This October, we brought a total of five new wonderful titles into the world, ranging from the studies of Milton in Milton’s Moving Bodies to essays on grief in Michelle Suzanne Mirsky’s Here, Now all the way to the world of internet memes (and sometimes the confusion they bring) in Joanna Fuhrman’s Data Mind. Especially wonderful this month was the release of The Mee-Ow Show at 50: From Cultural Rebellion to Comedy Institution. The Mee-Ow Show at Northwestern University has been an integral part of the student culture for many years now, and it was wonderful to be able to bring a book so enmeshed with our partners at the University into the hands of eager readers, whether soon to be Mee-Ow cast members or those who look back to reminisce.
To close out the month, we’ve launched our annual Spooky Sale, active until November 1st! Don’t miss out on 40% off using code BOO to order from our website. We’ve got some great (boo)ks available for both our October titles and for pre-orders.
October Publicity
October was another great month for NUP authors in the news!
Poet Nandi Comer was named Best Poet of Detroit 2024.
Reviews:
- Forthcoming novel Elita by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum received a starred review in Kirkus!
- Poetry collection Hatch by Jenny Irish reviewed by Reckoning
- Bunkong Tuon’s novel Koan Khmer was reviewed by the Asian Review of Books
- Steven Swarbrick and Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction reviewed in cultural geographies
Interviews & Excerpts:
- Perry Janes discussed his collection Find Me When You’re Ready with Ann Arbor District Library
- An excerpt of Joanna Fuhrman’s Data Mind appeared on the Poetry Society of America’s Website
- Poet Cheryl Clarke spoke with Black Women Radicals about her poetry collection Archive of Style.
- Joanna Fuhrman interviewed by the Laurel Review about her collection Data Mind
- IndyWeek spoke with Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers about her essay collection Miss Southeast
Booklists:
- Cheryl Clarke’s Archive of Style appeared on The Lesbrary’s Must-Read Poetry Collections by Queer Women list
- Maggie Nye’s The Curators appeared on Electric Lit’s booklist “7 Books Channeling the Mythic Horror of Girlhood”
Podcasts:
- Nicholas Molbert appeared on the Of Poetry Podcast to discuss his collection Altars of Spine and Fraction
Writeups in The Daily Northwestern:
Looking Ahead to November
Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy
Forms of Mobility
Out of This World
Revolutions in Verse
The Inheritor
Five new titles are due out from NUP in November:
- The Inheritor – developed collaboratively by the Theatre de l’Aquarium and translated from the French by Kate Bredeson and Thalia Wolff
- Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy by Trevor Wilson
- Forms of Mobility by Stephanie Bosch Santana
- Out of This World by Priscilla Layne
- Revolutions in Verse by Isobel Palmer
November Events:
Northwestern University Press will be on the road in November. Find our editors at the following conferences:
- American Studies Association (ASA) Conference – November 14-17, Baltimore
- American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) Conference – November 14-17, Seattle
- Association for Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Conference – November 21-24, Boston
Books for Scorpios
It’s officially Scorpio season, and we couldn’t be more excited to recommend some dark and powerful reads this season. Scorpios are known for their loyalty, passion, strength, intensity, and independence. Leading the eighth house of transformation with Mars and Pluto, we’ve picked out some mysterious, intense, and bold reads for you this season!
Elita
Nightmare Remains
The Kukotsky Enigma
My Oceans
Cosmic Tantrum
Sex Work, Text Work
Hatch
How Story Can Break Free From Landscape: On Setting as the Origin of Narrative by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum