Bucknell University Press publishes books of global interest in comparative literary and cultural studies, many of which center the topics of immigration and migration within and to the Americas and the Iberian world. As resettlement systems increasingly come under pressure…
Consuming Anxieties: An interview with author Dayne C. Riley
In Consuming Anxieties, Dayne C. Riley traces the satirical treatment of wine, beer, ale, gin, pipe tobacco, and snuff from the beginning of Charles II’s reign, through the boom in tobacco’s popularity, to the end of the Gin Craze in…
Prolific Ground: Landscape and British Women’s Writing, 1690-1790: An Interview with the Author
Land ownership—and engagement with land more generally—constituted a crucial dimension of female independence in eighteenth-century Britain. Because political citizenship was restricted to male property owners, women could not wield political power in the way propertied men did. Given its foundational…
The Art of Translating Ukrainian Poetry with Michael M. Naydan
As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we’re highlighting a newly-released paperback edition of The Essential Poetry of Bohdan Ihor Antonych: Ecstasies and Elegies, translated by Michael M. Naydan. Lemko-Ukrainian poet Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-37) is not as well-known…
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Wendy Thompson
In celebration of National Poetry Month, we’ve invited Wendy M. Thompson to talk with us about her new poetry collection, Black California Gold. In this debut collection, Thompson traces the past and present of California’s Bay Area, exploring themes of family,…
Biomythography Bayou: A Conversation with the Author
Biomythography Bayou is more than just a book of memoir; it is a ritual for conjuring queer embodied knowledges and decolonial perspectives. Blending a rich gumbo of genres—from ingredients such as praise songs, folk tales, recipes, incantations, and invocations—it also…
How does Bucknell University Press #StepUP? Through a Commitment to Publishing Translations
In the summer of 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the first University Press Week. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have celebrated this week with events, celebrations, reading lists, and a blog tour. The theme of this year’s UP…