AUPresses π Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Education for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: Pedagogy, Processes and Practices
Lorna Down
Check out this #NextUP #UPWeek video from @UWIPress: a conversation between Dr. Lorna Downs and first-time author Dr. Therese Ferguson. Together they are coauthors of Education for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean. #ReadUP #ListenUP https://t.co/7ITvPXKbMG https://t.co/iPwMJGBMbL
Paperback, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wide-Open Desert: A Queer History of New Mexico
Jordan Biro Walters
"It takes many hands to make a book," writes Jordan Biro Walters, @UWAPress #NextUP author of Wide-Open Desert: A Queer History of New Mexico in today's #UPWeek blog tour. https://t.co/hoDXVykmOg #ReadUP https://t.co/dN6j53BZUp
Paperback, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties
John D'Emilio
Also in-person for #UPWeek 11/15 in Chicago: John D'Emilio discusses his book, Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood (@DukePress) at @ChicagoCTU. Sponsored by @SeminaryCoop. More info: https://t.co/GKexeSN3EL https://t.co/PJVwuEYkXX https://t.co/tU2Ps0Vhwc
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fragile Resonance: Caring for Older Family Members in Japan and England
Jason Danely
#NextUP author Jason Danely describes writing his @CornellPress book, Fragile Resonance: Caring for Older Family Members in Japan and England, and the insights to be gained from cross-cultural comparison https://t.co/09qRFl0wxD #ReadUP #UPWeek https://t.co/mgsZV4BmZm
Paperback, 2022
$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling, and the Nra
Noah S. Schwartz
What's it like to pitch your first book to a university press editor? Noah S. Schwartz, author of On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling, and the NRA @utpress, shares his experiences as a first-time author on today's #NextUP #UPWeek blog tour. https://t.co/jWuGxV5av4 #ReadUP https://t.co/WPIv0Sgimv
Paperback, 2022
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories
Ramona Reeves
@ramona_reeeves is #NextUP @UPittPress. Here's a Q&A with Reeves, whose debut story collection, It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories, won the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature. https://t.co/4ZeA7J5QeV #UPWeek #ReadUP https://t.co/H13ysrpoah
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT Up New York
Ron Goldberg
"Having my book published by @FordhamPress gave it immediate legitimacy. It said that this work & this history should be taken seriously." A Q&A with Ron Goldberg, author of The Boy with the Bullhorn. https://t.co/MHs3d8fHwS #UPWeek #ReadUP #NextUP #ACTUP https://t.co/NQFLXaQQUL
Paperback, 2024
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Punk Rock: Music Is the Currency of Life
Mindy Clegg
Editor Richard Carlin @SUNYPress chats with #NextUP author Mindy Clegg abt her book Punk Rock: Music Is the Currency of Life, her experiences writing for a university press & how she came to develop her unique take on punk music & culture. https://t.co/R4vMJgwPvh #UPWeek #ReadUP https://t.co/ZLxiKyxzeN
Paperback, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life
Jonathan Lear
Another great in-person #UPWeek event @SeminaryCoop 11/16: Jonathan Lear in conversation w/ Martha C. Nussbaum about his book, Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life (from @Harvard_Press) Wed evening 11/16. More info here: https://t.co/y3qbeDUcLA #ReadUP https://t.c⦠https://t.co/7qXGl4r7QN
Paperback, 2024
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Canon Fanfiction: Reading, Writing, and Teaching with Adaptations of Premodern and Early Modern Literature
Christine Schott
Author Christine Schott is #NextUP @MIP_Medpub. Here, she describes writing her first book Canon Fanfiction during & following the pandemic, with the aim of "bringing scholarship into the classroom & bringing the classroom into our scholarship." https://t.co/BLRnQmeYkC #ReadUP https://t.co/g1Kpg8awbn
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book