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We publish great books and journals across literary and cultural studies. Our Mad Creek imprint is home to expansive, fresh, and invigorating literary and graphic works, and Trillium publishes books about Ohio and the Midwest. www.ohiostatepress.org

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Dec 23

Announcing our spring 2025 season! Review copies and course adoption requests: [email protected]
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The Ohio State University Press: Spring 2025 Catalog

The Spring 2025 catalog of the Ohio State University Press, with new titles in creative nonfiction, critical adoption studies, cultural studies, rhetoric and communication, and more.

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Mar 3

Rochelle Raineri Zuck explores how indigenous editors sought to use the press as a tool to advance indigenous interests. #AmericanPeriodicalHistory #indigenousHistory @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/nbw5w

A photo of The Tomahawk Newspaper (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.), April 9, 1903. Image provided by the Minnesota Historical Society.

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 28

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On Our Way Home from the Revolution: Reflections on Ukraine

Following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, a child of the Ukrainian diaspora challenges her formative ideologies, considers innocence and complicity, and questions the roots of patriotism.

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 28

Abigail Boucher tackles M. P. Shiel's #ThePurpleCloud to explore the role luck plays in the origins and future of humanity, and in the class structures that organize society. Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social here: shorturl.at/qJoJu #VictorianStudies #Darwinism

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Title illustration for M.P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud by J.J. Cameron

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · Feb 28

Michelle Bumatay's book looks amazing: it's about Black francophone bandes dessinées (comic books)! (ohiostatepress.org/books/titles..., @ohiostatepress.bsky.social)

I need to read this book ASAP!

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 28

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Just Kids: Youth Activism and Rhetorical Agency

Analyzes cases in which children and teens push back against public discourse that treats them as symbols rather than as effective organizers, speakers, writers, and demonstrators.

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 27

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On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power

Centers the diversity of Black francophone cartoonists while demonstrating the reparative nature of their work in combatting stereotypes and challenging transcolonial power imbalances.

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 27

"Bumatay reframes bandes dessinées … as a tool for resistance and transformation…[providing] important context on the long history of the work of Black comics in contributing to global discussions of representation and power." @brittlepaper.bsky.social
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Combatting Racial Stereotypes Through Comics: On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power by Michelle Bumatay

On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power by Michelle Bumatay is the first book in English to explore the work of Black francophone artists of bandes desinées and their responses to colonial l...

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 26

It's official! We are proud to partner with @projectmuse.bsky.social on their Subscribe to Open (S2O) program to make our journals more accessible to libraries and scholars worldwide. Check out our first journal of 2025, #Narrative, live and #OpenAccess on Project Muse: shorturl.at/RPvZB

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 26

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At the Park on the Edge of the Country: Poems

Poems that map the intricacies of memory, immigration, and belonging through the experiences of one Mexican American family in the rural American South.

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 26

"I found it challenging to trust the limits set by my obsessions." Thank you @pw.org for featuring @austinaraujo.bsky.social! AT THE PARK OF THE EDGE OF THE COUNTRY is just out. Ten Questions for Austin Araujo+https://www.pw.org/content/ten_questions_for_austin_araujo

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Journal of Modern Literature @journalofmodlit.bsky.social · Feb 25

BOOK NEWS: How Black women poets' prominence comes at a price
Recent release from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social
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BOOK NEWS: How Black women poets' prominence comes at a price

Pitfalls of Prestige: Black Women and Literary Recognition BY LAURA ELIZABETH VRANA Ohio State UP, 2024 ISBN: 978-0-8142-1575-3 https://ohi...

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 24

Andrea Hoff & Wanda John-Kehewin of Beyond Collective investigate how #Visions of the Crow utilizes comic storytelling to reflect on Canada’s fraught history with and lasting impact on Indigenous Peoples. Free on @projectmuse.bsky.social: shorturl.at/deuW3 #CreeNation #IndigenousComics

Comic panel of a crow flying over a neighborhood in the evening. "To be continued..." in the bottom right corner. Panel from 'Vision of the Crow' by Wanda John-Kehewin

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 24

"I wanted to fill a gap in the graphic novel … canon by presenting a story about the unique needs of heritage speakers." Marcela Garcés talks to @lupitareads.bsky.social about ME LLAMO MARCELA: MY STORY AS A HERITAGE SPEAKER lupitareads.substack.com/p/nuevaspagi... @professorlatinx.bsky.social

#NuevasPáginas: Marcela T. Garcés

with Marcela T. Garcés author of Me Llamo Marcela: My Story as a Heritage Speaker!

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 19

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 19

Coming in July in our series New Suns: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Speculative! Looks at the work of @rfkuang.bsky.social, @nkjemisin.bsky.social, @nnedi.bsky.social, @tomiadeyemi.bsky.social, @tashasuri.bsky.social, @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social, @nghivo.bsky.social and others.

Joy Sanchez-Taylor @jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social · Feb 19

Hi All! I am a scholar of BIPOC science fiction and fantasy literature. My new book Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre is now available to preoder. I am so excited to see this book, the companion to my first book Diverse Futures, come to life: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...

Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre

Examines how authors of color, in writing against white-dominated, Eurocentric fantasy narratives, counteract Christian and colonial tropes and offer alternate versions of morality, race, gender, and ...

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 19

You know we are so excited, too!

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 19

This essay still resonates. From ON OUR WAY HOME FROM THE REVOLUTION: REFLECTIONS ON UKRAINE, by Sonya Bilocerkowycz, available from our trade imprint, Mad Creek Books. #Ukraine #Putin @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/in-the-age-o...

In the Age of Political Thugs

This one is red, communist red, the color of tomato paste and new cars. South Dakota has been easily carried by the Republicans in every election since 2000, when the color scheme of conservative “…

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 19

Nora Kassner explores the significant role the pediatric HIV-AIDS pandemic had on the shift in family policy on gay parenthood and "color-blind" adoption in the 90s. Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social here: shorturl.at/JodbV #CriticalAdoptionStudies #GayAdoptionStudies #InterracialAdoption

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Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · Feb 17

⬇️‼️⬇️‼️⬇️‼️⬇️‼️⬇️‼️⬇️ #ComicsStudies

The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 5

We apologize for the technical difficulties -- Inks 8(3) will now be free to access @projectmuse.bsky.social until the end of the February: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53356

Cover image of Inks 8(3) showing image of boat with people rowing on an ocean, Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, special issue: Seeing Stories with Indigenous Comics

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 18

It’s wild and wonderful to hear Major Jackson read from @austinaraujo.bsky.social’s brand-new collection, AT THE PARK ON THE EDGE OF THE COUNTRY. Get your copy for 20% + free shipping here: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 17

Courtney Lewis reflects on the ways that comics & graphic novels inspire #Indigenous students as well as facilitate the education of and dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students regarding the critical issues faced today. Free on @projectmuse.bsky.social: shorturl.at/Cm9HP

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 14

Literary scholars discuss the ethical & intellectual labor involved with recovering and preserving Black literature from 19th century periodicals to fight the erasure of Black Print culture. check it out on @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/tpex6 #BlackHistory #AmericanPeriodicals

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 12

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MBumatay @mbumatay.bsky.social · Feb 12

🤩✨I got my copy of On Black BD & Transcolonial Power! Get yours too ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... my deepest thanks to everyone at @ohiostatepress.bsky.social esp the series editors @seehatfield.bsky.social & @rawreader.bsky.social 🩵

The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 12

Stephen C. E. Hopkins explores the popular medieval apocryphon, the #ErythraeanSibyl and argues that it represents a crucial element in a network of Welsh religious prose texts which present prophecy in royal presences. #CelticStudies Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/zMZsA

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · Feb 10

#Maidu artist Chag Lowry spotlights the importance of Native artists telling and owning their own stories as a direct result of the stereotypical imagery that informs American society. Available on @projectmuse.bsky.social for free until 02/22: muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/...
#Indigenous #Yoruk

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