Kent State U Press

New catalog! Our spring season leads with praise for Kent State University Press from Tom Batiuk, and announces books by Eric LeMay, Nina Mandell, @newsguyusa (first time in paperback!), and others. Enjoy: kentstateuniversitypress.com/wp-content/upl…

The NFL Draft coming to Pittsburgh is great, you may be thinking, but is there a books angle? Librarians have you covered with this curated list of books to get to know the city—a mix of established and newer titles, including @chrisbriem's "Beyond Steel": chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/displa…

Another big month for KSUP books, with attention ranging from Bustle to The Guardian, and from the Pittsburgh Review of Books to Governing Magazine. Congrats to all our authors! kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/mar…

This year’s May 4 Commemoration, to be held May 1-4, will include special remembrances of John Cleary, one of the nine wounded students, and Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., who served as a faculty marshal during the campus shootings. Learn more: kent.edu/today/news/ken… #kentStateMay4

Just received the first paperback copies of the updated ‘Behind the White House Curtain.’ barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the-w… ift.tt/n2PYoA9

Reading is the best way to fight your scrolling addiction, sorry we don't make the rules 📚

It has come to my attention that not all of my followers here have purchased a book. At the very least, the pre-signed copies at White Whale need to sell out. Still some there.

Few things make us happier than university-press authors engaging wide audiences with the help of television's reach. So we were thrilled, this week, to see Nina Mandell (and her book "A Fraction of a Point") on Cleveland station WKYC. wkyc.com/video/sports/n…

WESA: New book by Pittsburgh economist challenges the region’s steel story (what book?) wesa.fm/economy-busine…

Congrats to @newsguyusa, whose book “Behind the White House Curtain” is now available in paperback with new material reflecting recent events at Voice of America. Find it wherever you shop, and revisit our interview with the author. kentstatebooks.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/the…

“Living, and loving, are exercises in trying.” This wonderful review by @MoonRuark!❤️📚

So proud of my former @usatodaysports colleague and fellow Northwestern Wildcat Nina Mandell on the publication of her wonderful and important new book: A Fraction of a Point. I was honored to blurb it. @MedillSchool

As @champcountdown lets me know which teams won’t play Cinderella, I’m spending time with this book by Mary Noé (pub’d by @KentStateUPress). Helluva way to spend a Saturday.

What America Can Learn From Pittsburgh - This long-depressed city has overcome some of its most serious problems. Maybe others can accomplish the same thing - My look at @chrisbriem's book for @GOVERNING governing.com/resilience/wha…

Congrats to KSUP author Nina Mandell, who’s in The Guardian today with a piece drawn from her new book “A Fraction of a Point.” We’re so pleased that this sensitive portrait of Ohio high school athletics is getting wide attention: theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar…

A book-length memento mori, Eric LeMay’s renderings of family life traverse dark times. But playful forms--incl. bird seed erasure poems(!)--and a well-earned sweetness win out... Read my review: pghrev.com/finding-love-b…

Congrats to Nina Mandell, whose book "A Fraction of a Point" (coming 3/10 from KSUP) is named one of "The 10 Best New Books of March" by Bustle. "If there’s an Olympics-sized hole in your heart, 'A Fraction of a Point' is not one to be missed." bustle.com/entertainment/….

Our state's legislature met for the first time 223 years ago today, on March 1, 1803. Happy Statehood Day, Ohio!

Fun seeing @chrisbriem’s “Beyond Steel” at the main branch of the @carnegielibrary in Pittsburgh!

KSUP is pleased to welcome the AUPresses Book, Jacket, & Journal Show! Congrats to all of our colleagues on the publication of beautiful books that push design in innovative directions. Not pictured: the books that KSUP staff have swiped and moved to the top of their TBR lists.