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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Shopping for that book lover in your life? Check out our series on the everchanging world of book publishing and digital media on our website. Just use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isnk9 to save 40% on your order now through December! #giftbooks #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
Science for the People tells the story of the most the most radical science movement in U.S. history. For any activist who’s interested on how science was viewed through a political lens, use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isoZv to save 40% on this incredible book! #readUP #gift #activist #peace
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Science for the People tells the story of the most the most radical science movement in U.S. history. For any activist who’s interested on how science was viewed through a political lens, use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isoZv to save 40% on this incredible book! #readUP #gift #activist #peace
In Not Just a Housewife, Jon Coburn shares the story of the radical activist group, Women Strike for Peace, who fused militant protests and motherhood. If you're shopping for an activist, use code HOILDAY at https://twp.ai/4isobZ to save 40% Coburn's book now! #readUP #gift #activist #peace
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In Not Just a Housewife, Jon Coburn shares the story of the radical activist group, Women Strike for Peace, who fused militant protests and motherhood. If you're shopping for an activist, use code HOILDAY at https://twp.ai/4isobZ to save 40% Coburn's book now! #readUP #gift #activist #peace
Getting gifts for the unstoppable activist in your life. Check out our series for books about inspirational movements and activists throughout history. Use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isnjT to save 40% on your order now through December!#giftbooks #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Getting gifts for the unstoppable activist in your life. Check out our series for books about inspirational movements and activists throughout history. Use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isnjT to save 40% on your order now through December!#giftbooks #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
From gardening to global warming, John Hanson Mitchell shares how climate change impacted his connection to nature. For the environmentalist in your life, use code: HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isob1 to save 40% on his book The Garden at the End of Time. #gift #environment #climatechange #readUP
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
From gardening to global warming, John Hanson Mitchell shares how climate change impacted his connection to nature. For the environmentalist in your life, use code: HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isob1 to save 40% on his book The Garden at the End of Time. #gift #environment #climatechange #readUP
Life on the farm isn’t simple. That’s why Lambs in Winter is perfect for the environmentalist who's looking to raise animals and grow crops in an evolving era. Use code HOILDAY at https://twp.ai/4isoYZ to save 40% on your order! #readUP #gift #environment #garden #climatechange
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Life on the farm isn’t simple. That’s why Lambs in Winter is perfect for the environmentalist who's looking to raise animals and grow crops in an evolving era. Use code HOILDAY at https://twp.ai/4isoYZ to save 40% on your order! #readUP #gift #environment #garden #climatechange
Getting gifts for the budding environmentalist in your life? Check out our series for a closer look at the environmental history of the Northeast. Use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isoet to save on your order now through December. #gifts #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Getting gifts for the budding environmentalist in your life? Check out our series for a closer look at the environmental history of the Northeast. Use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isoet to save on your order now through December. #gifts #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
Share the story of America’s monuments this season with American Shrines—a great gift for the historian in your life! Use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isrqL to save 40% on your order today. #readUP #gift #history #Americanhistory #USmonuments
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Share the story of America’s monuments this season with American Shrines—a great gift for the historian in your life! Use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isrqL to save 40% on your order today. #readUP #gift #history #Americanhistory #USmonuments
Exploring Malcolm Little’s childhood, prison years, and the people who influenced his transformation, Patrick Parr’s Malcolm Before X is a great book for any historian in your life. Use code HOLIDAY at umasspress.com to save 40% on your order. #readUP #gift #history #blackhistory #MalcolmX
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Exploring Malcolm Little’s childhood, prison years, and the people who influenced his transformation, Patrick Parr’s Malcolm Before X is a great book for any historian in your life. Use code HOLIDAY at umasspress.com to save 40% on your order. #readUP #gift #history #blackhistory #MalcolmX
Getting gifts for the history buff in your life? Check out our series for the cultural and political history of New England, America, and the wider world! Use code HOLIDAY at umasspress.com to save on your order now through December. #gifts #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Getting gifts for the history buff in your life? Check out our series for the cultural and political history of New England, America, and the wider world! Use code HOLIDAY at umasspress.com to save on your order now through December. #gifts #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
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Love it that @umasspress.bsky.social is suggesting Emerson's Daughters as the gift "for the feminist" in your life. 40% off with the code HOLIDAY until Jan. 3. #lifewriting www.umasspress.com/tis-the-seas...
'Tis the season for giving books! Our annual holiday sale has arrived! - University of Massachusetts Press
The holidays are fast approaching, which means that it’s time for our annual holiday sale! In case you’re not sure what to buy, we’ve curated a list of
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November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Love it that @umasspress.bsky.social is suggesting Emerson's Daughters as the gift "for the feminist" in your life. 40% off with the code HOLIDAY until Jan. 3. #lifewriting www.umasspress.com/tis-the-seas...
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I'm delighted to announce that my memoir GREEN WORLD won the Wisconsin Library Association's 2025 Literary Award for Nonfiction! I had a blast in Madison at the award ceremony and spending time with dear friends! Plus the farmer's market at the Capitol (be still my heart!). @umasspress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my memoir GREEN WORLD won the Wisconsin Library Association's 2025 Literary Award for Nonfiction! I had a blast in Madison at the award ceremony and spending time with dear friends! Plus the farmer's market at the Capitol (be still my heart!). @umasspress.bsky.social
It's getting cooler and cozier and it's time to start thinking about what to get the book lovers in your life this holiday season (even if the book lover is yourself)! Use code HOLIDAY on our website to save 40%. Happy browsing!
#gifts #giftbooks #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
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November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It's getting cooler and cozier and it's time to start thinking about what to get the book lovers in your life this holiday season (even if the book lover is yourself)! Use code HOLIDAY on our website to save 40%. Happy browsing!
#gifts #giftbooks #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
#gifts #giftbooks #givebooks #holidaysale #readUP #shopsmall
Looking for your next fall read? Check out our new November titles:
Lambs in Winter: Sketches of a Vermont Life Through Seasons of Change by Alexis Lathem, a stunning collection of personal meditations and sociopolitical investigations on a New England farm.
Lambs in Winter: Sketches of a Vermont Life Through Seasons of Change by Alexis Lathem, a stunning collection of personal meditations and sociopolitical investigations on a New England farm.
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Looking for your next fall read? Check out our new November titles:
Lambs in Winter: Sketches of a Vermont Life Through Seasons of Change by Alexis Lathem, a stunning collection of personal meditations and sociopolitical investigations on a New England farm.
Lambs in Winter: Sketches of a Vermont Life Through Seasons of Change by Alexis Lathem, a stunning collection of personal meditations and sociopolitical investigations on a New England farm.
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Two days until it’s released and I realise I haven’t skeeted about my book! So here’s my obligatory post…
Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement, out with @umasspress.bsky.social on Friday!
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Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement, out with @umasspress.bsky.social on Friday!
www.umasspress.com/978162534887...
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Two days until it’s released and I realise I haven’t skeeted about my book! So here’s my obligatory post…
Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement, out with @umasspress.bsky.social on Friday!
www.umasspress.com/978162534887...
Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement, out with @umasspress.bsky.social on Friday!
www.umasspress.com/978162534887...
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Dr. Petrone "introduces us to a cultural community of learning at a skatepark, ultimately calling for educators to transform learning closer in to the natural ways people make meaning in their lives." Continue Dr. Cloth's review here: https://bit.ly/3Ww2fh2 University of Massachusetts Press
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dr. Petrone "introduces us to a cultural community of learning at a skatepark, ultimately calling for educators to transform learning closer in to the natural ways people make meaning in their lives." Continue Dr. Cloth's review here: https://bit.ly/3Ww2fh2 University of Massachusetts Press
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I'll be in #Gainesville and #Atlanta next week reading from my late wife and favorite human ever @saaramyrene.bsky.social's Juniper Prize-winning #poetry book "Chamber After Chamber" from @umasspress.bsky.social. Come say hi at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social or Tall Tales Book Shop
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'll be in #Gainesville and #Atlanta next week reading from my late wife and favorite human ever @saaramyrene.bsky.social's Juniper Prize-winning #poetry book "Chamber After Chamber" from @umasspress.bsky.social. Come say hi at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social or Tall Tales Book Shop
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Coming off a celebration of #books at the #Provincetown Book Fest, where @umasspress.bsky.social author Cynthia Blakeley, author of a beautiful memoir on growing up in #Wellfleet on Cape, did a great job on a panel and sold fully out of her book! Get yours for a great read now. #CapeCod
The Innermost House
Finalist, 2025 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Memoir A stunning account of year-round life on the windswept shores of Cape Cod, threaded with meditation...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Coming off a celebration of #books at the #Provincetown Book Fest, where @umasspress.bsky.social author Cynthia Blakeley, author of a beautiful memoir on growing up in #Wellfleet on Cape, did a great job on a panel and sold fully out of her book! Get yours for a great read now. #CapeCod
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Heading to @asalh-bhm.bsky.social conference this week, representing @umasspress.bsky.social. Stop by the Press table and say hello, and come to our #publishing panel on Thursday at noon!
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Heading to @asalh-bhm.bsky.social conference this week, representing @umasspress.bsky.social. Stop by the Press table and say hello, and come to our #publishing panel on Thursday at noon!
For the sixth year, a generous donor is matching donations to our regional books fund 2:1! Why is the fundraiser so important? Find out more here: minutefund.uma-found...
#ReadUP #Nonprofitpublishing #universitypress #newengland #regionalstories #regionalhistory #newenglandvoices #newenglandhistory
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UMass Press Regional Book Fund, Fall 2025
Help UMass Amherst Foundation raise $5,000 for the project: UMass Press Regional Book Fund, Fall 2025. Your gift will make a difference!
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September 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For the sixth year, a generous donor is matching donations to our regional books fund 2:1! Why is the fundraiser so important? Find out more here: minutefund.uma-found...
#ReadUP #Nonprofitpublishing #universitypress #newengland #regionalstories #regionalhistory #newenglandvoices #newenglandhistory
#ReadUP #Nonprofitpublishing #universitypress #newengland #regionalstories #regionalhistory #newenglandvoices #newenglandhistory
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The #NASSH2025 Monograph Award Honorable Mention goes to Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer, and the Origins of a National Myth, by Kevin Tallec Marston and Mike Cronin, from @umasspress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4ds6uBW
Award info: bit.ly/4k7FbzC #Skystorians #SportHistory
Award info: bit.ly/4k7FbzC #Skystorians #SportHistory
Inventing the Boston Game
On Boston Common stands a monument dedicated to the Oneida Football Club. It honors the site where, in the 1860s, sixteen boys played what was then called t...
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May 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The #NASSH2025 Monograph Award Honorable Mention goes to Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer, and the Origins of a National Myth, by Kevin Tallec Marston and Mike Cronin, from @umasspress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4ds6uBW
Award info: bit.ly/4k7FbzC #Skystorians #SportHistory
Award info: bit.ly/4k7FbzC #Skystorians #SportHistory
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Aakriti Mandhwani, Everyday Reading: Middlebrow Magazines and Book Publishing in Post-Independence India, @umasspress.bsky.social
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Everyday Reading
During the two difficult decades immediately following the 1947 Indian Independence, a new, commercially successful print culture emerged that articulated a...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Aakriti Mandhwani, Everyday Reading: Middlebrow Magazines and Book Publishing in Post-Independence India, @umasspress.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Massa Hoiem, The Education of Things: Mechanical Literacy in British Children's Literature, 1762–1860, @umasspress.bsky.social
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The Education of Things
Winner of the 2025 Justin G. Schiller Prize for Bibliographical Work on Children's Books from The Bibliographical Society of America
By the close of...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Elizabeth Massa Hoiem, The Education of Things: Mechanical Literacy in British Children's Literature, 1762–1860, @umasspress.bsky.social
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I got picked for #FirstLineFriday! And hurray that @umasspress.bsky.social is offering a special 20% discount on Green World to celebrate the occasion!
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Green World
Winner of the 2025 Friends of American Writers Adult Literature AwardA 2024 Foreword INDIES Finalist A 2025 Sophie Brody Medal Notable BookA Jewish Women's...
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May 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I got picked for #FirstLineFriday! And hurray that @umasspress.bsky.social is offering a special 20% discount on Green World to celebrate the occasion!
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"...Lathem evokes the world of her farm and the surrounding countryside with a spiritual awareness of the human journey on this earth." Congrats to #BlackEarthInstitute Emeritus Fellow Alexis Lathem on her new forthcoming book, published by @umasspress.bsky.social
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Lambs in Winter
Finding hope in a small farm, an engaged community, and an age-old connection to the earth After half a lifetime spent moving from place to place, Alexis Lat...
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May 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"...Lathem evokes the world of her farm and the surrounding countryside with a spiritual awareness of the human journey on this earth." Congrats to #BlackEarthInstitute Emeritus Fellow Alexis Lathem on her new forthcoming book, published by @umasspress.bsky.social
www.umasspress.com/978162534901...
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