WVU Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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West Virginia’s largest book publisher. Our titles include a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
The Wounds That Bind Us
Kelley ShinnWVU Press—“Simultaneously empowering and disconcerting. . . . Ultimately, one comes away from this book with an appreciation for the beauty of broken things.” Thanks to @SouthRevBooks for reviewing Kelley Shinn's brand new memoir The Wounds That Bind Us https://t.co/GGJ2w6wdYU https://t.co/YCkYyTH4s2
Paperback, 2023
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students
Aeron HaynieWVU PressCongrats to @aeron_haynie and @stephspong, coauthors of Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students, on their appearance in @insidehighered! https://t.co/SnyO6qkj4Z
Paperback, 2022
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bratwurst Haven: Stories
Rachel KingWVU PressCongrats to @rachelkingpdx, whose story collection Bratwurst Haven is a selection of the Boulder Book Club. She talks with @kgnunews. https://t.co/FTqSbIbvIQ
Paperback, 2022
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mama Said: Stories
Kristen GentryWVU PressBig praise! @CrystalWilki has a new blurb for Mama Said, Kristen Gentry's "brilliant stories that are of Kentucky, of Louisville, of Black communities throughout the United States." Coming 10/1—grab a digital ARC at Edelweiss, or DM to ask about print: https://t.co/I82ykrZwFn https://t.co/QiqAO39Fa2
Paperback, 2023
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Curing Season: Artifacts
Kristine Langley MahlerWVU PressThis Nebraska Public Radio piece with @suburbanprairie, author of WVU Press's new book Curing Season, is now up! https://t.co/iv7D8RjFj6 https://t.co/c2Zx16T9Bd
Paperback, 2022
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
Neema AvashiaWVU PressThe Forbes list "20 Must-Read Asian American Authored Books For AAPI Month" includes @AvashiaNeema's Another Appalachia! "This book lives beautifully in the gray area of trying to navigate a divisive environment while growing up queer and Asian American." https://t.co/jbNhj4nlKx
Paperback, 2022
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jaws of Life: Stories
Laura Leigh MorrisWVU Press"A timely and important read bringing us closer to what it means to live in rural America." @Colorado_Review on Jaws of Life by @lauraleighwrite: https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/jaws-of-life/ https://t.co/BHrWkpHj4a
Paperback, 2018
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World
Michelle D. MillerWVU PressAnd don’t miss Michelle Miller’s own book with West Virginia—Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology. https://t.co/h01zQwq4HN
Paperback, 2022
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Clear Creek: Toward a Natural Philosophy
Erik ReeceWVU PressAn early look at Clear Creek: Toward a Natural Philosophy, Erik Reece’s new book—coming 8/1 in WVU’s series In Place, edited by @thejeremybjones and Elena Passarello. https://t.co/k4EacGrnA5
Paperback, 2023
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns
William H. TurnerWVU PressThat's @WilliamHTurner1's book The Harlan Renaissance in today's newsletter from The Atlantic! Thanks to @JenishaWatts for recommending Turner's book as the best work of nonfiction she's recently read: https://t.co/mqwIb4dakY https://t.co/otFuyHc4Yl
Paperback, 2021
$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book