Awards
Unpopular Sovereignty: Mormons and the Federal Management of Early Utah Territory
Brent Rogers
Winner of the Mormon History Association’s 2018 Best First Book Award
Paradise Destroyed: Catastrophe and Citizenship in the French Caribbean
Christopher M. Church
Winner of the French Colonial Historical Society’s Heggoy Book Prize
Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet
Rosalyn R. LaPier
Finalist for the 2018 High Plains Book Award
Books
Edited and with an Introduction by Kim Adrian
Review in The Millions:
“…a volume that is as much an inspiration for other writers as it is a definitive collection of a constantly evolving genre.”
Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict
Edited by Max Brooks, John Amble, ML Cavanaugh, and Jaym Gates
Review in War On the Rocks:
“Strategy Strikes Back highlights what good science fiction and serious reflection on pop culture can do: bring the (strategic) dilemmas of the current age into stark relief.”
Felipe Alou with Peter Kerasotis
Feature in Tampa Bay Times:
“…details a journey that lifted [Alou] from poverty, past racism and into Dominican history books.”
A Far Corner: Life and Art with the Open Circle Tribe
Scott Ezell
Praise from Bookish Asia:
“Ezell’s poetic leanings enrich his prose. He can certainly write and A Far Corner (2015), which chronicles his time in Dulan, is full of memorable phrasing. And to get such a lyrical account – both in style and subject matter – from a university press is a welcome surprise.”
The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House
Curt Smith
Mention in Christian Science Monitor:
“As a former presidential speechwriter and the author of ‘Voices of the Game,’ the classic history of baseball broadcasting, Smith is the ideal person to unearth a rich vein of anecdotal material.”
George Sword’s Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition
Delphine Red Shirt
Review in Great Plains Quarterly:
“Highly significant… Red Shirt successfully reopens the conversation to remind Indigenous studies scholars that linguistic recovery and maintenance are imperative to the cultural continuance of the Lakota Nation.”
The JPS Rashi Discussion Torah Commentary
Steven and Sarah Levy
Review from The Reporter Group:
“An excellent way for those unfamiliar with Rashi to begin studying his commentary.”
Authors
Melissa Fraterrigo
Author interviewed in Rain Taxi.
David Davis
Author article for Zócalo Public Square.
Amina Gautier
Author interviewed in Fiction Writers Review.
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