Though the frosty days of winter have barely descended in Chicago, in the publishing world, we already have our minds on spring. We’re excited to
Fitting in and standing out in high school is an eternal rite of passage for youth. Increasingly, these struggles to establish and maintain hierarchies are
How does a book lover become an acquisitions editor? What does it mean to think like an editor, as opposed to a scholar? Why does
In early 2026, the University of Chicago Press Journals Division became the first publisher to offer free journal access to Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs)
To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we’ve put together a reading list highlighting books by and about Indigenous individuals and communities. With these books from
As part of our Phoenix Poets series, we have the privilege of publishing amazing works of translated poetry. This season, we have a new bilingual
In Our Planetary Mirror, Boris Shoshitaishvili offers a philosophical analysis of three scientific visions of humanity: the noosphere, the Anthropocene, and Gaia theory. In the
The new superintendent stood before the faculty of “Oakmont High,” a large, diverse public school, and spoke a cold truth about American education. He described
The air is crisp, the days or shortening, and farmers’ markets are in full knobby-gourd regalia. It’s autumn—arguably the most beautiful, most delicious season of
In his new book, The Storytellers, Michael Gorra offers a far-reaching account of the rich tradition of short narratives that flourished in nineteenth-century Europe and
