It was awesome to head back to my alma mater Simmons University and share my book. A massive thank you to Suzanne Leonard for putting this together!
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After years of research and a lifetime of fascination from ghost towns, Dr. Jeffrey Schmidt from Price College of Business has published a book that explores 100 interesting towns from the panhandle to the Red River.

Learn more: link.ou.edu/3USS19t

Today, in an interview by Alice Stephens, author Rebecca Wellington discusses her new book, WHO IS A WORTHY MOTHER?: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF ADOPTION (@OUPress): washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-in…

Out Now! 'Here Today: Oklahoma’s Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds' by Jeffrey B. Schmidt. oupress.com/9780806193724/…

An Interview with Rebecca Wellington | Washington Independent Review of Books washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-in…
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More big news for university and independent presses away from the coasts: Congrats to my colleagues at OU Press for landing in yesterday’s New York Times with Thomas Ty Smith's book 'The Garza War in South Texas.”

OUP author Thomas Ty Smith's latest 'The Garza War in South Texas: A Military History, 1890–1893' made it into the The New York Times! Many thanks to Thomas E. Ricks for the article and for spotlighting three great new history titles. nytimes.com/2024/05/19/boo…

HERE TODAY publishes on May 21st and you do not want to miss out on grabbing your copy before summer travel season starts! #ExploreYourState 🔗 ou.edu/news/articles/…

Many thanks to Layce Gardner with the TahlequahDailyPress for this write up about LIFE ON FIRE by Connie Cronley! tahlequahdailypress.com/community/talk…

Campus lately.. 😍🌺🌷

Next stop on the ‘Who Is a Worthy Mother?’ book tour: Simmons University in Boston! Come join me and Suzanne Leonard as we talk about motherhood, adoption, reproductive autonomy and so much more! This event is open to the public
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It's two months until the publication of -A Pedagogy of Kindness-! Don't forget you can pre-order from The U of OK Press (below) or your favorite retailer bit.ly/PreOrderPoK

Thanks to both Rebecca Wellington and Gretchen Sisson for your talk in Berkeley tonight. Now I have to add rebeccawellington.com/projects/who-i… to my list of essential adoption reading — after I finish relinquishedbook.com. Both books will transform society's fairy tale view of adoption.📚

A massive thank you to Gretchen Sisson for facilitating a great conversation tonight Books Inc. 📚🌉 in Berkeley. We had amazing stories about adoption, motherhood and it was topped off by some epic poetry. So fun ❤️
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It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the passing of OUP author, Joanne Dearcopp. Joanne was Sanora Babb’s literary executor and agent and an author in her own right. Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family and loved ones who we know will miss her terribly.

Manchester, OK (pop. 90). Read about the bitter rivalry between Cameron, Kansas and Manchester, Oklahoma in this new book by the OU Press Here Today: Oklahoma’s Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds a.co/d/hRLZRcN

Check out Daniel Macfarlane 🇨🇦's review of Jay Hakes's 'Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s,' published in 2022 by OU Press; review now available H-Net Reviews #envhist #envhum #energy
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Patti *This is the way* ⚾️ 🇺🇦☮️ 🏳️‍🌈 Thank you for this awesome book review!
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Series news! The board at OU Press has approved 3 more higher ed books—Chavella Pittman on empowering women faculty of color, David Rettinger and Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant on teaching for integrity in the age of AI, and a new book from Meaningful Writing Project. Watch for formal announcements soon.

AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!
Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare is now available for preorder via OU Press (via Longleaf Services ) or from the bookseller of your choice.
If you have any interest in this work, I ask you to consider preordering