University of North Texas Press

12/19/2024

Check out the new review from Kirkus Reviews for the Katherine Anne Porter Prize-winning short story collection WHERE TO CARRY THE SOUND by Nina Sudhakar!

Sudhakar’s collection of short stories melancholically reflects on loneliness, loss, and cultural decay.

12/17/2024

Big thanks to Rock Talk Studio for featuring SOUL SERENADE by Timothy Hoover in their Best Rock n Roll Books and Docs of 2024 for Best Rock n Roll Book I Learned the Most From!

See what you can learn by ordering a copy of SOUL SERENADE at untpress.unt.edu.

The second annual books and docs of the year award show! All the best rock n roll books and documentaries of 2024. Awards for Best Rock n Roll Book About a Band, Best Rock n Roll Book About a Band member, Best Rock n Roll Book that I Learned The M...

12/03/2024

Thanks to Lit Hub for featuring the Vassar Miller Prize-winning collection FELLING by Kelan Nee in their 38 Favorite Books of 2024!

It’s been another hard year, but at least the reading was good. Here are the best (new) books the Literary Hub staff read in 2024. * Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland FSG, January 16 It is a f…

12/02/2024

Thank you to Oak Cliff Advocate for featuring FRAMING OAK CLIFF by Richard Doherty on their Oak Cliff gift guide!

This holiday season, it’s easier than ever to support local businesses in our neighborhood while giving perfect gifts to your loved ones with our annual gift guide. From clothing and accessories to wine and pancakes, these spots have gifts for them all. For the scent obsessed

12/02/2024

See TUBBY author Stephen Bourque discuss his biography of Raymond O. Barton with WW2TV.

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11/17/2024

Thanks to everyone who visited our tent yesterday for a signed copy of Alfredo Cárdenas' DUVAL COUNTY TEJANOS and Harold Weiss' TRACKING THE TEXAS RANGER HISTORIANS!

Visit us today from 1-3 PM and get a signed copy of DESIRE TO SERVE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON from author Cheryl Brown Wattley!

11/16/2024

We're representing UNT Press at the Texas Book Festival this weekend in Austin! Hope to see you there!

11/07/2024

TUBBY: RAYMOND O. BARTON AND THE US ARMY, 1889-1963 by Stephen A. Bourque is available now from untpress.unt.edu!

Based on personal letters and documents, this biography explores Barton’s military career from his days as a cadet through thirty-seven years of military service, culminating with his command in World War II of the 4th Infantry Division during the US Army’s campaign in France

10/01/2024

James T. Gillam's harrowing account of the Vietnam War, LIFE AND DEATH IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: AN AMERICAN SERGEANT IN THE VIETNAM WAR, 1968-1970, is now available in paperback from untpress.unt.edu!

09/24/2024

Daniel Gelo and Christopher Wickham will be speaking about THE GERMAN TEXAS FRONTIER IN 1853 at the Boerne Book Festival on October 5! Read more at mysanantonio.com

Texas Hill Country authors celebrated at 2024 Boerne Book Festival https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/boerne-book-festival-2024-19740522.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral via

2024 Boerne Book Festival celebrates authors Elizabeth Crook, Amanda Churchill, James Wade, Scott Semegran and other Texas Hill Country novelists.

09/24/2024

Available now from UNT Press: TRACKING THE TEXAS RANGER HISTORIANS by Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss

TRACKING THE TEXAS RANGER HISTORIAN contains essays by a number of notable historians as they examine different perspectives on the history of the famed law enforcement agency, from its inception to the modern era. Order TRACKING THE TEXAS RANGER HISTORIANS from untpress.unt.edu

09/23/2024

Kyle B. Carpenter discusses the story behind GLOBALIZING THE LOWER RIO GRANDE for Current's Author's Corner

Kyle B. Carpenter is Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. This interview is based on his new book,

09/23/2024

Available now from UNT Press:
GLOBALIZING THE LOWER RIO GRANDE: EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE BORDERLANDS, 1749-1881 by Kyle B. Carpenter

Visit untpress.unt.edu to read more about this fascinating examination of the impact of European settlers and entrepreneurs as they attempted to remake the Lower Rio Grande into a modern commercial utopia.

09/04/2024

Check out this fantastic discussion of the creative process behind Richard Doherty's "Framing Oak Cliff: A Visual Diary of a Dallas Neighborhood" from Oak Cliff Advocate!

Photo by Lauren Allen At age 10 in 1954, with his father’s costly German camera, Richard Doherty took his first photograph. In his house growing up, Doherty’s father had a darkroom built into the house where he taught him how

09/03/2024

Submissions are open now for the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry!
Visit the link below to learn more about the contest and guidelines, and submit your manuscripts now through October 31!
See previous Vassar Miller Prize winners at https://untpress.unt.edu/authors/vassar-miller-submissions/

The University of North Texas Press hosts two yearly prizes:The Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction normally runs from May 1 to June 30. The Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry runs from September 1 to October 31. For more information about our prizes, visit untpress.unt.edu/contest.