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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Christian Wessels' poems are filled with all the spells and stories you need for this fall season. Learn more about Who Follow the Gleam on our website, or through our blog post, Halloween Reading Recommendations, at twp.ai/4hwTXN .

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Happy #FirstLineFriday Check out An Impossibility of Crows! Returning to her family's eerie Pennsylvania farm, a chemist attempts to breed a giant, intelligent crow to carry her daughter to freedom—only to spark a dangerous obsession with control. Code UMASS20 for 20% off: twp.ai/4hwTOg

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dive into our October reading list with An Impossibility of Crows by Kirsten Kaschock! A Frankenstein retelling centered around a mother's mission to make a monstrous crow for her daughter, where her experimentations don't go quite as she planned. 1/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For the month of October, we will be sharing some of our books that delve into ghosts, murder, and the supernatural. Follow along with each post to find out what you should read this fall season, and check out our blog post at twp.ai/4hwTRb to learn more about each title. Happy Reading!

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today is the last day to submit to the Juniper Prize. Go to the Juniper Prizes page at twp.ai/4iwtHt to send your manuscript through our Submittable link today! We can’t wait to read what you’ve written. 1/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You can go to the link in our bio to purchase a copy today. Don't forget to use UMASS20 to get 20% off your purchase!

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cummins relied on shared affective frameworks—sympathy, sentiment, and domestic vulnerability—to render piracy legible and punishable. American pirate law, Kelley demonstrates, was shaped by the same emotional logics that structured the era’s popular fiction.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

political position. Legal thinkers and writers such as John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Maria S.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Drawing on legal materials including treaties, trial transcripts, congressional debates, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions, as well as popular sentimental fiction (often written by women), Kelley argues that piracy was codified as an offense against moral feeling rather than being a singular

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Crimes Against Feeling: Piracy, Sympathy, and Ocean Politics in Antebellum American Legal Culture by Mark B. Kelley is out now!

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And, if you're submitting to this year's prizes, don't wait! Submissions close in two days. Want to read some of our previous winners? Use code JUNIPER at checkout to save 40% on past prize-winning titles! 2/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Foreword Reviews says, "Jennifer De Leon’s White Space is an entertaining, thought-provoking personal essay collection that explores race and writing with humor and wisdom." Purchase a copy of the Juniper Prize winning book at twp.ai/4hqgwF today. 1/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Don’t miss out, there’s only 5 days left to submit to the Juniper Prize! Head to the Juniper Prizes page at twp.ai/4iwtHm to submit your manuscript through our Submittable link. You may just be our next winner! 1/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Join Mia Millefoglie and Susan Conely 7PM September 30th at Mechanics' Hall as they discuss Daughters of Stone and Tide, speak on memoir writing, and answer your questions! Register today at twp.ai/4hv5wR. We hope to see you there!

Promotional graphic for an author talk with Mia Millefoglie and Susan Conley at Mechanics' Hall, Wednesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM. Description reads, "Join Mechanics' Hall and Longfellow Books for the launch of Millefoglie’s newest book alongside her discussion and Q&A with Susan Conley on memoirs, self-discovery, and hidden truths."

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join UVA Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry in their virtual discussion with Arlene W. Keeling, and her newest book, Harbor of Hope. The meeting will be hosted from 12-1PM (ET) on Tuesday, September 29th. Use link twp.ai/4hv5zd to join!

Promotional graphic for a virtual discussion with Arlene Keeling on September 29, 2026, 12PM to 1PM. Description reads, "Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry is hosting Arlene W. Keeling to discuss her new book, Harbor of Hope: Nurses of the Boston Floating Hospital. Register today to hear Keelings’ perspective on the nurses who redefined infant care."

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The result is a clear, balanced portrait of how deeply rooted attitudes toward freedom, unity, and governance continue to shape public life in both states. You can go to the link in our bio to purchase a copy today. Don't forget to use UMASS20 to get 20% off your purchase!

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bringing historical and cultural analysis together with contemporary case studies, Porto examines how these traditions influence each state’s approach to today’s policy challenges, including affordable housing and public-school funding.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Porto traces these differences back to the land itself: to the geology and geography that shaped early settlement, patterns of land use, and the distinct ways people built their communities.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Twin States, Different Paths: The Politics of New Hampshire and Vermont by Brian L. Porto is out now! This book explores the contrasting political cultures of New Hampshire and Vermont.

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Brian Halley @brianbhalley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Come see me at the @umasspress.bsky.social table here at @asalh-bhm.bsky.social meeting - always a great conference! Exhibit hall opens tomorrow (Thursday) at 9am.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don't forget: if you plan on submitting your work for this year's prizes, submission's close Sept. 30th. So, don't wait! Want to read some of our previous winners? Use code JUNIPER at checkout to save 40% on past prize-winning titles! 2/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Author Cynthia Blakeley says, "This honest and gripping memoir, full of psychological insight and compassion, will stay with readers long after the last page is turned." To read this Juniper Prize winning book, get Because We Must by Tracy Youngblom at twp.ai/4hqgta. 1/2

Promotional graphic for the book Because We Must by Tracy Youngblom with a quote from Cynthia Blakely that reads, "“This honest and gripping memoir, full of psychological insight and compassion, will stay with readers long after the last page is turned."

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“In The Memory Eaters, Elizabeth Kadetsky carries us down 'the river of forgetfulness,' a journey that proves both brilliant and beautiful," say author Dinty W. Moore. 1/2

Promotional graphic for the book The Memory Eaters by Elizabeth Kadetsky with a quote from Dinty W. Moore that reads, "In The Memory Eaters, Elizabeth Kadetsky carries us down 'the river of forgetfulness,' a journey that proves both brilliant and beautiful...This one will haunt me for some time.”

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Want to read some of our previous winners? Use code JUNIPER at checkout to save 40% on past prize-winning titles! 2/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Only two more weeks before our Juniper Prize submissions close! If you want to be considered for next year’s prize, go to the Juniper Prizes page at twp.ai/4iwtJM to submit your manuscript. Good luck and happy submitting! 1/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Join author Steve Howell in discussing his book, Cold War Puerto Rico: Anti-Communism in Washington's Caribbean Colony, during CENTRO's Library & Archives lunch hour. The virtual event starts at 12:00 PM EST on Tuesday, September 15th, so be sure to RSVP @centropr.bsky.social !

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Author Bob Hicok says I Love You But I Don’t Speak Your Language, “brushes against the menace and loneliness of life and reminds us, again and again, that we think and feel in the language of firework.” 1/2

A promotional graphic for the winning book of the Juniper Prize for Poetry, I Love You But I Don't Speak Your Language by Jason Bredle. A quote from Bob Hicok reads, “In these poems, surrealism brushes against the menace and loneliness of life and reminds us, again and again, that we think and feel in the language of fireworks.”

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you're a poet like Kucharczyk, you still have time to submit to this year's Juniper Prizes for Poetry. But, don't wait! Submissions close Sept. 30th. Want to read some of our previous winners? Use code JUNIPER at checkout to save 40% on past prize-winning titles! 2/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"If this marvelously Strange Hymn sounds like nothing we’ve ever heard, it’s exactly what we’ve been listening for," says author Jody Gladding. You can read Carlene Kucharczyk's Juniper Prize winning book Strange Hymn at twp.ai/4hqgj7. 1/2

Promotional graphic for the book Strange Hymn by Carlene Kucharaczyk with a quote from Jody Gladding that reads, "The sure and tenuous music of Carlene Kucharczyk’s work reminds me why we call such poems lyric. 'Wholly occupied with the singing,' each one invites us, with quiet urgency, into its own resonant space. If this marvelously Strange Hymn sounds like nothing we’ve ever heard, it’s exactly what we’ve been listening for."

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Both intimate and historical, the memoir is a meditation on identity, abandonment, and belonging—a fisherman’s daughter’s search to understand the forces that bind and break a family across generations and seas. You can go to the link in our bio to purchase a copy today!

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Daughters of Stone and Tide follows Millefoglie's life, the adopted daughter of Sicilian immigrants in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

With humor, heart, and vivid observation, this memoir shows that wonder isn’t reserved for the young or the lucky—it waits beneath the surface for anyone willing to slow down, look closely, and stay a while.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Swimming with Turtles follows author Susan Baur over nearly two decades as she becomes a self-taught naturalist, children’s author (of The Turtle Sisters series), and unlikely environmental advocate, founding Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage to protect the ponds she had grown to love.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two new releases: Swimming with Turtles: How Wonder Reconnects Us to the Natural World by Susan Baur, and Daughters of Stone and Tide: Loss and Resilience in a Fisherman’s Family by Maria "Mia" Millefoglie are out now!

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

To read Raappana's work and possibly submit your own, visit twp.ai/4hqgdy today! Remember, this year's prizes close Sept. 30th, so don't wait! Want to read some of our previous winners? Use code JUNIPER at checkout to save 40% on past prize-winning titles! 2/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

According to author Gordon Kippola, the poetry of Juniper Prize Winner Saara Myrene Raappana, "...embodies a vast and transcendent array of subtle artfulness in the creative application of metered verse, exceeding any modern poet whose work I've encountered." 1/2

Promotional graphic for the book Chamber After Chamber by Saara Myrene Raappana with a quote from Gordon Kippola that reads, “Saara Myrene Raappana's poetry embodies a vast and transcendent array of subtle artfulness in the creative application of metered verse, exceeding any modern poet whose work I've encountered."

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And, if you're a poet like Irwin, submit your work to be considered for this years Juniper Prize for Poetry! Don't wait, submissions close Sept. 30th! Want to read some of our previous winners? Use code JUNIPER at checkout to save 40% on past prize-winning titles! 2/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Winner of the National Book Award, Arthur Sze, says, "Mark Irwin’s new poems that ask 'how long, how bright?' are radiant with a sheen of longing and urgency." To purchase a copy of Once When Green, winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry, visit twp.ai/4hqgZu. 1/2

Promotional graphic for the book Once When Green by Mark Irwin with a quote from Arthur Sze that reads, ""Mark Irwin’s new poems that ask 'how long, how bright?' are radiant with a sheen of longing and urgency."

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Want to read some of our previous winners? Use code JUNIPER at checkout to save 40% on past prize-winning titles! 2/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There’s only one month left before our Juniper Prize submissions close! Visit our Juniper Prizes page at twp.ai/4iwtGR to get your manuscript in before it's too late. Submissions run now through September 30th! 1/2

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Compact enough to carry and beautiful enough to enjoy at home, this essential companion fosters a deeper commitment to protecting the Northeast’s extraordinary high places. Go to the link in our bio to purchase a copy today. Don't forget to use UMASS20 to get 20% off your purchase!

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Chapters explore geology, weather, and plant communities, while also addressing urgent conservation concerns, from climate change and invasive species to the impacts of summit development.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Concise and informative, this guide includes updated scientific and common names, flowering times, habitat and range notes, and an easy-to-use flowering chart for quick reference on the trail.

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Field Guide to the Northeast Alpine Summits: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York by Allison W. Bell and Nancy G. Slack is out now!

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

If you’re a poet searching for a place to submit your own collection, visit Juniper Prizes at twp.ai/4iwtGI to submit your work. Submissions close on September 30th, so don’t wait, submit today! 3/3

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University of Massachusetts Press @umasspress.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In this dazzling debut collection, Christian Wessels transports readers to across centuries and contents, weaving reality and folklore with every line. 2/3

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