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NORTH COUNTRY wins inaugural Hognander Minnesota History Prize
North Country: The Making of Minnesota, by Mary Lethert Wingerd, will be honored at the Minnesota Book Awards Gala.
OUT OF THE VINYL DEEPS a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award
University of Minnesota Press is thrilled at the news that OUT OF THE VINYL DEEPS: ELLEN WILLIS ON ROCK MUSIC, a compilation of essays by the New Yorker's first pop music critic, has been selected as a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award.
Pioneering queer studies scholar Alexander Doty dies after being struck by motorcycle
Pioneering queer studies scholar Alexander Doty, a much-admired author, died after being hit by a motorcycle while on vacation in Bermuda
R.T. Rybak book launch for Pothole Confidential at First Avenue on April 13
In celebration of R.T. Rybak's memoir POTHOLE CONFIDENTIAL, First Avenue is hosting a launch party April 13 with music, ice cream, and more. This fundraiser supports the city of Minneapolis's STEP-UP youth employment program.
Regina Root's COUTURE AND CONSENSUS wins Whitaker Prize
Regina Root has been awarded the prestigious Arthur P. Whitaker Prize for her book Couture & Consensus: Fashion and Politics in Postcolonial Argentina.
RIFFTIDE nominated for Jazz Journalists Association Award
Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones, edited by Paul Devlin, is nominated for Best Book about Jazz of the Year. Winners will be announced June 20th.
SISTER ARTS a Lambda Literary Award finalist
Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes, by Lisa L. Moore, is nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in the LGBT Studies category. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on June 4th, 2012.
SISTER ARTS a Publishing Triangle Award nominee
Honoring the best in LGBT writing for 2011, the Publishing Triangle and the Ferro-Grumley Literary Awards are pleased to recognize the finalists in the six categories below. The winners will be announced at our awards ceremony on April 19, 2012.
SISTER ARTS wins Lambda Literary Award
SISTER ARTS by Lisa L. Moore receives the award in the LGBT Studies sections at the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards ceremony on June 4th, 2012.
Six UMP books on the MN Book Awards Finalists list
Finalists include Larry Haeg, Sue Leaf, Rachael Hanel, Sarah Stonich, Julie Davis, and Penny Petersen.
SUSPENDED ANIMATION wins ChLA Book Award
Suspended Animation: Children's Picture Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity by Nathalie op de Beeck has been declared the best book of 2010 by the Children's Literature Association
Ten organizations selected for the Manifold Digital Services pilot program's second year
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen wins 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award
The Essential Ellen Willis a Finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award
The Essential Ellen Willis a Finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award
The Great Minnesota Cookie Book finalist for IACP Award
THE OPPOSITE OF COLD wins 2012 Gebard award from MNSAH
The Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians awards THE OPPOSITE OF COLD: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition, by Michael Nordskog and Aaron Hautala, the 8th annual David Stanley Gebhard Award.
'The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen' by Sean Sherman with Beth Dooley nominated for a James Beard cookbook award.
The Stories Still Need to Be Told: A Message for Our University of Minnesota Press Community
We believe telling the stories of Minnesota, the US, and the world is more crucial now than ever. It is our mission to do just that and we are committed to bring you our stories through, and to the other side of, this crisis. It’s the people—your engagement, your scholarship, and your ideas—that animate our work and make publishing books rewarding and important, at any moment in time.
The University of Minnesota Press announces Reading for Racial Justice open access book collection
In an effort to promote understanding and change, the University of Minnesota Press is releasing an open access collection of antiracist books, available free to read online through August 31, 2020.
The University of Minnesota Press with CUNY’s GC Digital Scholarship Lab and Cast Iron Coding announce the release of MANIFOLD 1.0.
The University of Minnesota Press with CUNY’s GC Digital Scholarship Lab and Cast Iron Coding to launch Manifold Scholarship Phase Two
A $789,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will contribute to the Manifold Scholarship project's ability to focus on assisting with installations at other institutions, further development of platform features, and a research project about potential OER (open education resources) uses of the platform.
Edward Soja Nominated for C. Wright Mills Award
Seeking Spatial Justice by Edward Soja is one of several nominees for the C. Wright Mills Award.
TWELVE OWLS among NE Minnesota Book Awards nominees
TWELVE OWLS, written by Laura Erickson and with illustrations by Betsy Bowen, is among this year's NE Minnesota Book Awards nominees in the Nonfiction category.
TWELVE OWLS wins honorable mention for general nonfiction
The Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards has recognized TWELVE OWLS by Laura Erickson and Betsy Bowen with an honorable mention in general nonfiction.
UMP titles available to media via NetGalley
University of Minnesota Press is a subscriber to NetGalley, a new online service for the electronic delivery of galleys and press materials.
University of Minnesota Press Announces First Three Forerunners Series Titles
The University of Minnesota Press is pleased to announce the launch of the first three titles in its new Forerunners: Ideas First initiative: The Anthrobscene, by Jussi Parikka; Aesop’s Anthropology: A Multispecies Approach, by John Hartigan Jr.; and Mediators: Aesthetics, Politics, and the City, by Reinhold Martin.
University of Minnesota Press Announces New Editorial Director
University of Minnesota Press Announces New Partnership with Sales Group Parson Weems
University of Minnesota Press at London Book Fair
University of Minnesota Press launches Minnesota Archive Editions
University of Minnesota Press announces an ambitious program, Minnesota Archive Editions, that will establish Minnesota as the first university press to return into print virtually every book published since its founding in 1925.