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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Nov 13

See our current and forthcoming titles in the Bucknell University Press 2024 to 2025 catalog.

Click here to see the full catalog:
tinyurl.com/bdeakh64

#literarystudies #LatinAmerica #18thcenturystudies #Caribbean #Spanishhistory #Austen #Germanstudies #humanities

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · 7h

To highlight #BannedBooksWeek, we’ve published a new blog post recounting the history of the @bucknellu.bsky.social Banned Books Committee and the community’s support for our #FreedomToRead.

To read: tinyurl.com/46wkfapw

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #BannedBooksWeek! Celebrate your #RightToRead by checking out the events sponsored by our friends in the Bucknell English Department, Bertrand Library, Mondragon Books, and Lewisburg community!

See the full event list here: bucknell.libcal.com

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · 9d

To celebrate #NationalTranslationMonth, we’ve compiled a list of books in translation in our newest blog post! Use code RUP30 on book purchases published by @bucknellupress.bsky.social for a discount and free US shipping.

To read, shop our catalog, and more: linktr.ee/bucknellupress

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · 28d

On Sunday, September 14 at 4pm, don’t miss Wendy M. Thompson at Book Passage Bookstore & Café in Corte Madera, California, where she will read from *BLACK CALIFORNIA GOLD*, alongside @terraoliveira.bsky.social, author of Itinerant Songs (Recenter Press).

To order: tinyurl.com/hvrrnjmv

Event poster for a poetry reading Sunday, Sept. 14, at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA. The reading will feature work from Terra Oliveira, author of Itinerant Songs, and Wendy M. Thompson, author of BLACK CALIFORNIA GOLD.

BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you @mngupbooks.bsky.social for highlighting our Contemporary Irish Writers series!

Built on on the legacy of our foundational Irish Writers Series from the 1970s, 40 volumes strong: www1.bucknell.edu/script/upres...

#IrishStudies #IrishWriters #IrishLit

MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · Jul 24

This series brings theoretically informed perspectives to a consideration of the work and lives of Irish writers, providing discussions of interpretive issues at a time when Irish Studies is being vigorously rethought.

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@bucknellupress.bsky.social #IASIL2025 #IrishStudies

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Jun 17

If you're in the Bay Area, treat yourself to this discussion and reading by poet Wendy Thompson from her affecting new collection, "Black California Gold." Sausalito Books by the Bay, Thursday 6/26 at 6pm. In conversation with Felecia Gaston.

About the book: tinyurl.com/2upvvnvd

#bayarea #poetry

BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Jun 16

Celebrate Bloomsday with the man himself.
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#jamesjoyce #bloomsday #Ulysses

BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · May 21

Nothing pleases us more than seeing our authors' work feted! Congratulations to @laurelvhankins.bsky.social whose new book "The Art of Retreat: Domestic Romanticisms in the Early United States" is just out this month.

For more or to order: tinyurl.com/msdwwzur. Use discount code RUP30 for 30% off.

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Laurel V. Hankins @laurelvhankins.bsky.social · May 7

heyyyy, thanks Tom! Great to see it out and about!

Tom Koenigs @tomkoenigs.bsky.social · May 6

Excited to get my copy of @laurelvhankins.bsky.social’s The Art of Retreat. A must read for anyone interested in the development of fiction in the United States!

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Laurel V. Hankins @laurelvhankins.bsky.social · May 21

@bucknellupress.bsky.social has reminded me that as you’re planning summer reading or sending purchase recommendations to your library, you can use discount code RUP30 for 30% off The Art of Retreat: tinyurl.com/yhunwhzm

The Art of Retreat - Bucknell University Press

The political and cultural fantasy of home as a retreat from the pressures of the world first emerged in the U.S. alongside two major nineteenth-century lit...

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Apr 29

To round off National Poetry Month, check out our latest blog post! We interviewed Michael Naydan about Ukrainian poetry, Bohdan Ihor Antonych's works, and the process of translating poetry

Click here to read:
tinyurl.com/33dapyz9

#NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #Ukraine

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Apr 15

For National Poetry Month, check out our latest blog post! We interviewed Wendy Thompson about her recent collection of poetry BLACK CALIFORNIA GOLD

Click here to read:
tinyurl.com/3rwjkpys

#poetry #nationalpoetrymonth #bayarea #california

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Apr 15

Sharing an article by @bucknellupress.bsky.social translator Michael Naydan @psupress.bsky.social

Is There Hope in Actual Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia?, by Michael M. Naydan

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · Apr 14

"Black California Gold" by Wendy M. Thompson

www.rutgersuniversit...

Published by Bucknell University Press. @BucknellUPress

#California #Poetry #Migration #AfricanAmerican

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Apr 15

On Thursday, 1 May 2025 from 5:15pm to 6:30pm, join University of St. Andrews in hosting Nicolle Jordan for a talk on Anne Finch's poetry!

For more information:
tinyurl.com/4em9mp7n

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · Apr 5

Focusing on social concerns about class, race, and gender, Consuming Anxieties examines how satirists championed Britain’s economic strength on the world stage while critiquing the effects of consumable luxuries.

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Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · Apr 5

My batteries are 💀 so I'm missing #ASECS2025 this year. Me & my dogge are convalescing in the sunne—which is finally shining. I salute everyone keeping going in these dark times. Consider using yr discount on me & Bonnie Latimer's ed collection 'Revisiting Richardson' @bucknellupress.bsky.social

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Mar 26

The University of York will host Nicolle Jordan, author of Prolific Ground, in a talk centering the property ownership of Montagu and drawing from the final chapter of her book

Use BUP30 for 30% off
US: tinyurl.com/4wt3f47u
UK: tinyurl.com/3yu4hy6t

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Mar 20

Check out our latest blog post! We interviewed Mel Michelle Lewis about their recent memoir BIOMYTHOGRAPHY BAYOU.

Click here to read the full interview:
tinyurl.com/4ndcnvfc

BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thank you to the @gihnyu.bsky.social for hosting @bucknellupress.bsky.social author Vicki Mahaffey this Thursday 3/20 for a book launch and discussion with Katherine O'Callaghan about THE JOYCE OF EVERYDAY LIFE, recent winner of ACIS' Robert Rhodes Prize!

About the book: tinyurl.com/mrv74zb8

Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · Mar 10

Join us on March 20th at 7 pm for a conversation with Vicki Mahaffey and Katherine O'Callaghan to launch The Joyce of Everyday Life.

bit.ly/JoyceOfEvery...

BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Mar 18

Congratulations to Vicki Mahaffey whose book THE JOYCE OF EVERYDAY LIFE has been awarded the American Conference for Irish Studies Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature.

Thank you to the judges and congratulations to all winners!

tinyurl.com/4nfsdrjk

The Joyce of Everyday Life - Bucknell University Press

Part of James Joyce’s genius was his ability to find the poetry in everyday life. For Joyce, even a simple object like a table becomes magical, “a board ...

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thrilled to announce the publication of BLACK CALIFORNIA GOLD, poems by Wendy M. Thompson, tracing the past and present of the #BayArea & the generations of ethnic groups who have made it their home. "Beautiful and insightful" -Bettina Judd. For more & to order: tinyurl.com/5h658fnw
#poetry #Oakland

Book cover with 1961 photo of children clearing debris from an empty urban lot in San Francisco.

BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thanks to @phillychapbook.bsky.social for highlighting BLACK CALIFORNIA GOLD by Wendy M. Thompson, out this month from @bucknellupress.bsky.social. So much important new poetry from small, indie, and university presses!
For more details and to order: tinyurl.com/5h658fnw
#poetry

BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Feb 25

Reminder that tomorrow Feb. 26th, at 3 pm EST, we will host a Zoom discussion with contributors and editors of Teaching the Eighteenth Century Now: Pedagogy as Ethical Engagement!

If you’re interested in attending, you still have time to register:
tinyurl.com/5dkhtfek

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BucknellUPress.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social · Feb 25

Pleased to be at the American Conference for Irish Studies 2025 with Georgia Southern Irish Research & Teaching!

Stop by to see books from our Contemporary Irish Writers series. Ask about our 30% discount!
tinyurl.com/3rarvb8n

@ecomaureen.bsky.social
#ednaobrien #jamesjoyce #johnbanville

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