Our Top Picks for a Perfect Summer Reading List
July 24, 2024
As the warm sun graces our days and the evenings beckon us to unwind, there’s no better companion than a good book. Whether you’re lounging by the pool, enjoying a… READ MORE
July 24, 2024
As the warm sun graces our days and the evenings beckon us to unwind, there’s no better companion than a good book. Whether you’re lounging by the pool, enjoying a… READ MORE
June 28, 2024
From Sophie Klahr: Experiences of gender and sexuality shift continuously from one first-person voice to another throughout the vignettes of There Is Only One Ghost in the World; no expression of one… READ MORE
June 26, 2024
Harry Thomas’s study of effeminate men and boys in U.S. culture—Sissy!—began, as many books do, with the failure of another book project. Nearing the end of his Ph.D. program in… READ MORE
June 24, 2024
White Wedding follows an enigmatic woman wandering from a pleasure mansion to a backyard wedding, upending the lives of everyone present. From Kathleen Woods: In this excerpt, a girl struggles… READ MORE
June 20, 2024
As a part of our Pride Celebration, we’re excited to highlight two captivating books by Vi Khi Nao that delve into the complexities of identity, love, and resilience: A Brief… READ MORE
June 14, 2024
Today The University of Alabama Press reveals the cover of The Flat Woman, an experimental novel by Vanessa Saunders, which looks at climate change through the lens of feminism. Winner of… READ MORE
June 12, 2024
I remember the thrill with which I read a conversation between British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien and British music journalist Jon Savage in Critical Quarterly in 1994, in the… READ MORE
June 5, 2024
For The University of Alabama Press’s Pride Month Celebration, we invited our authors to share their LGBTQIA+ experiences and scholarship. Today, Erin J. Rand, author of Reclaiming Queer, will discuss… READ MORE
May 15, 2024
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L & N), along with other railroad startups, began prior to the Civil War. Located in Kentucky, the L & N railroad entered Alabama by… READ MORE
May 6, 2024
Today, we observe Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a day to remember the six million Jews murdered during World War II and the countless others who suffered under Nazi… READ MORE