University of Arkansas Press
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The University of Arkansas Press is a
History
The University of Arkansas Press was established in May 1980 as the publishing arm of the University of Arkansas by the board of trustees of the university. Miller Williams was named the first director of the press, and Willard B. Gatewood Jr. was named the chairman of the first press committee. For the first five years of operation, assistance from the University of Missouri Press was crucial to editorial and production operations.[2]
In December 1980 the McIlroy House was formally opened as its home, and in the following year the press published its first three books. Martha Sutherland of the university's School of Architecture designed a stylized version of the McIlroy House that was chosen for the colophon, which appears on the spine of all the publisher's volumes.[3]
In November 1983 a fire severely damaged the McIlroy House. In September 1987, another fire damaged the press's warehouse and destroyed much of its book inventory.[4]
In 1997 University of Arkansas chancellor
In 2013 Mike Bieker was named director.[7] The press continues to publish about twenty-five titles per year, covering poetry and literature, African American studies, food studies, sports studies, and art and architecture.
Poetry
Miller Williams's initial leadership of the press lead to an early specialization in literature. As both a professor and editor, Williams nurtured hundreds of young poets, most notably former US poet laureate Billy Collins, who cites Williams as a mentor and his "first editorial father."[8] The press published Collins's The Apple That Astonished Paris in 1988.[9]
Enid Shomer was named poetry editor in 2002 and directed the Arkansas Poetry Prize (later named the Miller Williams Poetry Prize). In 2014 Billy Collins returned to the press to serve as editor of the poetry series and as judge for the Miller Williams Poetry Prize, which annually awards publication to two finalists and a cash prize of $5,000 to one winner.[10]
In 2015 the press partnered with
In the same year the press also partnered with
See also
References
- ^ "Member Presses". www.aupresses.org. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ The First Ten Years. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press. 1990.
- ^ "About". University of Arkansas Press. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "University of Arkansas Press (UA Press)". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Poultry Icon Loses Battle With Cancer". Arkansas Online. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Larry Malley, Director Emeritus of the University of Arkansas Press, Dies at 78". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Interim director Bieker elevated to UA Press exec". Arkansas Online. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Miller Williams Remembered as Poet, Educator, Co-Founder of University of Arkansas Press". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "The Apple That Astonished Paris". University of Arkansas Press. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Billy Collins Named Editor of the Miller Williams Poetry Series". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "U of A Press, CantoMundo Establish Poetry Prize". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "U of A Press, Arab American Writers Establish Etel Adnan Poetry Prize". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2019-01-25.