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National Life-Writing Month
You might know that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but did you know that November is also National Life-Writing Month? Bucknell University Press’s catalog includes several exemplars of the genre, which we’re pleased to share with you here. The Memory Sessions by Suzanne Farrell Smith Suzanne Farrell Smith’s father was killed by a drunk driver […]
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#ActiveVoices: Q&A on African American Arts
On the last day of University Press Week’s blog tour, hear from several of the voices behind African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity, edited by Sharrell D. Luckett. This anthology explores the role of African American arts in shaping the future, and further informing new directions we might take in honoring and protecting the […]
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Excerpt: Writing Home
The following excepts are from Donald Ulin’s new book Writing Home: A Quaker Immigrant on the Ohio Frontier, which offers readers a firsthand account of the life of Quaker immigrant Emma Alderson through her own letters. From the introduction… “On September 17, 1842, a Quaker family of seven stepped off the Shenandoah at Philadelphia, having […]
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Quakerism, Archives, and Cross-writing: An Interview with Donald Ulin
Donald Ulin, editor of Writing Home: A Quaker Immigrant on the Ohio Frontier, talks with our graduate assistant Madison Weaver about the challenges of archival work, Quaker views on social justice issues, and how the life of an ordinary nineteenth-century woman resonates with the contemporary immigrant experience. Weaver: How did you find your way into […]
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ALTA43 Virtual Exhibit
In celebration of ALTA43, Bucknell University Press has assembled a list of books that may be of interest to attendees. Bucknell is a leading publisher in the humanities with a focus on literary studies, and maintains a broad interest in translation and translated works—particularly in Spanish and francophone studies. Over the years, we have published […]
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A Good Surprise in a Terrible Year
The Nobel Prize in Literature for Louise Glück A Guest Post by Lee Upton At last, a good surprise in a terrible year. My mother-in-law brought me the news first: Louise Glück had won the Nobel Prize. Glück has often been the recipient of awards (the Pulitzer in 1993 and the National Book Award in […]