University Presses like Chicago are committed to making available works that not only keep us informed but also help us to better understand the past and process the devastating events of the present, specifically what is happening in Ukraine. For all of us seeking to gain more context for these
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In The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health, journalist Lina Zeldovich reveals how human excrement can be a life-saving, money-making resource—if we make better use of it. In the original piece below, adapted from her research, she explores how cities are learning
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The music of the Ethiopian diaspora rings around the world, testifying to the experiences of those exiled from their homeland and serving as a keystone for communities of Ethiopian refugees. Kay Kaufman Shelemay’s newest book, Sing and Sing On, draws on the recollections of dozens of musicians, whose historical position
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Last month, we were excited to start the year with some of our biggest book exhibits here at the University of Chicago Press. Though the meetings may be over, it’s not too late to browse for yourself and take advantage of any our seven conference discounts from January. Society for
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January 6, 2021, will forever be marked in history as the date of the Capital riot. Now that we’re a year out, what does this anniversary mean for American democracy? We asked three of our leading political science authors to offer their perspectives. Darren W. Davis, coauthor of Racial Resentment
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Billy Boy Arnold has been playing Chicago blues for just about as long as the genre has existed, with a recording and performing career that spans over seventy years. His newly published autobiography, The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold—hailed by Library Journal as a “lively, illuminating memoir essential to
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The University of Chicago Press and the Chicago Distribution Center are excited to announce a new marketing and distribution partnership with the Grolier Club throughout the world starting January 1, 2022. Since its founding in 1884, the Grolier Club has published or sponsored almost 500 books and exhibition catalogs—some of
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The Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation has awarded the University of Chicago Press a generous gift to establish a book series that reflects the broad interests of the Polish-born artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017). The series, to be known as the Abakanowicz Collection, will feature creative and critical works on
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In Memoriam: Sara Suleri Goodyear
It is with a deep sense of loss that we share news of the passing of author Sara Suleri Goodyear, at age 68. Her family reports that she died in Bellingham, WA, on 20 March 2022. Sara’s now classic memoir, Meatless Days, was published by the Press in 1989 and
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