June 19, 2020
On Juneteenth 2019, Northwestern University Press was proud to publish neckbone: visual verses by avery r. young. On the first anniversary of the collection’s release, we’re pleased to re-blog a… READ MORE
June 15, 2020
The University of Washington Press, the MIT Press, Cornell University Press, the Ohio State University Press, University of Chicago Press, Northwestern University Press, and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses)… READ MORE
The following is an excerpt from Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History, written by Cindy Crosby and illustrated by Peggy Macnamara In my mailbox is a birthday card… READ MORE
June 13, 2020
NIKKY FINNEY is the author of five books of poetry, including Head Off & Split (NU Press, 2011), winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. She is the John H. Bennett, Jr., Chair… READ MORE
June 12, 2020
by Kyle Dargan We can no longer afford that particular romance. —James Baldwin Brother Rickey halts me before I cross East Capitol. He trumpets that we are at war. I… READ MORE
June 11, 2020
It’s December in Sweden and I’ve come to pick up Miss Morrison from the Nobel Banquet at Stockholm City Hall. I’m driving the washed and waxed black limo. I have… READ MORE
June 10, 2020
by Lavelle Porter An excerpt from The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction, Higher Education, and the Black Intellectual So what does it mean to say that Blackademic Lives Matter? Blackademic: A… READ MORE
June 5, 2020
Kara Jackson open and picked apart the heart of America that beats too fast, because if you don’t run quick enough, you don’t know who will shoot you. In Chicago,… READ MORE
June 2, 2020
Patricia Smith For avery r. young Baby girls boom. Baby girls blow and burn, skin balloons, booms. Baby girls burn, boom. The Lord dangles, festive and helpless. Hymnals blacken while… READ MORE
May 7, 2020
by Matthew Applegate The fallout from our current crises has not yet settled. As we have adapted to online iterations of our work, we have also experienced a profound loss… READ MORE
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