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Jackie Ormes to be inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame

by Meredith Kahn December 4, 2013

cover, Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist

Jackie Ormes, whose life and work Nancy Goldstein documented in Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist, will be posthumously inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame at their annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on January 16, 2014. The NABJ is honoring Ormes for her portrayal of black female characters who challenged stereotypes of the time, as well as her service to the profession and the African American community. For more information see the NABJ announcement.

Gayle Greene on Doris Lessing

by Meredith Kahn December 4, 2013

Gayle Greene, author of Doris Lessing: The Poetics of Change, recently wrote about the impact of Doris Lessing’s work for Ms. Magazine’s blog: It would be difficult to overstate the impact The Golden Notebook had on women of my generation, the direct and immediate identification we felt with it, the thrill of recognition. Here was a protagonist struggling with commitments to herself, her work, a child, relationships, political activism, “living the kind of life women never lived before.” Protagonist Anna Wulf describes herself as “the position of women in our time,” and for many of us this was no exaggeration. — Gayle […]

HOLIDAY SALE: Save 30% on Select Titles

by Shaun Manning November 29, 2013

As you’re rounding out your holiday shopping this year, turn to the University of Michigan Press for the thoughtful and always-appreciated gift of reading. Use promotion code HOL2013 at checkout to save 30% on these recent books on Michigan and the Great Lakes, music, poetry, performance, and more through December 31! Michigan’s Town and Country Inns, 5th Edition Paper -$22.95 $16.00 Michigan Legends Paper: $18.95 $13.25 Cloth: $50.00 $35.00 Christmas Tree Ships Paper: $18.95 $13.25 Cloth: $24.95 $17.50 Butterflies of the Great Lakes Region Paper: $24.95 $17.50 Cloth: $65.00 $45.50 Detroit Country Music Paper: $25,.00 $17.50 Cloth: $65.00 $42.00 Dameronia Paper: $27.95 $19.60 Cloth: $50.00 $35.00 The Rag-Picker Guide to Poetry Paper: $26.95 $18.90 Cloth: $70.00 $49.00 ¡Muy Pop! […]

On the Passing of Doris Lessing

by Meredith Kahn November 20, 2013

Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing died this week at home in London. Gayle Greene’s Doris Lessing: The Poetics of Change, published by the U-M Press in 1995, continues to be an important source for the study of Lessing’s work and impact. Describing her as “quite simply the most extraordinary woman writer of our time,” Greene seeks to explain the seemingly irreconcilable differences of genre and philosophical orientation present in Lessing’s long career by drawing attention to the constancy of “change” and a search for “something new” in both her fiction and autobiographical works. On the continuing importance of Lessing’s work for future readers […]

AAUP Week 2013: Celebrating University Presses

by Meredith Kahn November 14, 2013

The Association of American University Presses is celebrating the second annual University Press Week (November 10-16, 2013), which highlights the important work university presses do in furthering research and scholarship. We are proud to see Philosophers’ Imprint, a highly respected open access journal for philosophy published by Michigan Publishing, cited as an example of innovation and excellence in scholarly publishing. To learn more about the exciting and pioneering work of today’s university presses, see “Ideas Unbound” from AAUP.

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