Louisiana is rolling back legal safeguards for death row prisoners, limiting appeals and making it harder to challenge convictions. The changes will “make it much, much harder for lawyers for people on death row to keep them out of the execution chamber.”
We are excited to be a part of the Ask UP program! Have you ever wondered why the University Press of Kansas only publishes in certain subjects? Or maybe how a series is made. We are happy to answer all your UP questions. Submit your questions here: ask.up.hcommons.org/host/. #AskUp
oh my God congratulations, I am so happy for you. what a triumph! have you updated your resume to add this tremendous accomplishment?
would it be unprofesh to start a Secret Lives of Mormon Wives discussion thread in the #AUPresses2025 community board on Whova
THE BEAN CLUB, my friend is in this bean club and she loves it so much.
and ideally I want it to be a jeans skirt so I can wipe my hands on it because I'm a horrible gremlin
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here is her book. oh it is so good. oh what a great time you will have.
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oh what's that you say? the fantastic and amazing Wendy Gaudin in the New York Times explaining the Pope's Louisiana Creole ancestry? you should buy her book perhaps?
@arl.org responds to the news about Dr. Carla Hayden from the Library of Congress.
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Support for UBI comes from many different places and from people who do not usually work together, follow similar strategies, or adhere to similar ideologies.
my colleague Michelle Neustrom, a genius of design, has won SEVEN of these. SEVEN.
......SEVEN.
I'm so fortunate to be working with Michelle and with all of our incredible designers. They make my job as an acquisitions editors easy -- I just point to our books and authors are like "whoa."
oh wow, this was awful to read. the phrase "after nine acquisitions editors departed the press" made me physically shudder. so sorry to pals in publishing who have dealt with this type of environment.
AUPresses joins @aacu.org & hundreds of higher ed leaders to speak against the unprecedented government overreach now endangering the advance of research-based knowledge.
We call for a return to constructive engagement between government & civil society for the common good. https://bit.ly/4i69BkJ
Bolts is an incredible resource. So happy this exists.
subtitle "Rethink Nothing"
Let’s see EBSCO respond to this emergency the way many publishers did during COVID: make the databases free to users in Mississippi.
this is a targeted strike against the publishing industry
Loud, angry, and Indigenous: Heavy metal takes on colonialism and climate change.
Indigenous bands have always been part of metal, creating a place for musicians and fans to channel anger and find community.
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#Indigenous #Music #HeavyMetal #Bands #Culture
a large tiger lies on his side asleep inside his enclosure
Mike the Tiger would prefer not to.
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This project is special to me because it was one I wanted to do as editor-in-chief of The Reveille. We put in several public records requests, but right when we did, LSU decided it would start charging student media for records again and we couldn’t afford to continue investigating.
oh nooooo this is so cute
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DONUTS, hmm, you make a compelling point
my friend told me "if you could achieve your best every day, it wouldn't be your best, it would be your baseline" and then I had to stare into middle distance for a few hours.
the cover of the book Meet Me at the Library. It is mostly yellow, and shows shadow-like black figures walking along a path that leads toward a book that is open, like a door
next PAGES Book Club meeting
March 20, noon ET
the book: Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy, by Shamichael Hallman
if you want to join, you are welcome! register here: pupress.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
honestly can't wait for this. I love hearing from my UP colleagues. also I get lots of book recommendations when the conference is virtual.
"did you go into publishing just to get a constant stream of book recommendations from book people" NO YOU DID
On this 3rd annniversary of Russia’s horrific invasion of Ukraine, our community’s resources for understanding the region & this brutal war continue to offer much-needed knowledge & context. https://bit.ly/3kcAg6R #ReadUP