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If you can't join us in person for this one, we actually feel sorry for you 🍻. BUT! You can still browse our virtual booth during the conference. Use promo code '18SMH26' at checkout and save 30% off select titles. Shop Here ➡️ oupress.com/2026-smh/

Out Now! "Mollie Brumley's Civil War: Surviving the Guerrilla War in Arkansas" by Theodore Catton is an unprecedented picture of the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West and a remarkable coming-of-age story shaped by the fight against slavery. oupress.com/9780806196503/…

Meet the OU professor that helped shape Ryan Coogler’s 2025 film Sinners, now nominated for a record 16 Academy Awards.

Save the Date: The Pre-Columbian Society to Host Martha Macri: "The Isthmian Script: A New Approach to Decipherment" March 14th at 1:30pm! More information here ➡️ precolumbian.org/next-meeting/

Let’s go #OLA2026! @OUPress is ready for you! Can’t join us in person? You can still shop our booth. Use promo code 18OLA26 at oupress.com and get 40% off your order!

Save the Date, Chicago!

It's been a blast showing off books in the @OUPress "Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed" series at the Transformative Learning Conference at UCO today. Many thanks to Kevin Gannon for modeling with a complete set of books in the series so far!

"Taos Society of Artists" Edited by Peter H. Hassrick, Gerald P. Peters and Melissa W. Speidel! oupress.com/9780806194943/…

"The California Camera Club: Collective Visions in the Making of the American West" by Carolin Görgen! oupress.com/9780806196039/…

Please join us in congratulating these recent OU Press authors as they have been selected as finalists for the Foreword INDIES Book Awards! View the complete list here ➡️ forewordreviews.com/articles/artic…

Out Now! "After the Theft of the Sacred: Experiential Religion in Indigenous Writing" by Reginald Dyck shows how Native communities and characters use their lived religions to make sense of an increasingly fragmented and urban world. oupress.com/9780806196510/…

Let's talk book history! Next week I will give a talk on the history of @OUPress (coauthored with Tom Kahle), "Book Publishing and the American West, Then & Now." It's part of the American West & the Humanities series at OU. Wednesday, 3/4, 1pm @ the Charles Russell Center.

Ready to get swept away? @MatthewCappucci's "Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Tornadoes" will be one to keep on your 'radar' for Spring 2028! Get it...radar...😃🌪️

Out Now! "Reasons We Fight: Tejanos and American Wars, 1836-1972" by Alex Mendoza documents the circumstances that shaped military attitudes among Mexican Texans, along with their shifting ideas about identity, community, nationalism—and America itself. oupress.com/9780806196541/…

Publishing job, ICYMI: We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @OUPress to support our authors and acquisitions editors! It is a good entry point for a career in book publishing. Job is on-site in Norman. Questions? andrewb@ou.edu Apply here: ou.taleo.net/careersection/…