Celebrate 50 Years with TTUP
February 1, 2021
Texas Tech University Press is proud to announce the celebration of our 50th anniversary in 2021. When TTU Press was established in 1971, our charge was to become the preeminent… READ MORE
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Spotlight on the Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest Series
April 19, 2021
Throughout this 50th anniversary year, we’ve been doing a great deal of looking ahead at new and future initiatives. We thought it might be a good time to look back on some of our… READ MORE
In Honor of Yom HaShoah
April 8, 2021
“In the midst of the deepest despair, I fully realized the meaning of life is life itself.” — Estelle Glaser Laughlin In Honor of Yom HaShoah, we’d like to spotlight… READ MORE
A Timely Reading from Gerrymandering Texas
April 5, 2021
In November 2020, we released Gerrymandering Texas and subsequently posted an interview with the book’s editor, Bob Heath. Those masochists who follow the doings of the Texas legislature know that 2021 is a redistricting year, which means that at some… READ MORE
Texas Tech University Press Statement on Anti-Asian Violence
March 26, 2021
The staff of Texas Tech University Press (TTUP), and the entire Texas Tech community, vigorously condemn anti-Asian racism and all acts of violence and cruelty that arise from it. We… READ MORE
Speaking with Former Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald
March 23, 2021
Throughout our 50th anniversary year, we will be reflecting on our various publishing endeavors here at Texas Tech University Press. Part of this undertaking involves a celebration of our proudest initiatives. Among them, undoubtedly,… READ MORE
Announcing the Iron Horse Prize
March 15, 2021
Throughout 2021, our 50th anniversary year, we will not only reflect on past publishing endeavors but also look ahead to fresh initiatives. One such venture is our new Iron Horse Prize for a… READ MORE
TTUP Author Andy Bowman Explains Our Recent Texas Weather Apocalypse
March 8, 2021
A little while back it got really cold here in Texas. While the situation in Lubbock was not as apocalyptic as it was in places like Austin, it was still a crazy aberration in Texas weather—the kind of crazy… READ MORE
Talking Vietnamese American Literature with DVAN Co-Founder Isabelle Thuy Pelaud
March 1, 2021
Throughout 2021, our 50th anniversary year, we will not only reflect on past publishing endeavors but also look ahead to fresh initiatives. One of our most exciting new ventures is a series collaboration with the Diasporic Vietnamese… READ MORE
Talking Poetry and Small Press Publishing Models with Rachel Mennies
February 22, 2021
Throughout our 50th anniversary year, we will be reflecting on our various publishing endeavors here at Texas Tech University Press. We’ll celebrate the past, certainly, but we’re also hoping to reflect on our next 50 years… READ MORE
Gracious and the New Era of Southern Poetry
February 15, 2021
The new anthology of southern poetry from TTUP is called Gracious. To celebrate its release, our acquisitions editor, Travis, sat down to talk with Gracious’s editor John Poch (@jpoch) about the nature of anthology-making and… READ MORE