questions Muriel Rukeyser asked. We wanted to make a book that continued to ask the questions she asked, of ourselves, of each other.”

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We are thrilled to announce our signing of Wes Blake’s narrative nonfiction collection! Wes Blake is the award-winning author of PINEVILLE TRACE (Etchings Press), whose fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, storySouth, Louisiana Literature Journal, among others.

@chriscampanioni.bsky.social offers insight about his books north by north/west and Rolling Windows in an interview published in @laurelreview.bsky.social laurelreview.org/chris-campan...

Exposes the cultural, political, and environmental tensions in which green frontier ideas must coexist with the ongoing reliance on oil and gas. 🎟️ buff.ly/ZCvh4cC 🗓️ 3 June 2026, 14:00 - 16:00 📍University of Copenhagen @wvupress.bsky.social

🗣️ Author event coming up with Rachel Weaver! Register to attend—or watch via livestream—at the link in our bio. 🔗

Lessons from "Take Me Home Country Roads” author Sarah L. Morris is featured on the MUBI Podcast, which discusses Studio Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart—an anime classic that incorporates a country-pop anthem about West Virginia. Listen at the link in our bio and find Sarah’s book on our website!

In recognition of AANHPI Heritage Month, WVU Press highlights work connected to AANHPI communities and experiences. Learn more about these titles on our website.

Char Miller, author of the forthcoming Regenerating the Land, is featured on a recent NPR WBUR On Point podcast episode, discussing the Trump Administration’s actions that are dramatically affecting the U.S. Forest Service. Have a listen at the link in our bio! 🔗

Head over to Booktimist to read about what we’ve been up to this spring—link in bio! 🌸

WVU students make an impact everywhere, and WVU Press is proud to be a part of that! 🎓

The archival essay is Julija Šukys’s niche, according to a new River Teeth review of Artifact. Link to read in our bio!

Our Fall 2026 catalog shines a light on mental illness, agricultural practice, and surreal fiction with five new titles to pick up—physically or digitally. And by the way, all WVU Press ebooks are now half the price of their print counterparts!

New from WVU Press: Danielle Raad's Above the Oxbow—a journey through the tangle of rich narratives surrounding Mount Holyoke, a locally cherished mountain in Western Massachusetts. Available on our website.

Out now from WVU Press: Beyond Ourselves—the first volume to comprehensively consider the urgency and legacy of Muriel Rukeyser’s work. Available at www.wvupress.com.

Zoe Gadegbeku's debut novel, Blue Futures, Break Open is longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award! www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/c...

🏅Jennifer Mapes is the recipient of this year’s John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize from the American Association of Geographers!

Publishing is a business, but it’s also a craft, and each book is created by a team of professionals. When you give to WVU Press, you are challenging us to put everything we’ve got into the creative work and cutting-edge scholarship we bring into the world. dayofgiving.wvu.edu/wvupress

#WVUDayofGiving is this week! WVU Press is now part of the WVU Libraries. Your gifts on Wednesday will support the important work of the press for years to come. bit.ly/4c0MTd4