2018 Holiday Gift Guide
December 7, 2018
Still shopping for (and stressing over) thoughtful gifts for your friends and family? We’ve got you covered with books on history, language, culture, art, nature, and more. Give the gift… READ MORE
Year: 2018
#TurnItUP: Spotlight on Alabama’s Bicentennial
November 15, 2018
To celebrate history day on University Press Week 2018 blog tour, we are highlighting Alabama’s bicentennial year—a three-year celebration of the people, places, and events that form our rich history…. READ MORE
An Excerpt from “Jeffrey’s Latest 13: More Alabama Ghosts” by Kathryn Tucker Windham
October 19, 2018
From A Sampling of University Hauntings Colleges, it appears, have always been attractive to ghosts, and there is hardly an institution of higher learning in Alabama that lacks a local… READ MORE
Fall Reading List
October 1, 2018
Although it’s still 80-some degrees here in Tuscaloosa, we are embracing the Fall spirit, and nothing says “Fall” quite like curling up with a good book. This season our recommendations… READ MORE
UAP AWARDS 2017 AGEE PRIZE TO EMILY RUTTER
September 5, 2018
The University of Alabama Press is pleased to announce The Blues Muse: Race, Gender, and Musical Celebrity in American Poetry by Emily Ruth Rutter as the recipient of the 2017… READ MORE
UAP AWARDS 2017 MCMILLAN PRIZE TO B. J. HOLLARS
The University of Alabama Press is pleased to announce B. J. Hollars as the recipient of the 2017 Anne B. & James B. McMillan Prize in Southern History for his… READ MORE
A Conversation with John C. Havard
July 16, 2018
John C. Havard, is an associate professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery and the author of Hispanicism and Early US Literature: Spain, Mexico,… READ MORE
Summer Reading List
June 22, 2018
It’s officially summer! Here is our recommended reading list for the season, full of books on experimental fiction and meditations on life in the South. Whether your summer finds… READ MORE
The Rise of Barbecue Restaurants
May 23, 2018
May is National Barbecue Month. A time to celebrate cooking over an open flame. In the broadest sense, barbecue simply means the act of cooking anything over a fire, be… READ MORE
Interview with FC2 author George Choundas
May 21, 2018
The Making Sense of Things by George Choundas is a collection of twelve stories that pulse with memory, magic, and myth—all our favorite ways of trying to make sense of things…. READ MORE
Witness the Wonder: A Glimpse of “Southern Rivers” by Scot R. Duncan