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Women in Translation Month

August is Women in Translation Month! We’ve collected a reading list of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by women translators and women writers in translation. Join the #WIT movement and browse these recent titles.

Books for Understanding

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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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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Northwestern University Press Launches First Open Access Site

Through a generous grant from a joint project between the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Northwestern University Press is launching Northwestern Open, a first-of-its-kind digital initiative at the Press that provides free access to 46 previously out

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