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#UPWeek 2024 invites us to explore how we #StepUP. We’re highlighting WHERE our press steps up through a reading list of books on sustainability and the environment, which help gives context to current issues—especially in Florida. floridapress.blog/2024/11/14/flo…

Read our November e-newsletter! It features our holiday sale, exciting upcoming author events, student internship opportunities, and more. Read it here: conta.cc/4fp2ken Want our monthly e-newsletters delivered to your inbox? Subscribe here: upress.ufl.edu/subscribe

For lovers of modern dance: Meet Robert Pranzatelli, author of PILOBOLUS, Saturday, 11/16, at 5:30 PM at Hickory Stick Book Shop. Pranzatelli will discuss his book on the iconic dance company, followed by a Q&A with @Pilobolus directors. pilobolus.org/book

#Ocala readers: Saturday, 11/9, at 11 am, David Morton will discuss his new book, MOTION PICTURE PARADISE, at the Marion County Public Library. Come meet the author and hear about the last 100 years of American movies and television in Florida. ocalamarion.com/events/florida…

Interested in learning more about publishing? Apply for a paid student #internship for Spring 2025 at the University Press of Florida. More information can be found here: conta.cc/4fALjOe

We think books make great gifts and we are happy to share that our annual holiday sale is live! All of our books are on sale with code HOL24 through December 16. Check out our holiday catalog for our newest giftable books and classic holiday bestsellers: bit.ly/HolidayBookSal…

MODERN CUBAN by @OfficialAnaQ in the @washingtonpost! Learn about this new #cookbook, releasing this month, and get Ana's recipe for black bean soup: washingtonpost.com/food/2024/11/0…

✳️BOOK TOUR UPDATE✳️ The book tour for FLORIDA SPECTACULAR: EXTRAORDINARY PLACES AND EXCEPTIONAL LIVES continues in Nov + Dec at @verobooks, @CopperfishBooks, @FL_WildCorridor's Wild Space Gallery, @bookmarkbeach, and more places. Event details here: upress.ufl.edu/calendar.asp

In TECHNIFIED MUSES, Sara Potter uses the idea of the #muse from Greek mythology and the #cyborg from posthuman theory to consider the portrayal of female characters in Mexican art and literature from the 1920s to the present. #UFPress floridapress.blog/2024/10/29/tec…

Really looking forward to this public dialogue about our new @floridapress book! w/a shout-out to @NEHgov... news.unl.edu/article/castro…

On #WorldPolioDay, author Orel Protopopescu reflects on the remarkable life and spirit of Tanaquil Le Clercq, a ballerina whose story is told in DANCING PAST THE LIGHT. To learn more about Le Clercq’s legacy, head over to our blog. floridapress.blog/2024/10/24/cel…

📚 Hui és el #DiaDeLesBiblioteques i ho celebrem recomanant-vos una de les últimes novetats de la nostra biblio

#BiblioMuprevaRecomana 📖 "Ancient Foodways", un fascinant estudi sobre com les dades arqueològiques ens parlen dels costums alimentaris i els mons socials passats.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our panel on #PeerReview in #BookPublishing hosted by our acquisitions editors @StephanyeHunter, @sianmhunter, @MaryGPuckett, Janie Chan, & @CarlynnCrosby. The webinar recording is available here: youtu.be/vtUuFFRV-mg?si… #ReadUP

A rare glimpse into the Cuban community in #KeyWest in the early twentieth century, TEARS AND FLOWERS makes the poetry of Feliciano Castro—a writer, printer, editor, and cigar factory lector—available in English for the first time. #HispanicVoices floridapress.blog/2024/10/22/tea…

Beautiful & surreal: watching members of Descolonizarte Teatro in Orlando read poems by my grandfather from our new bilingual edited collection from @floridapress #Latinxlit 🇨🇺🌴🇪🇸

TODAY at 4pm EST! Register here: bit.ly/Fall2024Publis…

Take an immersive journey into the stunning and fragile ecosystems of #DryTortugas #NationalPark in the newest #book co-published by #FLHumanities and @floridapress. Get your copy of "Dry Tortugas: Stronghold of Nature," by Ian Wilson-Navarro: bit.ly/3NrQm7u

Read our October e-newsletter! It features our upcoming exhibits, new journal issues, authors in the news, and more. Check it out here: conta.cc/487PtdE Subscribe for our monthly e-newsletters here: upress.ufl.edu/subscribe

Providing a comprehensive overview of the geography, history, science, and politics of the freshwater wonders of #Florida, FLORIDA SPRINGS informs readers about the deep past and current issues facing these treasures of the Florida landscape. floridapress.blog/2024/10/15/flo…