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• January 2013
• Fall 2012 Happenings at OU Press
• Spy Thriller Attracts End-of-Year Attention

• November 2012
• Martha Moody Featured as a Shelf Awareness “Book Brahmin”

• August 2012
• A Summer Summary from OU Press

• June 2012
• Adelman Talks Native Plants on Chicago TV

• April 2012
• Donna Sue Groves interviewed on WVXU-NPR (Cincinnati)

• March 2012
• Four Ohio University Press Authors Participating in Ohioana Book Festival

• February 2012
• Ministers of Fire Earns Starred Review in PW
• War & Society Series Editor
• Kwame Dawes a Writers for Writers Award Recipient
• Poetry Book Wins Gold in Florida Book Awards

• December 2011
• OU Press Interview on Conversations from Studio B

• November 2011
• David Birmingham Speaks at the Library of Congress

• September 2011
• In Memoriam, Jo Carson, 1946–2011

• August 2011
• In Memoriam
  Bonnie Rand, 1944–2011

• July 2011
• Plain Dealer Article on Ian Adams’s New Book
• In Memoriam
  Herbert S. Bailey Jr., 1921–2011

• May 2011
• In Memoriam
  Margaret Aung-Thwin, 1919–2011

• March 2011
• Stirring the Pot Is World Winner of Gourmand Cookbook Award
• Moore Moran, 1931–2011

• January 2011
• Stirring the Pot Is a Gourmand World Cookbook Award Finalist

• October 2010
• Gaus Interviewed in Christian Science Monitor
• Sunseri Book a Herskovits Finalist
• Pease Book Wins Polish Studies Prize

• September 2010
• Sandy Plunkett Interviewed on WVXU (Cincinnati NPR)

• June 2010
• Heterosexual Africa? Cited for Honorable Mention by APSA Award
• Blood and Capital Is a WOLA-Duke Book Award Finalist
• Alegi Nearly Nets a Media Hat Trick
• The Last of His Mind Wins ForeWord’s Book of the Year Award

• May 2010
• New York Times Interviews Alegi for World Cup Story
• Tate Wins Award for Creative Nonfiction
• April Update from Ohio University Press
• Wells Awarded Dakin Fellowship for Sewanee Writers’ Conference

• April 2010
• Donna Sue Groves Receives Ohio Arts Council Governor’s Award
• Several OU Press Authors To Participate in Ohioana Book Festival
• Power in the Blood a Colorado Book Award Finalist

• March 2010
• More Accolades for Thorndike Memoir
• Malae’s Novel Reviewed in NY Times Book Review
• Thorndike Book a Finalist for ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award

• February 2010
• Tate Memoir Nominated for Weatherford Award
• Ohio University Press Author on CNN Independent Voter Panel

• January 2010
• Ohio University Press Author on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360
• Thorndike Interview on AARP Bulletin
• Danuta Mostwin (1921–2010)

• December 2009
• Two OU Press Books Are Herskovits Award Finalists
• December 2009 OU Press Update
• A Little Sparrow Told Me
• The Washington Post Names Thorndike Book a Best of 2009

• October 2009
• October 2009 OU Press Update
• NPR’s “Weekend Edition” Interviews Paul Finkelman
• Thorndike Gets Starred Review in Publishers Weekly
• NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” Interviews Death Penalty Author
• Epprecht Wins Desmond Tutu Award

• September 2009
• PW Includes The Last of His Mind in “Indie Top 20”

• August 2009
• Thirsty: A Novel To Be Serialized by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Kirkus Reviews Praises Thorndike and The Last of His Mind
• Southeast Asia Book on Prize Shortlist

• July 2009
• Turner Cassity, 1929–2009

• June 2009
• Warren G. Harding Study Called “Fascinating” in Library Journal
• In Memoriam: Philip D. Curtin, 1922–2009
• In Memory of Glen Elder

• April 2009
• Gurney Norman, Kentucky Poet Laureate
• Poet’s Book Gets Online Attention

• March 2009
• Atieno Odhiambo, 1946–2009

• January 2009
• Jump Back, Honey Documents Life of Herb Martin
• Western New York Group Selects Amish Mystery for Community Read
• Yezzi on Inaugural Poetry in Wall Street Journal

• December 2008
• Jason Gray Poem Featured on PBS NewsHour Website
• Zeller Talks About Roads on The Kojo Nnamdi Show
• Azores Named Best Book of the Year in Slate Survey

• November 2008
• Danny Miller, 1949–2008
• Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea Wins APC Book Award
• Mehigan Poem in NY Times Op-Ed

• September 2008
• Fannie Quigley a 2008 WILLA Awards Finalist

• July 2008
• Kirkus & PW Give Starred Reviews to Latest Amish Mystery

• May 2008
• Jordt’s Expertise on Burma Continues to Draw Media Attention

• April 2008
• Young Lions Fiction Award Goes to Currie
• Granary of Rome Wins Geography Award
• Olmanson Wins Jackson Prize
• William Logan Foreword on New Critics Appears in VQR
• Matthew Cohen Wins Benda Prize for Best Book in Southeast Asian Studies

• March 2008
• Malae a 2008 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist
• Two OU Press Books Named Ohioana Award Finalists
• Resurrecting the Granary of Rome Wins Top Prize in Environmental History

• February 2008
• Four Books Chosen as CHOICE Outstanding Titles
• Religion in Ohio Editor Still Promoting Interfaith Dialogue
• Post Office Honors Charles Chesnutt with Stamp

• January 2008
• Teach the Free Man a Story Prize “Notable Book”
• Book on Political Independents Recommended

• December 2007
• The Chronicle Review Praises New Criticism Anthology
• Claim to the Country a Library Journal “Editor’s Pick”
• Anita Ellis Interviewed About Rookwood and Indians

• November 2007
• Keillor to Read Shaw

• October 2007
• U.S. News Photographer to Visit Athens
• Jane Haigh Is an Alaska “Historian of the Year”
• Ricky Clark Honored by Ohioana
• Times Interviews Author About Buddhism in Burma

• September 2007
• Quick-Change Artist a Gardner Fiction Finalist

• August 2007
• Quick-Change Artist a Fiction Award Finalist

• July 2007
• Good Roots Selected As Book Festival Theme

• June 2007
• Updike Book Described As 'Unfiltered Catnip' in Times

• May 2007
• Out of the Woods Into the News
• Hometown for an Hour Wins Audre Lorde Award
• Dunbar Collection an AAUP/ALA “Best of the Best”

• April 2007
• A Women of the Times in AJ’s Top 12

• March 2007
• OUP on NPR
• OU Press Poet on The Writer's Almanac
• Fugitive Slave Story Wins History Prize
• Hometown for an Hour an Audre Lorde Finalist
• Architecture in Cincinnati an Ohioana Award Finalist
• Dunbar Collection an Ohioana Award Finalist
• Michigan Law Wins Second State Award
• Pollution Author’s Op-Ed Reviewed on Salon.com

• February 2007
• Holy Week Reviewed in LA Times Book Review
• Author Interview on WVXU

• January 2007
• Ora Anderson in Ohio Natural Resources Hall of Fame

• October 2006
• Holy Week Gets a Starred Review

• September 2006
• Michigan Law Book Earns State History Award
• African AIDS History Reviewed in NE Journal of Medicine

• August 2006
• Chocolate on Trial Honored by Albion Prize
• Graham R. Wins Victorian Book Prize

• July 2006
• Authors Booked on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show

• June 2006
• Amish Mysteries Featured in Christian Science Monitor

• May 2006
• Garrison Keillor reads Timothy Steele
• Christian Science Monitor Reviews A Burning Hunger
• Trick of Sunlight Gets Booklist Starred Review

• April 2006
• Poetry Title in NY Times Book Review
• Kirkus Reviews A Prayer for the Night

• March 2006
• Timothy Steele Praised in Booklist
• Library Journal Reviews History of AIDS in Africa
• Publishers Weekly Raves over A Prayer for the Night
• Two Finalists for Ohioana Book Awards
• Poetry Daily to feature Jennifer Rose
• Library Journal Calls Burning Hunger “Riveting”

• February 2006
• Power Plays Shortlisted for Benda Prize
• Booklist Reviews Rust, Dunbar

• January 2006
• New York Times Picks Prisoner Pear for Editors’ Choice
• Military Intervention in Foreign Affairs
• CHOICE’s “Best of the Best”
• National Park Service and DeVoto

• October 2005
• Ouidah a Finalist for Herskovits, Douglass Awards
• Publishers Weekly Calls Prisoner Pear "Efficient, Accomplished"
• Kirkus Reviews

• September 2005
• Library Journal Reviews Darrow

• August 2005
• A Poet’s Prose reviewed in The New Yorker
• Booklist Reviews John Brown Collection

• July 2005
• Attention Ohio Art Libraries

• June 2005
• "A Rich and Valuable Supplement to Regional Literature"
• Darrow Book Receives AP Coverage

• May 2005
• Poetry Lauds The Optimist
• DeVoto's West Gets Lead Review in Bloomsbury
• Mehigan Poem Wins Pushcart Prize
• Apartheid Book Called a "Superb Study" in CHOICE
• John Brown Book Reviewed in NYRB
• A “Fearless First Book”

• April 2005
• Mehigan Featured in New York Times
• DeVoto’s West Reviewed in L.A. Times Book Review

• March 2005
• The Optimist a Finalist for L.A. Times Book Prize
• Indonesian-English Dictionary “A Valuable Addition”

• February 2005
• Highland Sanctuary Called "Fascinating," "Groundbreaking"
• Subjects on Display Earns "Essential" Rating from CHOICE
• Mehigan’s The Optimist Featured on Poetry Daily
• Tensions of Empire Wins Prize

• January 2005
• CHOICE Praises Ecology Study
• ForeWord Features a Pair
• The Optimist Makes ForeWord’s Big 10 Picks of 2004
• “An Amazing Book from an Academic Press”

• June 2004
• Graham R. Wins Robert Colby Book Prize

Conference Archive

• African Studies Association (ASA) 2008
• American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) 2008
• Organization of American Historians (OAH) 2008