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  • Writing for Change- Ryan Coogler

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    Every year, the Organization of Black Students (OBS) at the University of Chicago invites a guest speaker to deliver the “Kent Lecture”  to the University population. The speaker is generally involved, in some measure, with promoting black culture in the United States and speaking about their work regarding  black issues.…

  • Books We Love – Week One

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    Here at the University Press, we love books, and to celebrate Library Lover’s month, we’ll be posting some of our all-time favorite novels and stories. Here are just a few to start us off: 1984 Author: George Orwell Genre: Dystopian, political fiction, social science fiction Written in 1948, George Orwell’s…

  • Celebrating Chinese Authors!

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    With the start of the Chinese New Year, we at the Press are focusing a few notable Chinese and Chinese-American authors, their accomplishments, and their contributions to the literary world.   Maxine Hong Kingston Born and raised in Stockton, California, Kingston is a first-generation Chinese-American writer who has written critically-acclaimed…

  • Lewis Carroll: Literary Genius

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    Lewis Carroll, or Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was born January 27, 1832 in Cheshire, England. Charles suffered socially due to a speech impediment but excelled academically. Later, he became a talented mathematician, and even taught with Christ Church, Oxford for over twenty-five years. He also published several books about geometry, algebra,…

  • Winnie the Pooh

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    Happy Winnie the Pooh Day! Growing up, I loved A. A. Milne’s famous creation enough to have homemade stuffed versions of Pooh and several of his friends. I was not alone in my fascination. This iconic bear is widely appreciated among both children and adults all over the world. The…

  • Questioning LaFrance: An Author Interview

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    Q1 Who would find your book appealing or useful? Law enforcement managers, frontline officers, scholars, students of criminal justice and public administration, media officials, and members of the general public would benefit from the frank assessment of the decision-making landscape in which policing decisions must be made.   Q2 What…

  • The Lit Gift: How to Pick the Perfect Book to Gift

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    If you’re like me, it’s time to get moving on your last minute holiday shopping. And buying a gift for a friend is a balancing act; you want it to be a personalized and thoughtful nod to the history you have shared. It needs to demonstrate how intimately you know…

  • My Mission with The Press

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    When I am posed with the question of what brought me to the University of North Georgia Press one word seems to do the trick; metamorphosis. There is something extraordinarily beautiful about the transformation of the written word, the knowledge that style and tone can impart, and the clarity that…