November 29, 2022
In December 2008, my family traveled from Orlando to Dallas on a two-day holiday road trip to visit our Texas relatives. Circumstances necessitated that we stop at a Louisiana Waffle… READ MORE
November 17, 2022
This week marks University Press Week, an annual celebration sponsored by the Association of University Presses. Next UP is this year’s theme. Organizers chose it to reflect the “constant spirit… READ MORE
November 11, 2020
This week UAP is celebrating University Press Week and the 2020 theme #RaiseUP. And today, we are using our turn on the blog to spotlight scientific voices amplified by the… READ MORE
September 22, 2020
UAP was saddened to hear of the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week. You may be surprised to learn that Ginsburg made her first appearance before the Supreme… READ MORE
November 13, 2019
The Tuscaloosa Bicentennial Commission will host a community-wide book discussion at the Tuscaloosa Federal Building and United States Courthouse on Thursday, November 21, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The Commission has… READ MORE
July 9, 2019
Military historian, professor, and UAP author Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr. is the 13th recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. … READ MORE
June 6, 2019
The Signal Monuments and Official Memory As the Allied forces stormed Norman beaches and fought their way inland, they needed logistical support including food, clothing, guns and ammunition. Between June… READ MORE
March 26, 2019
The University of Alabama Press will hold its annual warehouse book sale on April 11-13 in the Ferguson Student Center on the University of Alabama campus. During the three-day sale,… READ MORE
January 15, 2019
My name is Sydney Evans, and I am currently a senior at the University of Alabama studying English. My interest in publishing came about two years ago when my passion… READ MORE
November 3, 2017
Interconnected stories depicting the last years of a WWII bomber pilot, his relationship with his daughter as both child and adult, and his drift into infirmity and death When life… READ MORE
What Waffle House Taught Me about the South