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As the Editor for History, I am always gratified when UVA Press books illuminate the country’s past while also speaking to our present moment. A few months ago, Christopher Pearl’s Conceived in Crisis: The Revolutionary Creation of an American State appeared as part of our Early American Histories series, and his book’s insights into good governance appear deeply relevant as municipal, state, and national elections loom on the horizon and early voting is well underway.
UVA Press is pleased to invite you to the launch event for BY BROAD POTOMAC'S SHORE: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation's Capital with poet and literary historian Kim Roberts on Thursday, October 8, from 6-7 pm
Sharon Aronofsky Weltman, whose book VICTORIANS ON BROADWAY: Literature, Adaptation, and the Modern American Musical was published this July, writes about what the hit Hamilton shares with the classic The King and I.
We are delighted to offer the fifth installment in our new podcast series, "UVA Press Presents," via this interview with Daniel Mendelsohn, Editor at Large at The New York Review of Books and author of Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate and Jahan Ramazani, University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon Professor at the University of Virginia.
UVA Press author Adrian Brettle, whose book COLOSSAL AMBITIONS: Confederate Planning for a Post–Civil War World was published this July, writes about the history of globalization and the dangers of it being under attack.
We are delighted to announce dates for Daniel Mendelsohn's virtual book tour around THREE RINGS: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate (September 8).
UVA Press Reading Series
The University of Virginia Press is pleased to announce a new reading club that features themed books throughout the year at a discounted rate. The 2020 theme is Virginia Pathways and People for those interested in the flora, fauna, and people of Virginia. Books in the annual series are appropriate for book clubs, classrooms, or just your nearby easy chair. Selected by Press staff, these books will take you on journeys through beautiful landscapes, remarkable and conflicting histories, and engaging ideas and perspectives through fiction, biography, and design. The book series selections for 2020 are specially priced at a 40% discount to you, your family members, or friends with free shipping. Buy all 20 or mix and match to your own interests. Use code 10VPP.
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If you are seeking a publisher for your scholarly research and it is a good fit with our list, we welcome your query. The link below for “Prospective Authors” will offer contact information for our acquiring editors and tips for preparing a book proposal.
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The University of Virginia Press grieves at the loss of yet another valued life taken on a street corner, in a church, in a dangerous factory, in a routine traffic stop, or along a rural desolate road. We stand in solidarity with the peaceful protestors. We amplify their calls to remember those lost unjustly, to reclaim humanity and fairness, and to remain steadfast and committed to a world where all people are visible, valued, and have at birth a life of promise no matter color or creed.
Books allow us to gain understanding, to measure ourselves against the mirror of the past, and to rewrite the script for change. They show us pain, they act as mirrors, they allow us to see in new ways, they force us to remember, they shed light on reality, and they move us from provocative words to meaningful action. We hope that these six voices can help lead you through that process.
Read the following chapters from our books free of charge:
- Pain—“Racial Hurt and Soul Murder” from African Americans and the Culture of Pain by Debra Walker King
- Seeing—“Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, and Creative Productivity" from Bad Men by Howard Rambsy II
- Mirrors— “The Making of a Racist” from The Making of a Racist by Charles B. Dew
- Remembering—“Introduction” from Educated in Tyranny—Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s University by Maurie D. McInnis and Louis Nelson (eds.)
- Reality—"From Researching the Past to Reimagining the Future: Locating Carceral Crisis and the Key to its End, in the Long Twentieth Century" by Heather Ann Thompson in The Punitive Turn: New Approaches to Race and Incarceration, Deborah E. McDowell, Claudrena n. Harold, and Juan Battle (Eds.)
- Action and Light—“Goodness—Altruism and the Literary Imagination. 2012 Ingersoll Lecture by Toni Morrison in Toni Morrison—Goodness and the Literary Imagination, David Carrasco, Stephanie Paulsell, and Mara Willard (eds.)
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