Why the University Press of Kansas Matters
November 8, 2021
About a year ago, the University Press of Kansas was in turmoil. Our Board of Regents had proposed budget cuts that threatened the future of our press. When word of… READ MORE
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Ramsey Clark: A Model of Independence and Commitment to the Law
November 5, 2021
by Alexander Wohl, author of Father, Son, and Constitution: How Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark Shaped American Democracy As part of the research for my dual biography… READ MORE
The Top 20 Best-Selling Titles… #17
October 26, 2021
17. More True Tales of Old-Time Kansas by David Dary A continuation of his previous book, True Tales of Old-Time Kansas, David Dary delivers more stories, tales, and legends of Kansas’s… READ MORE
The Top 20 Best-Selling Titles… #18
October 21, 2021
#18. Haunted Kansas: Ghost Stories and Other Eerie Tales by Lisa Hefner Heitz Published in 1997, Heitz’s spine-tingling collection of stories raps and taps and moans and groans through a… READ MORE
The Top 20 Best-Selling Titles… #19
October 20, 2021
19. The Sable Arm by Dudley Cornish Published in 1978 by Dudley Cornish, The Sable Arm dives into the history of Black Union soldiers fighting for freedom and liberty during… READ MORE
The Top 20 Best-Selling Titles… #20
October 19, 2021
UPK is thrilled to be celebrating our seventy-fifth anniversary, and we’d like to invite our supporters to celebrate along with us. Since our founding in 1946, we’ve published nearly 1,000… READ MORE
When Democrats and Republicans United to Repair the Earth
October 13, 2021
David Sarasohn, co-author of The Green Years, 1964-1976: When Democrats and Republicans United to Repair the Earth Republican Howard Baker of Tennessee was the majority and minority leader of the… READ MORE
Farina King on Indigenous People’s Day, 2021
October 11, 2021
Dr. Farina King, author of The Earth Memory Compass This Indigenous People’s Day, I think of Indigenous childhoods through generations, honoring the children who survived and those who we must… READ MORE
Why the Confederacy Lost—and Why We Should Care Today (part 1)
September 29, 2021
Christian B. Keller, editor of Southern Strategies: Why the Confederacy Failed In this era, when things Confederate have fallen out of vogue with both the general public and academia, and… READ MORE
Texas, Oklahoma, and the Long Saga of Athletic Conference Realignment
September 23, 2021
by Brian M. Ingrassia, author of The Rise of Gridiron University: Higher Education’s Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football In July 2021, the Universities of Texas and Oklahoma announced they would… READ MORE
