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Press Contacts

Heather Skinner: Publicist and Assistant Marketing Manager; presspr@umn.edu; Phone: (612) 301-1932; [vCard ]
Emily Hamilton: Assistant Director for Book Publishing; eph@umn.edu; Phone: (612) 301-1936; [vCard ]

Press Releases

The University of Minnesota Press announces Reading for Racial Justice open access book collection Jun 03, 2020: 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.
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.
Fundraiser announced for second edition of Minnesota's Natural Heritage by John Tester May 28, 2020: We're asking for support to help us publish the book at a price and scale that will make it widely accessible to Minnesota’s classrooms, libraries, and independent bookstores. We appreciate gifts of any amount.
We are asking for your support to help us publish the second edition of Minnesota’s Natural Heritage at a price and scale that will make it widely accessible to Minnesota’s classrooms, libraries, and independent bookstores. Your support is crucial and greatly appreciated as we strive to produce this book at the highest standards while facing the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis, which has affected the book industry at all levels.
The Stories Still Need to Be Told: A Message for Our University of Minnesota Press Community Mar 25, 2020: We believe telling the stories of Minnesota, the US, and the world is more crucial now than ever.
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.

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Press Clips

Campus Compact: A Third University Is Possible May 19, 2020: Interview with K. Wayne Yang on A Third University Is Possible
The Timberjay: Walking the Old Road May 16, 2020: Review of Walking the Old Road by Staci Lola Drouillard
MPR: Walking the Old Road May 13, 2020: Interview with Staci Lola Drouillard author of Walking the Old Road