Read on below for a conversation between CavanKerry Press authors Dorsía Smith Silva (In Inheritance of Drowning) and Cati Porter (The Body at a Loss) about their writing journeys and the craft of poetry. Cati Porter: Dorsía, you read and reviewed my first poetry collection, Seven Floors Up, for a
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In 2023, the University of Chicago Press Journals Division launched a new online feature called “From the Archives” to bring new readership to less recent and archival scholarship. Each month, our team works to choose a different topic, and articles are selected for inclusion on the page via keyword search.
Since 2023, the University of Chicago Press has been proud to participate in the South Side Science Festival, a yearly event that brings STEM research to the families of Chicago’s South Side. Along with representatives from across the University of Chicago’s divisions, members of the press volunteer at the festival,
To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we’ve put together a reading list highlighting books by and about Indigenous individuals and communities. With these books from Chicago and our distributed client presses, you can explore the work of boundary-breaking sculptor Edmonia Lewis, follow a residential school survivor’s journey to escape a
On November 4th, residents of New York City will be casting their votes for mayor. It is an election that many in the United States are following closely to see if it will reveal trends about the general direction of politics in America. With this in mind, we offer a
We are honored to announce that the Municipal Finance Journal (MFJ) has joined the Chicago Journals publishing program. The journal is published in partnership with the Center for Municipal Finance at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Launched in 1980, MFJ is a forum for research on the issues facing
The leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter, the nights are growing chillier, and it can all only mean one thing: fall is upon us. Below are a handful of books that celebrate everything autumnal and spine-tingling, ranging from new editions of classic Halloween tales to explorations of divination