Now Available: Images in the River
February 2, 2024
Now available at Texas Tech University Press: Images in the River: The Life and Work of Waring Cuney by Cynthia Davis and Verner D. Mitchell. The poet William Waring Cuney… READ MORE
Category: Excerpts
Blackdom, New Mexico Now Available – Read an Exclusive Excerpt Here
July 18, 2023
In 1903, thirteen Black men, encouraged by the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, set out and formed the Blackdom Townsite Company. Their goal was to bring to fruition an idea… READ MORE
Behind the Cover Art: Trinh Mai
March 8, 2023
With the impending release of Watermark, we at TTUP wanted to feature the artist whose work features on the cover. From the Snare of the Fowler, 2019 Trinh Mai Acrylic,… READ MORE
Excerpt from “Love, Norm” – Now Available
July 27, 2022
“I was not shocked when my stepson [Greg Levenson] decided to become a fighter pilot.” So begins Love, Norm—Greg’s and my story of Jewish military history as inspiration. Greg had… READ MORE
Exclusive Excerpt from A Haven in the Sun
May 4, 2021
For the first time in over 100 years, whooping cranes were spotted nesting in Texas. Viewing this hopeful sign that the endangered species might be beginning to replenish itself, many Texas coastal birders have been… 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
Excerpt from The Lyme Letters
November 9, 2020
The Lyme Letters is epistolary verse that spells out a memoir. R, a non-binary femme character, narrates their experience of disease and recovery through recurrent letters to doctors, pets, family… READ MORE