June 2011

University of Michigan Press Joins Books at JSTOR

by Shaun Manning June 27, 2011

Expanding the number of ways readers can access University of Michigan Press titles, the Press has joined Books at JSTOR, an initiative launching in June 2012 that will bring more than 20,000 ebooks to JSTOR’s expansive collection of online academic resources. JSTOR is already the go-to source for accessing scholarly journals online and also houses digital versions of more than one million primary sources. To date 22 publishers are on board for Books at JSTOR and the organizations hopes to launch with about 30 presses. “Delivering deeply linked, vital scholarly research to libraries, scholars, and students worldwide is our number [...]

Vodcast with Sara Fitzgerald, author of “Elly Peterson: Mother of the Moderates”

by Bridget June 15, 2011

This is a vodcast with Sara Fitzgerald, the author of the forthcoming University of Michigan Press title, Elly Peterson: "Mother" of the Moderates. It chronicles the life and political history of Elly Peterson, one of the highest ranking women in the Republican Party. In 1964 she ran for a Michigan seat in the U.S. Senate and became the first woman to serve as chair of the Michigan Republican Party. During the 1960s she grew disenchanted with the increasing conservatism of her party, united with other feminists to push for the Equal Rights Amendment and reproductive choice, battled Phyllis Schlafly to prevent her [...]

Powering the digital: Author of ‘Digital Rubbish’ tackles electronic waste

by Bridget June 13, 2011

This is a guest blog by Jennifer Gabrys, author of Digital Rubbish: A Natural History of Electronics, available now. Electronic waste is an increasing environmental issue. As one of the fastest growing waste streams, e-waste quantities—which are notoriously difficult to gauge due to a whole host of issues including stockpiling in homes and ambivalent classification systems—are estimated to be anywhere between 20-25 million tons per year to 35-40 million tons per year. Some studies suggest that e-waste will “peak” at 70-75 million tons annually by 2015. While countries such as the US and UK have been major contributors to the [...]

‘Poetry’s Afterlife’ wins acclaim, award

by Bridget June 9, 2011

The University of Michigan Press is pleased to announce UM Press author and Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein has been chosen as nonfiction runner-up in the Society of Midland Authors Award for books published in 2010. Stein was recognized for his work, Poetry’s Afterlife: Verse in the Digital Age , released by the University of Michigan Press. At a time when most commentators fixate on American poetry's supposed "death," Stein instead proposes the vitality of its aesthetic hereafter. Poetry's spirited afterlife has come despite, or perhaps because of, two decades of commentary diagnosing American poetry as moribund if not already [...]

UM Press remembers Douglas Toma

by Bridget June 7, 2011

Douglas Toma Ph.D., UM Press author, and professor at the University of Georgia, passed away on May 4, 2011. He had battled melanoma for eight months and was 47 this year. Toma had a distinguished career at the University of Georgia. He was also a Michigan native, University of Michigan alum, and an author with the University of Michigan Press. In 2003, the Press published Football U.: Spectator Sports in the Life of the American University, a look at the use of athletic programs as a tool in "branding" universities and in building community spirit, support, and identity both on campus and off.

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