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WVU Press is excited to be heading to the Appalachian Studies Association Conference @AppalachStudies at Marshall University. Logo: Charlie Umhau #appalachianstudies #appalachia #appalachian #appstudies #asa

We had a fantastic time at #AWP26 in Baltimore last week. Next week we're headed to ASA! See full post on Instagram or Facebook.

n x n/w’s first award season ❤️‍🔥 huge congrats to all the finalists! & thanks to the readers responsible for recognizing this curious book for this incredible honor. more news in june. pick up a copy of @WVUPRESS at AWP & allow me the pleasure to autograph yours on Saturday 💃🏼📚

Join us at @charmcitybooks🐦‍⬛ in Baltimore for an off-site AWP reading Friday, March 6 from 3:30 - 4:30 pm 🐦‍⬛Rachel Weaver | Dizzy: A Memoir 🐦‍⬛Corinna Cook | Permafrost Is an Archive 🐦‍⬛Julija Šukys | Artifact: Encounters With the Campus Shooting Archives 📍426 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD RSVP here: charmcitybooks.com/events/4746820… #AWP #AWP26 #awpoffsite

Meet Chris Campanioni, author of north by north/west: (an attention to frequency), at WVUP booth 1260 and get your copy signed! #AWP26

Meet Corinna Cook, author of Permafrost Is an Archive and Other Inheritances from the Alaska-Yukon Borderlands, at WVUP booth 1260 and get your copy signed! #AWP26

Meet Megan Howell, author of Softie: Stories, at WVUP booth 1260 and get your copy signed! #AWP26

Meet Julija Šukys, author of Artifact: Encounters with the Campus Shooting Archives, at WVUP booth 1260 and get your copy signed! #AWP26

Meet Neema Avashia and Sejal Shah, authors of Another Appalachia and How to Make Your Mother Cry, at WVUP booth 1260 and get your copy signed! #AWP26

Meet Rachel Weaver, author of Dizzy: A Memoir, at WVUP booth 1260 and get your copy signed! #AWP26

#AWP26 is almost here… Come find us and our authors!

Ravens circle over towns where Black communities once thrived. Appalachian coal towns once full of Black life now stand mostly silent. In “My Appalachia: Nevermore”, William H. Turner reflects on growing up in Lynch, Kentucky, remembering the churches, schools, music, and neighborhoods that once defined Black life in these towns. He writes about the loss of these communities and the cultural rhythms and spaces that vanished with the decline of coal. Turner bears witness to a Black Appalachian world that is largely gone but lives on in memory. Read the full essay on Booktimist—booktimist.com/2026/02/27/my-…. #BlackHistoryMonth #Blackhistory #Appalachianhistory #BlackAppalachia #coalmininghistory

Congratulations to Helen Kapstein's Petroforms: Oil and the Shaping of Nigerian Aesthetics, which is a PROSE Award Finalist in Humanities: Literature. 🏅 @AmericanPublish

Elizabeth Harden Gilmore didn’t wait for change—she initiated it. A trailblazer in business, civil rights, and public service, she became West Virginia’s first Black woman funeral director, organized boycotts that desegregated Charleston businesses, founded the state’s first CORE chapter, and expanded opportunities for youth. This Black History Month, we reflect on her lasting impact on WV and celebrate historian James D. Randall and his gift of 200 photos documenting Black life and history in the region to the Kanawha County Public Library. Read the full post on our Facebook or Instagram. facebook.com/share/v/1AkRPh… #BlackHistoryMonth #Blackhistory #WVhistory #Appalachianhistory #civilrightshistory