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This RoundUP sets the stage for storytellers that amplify queer lives, empower people of color, & honor those shaping how we remember & imagine the future. buff.ly/ep36nSH #ReadUP @TempleUnivPress @DukePress @UofMPress @UChicagoPress @NYUpress @PennPress @IllinoisPress

Another review of "The Bastard Instrument!" Find the book at doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1… "Personal interviews, insightful illustrations, exhaustive research, and thoughtful analysis make this book an exceptional contribution to a young and burgeoning field." —Popular Music

Our Series Editors are looking for more submissions to the Practice, Pedagogy, and Programming for Graduate Communication Series! Please take a look at the series page to see if your book would be a good fit. press.umich.edu/Series/P/Pract…

Check out Maria Boletsi's newest essay about her 2024 book "Specters of Cavafy" in Greek Studies Now! Read here: gc.fairead.net/specters-cavafy

We are proud to announce Tarryn Li-Min Chun's "Revolutionary Stagecraft" won ATHE's Outstanding Book in Innovative Achievement, and "Bodies on the Front Lines" by Brenda Werth & Katherine Zein received an honorable mention for the Edited Works Award! myumi.ch/796n1

On this day in 1967 the Detroit Riots began and were among the bloodiest in American history. #ReadUP with an #oa book and a personal history from @UofMPress bit.ly/HurtBabyHurt Do you see parallels to today? #Discover #Explore #MUSE

Here's a timely, FREE/OA book from @UofMPress - that asks...What does state punishment reveal about the ideals & aspirations of a people & their #government & whether or not it is confident in its own legitimacy & sovereignty? #ReadUP #StepUP #TeamUP - bit.ly/lpunpolitics

Lianjiang Li's "Political Trust in China" is now available! This #OpenAccess title examines the dimensions of Chinese citizens' trust in the current regime. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1…

Aly Dramé's "The Institutionalization of Islam in Southern Senegal" is now available! This volume explores the development of Islam in the Middle Casamance region and is #OpenAccess so start reading here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1…

"By Touch Alone" by Vanessa Warne is now available! This volume explores how reading by touch challenged perceptions of blindness and what it means to be a reader in the nineteenth century. Start reading: doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1…

Don't forget to hear Diane Kiesel talk about her book "When Charlie Met Joan" at Porter Square Books tonight! Find the event details at portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-07-…

I am delighted to see that 'The Derecognition of States' has made it to the International Affairs summer reading list! Thanks so much @AleksandraSpal3 and @IAJournal_CH! press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-De… @UofMPress | @LawGovDCU | @HumanitiesDCU | @DCU_Research

☀️ The wait is over: our summer reading list 2025 is here! Explore our recommended selection of books, reviewed in International Affairs, to keep you company this summer: medium.com/international-…

"Realizing Equality in Policy" edited by Alexander Kaufman is now available! This volume questions the policy implications of contemporary theories of egalitarian justice. Grab a copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/R/Realiz…

"Ten years ago, in the summer of 2015, I spent a week in London researching the history of street readers," writes Vanessa Warne. Read her blog post about researching her new book "By Touch Alone: Blindness and Reading in Nineteenth-Century Culture" at press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/07/R…

There is a new book in the Michigan Classical Commentaries series! "Commentary on Thucydides, Book 3" By Rachel Bruzzone brings Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War to a wider audience. Find a copy at press.umich.edu/Books/C/Commen…

"In Pursuit of Prosperity" by Charles R. Hankla is now available! This volume examines the process of economic upgrading and develops a new theory to explain the form and the policies designed to promote it. Read here: doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1…

Are you near Cambridge, MA? Author Diane Kiesel will be talking about her book "When Charlie Met Joan" at Porter Square Books on July 16th! Find the event details at portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-07-…

✨My new book, From Kosovo to Darfur, is out! Through statistical, archival, and content analysis approaches, it investigates the regional selectivity gap inherent in humanitarian military interventions. Get 30% off with UMWEB30: press.umich.edu/Books/F/From-K…