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Great piece on university presses now: “The publishers who don’t run away.”

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In ON CLOSE READING, John Guillory addresses two puzzles: why the New Critics, who supposedly emphasized close reading, rarely used the term, and why scholars struggle to define it. Guillory explains how these puzzles are connected on our blog. Read more here: https://buff.ly/40pR0bL

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Thinking of Shirley Hazzard, who would have been 94 today. This picture is from my last visit with her, in 2014: she is holding her 1963 portrait by Sam Falk. Savor at least a paragraph today from her great novels, Transit of Venus and The Great Fire.

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Congratulations to Jesse McCarthy, author of THE BLUE PERIOD, which has been longlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Awards in Criticism. Part of our Thinking Literature series, THE BLUE PERIOD investigates Black writing in the Cold War era.

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Thrilled that My Dark Room (University of Chicago Press) has been awarded an honorable mention for the MLA’s 2023 James Russell Lowell Prize! 💫✨💫 www.mla.org/content/down...

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Cover reveal — Allison Carruth’s “Novel Ecologies: Nature Remade and the Illusions of Tech” unmasks the tech industry’s quasi-religious faith in environmental engineering. Forthcoming in January. Preorder now with code UCPNEW for 30% off: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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John Guillory’s “On Close Reading” is here! See also Scott Newstok’s companion website, Close Reading Archive: www.closereadingarchive.org Orders placed directly with Chicago are shipping now (30% off with promo code UCPNEW): tinyurl.com/4ew4tm6h

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I will make my usual comment about pardons: Any executive who has pardon power and does not specifically commit at least a portion of their time to regularly, expeditiously reviewing and acting on pardon requests from nobodies is failing a very clear moral test.

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Anyone else waiting to see if the CMOS shop is going to maybe have a cyber Monday sale tomorrow? Just me? Because new edition means new merchandise and yellow just happens to be my favorite color.

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Such a nice shoutout for my #Homer #Odyssey —and from such an unexpected quarter: nytacrostics.com/nyt-acrostic...

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New this fall, the 11th and 12th books in Chicago’s Thinking Literature series: Julia Jarcho’s “Throw Yourself Away: Writing & Masochism” and Leah Middlebrook’s “Amphion: Lyre, Poetry, & Politics in Modernity.” @uchicagopress.bsky.social

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FIELD NOTES: REPAIR #4 The latest in the series, feat. words by Simon Sadler, @tamigraph.bsky.social, Nina Briggs, @kavitaurbanist.bsky.social, Aaron Cayer, Ifeoma Ebo, Elke Krasny, @johanpries.bsky.social, Kyle Spence, Phineas Harper & Gabu Heindl. Observations on repair in a broken world:

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A book we published in 1955 that's trending now. Offered without need for additional comment: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... @uchicagopress.bsky.social

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Attending the American Studies meeting in Baltimore? I’ll be there and eager to see you at the UChicago Press booth. Check out our featured titles here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi... @uchicagopress.bsky.social

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A review of The Virtual Sentence, eight writing exercises by Kyle Booten, D. Graham Burnett, Brian Dillon, Jeff Dolven, Jan Mieszkowski, Sally O’Reilly, Mónica de la Torre, and Elena Vogman.

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NEXT Weds. 11/20. Throw Yourself Away: Writing and Masochism. A Book Talk with Julia Jarcho. 4pm Pembroke Hall 305. Responses from Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in English Kevin Quashie & Asst. Professor of English Kyle C. Frisina (Holy Cross). Learn more: https://buff.ly/40iy403

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Field Notes on Repair #2 is out now! This second installment in the survey series features words on repair, maintenance & care by Joan Ockman, David Theodore, Ana Miljački, David Gissen, Amber Wiley, Huda Tayob, Brett Milligan, Mireille Roddier, Nishiko, Jeremy Till, Nora Wendl & Alison B. Hirsch.

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We are thrilled to share that our Spring 2025 seasonal catalog is now available! Check out more than 500 books from Chicago and our client publishers and ReadUP:

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Happy to showcase a collection @uchicagopress.bsky.social authors on @bsky.app. Please follow! go.bsky.app/LhdLfcP

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Job opening in the University of Chicago Press books division: I'm hiring a Senior Editorial Associate and Acquisitions Department Coordinator to work out of our office in Hyde Park (hybrid OK). Please email with any questions. Details: uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

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Jonathan Kramnick, author of CRITICISM AND TRUTH, on High Theory Podcast to discuss close reading-- in Kramnick’s view the shared foundation of literary studies in the university. Listen here: bit.ly/3PxXwIN

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Really disappointed to read this from Ian Anderson of the band Jethro Tull: “If there is one thing in my life, I would go back and change the name of Jethro Tull to something less historical.” tinyurl.com/dndjyhb2

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What makes criticism truthful? Jonathan Kramnick discusses "Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies" on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast: newbooksnetwork.com/criticism-an...

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Giovanni Tiepolo, now in a ravishing show at the Morgan Library, NYC.

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Coming to Philly for MLA? Don't miss Jonathan Kramnick and Ross Wilson in conversation with Anahid Nersessian about their new books at Head House Books, Jan. 5, 6:30PM.

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Michel Chaouli's forthcoming book, SOMETHING SPEAKS TO ME, probes the deepest impulses behind literary criticism. It also has a cover drawing by one of my favorite artists, Frederick Sommer. It will be gorgeous, inside and out. To be published in February by @UChicagoPress .

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