This April marks the 30th anniversary of #NationalPoetryMonth, founded by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. This month, we're celebrating all of our @bucknellupress.bsky.social poets and their work. Be on the lookout for more across our social media accounts and blog!
#NationalPoetryMonth
Celebrate Women’s History Month with
@bucknellupress.bsky.social! We’ve put together a collection of titles written, edited, translated, and published by women.
For more information and to order: tinyurl.com/89yw6np6
#womenshistorymonth #bucknelluniversitypress
“Sets out to help us re-see the great novelist’s aims & achievements by carefully, clearly, productively describing them alongside the significant writings of her best-loved contemporaries. Will have you rereading Austen in engaging, surprising, powerful new ways.”
@devoney.bsky.social
"Bander appreciates and illuminates the eclecticism of Austen’s wide-ranging reading habits. . . . #Austen fans will delight in thinking about what she read, and what her reading added to her writing." —
@libraryjournal.bsky.social
Newly released: READING WITH JANE AUSTEN by Elaine Bander carefully rereads the great author’s novels against the rich context of late Georgian literary and intellectual culture, adding new layers of appreciation for those who love her work.
To order: tinyurl.com/yea8b74y
#Newblog: We spoke with Kathleen Tamayo Alves to learn more about female embodiment, agency, and sexuality, exploring how the book’s themes are in conversation with today’s discourse on women’s bodily rights.
To read: tinyurl.com/mr9krzba
#womenshistorymonth
#eighteenthcentury
It's beautiful, even spine-out!
February is Black History Month, a time to honor and amplify Black stories and voices. To celebrate, we've put together a list of BUP titles by and about Black perspectives and lives. Visit our website for more!
To order: tinyurl.com/89yw6np6
January #Newbooks: "Impolite Periodicals: Reading for Rudeness in the Eighteenth Century" by editors Emrys D. Jones, @elementaladam.bsky.social, and Katarina Stenke, and "Magical Realism and the History of the Emotions in Latin America" by Jerónimo Arellano.
To order: tinyurl.com/89yw6np6
Happy New Year from @bucknellupress.bsky.social! May 2026 be a year of innovative projects, excited collaboration, and achievements big and small.
As 2025 comes to a close, we at @bucknellupress.bsky.social want to wish our authors, editors, readers, and literary community a happy holiday season. Thank you for a year of great books, heartfelt support, and wonderful memories. Until next year!
#Newbooks! The new
@bucknellupress.bsky.social
catalog has arrived, with something for everyone.
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#SallyRooney #JaneAusten #JamesJoyce #poetry #literarystudies #LatinAmerica #18thcenturystudies #Frenchtheater #IrishLiterature #humanities #ReadUP @rutgersupress.bsky.social
On this, the 250th anniversary of #JaneAusten's birth, we look forward eagerly to the release of Elaine Bander's "Reading with Jane Austen," coming in March! #Austen250
"Reading with Jane Austen is a gift.” -Susan Allen Ford
Pre-orders here: tinyurl.com/3fwf8fwt
Congratulations to Wendy M. Thompson, whose Black California Gold is a finalist for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance's Martin Cruz Smith Award for Emerging Diverse Voices. Good luck to all finalists!
More about the book: tinyurl.com/3syrt4hh
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December 9 marks the release date of the first-time paperback edition of "Citizens of Memory" by Silvia Tandeciarz and "Narrating Infertility in Spain" by Catherine Bourland Ross.
To order "Citizens of Memory": tinyurl.com/3e56pz7v
To order "Narrating Infertility in Spain": tinyurl.com/3hfn2d3h
To celebrate the December 9 release of "Narrating Infertility in Spain," we sat down with Dr. Catherine Bourland Ross to discuss her upcoming book, the illusion of choice in the contemporary fertility landscape, and the importance of reading reproductive literature.
To read: tinyurl.com/bdddntzr
... Featuring translations from @bucknellupress.bsky.social, @cmupress.bsky.social, @uchicagopress.bsky.social, @upcolorado.bsky.social, @columbiaup.bsky.social, @floridapress.bsky.social, @livunipress.bsky.social, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social https://bit.ly/43S4pf8 ...
So many thanks to you, @ellenscheible.bsky.social. We can't wait to see it in print.
So fabulous, Kat! All our congratulations!
An image of Bucknell University signage overlaid onto a printing press.
Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press
Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a... https://bit.ly/43UmxVK
This is devastating news. Bucknell UP's team has been incredibly kind, patient, and supportive with my first book. I'm forever grateful. This is so sad.
Support the GD humanities, including the presses!!!
#Newbook: Body Language: Medicine and the Eighteenth-Century Comic Novel by @katalves18c.bsky.social examines the intersections of British 18C comic fiction and medical discourse, adding "a vital chapter to the study of medicine, literature, and gender in the period."
To order: tinyurl.com/3vpz7crk
Honored to see Emilia Pardo Bazán's "The White Horse and Other Stories" included in this @literaryhub.bsky.social round-up featuring great books in translation from university presses:
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For more about the book: tinyurl.com/3kuhhpk5
#translation #spanishliterature #readtheworld
There are a multitude of ways that university presses #TeamUP. Today, we delve into how we take collective action.
@bucknellupress.bsky.social is proud to #TeamUP locally and around the world. From us to you, thank you for a wonderful #UPressWeek.
#ReadUP #TeamUP #UPWeek
We are proud to share that Contemporary Francophone African Plays: An Anthology was awarded Honorable Mention for the American Society for Theatre Research Translation Prize.
About the award: lnkd.in/eCcEppTQ
About the book: lnkd.in/eWWkdfi5
#AfricanTheatre #Translation #ReadUP #TeamUP #UPWeek
This #UniversityPressWeek, and every week, we're proud to #TeamUP against book bans. We're grateful for our October 2 blog post, "Teaming up against book banning," to be included in the #UPWeek Blog Tour, and to promote the right to #ReadUP.
To read: tinyurl.com/46wkfapw
#TeamUP #ReadUP #UPWeek
Congratulations to Linda Zionkowski, Mimi Hart, and all contributors to "Women and Music in the Age of Austen," winner of the American Musicological Society's Ruth A. Solie Award for an outstanding essay collection of exceptional scholarly merit.
For more: lnkd.in/dNa_gmK9
#ReadUP #TeamUP #UPWeek
