April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Todd Weissman, author of The Light That Endures, shares his experience with his Parkinson’s diagnosis at 45 in an essay published by Newsweek.
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Congratulations to our 2026 Juniper Prize winners for Poetry: SIGN BROKEN, MESSAGE INSIDE by Susanna Schantz and The Body Taken by Lisa Beech Hartz.
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Congratulations to our 2026 Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction: Between What Was and What Is: Essays by Adriana Páramo!
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Congratulations to our 2026 Juniper Prize fiction winners, Glass Eel by Casey Bell and The Indianness: Twelve Stories by Geeta Kohli.
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Kirsten Kaschock discusses An Impossibility of Crows in a feature with CrimeReads.
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Not Just a Housewife by Jon Coburn was reviewed by Andrew J. Ross in Peace & Change, who says “[Coburn] deftly guides readers through the rich theoretical literature related to gender studies and social movements.”
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An Impossibility of Crows by Kirsten Kaschock was recently reviewed in CrimeReads, which says “this book is literary horror at its grotesque best.”
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Congratulations to Prisoners after War by Jason A. Higgins, a finalist for the 2026 Veterans Studies Association Distinguished Book Award!
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Women March for Peace by Denise Lynn was recently reviewed by CHOICE, which says “Lynn provides much-needed scholarship on the often-overlooked activities of Black women in the early civil rights movement.”
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Writing against Reform by Arielle Zibrak was reviewed in Modern Fiction Studies, which calls it "[An] artfully written book whose implications go well beyond its focus on literature.”
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Who Follow the Gleam by Christian Wessels a winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry, is now available. Purchase your copy today by clicking here: https://twp.ai/4iw6um
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I Love You But I Don't Speak Your Language by Jason Bredle, a winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry, is now available. Click here to order your copy today: https://twp.ai/4iw6ug
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Sonnets and Other Poems by Luis de Camões, translated by Richard Zenith and including a preface by Helen Vendler, is now available. A revised and updated edition of Luis de Camões 40 sonnets and other poems. Purchase your copy here: https://twp.ai/4iw6sO
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An Impossibility of Crows by Kirsten Kaschock earned a starred review from Foreword Reviews: “a darkly glorious novel that rides the horrific undercurrents of a scientist-mother’s dual devotion to her child and craft."
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Congratulations to Green World by Michelle Ephraim, shortlisted for the 2025 Story Circle Network Gilda Prize. The Story Circle Network Gilda Prize honors Ephraim’s memoir for both its humor and heart.
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Lambs in Winter by Alexis Lathem was reviewed by Jordan Barry in Seven Days, who says "Lathem considers the philosophical questions of what it means to lead this rural existence”
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Emerson’s Daughters by Kate Culkin was reviewed by CHOICE, which calls it "a nuanced portrait of two sisters whose underexplored partnership represents a vital new contribution to a female genealogy of Transcendentalism.”
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Service Denied, edited by John M. Kinder and Jason A. Higgins was recently reviewed by Heather M. Haley in War in History, who calls it “a dynamic contribution to the growing literature on the veteran experience.”
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Congratulations to Enemies to Their Country by Nicholas W. Gentile, named a runner-up for the 2025 Journal of the American Revolution Book-of-the-Year Award!
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Segregation Games by David Faflik was reviewed in the Bay State Banner, which says "[Faflik] wrote his book with the hope that society learns from its past to build a better future—a lesson we should all learn.”
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The Gods in Small Doses by Josh Bell, a winner Juniper Prize for Fiction, is now available. Order your copy of The Gods in Small Doses by clicking this link: https://twp.ai/4iw6s7
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An Impossibility of Crows by Kirsten Kaschock was recently reviewed in Ginger Nuts of Horror, which calls it "a book that takes the familiar terrain of maternal devotion and makes it strange, even terrifying.”
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The Education of Things by Elizabeth Massa Hoiem was reviewed in Historical Studies in Education, which says it “will be read with interest across a range of scholarly disciplines."
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Lauren W. Westerfield, author of Woman House, examines privilege and money in Jane Austen’s works in a Literary Hub article.
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Unsettling Thoreau by John J. Kucich, named CHOICE 2025 Outstanding Academic Title.
The American Library Association recognizes Kucich's deep dive into Thoreau’s Indigenous studies and critiques of settler colonialism.
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Racializing Objectivity by Gwyneth Mellinger was recently reviewed in Journalism History, which calls it “a historical narrative of the highest order, one both engaging and intellectually rigorous.”
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Kent State by Thomas M. Grace was recognized in an article by writer Sean Kirst!
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The Precious Birthright by CJ Martin was recently reviewed in the New England Journal of History, which recognized Martin's ability "to create something that can be read by anyone regardless of their background.”
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