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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

UGA Press is celebrating Latine Heritage Month. Check out a few must-read books by Latine and Hispanic authors! All titles are available on our website: ugapress.org. #latineheritagemonth #latineauthors #hispanicheritagemonth #UGAPress

Graphic for Latine Heritage Month. Text: "Join UGA Press in celebrating Latine Heritage Month by checking out these featured titles!"

Graphic featuring books covers: "Peach Pit Corazon" by Rafael Ocasio, "Teresa Benguela and Felipa Crioula Were Pregnant" by Lorena Féres da Silva Telles, and "Building On Trust" by Oscar Chamosa, and "Enforcing Order on the Border" by Eric Gamino.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Submissions for the Georgia Poetry Prize are now OPEN!🏆 Our competition is held in collaboration with Georgia Tech’s Poetry@Tech and UGA’s Creative Writing Program to celebrate excellent works in poetry. Submit before Nov. 30 at loom.ly/l7de_v0 #georgiapoetryprize #ugapress #georgiatech

Graphic for the 2026 Georgia Poetry Prize. Text: Submission Period is 0ct 1.- Nov. 30 and "Winner receives $1,000, UGAP Publication Contract, and Readings at UGA & GA Tech." Head judge is Prageeta Sharma.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Still thinking about the Artist Talk and Reception event with Benjamin Dimmit, author of An Unflinching Look. The gallery, curated by Amy Abbe, displays photographs from his book. Check out the gallery until Oct. 17 at the Circle Gallery!🖼️ #photography

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We are pleased to announce Prageeta Sharma as head judge for the 2026 Georgia Poetry Prize! Sharma is the author of six collections of poetry, a 2025 NEA Creative Writing Fellow, and the Henry G. Lee ’37 professor of English at Pomona College. More on the blog: loom.ly/rZa66aU

Promotional graphic for the 2026 Georgia Poetry Prize from the University of Georgia Press. The orange-red poster features large yellow text reading “THE GEORGIA POETRY PRIZE.” A portrait of poet and professor Prageeta Sharma appears on the right. Text identifies her as the 2026 head judge and notes that she is a 2025 NEA Creative Writing Fellow.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We are pleased to announce Kasey Peters as the winner of the 2026 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction!🎊 Their collection Stop If You Want To was selected by series editor Lori Ostlund and will be published in the fall 2027. Read the announcement on our blog: loom.ly/QRrttuI #fiction

Announcement graphic for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction naming Kasey Peters as the 2026 winner; includes a portrait photo and notes that Stop If You Want To will be published in Fall 2027 by University of Georgia Press.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Chicago friends, join Will Boast, author of The Submerged, and Daniel Raeburn for their event at Pilsen Community Books! When: September 15th | 6:30 PM Where: Pilsen Community Books| 1531 W. 18th Street, Chicago, IL

Promotional flyer for an event with Will Boast, the author of The Submerged, and Daniel Raeburn. The event will be September 15th at 6:30 PM at Pilsen Community Books.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oregon friends, come see Ann Merrill discuss her new book, Flora's Interpreters, at Broadway Books! When: September 24 | 6:00 PM Where: Broadway Books | 1714 NE Broadway St, Portland, OR 97232 Find more information at broadwaybooks.net/event/2026-09-24/…

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Morrow’s thoughtfully stunning debut collection shows its readers we are speaking of a past that is closer than we think, that is not past at all.” Read the full review of Weston Morrow's Cloud Builder in Ninth Letter. ninthletter.com/feature/featured-wr…

Promotional book review graphic for Cloud Builder, a debut poetry collection by Weston Morrow. A large image of the book appears on the left, featuring a landscape painting on its cover. On the right, a quotation reads: “Morrow’s thoughtfully stunning debut collection shows its readers we are speaking of a past that is closer than we think, that is not past at all.” — Nathan Metz, Ninth Letter. The design uses an olive-green background with large white “BOOK REVIEW” text at the top and identifies the University of Georgia Press at the bottom.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Join us in remembering Wendell Berry (1934-2026), author, poet, essayist, farmer, and environmentalist. His poem "The Heron" appears in A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, edited by Rose McLarney, Laura-Gray Street and L. L. Gaddy. #UGAPress #WendellBerry

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Need Sealy Challenge ideas to keep you motivated through the end of August? We've got you! www.ugapress.org

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Tune in to KPCW's This Green Earth to hear author Beth Tobin discuss her book Loving Insects. Listen to the interview: loom.ly/8uhRDnY #UGAPress #LovingInsects

Promotional graphic for an author interview featuring Beth Tobin discussing Loving Insects. The graphic shows the book cover, decorated with colorful insect illustrations, alongside a portrait of Beth Tobin. Text identifies the book as Loving Insects: John Abbot’s Drawings & Natural History Collecting in the Atlantic World, 1760s–1840s, and includes the KPCW and University of Georgia Press logos.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

National Hip Hop Celebration Day is observed annually on August 11. Check out Joycelyn Wilson's new book Hacking Hip Hop or this on PBS: www.pbs.org/show/fight-power-how-hi…

Gray graphic with book cover of Hacking Hip Hop: Design Remix Logic in Research, Method, and Practice
by Joycelyn Wilson. The UGA Press is at the bottom of the image.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Summer may be ending, but your reading list is just getting started. ☀️📚 Celebrate National Book Lovers Day by finding your next read at ugapress.org. #NationalBookLoversDay #UGAPress #BookLovers #SummerReading

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We are pleased to announce a new endowment to support the publication and promottion of the winners of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Huge thank you for Debbie and John Edwards for your generous support of our talented authors. loom.ly/Aws4u0A

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New Endowment to provide support and recognition for the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction - Georgia Press

Fund will help cover publication costs, programming, supplies, travel, and other expenses The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce a new

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We are pleased to announce a new endowment to support our undergraduate internship program in book publishing. Thank you to the Candler Family and Ilges Foundation for supporting our students and the opportunities we are able to provide them. loom.ly/G82F6lk

Screenshot of a UGA Press blog post titled “New Endowment Supports Undergraduate Internships at UGA Press.” The subheading reads, “Fund will boost opportunities for college students to gain experience in the publishing industry.” Below, a collage of headshots labeled “2026 UGA Press Interns” appears alongside the article text, which announces the Candler Family Experiential Learning Scholarship Fund, a new endowment supporting paid undergraduate publishing internships. The post notes the Candler family’s longstanding relationship with UGA Press, a $100,000 gift matched by $50,000 from the UGA Foundation, and highlights internship opportunities across acquisitions, marketing, editorial, design, production, business, and intellectual property.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Come see Joycelyn Wilson in conversation with Christopher Daniel at the Atlanta History Center this Tuesday to celebrate the launch of Hacking Hip Hop: Design Remix Logic in Research Method and Practice. August 4th, 7:00 PM Register and find more information at loom.ly/5AAkaI0

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We have the VERY BEST interns here at UGA Press. Happy National Intern Day and thank you for all of your hard work! #Intern #NationalInternDay #SummerIntern

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We’re thrilled the Okefenokee Swamp has been named the first UNESCO World Heritage Heritage destination in Georgia.

Graphic featuring a sunset view over the Okefenokee Swamp, with golden sunlight reflecting on calm water and a tree-lined horizon, accredited to Scott Lynch. White text announces that the Okefenokee Swamp has been named Georgia's first UNESCO World Heritage destination and promotes the forthcoming book A Guide to Kayak and Canoe Camping the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge by Scott Lynch, publishing April 13, 2027. An image of the book cover appears in the lower right.

Promotional graphic featuring Okefinokee Album by Delma E. Presley, Trembling Earth: A Cultural History of the Okefenokee Swamp by Megan Kate Nelson, 35 Natural Wonders of Georgia to See Before You Die by Ann Littel and Charles Seabrook, and Fishes of the Okefenokee Swamp by Joshua Laerm and B. J. Freeman. The book covers are presented over an image of a dock in the Okefenokee Swamp accredited to Scott Lynch.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law 36 years ago on July 26, 1990. Pick up a few of these UGA Press titles as you read for Disability Pride Month at 50% off through the end of July with code 08SALE250 at ugapress.org.

Graphic with the heading “Disability Pride Month” above the book covers for My Withered Legs and Other Essays, Sifting the Feminine: Essays on a Woman’s Body, Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North, The Land Devotion, and Sports Rehabilitation and the Human Spirit. The background features the Disability Pride Flag with gray, yellow, pink, blue, and green stripes.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Consider this our love letter 💌 to one of the greatest indies: Square Books in Oxford, MS. Popped in this weekend & found our books everywhere! Thank you to all the folks who put books in people's hands at Square Books, Off Square Books, Square Books, Jr., & Rare Square Books. Y'all are the best!

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Happy Publication Day to all of these wonderful authors! 🎉✏️📖 Check out these New Releases on our website: ugapress.org (And they're 50% off through the end of July using code 08SALE250) #publications #publicationday #UGAPress #newreleases

Abstract graphic for "Territorializing Democracy" including its book cover and a review. Text: Human Geography, Urban Politics, and Democracy.

Abstract graphic for "Loving Insects" including its book cover and a review. Text: Insect Art, Biography, Environment and Nature, and Science History.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It's true! All books are still 50% off through the end of July with code 08SALE250. You know you want to restock your bookshelves.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A dynamic dialogue with top historians, unpacking the impact and paradoxes of our nation’s birthday 🇺🇸 Available at 50% off the entire month of July with code 08SALE250. www.ugapress.org/9780820377124/u-s-…

White book cover showing a red speech bubble containing text that says: "U.S. History at 250th: From the Revolution to the History Wars in Converation with Catherine Clinton and Jim Downs. The blue speech bubble lists the book's contributors:"Sandra Enriquez, Annette Gordon-Reed, Sandy Grande, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Erika Lee, Robert Parkinson, Marc Stein, William Sturkey"

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy PRIDE! Swipe for more LGBTQ+ to read for #Pridemonth! All of our books are on sale during June and July! Code 08SALE250 will take 50% off our entire catalog. www.ugapress.org 🌈

Rainbow background with the book covers of "The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket", "My Corpse Inside", "Unmothered, Untongued", "Gaze Back", "[WHITE]", and "My Withered Legs"

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Summer is officially in full swing and our UGA Press interns have their hands full (most days).

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Still struggling to find a gift for the dad that has everything? Look no further than these curated titles, now 50% off through the end of July with code 08SALE250! #FathersDay #DadAppreciation #BookGift

Large texts at the top reads "BEACH BUM DAD" over a beach background image. The books featured are "The Ultimate Shell Seeker's Guide", "A Beachcombers Guide to Fossils", "A High Low Tide: The Revival of a Southern Oyster", and "Saving the Georgia Coast".

Large text at the top reads “COACH DAD” displayed on a football field background image. The books shown are "The 19 of Greene" by Tony Barnhart, "How ’Bout Them Dawgs!" by Kirby Smart and Loran Smith, "Upset at Oakmont" by Steven Schlossman and Karen Thomas, and "The Crimson and Gold" by Mark Clegg.

Large text at the top reads "OUTDOORSY DAD" over a forest background image. The books shown are "Woodlands of the Mind: Rambles Through Campus Forests", "Hiking Metro Atlanta's Hidden Forests", "The Field Herping Guide", and "A Field Guide to Mushrooms in Georgia".

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy PRIDE Month! Add a splash of rainbow to your TBR by checking out some of our LGBTQ+ titles! www.ugapress.org 🌈

Rainbow background with the book covers of "Stand By Me", "BJU and Me", "Here Are My People", "Queering the South on Screen", "Crooked Letter i", and "A Queer History in Adolescence"

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Jacob Chamberlain's Migrant Justice in the Age of Removal has been awarded the Silver Nautilus Book Award for Social Change & Social Justice! www.nautilusbookawards.com/2026-win… #NautilusBookAwardsWinner #UGAPress #migrantjustice #books

Gold confetti and Nautilus Book Awards Winner Silver Seal on a dark pink background with an book open on a brown surface below. Text: "Nautlius Book Awards. Better books for a better world. Silver winner."

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Happy Publication Day to all of these wonderful authors! 🎉✏️📖 Check out these New Releases on our website: ugapress.org #publications #publicationday #UGAPress #newreleases

Abstract graphic for "Cuban Tobacco in the Age of Second Slavery" including its book cover and a review. Text: Cuban Economy, Black Studies and History, Forced and Enslaved Labor.

Abstract graphic for "We Are American Citizens" including its book cover and a review. Text: Civil Rights & Social Justice, Black History & Studies, Antebellum Colored Conventions, and Black Transnationalism.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Happy 90th birthday to the trailblazer herself, Mary Frances Early! Snag a copy of Ms. Early's autobiography The Quiet Trailblazer: My Journey as the First Black Graduate of the University of Georgia for 50% off as part of the ugapress.org sitewide sale now through July 31, 2026.

Photo of Mary Frances Early signing her autobiography The Quiet Trailblazer

Photo of Mary Frances Early speaking at lectern

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Feeling the indie love! We are pleased to announce that Meridian Rising has been named a Silver winner in the Literary category in @ForewardReviews' 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! #ForewardINDIES www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winn…

Promotional graphic announcing Meridian Rising by Paul Burch as a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner. On the bottom right is the silver Foreward Indies Winner award seal.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Curious what Pope Leo is reading this summer? Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gave the South Side-born pope last month a copy of Operation Breadbasket. Put a copy in your basket of goodies: get 50% off with code 08SALE250 at checkout! loom.ly/XnqT8gE HT: Block Club Chicago

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Here's Everything In Pope Leo's Chicago Goodie Bag

Mayor Brandon Johnson brought with him a gift chest of Chicago-themed items for the South Side-born pope. He also asked the pope to conduct Mass in Grant Park.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

PRAISE for Hacking Hip Hop by Joycelyn Wilson! Only TWO more months until this book can be in your hands! Preorder at www.ugapress.org/9780820377384/hack…

Tan background with the abstract cover of Hacking Hip Hop by Joycelyn Wilson. The featured blurb states, "In Hacking Hip Hop, Joycelyn Wilson breaks down how Hip Hop shapes the way we think, create, teach, and build. The book takes the culture seriously as a form of innovation and creative intelligence while staying connected to the storytelling and experimentation that have always pushed Hip Hop forward." —Antwan “Big Boi” Patton of OutKast, 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🇺🇸 AMERICA AT 250 SALE 2 months. 50% off all books. Use code 08SALE250 at checkout Details: • 50% off all titles • No minimum • Code valid 6/1/26 to 7/31/26

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Publication Day to all of these wonderful authors! 🎉✏️📖 Check out these New Releases on our website: ugapress.org #publications #publicationday #UGAPress #newreleases

Abstract graphic for "Flannery and Regina" including its book cover and a review. Text: Georgia History, Creative Nonfiction, Flannery O'Connor Biography, Mother-Daughter Relationship.

Abstract graphic for "If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened" including its book cover and a review. Text: War Journalist Autobiography, Creative Nonfiction, Violence in Society, Activism and Social Justice.

Abstract graphic for "Passport to Citizenship" including its book cover and a review. Text: Black Studies, Biography, Creative Nonfiction, and Military.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Jim Downs shares our newest title, U.S. History at the 250th, in our History in the Headlines series with Julian Zelizer. Watch the full interview here: open.substack.com/pub/julianzelizer…

A screenshot of a video interview between Julian Zelizer and Jim Downs, co-editor of U.S. History at the 250th.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

CLOSING THIS SUNDAY: The submission window for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction closes at 11:59pm on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Online entries accepted via our portal: georgiapress.submittable.com/submit

An image of a peacock and the details of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction contest submission window.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Happy Publication Day to this wonderful author! 🎉✏️📖 Check out these New Releases on our website: ugapress.org #publications #publicationday #UGAPress #newreleases

Abstract graphic for "Palms, Priests, and Pirates" including its book cover and a review. Text: Coastal Regions and Shorelines, Historical Geography, and Photography.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Happy International Jazz Day! Read the full review of Jazz June in Compulsive Reader. compulsivereader.com/2026/04/07/a-r…"

Blue background with cover of the book Jazz June by Clifford Thompson at the front.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social highlights Glawe's "distinctive voice and honesty" in his upcoming memoir publishing June 1st, 2026! Preorder available now. Read the full review here: www.publishersweekly.com/9781588385…

A Publishers Weekly review with a photo of author, Justin Glawe sitting in chair posing, and the book cover photo of If I am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

April is National Poetry Month and we have a wide selection to choose from! Celebrate poetry month with us by checking out one of our amazing poets. Find more available poetry books on our website!

The heading "National Poetry Month" above a typewriter and sketched stars.

The covers of "A Season" by Michael Walsh and "Blue Hands, Brown Skin" by Awuor Ouha with short descriptsions of each book.

The covers of "Tripas" and "Cue" with short descriptions of each book.

Slide 3: The covers of "American Happiness" and "The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket" with short descriptions of each title.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Gear up for #AthensTwilight Weekend, April 17-18, by learning more about Athen's Most Interesting Man, Fred Birchmore! 🚴‍♂️ Around the World on a Bicycle documents his journey, in 1935, traveling through 40 countries in Europe and northern Africa with just his bike. Order at ugapress.org

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Whether you're rooting for the Red team or the Black team this Saturday, we've got just the book for G-Day 2026. Kick off the season with us by browsing these bulldog titles!

Red and black panelled background with the book covers for Damn Good Dogs! and How 'Bout Them Dawgs!

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Happy Publication Day to all of these wonderful authors! 🎉 ✏️ 📖 Check out these New Releases on our website: ugapress.org #publications #publicationday #UGAPress #newreleases

Abstract graphic for "American Bacon" including its book cover and a review. Text: "Food Studies", "Agricultural and Food Policy", and "Meat Industry History".

Abstract graphic for "Emotional Filipinos" including its book cover and a review. Text: "Race and Ethnic Relations", "Southeast Asian History", and "Sociology of Religion".

Abstract graphic for "Fall Line" including its book cover and a review. Text: "Flood Devastation", "Fiction", and "Rural Georgia".

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Curious about how books are actually made? Learn more about what happens after an author submits a manuscript for publication on our website: www.ugapress.org/current-authors/fr…

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Say hello 👋 to the newest member of Acquisitions, Raquel Thorne, at the Popular Culture Association 2026 Annual Conference today and tomorrow in Atlanta. #PCA26 www.ugapress.org/exhibits/pca Use code 08PCA26 for 40% PCA discount AND free domestic shipping on select titles.

A woman holding the book Pimento Cheese by Rebecca Lang standing in front of a table filled with UGA Press books displayed face out.

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

What do the women in Bama Rush, beauty pageants and President Trump's orbit have in common? www.npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-576877… www.ugapress.org/9780820362328/sout…

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