Attention, book lovers, bargain hunters, and history buffs! Don’t miss the great deals at the University of Virginia Press Warehouse Sale. October 26-27, thousands of first-quality books in Virginiana, history, literature, African American studies, founding fathers, the Civil War, and more will be on sale.
Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin may be the VP candidate on the GOP ticket, but what especially interests a linguist like William Labov, author of the forthcoming Dialect Diversity in America: The Politics of Language Change, is the way the congressman pronounces a short “a” vowel.
As part of its 75th anniversary, the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) invited member presses to construct a “map of influence,” an online geographic illustration of the reach of its own authors and subjects.
We would like to pay tribute to Gabriel Vahanian, who passed away last week at the age of 85. Educated at the Lycée Français de Valence and the Princteon Theological Seminary, Vahanian had long tenures at Syrcause University and the University of Strasbourg and was a founding member of the American Academy of Religion. His book [...]
At the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE), the University of Virginia Press was honored with a special Resolution of Appreciation for its “leadership, vision, and vital support in the field of documentary editing.”
Congratulations are in order for several contributors to our Best New Poets series. Scott Abels’ first full-length collection of poems, Rambo Goes to Idaho, was recently published by BlazeVOX. Scott’s poem “As Rambo Lay Dying” was published in Best New Poets 2011.