April 17, 2024
Southern Rivers explores the Southeast’s imperiled river systems and solutions for preserving them in the face of habitat loss, climate change, and extinction A Look Inside Southern Rivers Westernmost tip… READ MORE
March 22, 2024
The critical questions of war facing the nation coincided with more personal dilemmas facing the Bankhead grandchildren Eugenia and Tallulah, who were enrolled at Fairmont Seminary as the nation girded… READ MORE
March 7, 2024
The University of Alabama Press shares the sad news that our former senior acquisitions editor and marketing manager Beth (Elizabeth) Motherwell died this week after a short illness. An Arkansas… READ MORE
February 27, 2024
The University of Alabama Press announces F. Evan Nooe as the recipient of the 2022 Anne B. & James B. McMillan Prize in Southern History for his book Aggression and… READ MORE
February 16, 2024
The University of Alabama Press proudly shines a light on the captivating life and literary legacy of Sara Haardt, a talented writer whose complex relationship with the South fueled her… READ MORE
January 30, 2024
Let us raise a raven’s feather instead of a birthday cake to Edgar Allan Poe, the maestro of macabre. January 19th marked the birthday of this literary giant, whose dark… READ MORE
January 12, 2024
Sara’s circle of friends in their neighborhood on the tree-shaded streets of Montgomery included Sara Haardt, born 1898; Zelda Sayre, born 1900; and Tallulah Bankhead, born 1902 and, along with… READ MORE
January 5, 2024
She said things like “Everyone wants to belong to a witch,” and“A name is a carnivorous animal.” Her penmanship lifted off andvibrated. She had incredibly long toes and she’d killed… READ MORE
December 13, 2023
It’s hard not to think about war these days, with Ukraine and the Middle East. It’s been said that only the dead can stop thinking about it; only the dead… READ MORE
December 6, 2023
As the holidays approach, many of us are looking for ways to connect with our heritage and traditions. For Alabamians, food is an integral part of both. That’s where Emily… READ MORE
Witness the Wonder: A Glimpse of “Southern Rivers” by Scot R. Duncan