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Powerful reporting from @jennyschuessler on the President’s House in Philly & the battle over public history. Feat. @johngmarks & his forthcoming book THY WILL BE DONE "about how Americans have thought, and fought, about Washington and slavery." nytimes.com/2026/02/05/art…

It seems like only yesterday that nearly every American newspaper, dozens and dozens of them, even in mid-size cities, ran book reviews by local critics. The alt-weeklies (I wrote for many of them) were everywhere and had feisty and boisterous book sections. Time, Newsweek and other weeklies had serious critics who mattered to the conversation. All this is gone. The stamping out of the Washington’s Post’s excellent book section - one of the last standing - ends an era. It’s a turning point in America's literature, which can’t thrive without serious and ardent criticism - aka public talk, back and forth, between competing voices, in something like real time. The silence out there is good for no one. Gloom suddenly feels like eclipse.

So these beauties just landed on my desk. White Power: Policing American Slavery by @gauthamrao coming in May. LMK if you need an ARC for review/feature/event, etc.

Pre-order It Is Not Enough to Survive: The Young Patriots Story NOW and get 30% off. On sale @UNC_Press til the end of the month. Feat: Rednecks, Black Panthers, & Blue Ribbon Beer! Colonel Sanders watching the 1968 DNC riots! High-grade People Power! & more! Link below⤵️

ASALH is proud to announce the finalists for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize, honoring outstanding scholarship on African American life & history. 🏆 Winner announced Feb 17, 2026 ⏰ 7pm ET | 6pm CT | 5pm MT | 4pm PT asalh.org #ASALH #ASALHBookPrize #BlackHistory

This @UNC_Press author panel offers essential insight for anyone seeking to understand the complexities behind US actions in Venezuela & their ripple effects across the hemisphere. youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4

In other news, here is my review of Renata Keller's great new hemispheric history of the Cuban Missile Crisis: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Booknotes: "A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era" cwba.blogspot.com/2026/01/bookno… @UNC_Press

When the news moves fast, we turn to eminent scholars for context. @UNC_Press panel on Cuba, Venezuela, and US foreign policy happening now and will be shared soon. @AlanMcPherson1 @mateojarquin @CMcKNichols @MJ_Busta

A renowned local historian delves into a decades-long struggle in Charlotte, offering insights that could shape future policies far beyond this city. bizjournals.com/charlotte/news…

When _Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos_ came out with @UNC_Press one year ago, I committed to donate all the proceeds to @affirmationLDS, the oldest LGBTQ LDS organization. I am please to have now donated my first royalty check and I thank all of you who made it possible.

The Divinity School congratulates Assistant Professor of American Religions William J. Schultz on the publication of his new book, 'Jesus Springs' (@UNC_Press, October 2025). 📘 'Jesus Springs' is available now: ow.ly/nHqa50X8L7G #ReligiousStudies

To support the UNC System’s new graduation requirement, prize-winning historians at @UNC @UNChistory have created a new resource for UNC system courses, in partnership with UNC Press. Learn more about the book & how students can get free access 👇 uncpressblog.com/2025/09/18/unc…

The "Chasing Bandits" book tour starts tonight in Springfield!

Booknotes: "Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform" cwba.blogspot.com/2025/09/bookno… @UNC_Press

In this episode from #Season11 of @LeftOfBlack Historian Derrick E. White discusses his book 'Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football', which was just released in paperback from @UNC_Press youtube.com/watch?v=babSa5…

📚 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable at #ASALH2025! Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement 🗓️ Thurs, Sept 25 | ⏰ 8:30–9:50 AM 📍 International Ballroom A – M2, North Tower Register today 👉 asalh.org/conference #MidwestUnrest #CivilRights

For New Orleanians like Black Panther community organizer Malik Rahim and author Sarah Fouts, the hurricane that struck the city 20 years ago marked a pivotal moment in America’s shift toward the political right. currentaffairs.org/news/how-katri…

Join us on Wed., 10/8 at 6pm, as we present the 2025 Society of the Cincinnati Prize to Vaughn Scribner of @ucabears for his book Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America (@UNC_Press). Learn more: bit.ly/4p8PYwu

📚Journal of American Ethnic History reviews: 📗Toward a Framework for Vietnamese American Studies @TempleUnivPress 📕"Forged in America" & "Arab New York" @NYUpress 📘Boardinghouse Women @UNC_Press 📙Searching for the Republic of the Rio Grande @TTUPress scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/issue…