One month ‘til pub date for BAND PEOPLE…big thanks to Chuck Klosterman for the shout: “It’s the difference between learning about a war from a general and learning about a war from a soldier.”

I'm guessing your campus library's acquisitions budget has recently turned over into a new fiscal year,* or it's about to, which means they probably have funds to spend! Howzabout you request my book for your library, eh? 😀 #GoldDustOnTheAir University of Texas Press utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/

Lisa Keefauver was featured as a guest this week on Zibby Owens's "Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books" podcast! Listen at the link below, or wherever y'all get your pods. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-z…

Book launch at my favorite hometown brewery, Four Corners Brewing Co.. This Thursday!

"Rulfo airs a worldview dark enough to make Cormac McCarthy look like P.G. Wodehouse. . . Spectral stories shot through with violence and sorrow, and beautiful for all that." It's a starred review in Kirkus Reviews for THE BURNING PLAIN! kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/j…

Check out this piece from Victoria Sturtevant, author of the forthcoming IT’S ALL IN THE DELIVERY 🍼👶 on BABES and pregnancy in comedy!

Explore the little-told story of El Paso’s punk scene in “Chuco Punk” by Tara López. From DIY venues to cultural resistance, López reveals how the Borderland’s Chicanx community shaped a movement. elpasomatters.org/2024/08/22/chu…

Today on AirTalk with Larry Mantle: Molly A. Schneider discussing GOLD DUST ON THE AIR! You can listen live around 11:40am CT at the link below, or download the podcast episode for today's show later on if you miss it. laist.com/shows/airtalk/…

"Blackburn’s prose is impeccable, and her narrative utterly absorbing. . . an immense testament to the capacity of a daughter’s love—and an act of faith in our better human instincts." 🙏 to Brendan Ruberry for reviewing LOOSE OF EARTH at Commonweal Magazine! commonwealmagazine.org/lifestyle-choi…

New episode: In Conversation // FRANZ NICOLAY speaking with Franz from The Hold Steady about his fascinating new book detailing everything you never knew about life in a rock band: BAND PEOPLE

Congratulations to UT Press author Alison Macor, who has been awarded an NEH Public Scholar Grant! This grant will fund her work on a forthcoming book about George Cukor’s 1939 film THE WOMEN! Check out the other projects being funded here⬇️ neh.gov/news/NEH-grant…

Estamos en la linda ciudad de México, entre preciosos libros y excelente colegas! University of Texas Press is in the beautiful Mexico City at FILUNI , among gorgeous books and incredible colleagues Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s, Columbia Univ Press, AUPresses 📚, and Catamount International. 📚

Visit University of Texas Press and Angelica Lopez-Torres at #FILUNI2024! Stop by stand 80 or view titles from the Press anytime at utpress.utexas.edu. #ReadUP #LibrosUNAM

UTP is so very excited to announce that Hanif Abdurraqib has joined us as a series editor for our American Music Series! Dream up your projects and, when you're ready, click the series page below. We're ready to embrace the music writers of the future. 🖤 utpress.utexas.edu/search-grid/?s…

writing for this series has been a dream and an absolute joy (release news to come…soon?) , a collection of books that stand as the best in the biz, and so lovely to see this news!

So hyped that this is happening. So honored to be part of this dream team. Send us your pitches and questions, because it’s all happening.

Dang, they just formed the music critic Avengers!!

“Band People” in “The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This September”: “a virtuoso’s touch” Thx Tobias Carroll InsideHook ! insidehook.com/books/books-yo…