It’s that time of year. Snowdrops and crocuses are blooming. Tulips and daffodils are sending up their leaves. It seems like the land is waking up and it’s time to start thinking about your garden. You’ve been waiting all winter and the time is almost here. Not yet time to
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To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’re excited to share a reading list of new poetry collections from our wonderful distributed client, Seagull Books. Shop our poetry collection directly from our website using the promo code POETRYMONTH and take 40% off at checkout. Seagull Books Ever Since I Did Not Die by Ramy
University Presses like Chicago are committed to making available works that not only keep us informed but also help us to better understand the world and climate around us. Our commitment to environmental awareness and sustainability runs deep, and to celebrate Earth Day, we have put together a reading list
The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce that An Epidemic of Uncertainty: Navigating HIV and Young Adulthood in Malawi by Jenny Trinitapoli is the recipient of the 2025 Gordon J. Laing Award. The award was presented by the University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos at a gala reception
The University of Chicago Press is excited to announce a new book series, America Reframed: Political History for What Comes Next, steered by series editors Geraldo L. Cadava, Brent Cebul, N. D. B. Connolly, and Lily Geismer. America Reframed publishes ambitious and novel historical interpretations of American power, politics, and
To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’re excited to share a reading list of new poetry collections. Here at the University of Chicago Press, we’ve recently published Daniel Mendelsohn’s new translation of The Odyssey. This magnificent feat of translation conveys the poetics of the original while bringing to vivid life the
Does today’s political moment have you asking “How did we get here?” If so, we have a reading list that includes histories of American commerce and trade, culture wars, the American Supreme Court, European capitalism, and the hunt for Nazis who escaped justice after World War II. Works by political
In today’s never-ending news cycle, it can be hard to stay grounded and make sense of the flood of information. So, we offer here a list of books to help us think through these times. Informed by the University of Chicago’s trademark openness to the free exchange of ideas, the
In 1925, the Medieval Academy of America (MAA) was founded as a learned society dedicated to pursuing scholarly research on the Middle Ages in North America. A century later, the MAA occupies a central position in the landscape of medieval studies, and Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, the flagship journal of the
A Jazz Age Lesson in Activism, with Stunning Parallels to Politics Today
Guest Post from Gioia Diliberto, author of Firebrands: The Untold Story of Four Women Who Made and Unmade Prohibition A radical social/political movement has taken over the government. Privately, many legislators and officials acknowledge that the movement is deeply flawed, even mad in some respects. They know the country is