This post has everything you need to know to connect with UPP at AWP Kansas City, from booth signings to off-site events. The University of Pittsburgh Press will be at booth #1534/1536. Off-Site Events Thursday, February 8 What: Pitt Poetry Series Reading with Autumn House Press, Four Way Books, and Burrow Press When: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Where: Torn Label Brewing Featuring: Erin Adair-Hodges, John Paul Davis, Marsha de la O, Ryler Dustin, Lynn Emanuel, Corey Marks, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Kelly Sather, Tana Jean Welch Saturday, February 10 What: To Say Is To See: Four Years of AWP Donald Hall Prize Poets…

Mubanga Kalimamukwento of Mounds View, MN is the winner of the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, one of the nation’s most prestigious prizes for a collection of short stories. Kalimamukwento’s collection, Obligations to the Wounded, was selected by Angie Cruz. The University of Pittsburgh Press is pleased to publish this collection on October 8, 2024. “These thematically linked stories deliver an intricate study of Zambian women living in both Zambia and abroad who are weighing their options of who to love, where to live, where to work,” states Angie Cruz, author of How Not to Drown in a Glass of…

We are pleased to announce that Amy Sherman is stepping into the role of acquisitions editor at the University of Pittsburgh Press. Amy has 15 years of publishing and editorial experience, including over a decade at the Press, where she started as an editorial assistant in acquisitions before advancing to her most recent role as managing editor in 2018. Her contributions to the Press and the scholarly publishing community are immense. As managing editor, she has worked closely with authors on a range of books across our lists, often earning praise for her expertise and professionalism. While serving on the…

Nathan Xavier Osorio of Los Angeles, California, is the winner of the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for his collection Querida. Osorio’s debut collection was selected by poet Shara McCallum. The University of Pittsburgh Press will publish Querida as part of the acclaimed Pitt Poetry Series on September 10, 2024. “Memory is a guiding force in Nathan Osorio’s stunning debut, Querida,” states Shara McCallum. “From the opening, single-sentence tour-de-force of a poem to sonnet-sequences throughout, Osorio’s formal agility and singular voice takes hold of our attention and never lets it go.” Querida is a place-based lyrical meditation on the…

The Pitt Poetry Series at the University of Pittsburgh Press is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, selected by Shara McCallum: How We Keep Each Other Company by Talia Bloch The Living Sign by Colby Cotton What God in the Kingdom of Bastards by Brian Gyamfi Querida by Nathan Osorio The winner will be announced on December 18, 2023. Established in 1981, the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, named in honor of the Press’s first director, is awarded for a first full-length book of poems. The prize carries a cash award of $5,000…