Excerpt from Rick Perry: A Political Life
April 22, 2024
Rick Perry, the charming rancher, pilot, and politician from West Texas who was governor from 2000 to 2015, is one of the most important but polarizing figures in the state’s… READ MORE
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Q&A with Oil Cities author Henry Wiencek
April 15, 2024
In 1904, prospectors discovered oil in the rural parishes of North Louisiana just outside Shreveport. As rural cotton fields gave way to dense, industrial centers of energy extraction, migrants from… READ MORE
The Memoir You Cannot Miss
April 9, 2024
Announcing Loose of Earth: A Memoir Book Tour Dates | Praise | Audio Excerpts For anyone who has experienced the death of a parent, telling the story of that loss… READ MORE
Excerpt from A War of Colors by Nadine Sinno
April 2, 2024
Over the last two decades in Beirut, graffiti makers have engaged in a fierce “war of colors,” seeking to disrupt and transform the city’s physical and social spaces. In the… READ MORE
Q&A with Playing the Percentages author Derek Long
March 29, 2024
Though much has been written about early Hollywood and the studio system, few studies have focused on the distribution practices that directly preceded that system. Told not as a “golden… READ MORE
UT Press Authors at the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival
March 26, 2024
On Saturday, April 13, 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
Q&A with A Body of One’s Own author Patricio Simonetto
March 19, 2024
Next week is International Transgender Day of Visibility, an opportunity to raise awareness about trans identities, and to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people while also drawing attention… READ MORE
Q&A with Imagining the Method author Justin Rawlins
March 14, 2024
Only one performance style has dominated the lexicon of the casual moviegoer: “Method acting.” The first reception-based analysis of film acting, Imagining the Method investigates how popular understandings of the so-called Method—what… READ MORE
First books in our Connected Histories of the Middle East and the Global South series
March 11, 2024
A New Interdisciplinary Series in Area Studies The University of Texas Press is pleased to share the first books in our new series Connected Histories of the Middle East and… READ MORE
Q&A with Mesquite Pods to Mezcal editors on Oaxacan Culture, Foodways, and Futures
February 26, 2024
Among the richest culinary traditions in Mexico are those of the “eight regions” of the state of Oaxaca. Mesquite Pods to Mezcal: 10,000 Years of Oaxacan Cuisines brings together some… READ MORE
