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Sparks the Limit: The Visual Abstract, MedSpeak Illuminated author François I. Luks speaks at TEDxURI

Apr 24th, 2023 | Filed as: News

François I. Luks, author of MedSpeak Illuminated: The Art and Practice of Medical Illustration. His talk, Sparks the Limit: The Visual Abstract, sheds light on techniques of simplification in medical illustration at TEDxURI.

 


Behind the scenes with Kimberly Greene-Liebowitz, co-editor of What We Bring to the Practice of Medicine: Perspectives from Women Physicians.

Apr 12th, 2023 | Filed as: News

Scarsdale10583 spoke to Kimberly Greene-Liebowitz about her latest book, What We Bring to the Practice of Medicine, and her experiences as a parent in Scarsdale, NY.
“…there are more women entering medical school than there were before. In 2019, for the first time, the number of women matriculating exceeded the number of men. So the […]

 


Through Blood and Fire “. . . should be on the shelves of anyone interested in the Petersburg Campaign.”

Apr 5th, 2023 | Filed as: News

The Siege of Petersburg Online takes a deep dive into Through Blood and Fire: The Civil War Letters of Major Charles J. Mills, 1862-1865 edited by J. Gregory Acken.
“Taken as a whole, Through Blood and Fire is a worthy successor to Greg Coco’s rare original and should be on the shelves of anyone interested in […]

 


A “stirring and necessary book.” The Fifth Star tells story of Ohio’s fight for women’s right to vote.

Mar 21st, 2023 | Filed as: News

The Akron Beacon Journal calls Fifth Star: Ohio’s Fight for Women’s Right to Vote a “stirring and necessary book.”
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Video: Mike Pride discusses his book No Place for a Woman on C-Span

Mar 15th, 2023 | Filed as: News

KSUP Author Mike Pride discussed Harriet Dame, a matron who served as a nurse at the front of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. Hosted by the New Hampshire Historical Society on C-Span.
 
Watch the video…
About his book: No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame’s Civil War.

 


Four KSUP titles are 2022 Foreword INDIES finalists

Mar 10th, 2023 | Filed as: News

Great news! Four recent KSUP titles have been announced as 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year finalists.
Mike Pride, No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame’s Civil War – Biography Category
Farnaz Fatemi, Sister Tongue زبان خواهر – Poetry Category
John Grabowski & Lauren Pacini, Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens: A Landscape of Diversity – Regional […]

 


“Reason and Logic Belong to God.” The Lion’s Country review by Christianity Today

Mar 7th, 2023 | Filed as: News

The Lion’s Country: C. S. Lewis’s Theory of the Real by Charlie W. Starr is reviewed by Christianity Today.

“In his fiction, Starr argues, ‘Lewis imagines the possibility of vertical, horizontal, and even interior realities, a multiverse of being that is even more than merely hierarchical. Like a cube, it may have vertical realities, horizontal realities, and […]

 


Black Hair in a White World empowers Black women who wear their hair naturally.”

Feb 27th, 2023 | Filed as: News

KentWired interviews author/editor Tameka Ellington about her upcoming book, Black Hair in a White World, and the challenges of black hair. 
“You get a negative message about our natural texture and the fact that it needs to be straightened,” said Taura Taylor, an assistant professor at Morehouse [and contributor to the book]. “But once it’s straightened, […]

 


“The most interesting historical true-crime stories in recent years.” –Strand Magazine

Feb 14th, 2023 | Filed as: News

 
Strand Magazine reviews four of our most recent true crime titles.
“Kent State University Press has been publishing some of the most interesting historical true-crime stories in recent years. Some of these cases dominated the headlines nationwide; others were simply nine-day wonders in small towns and rapidly faded into obscurity. The publisher’s True Crime History series […]

 


Factory girl or victim of seduction? The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories

Feb 6th, 2023 | Filed as: News

Elizabeth De Wolf, author of The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories, speaks to Bangor Daily News about this 19th-century tale of abortion and murder.

“’This is a story about women in the workforce, and the price of progress and who should even be in the workforce,’ said University of New England professor Elizabeth De Wolfe, […]

 


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