📖 The University of North Carolina Press 💚 Est. 1922 | First University Press in the South 📚 Publishing books & journals for academics, students, and general readershttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mu3rjgw2zk2lWoot! We’re so excited 🎉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3rjgw2zk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mu2zwespvs2zScams targeting authors continue to rise so here's some useful tips to help you spot the scammers 🕵 https://uncpressblog.com/2026/08/27/protecting-authors-from-publishing-scams/27 Aug 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2zwespvs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mtyovt3o7c2a"Hubert Harrison wrote a number of pieces for The Nation in the 1920s as their first regular Black book reviewer. Now an acclaimed new book by Brian Kwoba examines the life and thought of this unjustly neglected figure..." Read this Q&A in @thenation.com 👇 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hubert-harrison-brian-kwoba/26 Aug 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyovt3o7c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mtwr2fn7ps2pNew in paperback! You're welcome ☺️ https://substack.com/home/post/p-21026022825 Aug 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwr2fn7ps2phttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mtk2hebi2s2d"It is such a strange animal, so different from us, but its consciousness is not entirely foreign to our own." Richard Schweid on how accurate modern book and movie depictions are of the octopus and more in this interview with Foreword Reviews 🐙 https://www.forewordreviews.com/articles/article/interview-with-richard-schweid-author-of-life-on-the-octopus-farm/20 Aug 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk2hebi2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mtjupgqwjs2vAre you writing a book on Black Women's History? There's still time to submit your application for our 2026/27 Incubator 🎉 Submit by August 31st! https://uncpress.org/black-womens-history-series-incubator/20 Aug 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjupgqwjs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mthlpm25ps2yNorth Carolina teachers explored the theme “Democracy in Place” through retreats in Asheville & Wilmington as part of a Carolina K-12 summer learning initiative tied to America’s 250th birthday using FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY as their anchor text 👏👇 https://college.unc.edu/2026/08/democracy-in-place/19 Aug 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthlpm25ps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mtf5rxilpc2zIt's pub day for BLACK FARM BOYS: The Untold Story of the New Farmers of America by Bobby J. Smith II 🎉 https://uncpress.org/9781469696935/black-farm-boys/18 Aug 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf5rxilpc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mteycmerl22mRemember when we were in Baltimore for the New Voices, New Rooms conference earlier this month? If you were wondering what that entails, we have a recap for you! 📚🦀 https://uncpress.substack.com/p/new-voice-new-rooms-recap?r=7bs5sz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true18 Aug 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteycmerl22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mtchrzflps2mBe honest: how many books have you judged by their cover, and then added them to your syllabus after reading them?17 Aug 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtchrzflps2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mtbvwq3dhc2hThis New York Times obituary for Johanna Fernández, author of THE YOUNG LORDS, is a wonderful tribute to her life, scholarship, and lasting legacy 💚 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/johanna-fernandez-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share17 Aug 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbvwq3dhc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mstdo2l5gc22We love a pub day 📚 These books are now available wherever books are sold 🙌 Check out what else comes out this month: https://uncpress.org/hot-off-the-press/11 Aug 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstdo2l5gc22https://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3msspqn33gk2iIf you’re looking for more university presses to follow, @aupresses.bsky.social has a great starter pack! go.bsky.app/7p95p7B [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msspqn33gk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3mssnose2sc24It's the last day of #ASA2026! If you haven't made it to our booth yet, be sure to stop by today before 12pm or visit our virtual exhibit 👇 https://uncpress.org/amsocioassn-virtual-exhibit/11 Aug 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssnose2sc24https://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3msqsc6rbds2pPamela Popielarz stopped by the our booth at #ASA2026 and how cool is this custom phone case with her book cover on it?! 🤩😲 @asanews.bsky.social10 Aug 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqsc6rbds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3msj6aevhlk2tA moving remembrance of Johanna Fernández from @democracynow.org reflecting on her life, scholarship, activism, and extraordinary work preserving the history and legacy of the Young Lords 💚 https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/4/johanna_fernandez07 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj6aevhlk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3msbzpwpnvc2eWhat’s in our digital marketing managers bag at New Voices, New Rooms?04 Aug 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbzpwpnvc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3ms7pxugkkk25@rachelshelden.bsky.social and @aadeleon.bsky.social just wrapped up at the indie press reception at SIBA and NAIBA’s New Voices, New Rooms! Look at them in their element chatting with booksellers 👏📚04 Aug 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7pxugkkk25https://bsky.app/profile/uncpress.bsky.social/post/3ms6j6njndc2hWe’re on a flight to the New Voices New Rooms conference from SIBA and NAIBA where @rachelshelden.bsky.social has an author reception tonight and what are the odds the person next to us is reading her first book WASHINGTON BROTHERHOOD 🤯03 Aug 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:z732obxtorligcevfi42bbfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6j6njndc2h