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Synergy at Its Best: A Look into the Coauthorship of Translations

Nov. 10, 2021—The following is a guest post by Brittany R. Johnson, Grants Coordinator at Vanderbilt University Press. For this year’s University Press Week 2021 blog tour, Vanderbilt UP is spotlighting the synergistic relationship between author and translator. In light of the years-old conversation and recent Publishers Weekly article on the views of putting author and translator...

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Author Conversations: Mastodons to Mississippians

Oct. 8, 2021—The 33rd annual Southern Festival of Books is this weekend, and Vanderbilt UP is celebrating our recent regional history books during the lead-up to the festival. One of those recent books is Mastodons to Mississippians: Adventures in Nashville’s Deep Past, written by archaeologist Aaron Deter-Wolf and anthropologist Tanya M. Peres. This past week, another Vanderbilt...

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UP Week 2020 Blog Tour: Active Voices

Nov. 13, 2020—The University Press Week 2020 blog tour is wrapping up today with posts all about active voices. RaiseUP: Read an Excerpt from Hearing Happiness by Jaipreet Virdi | University of Chicago Press Our Student Impact at Notre Dame Press | University of Notre Dame Press The Value of University Press Publishing from Friends of Notre...

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Policy to Practice: New Book Series

Nov. 13, 2020—Next Monday marks the official launch of our new book series Policy to Practice: Ethnographic Perspectives on Global Health Systems, with the release of the series’ two inaugural volumes—Delivering Health: Midwifery and Development in Mexico by Lydia Z. Dixon and For the Public Good: Women, Health, and Equity in Rural India by Patricia Antoniello. The...

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UP Week 2020 Blog Tour: Scientific Voices

Nov. 12, 2020—The University Press Week blog tour continues with posts all about today’s theme: Scientific Voices. #RaisingUP Scientific Voices with NEXUS Series | University of Alabama Press Raising Up the Science Behind the Human-Animal Bond | Purdue University Press Six Impossible Things | Princeton University Press The Relevance of Science Communication in the Era of COVID...

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Stories from the Natural World: New Book Trailer for Between the Rocks and the Stars

Nov. 12, 2020—As a part of the University Press Week 2020 blog tour, Vanderbilt UP is excited to unveil a new book trailer for Between the Rocks and the Stars: Narratives in Natural History. Between the Rocks and the Stars dives deep into the relationships that shape the natural world. Author Stephen Daubert offers accessible stories from...

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UP Week 2020 Blog Tour: Local Voices

Nov. 11, 2020—The University Press Week blog tour continues with posts all about today’s theme: Local Voices. University Press Week: Local Voices | Temple University Press Women’s Voices: Expanding the Audubon Park Narrative | Fordham University Press #RaiseUP: Local Voices | Syracuse University Press Raising Up Local Voices with A People’s Guides to Boston and San Francisco...

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UP Week 2020 Blog Tour: Creative Voices

Nov. 11, 2020—The University Press Week blog tour continues with posts all about today’s theme: Creative Voices. Raising Up Creative Voices: Yxta Maya Murray | Northwestern University Press Raising Up Creative Voices—University Press Week 2020 | University of Michigan Press The Value of University Press Publishing from Our Notre Dame Press Colleagues | University of Notre Dame...

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UP Week 2020 Blog Tour: New Voices

Nov. 9, 2020—Happy University Press Week! The UP Week 2020 blog tour will be happening throughout this week, and we hope you’ll follow along for each day’s new posts. Here’s more from AUPresses on this yearly tradition: Each year, we take a tour of the blogs in our larger community, with a series that daily addresses different...

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Author Cristina Rivera Garza Named a 2020 MacArthur Fellow

Oct. 7, 2020—Cristina Rivera Garza, author of the new Vanderbilt University Press book The Restless Dead: Necrowriting and Disappropriation, has been named a 2020 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The MacArthur Foundation awards its fellowships—known colloquially as “Genius grants”—annually to individuals for “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits.” Winners...

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