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- 04/19/2022
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University of Akron Press to Publish Reck, a New Poetry Collection by Leslie Harrison
The University of Akron Press is thrilled to announce that it will publish Reck, a new collection of poems by Leslie Harrison. Harrison's second book, The Book of Endings (University of Akron Press, 2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award.
- 03/17/2022
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The University of Akron Press to Publish Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems
The Akron Series in Contemporary Poetics at The University of Akron Press is excited to announce that it will publish Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems, a volume of essays edited and introduced by Sarah Giragosian and Virginia Konchan.
- 03/10/2022
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University of Akron Press to Publish Marble Orchard, a New Poetry Collection by Emily Corwin
The University of Akron Press is excited to announce that it will publish Marble Orchard by poet Emily Corwin. Corwin’s collection Sensorium was published by The University of Akron Press in 2020, as an Akron Poetry Prize editor’s choice selection.
- 02/15/2022
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University of Akron Press to Publish "Doom Scroll," a New Poetry Collection by Matthew Guenette
The University of Akron Press is pleased to announce that it will publish Doom Scroll, a new poetry collection by Matthew Guenette. Guenette is the author of two previous collections published by The University of Akron Press, Vasectomania (2017) and American Busboy (2011). His first collection, Sudden Anthem, was published by Dream Horse Press in 2008.
- 02/02/2022
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Authors to share stories of Akron's past for bicentennial celebration
Read more about the City of Akron's partnership with UA Press to share stories about Akron's past and "new history" of the city here.
- 01/28/2022
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UA Press to help celebrate Akron's 200th birthday
As part of the City of Akron’s bicentennial celebration, a new anthology of Akron history will be overseen and published by The University of Akron Press. Read more about it here.
- 12/08/2021
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University of Akron Press to Publish Poetry Collection Dear Outsiders by Jenny Sadre-Orafai
The University of Akron Press is pleased to announce that it will publish Dear Outsiders by Jenny Sadre-Orafai, runner-up in the 2021 Akron Poetry Prize competition, as this year’s editor’s choice selection.
- 11/17/2021
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UA Press Faculty & Staff Holiday Sale
The University of Akron Press annual faculty and staff holiday book sale will run from November 29–December 17, 2021.
Email your order to uapress@uakron.edu or jgammon@uakron.edu. Free delivery via campus mail!
Visit us at our Holiday Sale Pop Up Event at Bierce Library on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- 10/20/2021
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University of Akron Press Will Publish New Poetry Collections by Anne Barngrover and Caryl Pagel
The University of Akron Press is pleased to announce that it will publish new books by two continuing press authors, Everwhen by Anne Barngrover, and Free Clean Fill Dirt by Caryl Pagel. Barngrover’s book Brazen Creature was published by The University of Akron Press in 2018, as an Akron Poetry Prize editor’s choice selection. The University of Akron Press published a new edition of Pagel’s poetry collection Twice Told in 2019.
- 09/30/2021
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2021 Akron Poetry Prize Winner
Erika Meitner, this year’s Akron Poetry Prize judge, has chosen If I Could Give You a Line by Carrie Oeding of Pawtucket, Rhode Island as the 2021 Akron Poetry Prize winner. The contest received a total of 690 entries in 2021.
- Review of Labor in Akron by Midwest Book Review
- Interview with Kimberly Quiogue Andrews in Kenyon Review
- Review of Doe in The Bind
- Hawk Parable included on The Millions "Must-Read Poetry: April 2019" list
- Hawk Parable review in Publishers Weekly
- Empty Clip reviewed in UNCGNow
- Further Problems with Pleasure by Sandra Simonds reviewed in Jacket2 Magazine
- Review of In the President's Home by the Akron Beacon Journal
- Poem from Nothing Fatal by Sarah Perrier featured in The Devil Strip
- Empty Clip, by Emilia Phillips, reviewed in Adroit Journal
- Read a poem from Brazen Creature by Anne Barngrover on Verse Daily
- The Book of Endings review in Image Journal
- Empty Clip in Publishers Weekly
- Brazen Creature in Publishers Weekly
- True Tales from the Campaign Trail in Akron Life Magazine
- Doe, by Aimee Baker, reviewed in Waxwing Literary Journal
- EMPTY CLIP, by Emilia Phillips, is listed as the Most Anticipated April 2018 Books on Medium's The Coil feature
- Publishers Weekly reviews The Book of Endings
- Sandra Simonds in New York Times Magazine
- Sandra Simonds in Publishers Weekly
- Jerry Austin interview with AAPC
- Sandra Simonds in Poetry Daily
- Leslie Harrison in Poetry Daily
- Leslie Harrison in Verse Daily