May 23, 2023
To celebrate the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) annual meeting in Vancouver this year, we are thrilled to feature our recent award-winning books in Latin American history, visual studies, anthropology,… READ MORE
May 11, 2023
Use this discussion guide to host a Sinéad O’Connor book discussion! Sinéad O’Connor’s career—her music and her activism—gives fans, haters, music critics, journalists, and anyone with a surface-level knowledge of… READ MORE
May 4, 2023
Take the STEELY ZO-DAN-IAC quiz to find out which character from the Steely Dan universe you are! Steely Dan’s songs are exercises in fictional world-building. No one else in the… READ MORE
April 24, 2023
Rosalynn A. Vega’s new book, Nested Ecologies: A Multilayered Ethnography of Functional Medicine, is a study informed by the experiences of doctors and patients, and the author’s own health crisis…. READ MORE
April 6, 2023
Known as the first lady of country music, Tammy Wynette gained the moniker because she is most widely known in terms of her relationships with men, namely George Jones. (See… READ MORE
April 4, 2023
On Saturday, April 15, the University of Texas Press and our authors will be in and around the Central Library and Southwest School of Art in San Antonio for the… READ MORE
March 31, 2023
On a Sunday morning in 1968, Horace Busby—speechwriter and advisor to Lyndon Johnson during LBJ’s time in the House, the Senate, and the White House—was summoned to the president’s quarters… READ MORE
March 28, 2023
In his book Armadillos to Ziziphus: A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country, Dr. David Hillis guides readers through the region’s plants and animals. His approachable essays on the ecology… READ MORE
March 10, 2023
By Allyson McCabe In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into… READ MORE
February 28, 2023
Ron Tyler’s new book Texas Lithographs tells the story of nineteenth-century Texas through images. Lithographs allowed for the inexpensive reproduction of color illustrations before photography. As they rose in popularity,… READ MORE
