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Northwestern University Press stands with our university, staff, and authors in our commitment to social justice. We invite you to explore our suggested reading list that enriches the necessary conversations with communities all over the world and strives to bring voices of change, equity, and humanity to the forefront.

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Parneshia Jones Appointed Director of Northwestern University Press

Sarah M. Pritchard, the Northwestern University Dean of Libraries and the Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian, has announced the appointment of Parneshia Jones as the new director of Northwestern University Press (NUP) effective September 21. “Since joining NUP in 2003,” says

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Northwestern University Press’s Fall 2020 Catalog

Northwestern University Press’s Fall 2020 catalog has been announced! Click here or on the jacket on our homepage to peruse our fall books. Front list highlights include poetry collections from Slam Poetry founder Marc Kelly Smith, returning NU poet Ellen Hagan, and Guggenheim and NEA grant-

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$1,205,000 Mellon Grant to Expand the University Press Diversity Fellowship Program

Northwestern University Press, the University of Washington Press, the MIT Press, Cornell University Press, the Ohio State University Press, University of Chicago Press, and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) join forces to expand the University Press Diversity Fellowship Program.

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