Founded in 1959, publisher of scholarly & regional books, as well as award-winning literary series’ Sun Tracks and Camino del Sol.
Tucson, AZ
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“We’re important building blocks of scholarship, but I think people are surprised to learn how many of our books are of general interest; books anyone might want to read.”
#AUPresses #ThisisTucson
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Congratulations to Classics alumnus Gregory McNamee, whose new book celebrates the people, ideas, inventions, teaching & structures that have guided @uarizona's evolution from a small land-grant college to an internationally renowned research institution
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@AZpress #WomensHistoryMonth book recommendation: Central American Counterpoetics by Karina Alma. What is the role of creativity in the anticolonial movement? Read new perspectives on women’s role in the history in Central America 📙 bit.ly/3TwZJW2 👈
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Chestnut People and Jaguar-Man: @ThirdCoastRvw guest author Binx Perino interviews @diego_baez about his new poetry collection, Yaguareté White (from @AZpress)
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University of Arizona Press retweeted
Great trip to American Anthro conference to celebrate our forthcoming book, Accompaniment with Im/migrant Communities, in the engaged ethnography series from @AZpress! Should be in our hands in the next few months. – at Toronto, Ontario
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We're currently accepting submissions to the Ambroggio Prize, a $1000 prize given for a full-length poetry manuscript in Spanish & w/ an English translation. The winning manuscript will published by @AZpress in 2025. Apply by 2/15/24.
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ALT Ambroggio Prize-winning books Ojo en Celo / Eye in Heat by Margarita Pintado Burgos, translated by Alejandra Quintana Arocho; La Lotería: Sorteo Nocturno / The Lottery: Nocturnal Sweepstakes by Elizabeth Torres; Cardenal en mi ventana con una máscara en el pico / Cardinal in My Window with a Mask on its Beak by Carlos Aguasaco, translated by Jennifer Rathbun.
We're so excited to publish this book!
Many contributors share how they apply Indigenous theory to their work in their communities & how this work is driven by urgency, responsibility & justice in "From The Skin"– @azpress #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth book recommendation 📚⚖️ bit.ly/3uomx1o
Happy Publication Day to Nicolás Kanellos and Latinos and Nationhood: Two Centuries of Intellectual Thought!
Happy Publication Day to Jesús Rosales and Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez, editors of La Plonqui, The Literary Life and Work of Margarita Cota-Cárdenas!
Happy Publication Day to David Yetman and Alberto Búrquez, authors of Mexico’s Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán: From Deserts to Clouds!
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“Ojo en celo / Eye in Heat is full of paradoxical tensions. Margarita Pintado’s sharp eye is committed to each carefully crafted word and phrase to bring us a poetics of lack and desire. More than just a keen eye, in this book we find a whole sensitive body made of beauties and fragilities.”—Elidio La Torre Lagares, author of Wonderful Wasteland and Other Natural Disasters @AZpress
We are so proud to be publishing this work by Margarita Pintado! @MargaritaPinta2
Margarita Pintado Burgos and Alejandra Quintana Arocho’s Ojo en Celo / Eye in Heat has won the $1,000 Ambroggio Prize for a Spanish poetry manuscript + English translation, which will be published by University of Arizona Press @AZpress. Achy Obejas @achylandia Judged.
ALT Academy of American Poets logo. Text that reads: "2023 Prize Winners, Margarita Pintado Burgos, Ambroggio Prize." Headshot of Margarita Pintado Burgos.
Happy Publication Day to Louis Friedman and Alone but Not Lonely, Exploring for Extraterrestrial Life!
Happy Publication Day to Editors Dana Brablec and Andrew Canessa for Urban Indigeneities, Being Indigenous in the Twenty-First Century!
TOMORROW, Sept 18, hear Shelby Tisdale talk about her book "No Place for a Lady"
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ENR2 Building Room 107, 7pm. Tisdale will take us on a thought-provoking journey into how archaeologist Marjorie Lambert created a successful and satisfying career doing what she loved
Hey Houston! Is there life out in space? Author Lou Friedman will talk at Space Center Houston on Monday, Sept. 18, 1 pm.
Congratulations Craig Santos Perez!
wow im thrilled to share that my new poetry book, from unincorporated territory [åmot] has been named to the longlist for the National Book Award! grateful to the judges & my publisher Omnidawn, and so happy for all the amazing authors on this list!
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University of Arizona Press retweeted
🌵Registration is now open for #JanuaryInTucson 2024!🌵
"Our faculty literally wrote the book on Indigenous governance."
-IGP Manager Torivio Fodder
3 weeks of learning with world-class faculty and Indigenous governance scholars.
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University of Arizona Press retweeted
If you’re curious about the Latino/a community, activism, & how it fits into AZ’s history, Empowered! Latinos Transforming Arizona Politics is a timely & inspiring read. This & other @AZpress books can be found on the hamburger menu on Reading Arizona.
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We can't wait to get "When Language Broke Open" out into the world! pre-order: uapress.arizona.edu/book/whe…
I recently interviewed @RiceGonzalez. We discussed his short story "Always and Forever, Love Alex" which was published by @AZpress "When Language Broke Open: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Black Writers of Latin American Descent". The book will be available in December. #lgbt
