Our next TN Writers | TN Stories on Aug. 10 welcomes ⚡ Sara K. ⚡. She will be joined by Jeremy Finley to discuss her debut novel, "While We Were Burning" (Penguin Random House). RSVP for this free event at the link 🎟️: bit.ly/4cWUmIh

Many thanks to Álvaro González Montero for this generous review of Masculine Figures! 🎩✍️

NOW AVAILABLE Amplifications of Black Sound from Colonial Mexico: Vocality and Beyond by Sarah Finley Series: Critical Mexican Studies Read an endorsement from Drew Edward Davies, and get your copy today: vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/9780826506849/…

As it is #WomenInTranslation Month, we continue reading proposals, and I look forward to publishing more women and femme translators in our Global Black Writers in Translation series from Vanderbilt University Press: vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/global-black-w…

A colleague told me that my 1st book (2006) is currently an editors’ pick Vanderbilt University Press Makes me so happy that folks are still reading it Also the cover still slaps (It was based on my diss! I had such angst when it came out & couldn’t look at it for years)

...there are more #newbooks: We've got Networked David Lynch: Critical Perspectives on Cinematic Transmediality on Edinburgh University Press; Music Films: Documentaries, Concert Films... from the BFI; To Embody the Marvelous: The Making of Illusions in Early Modern Spain Vanderbilt University Press [3/4]

So honored to see “From Rights to Lives” be included in the Southern Festival of Books Southern Festival of Books. Dr. Francoise N. Hamlin Vanderbilt University Press

Here’s a conversation with the great Kate Linthicum at the Los Angeles Times about my critique of the US drug war narrative weaponized across the Rio Grande to justify the increasing militarization of Mexico. #DrugCartelsDoNotExist

Olivia Lott Love seeing the Vanderbilt University Press book in that stack! Looks like an amazing seminar!

You can come hear more about Charlie’s memoir next weekend at Tennessee State Museum. eventbrite.com/e/the-kingdom-…

An honor and a gift to spend time with Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés on campus today for her recent SUNY Press book with Earl Fritz. Cannot wait to launch the first translation titles for our Vanderbilt University Press series in Spring 2025.

*And* I started off my day with a visit with one of my favorite people, the powerhouse director of Vanderbilt University Press, as we talked #GlobalBlackWritersInTranslation, coming soon.... 😁

Not only did we have a phenomenal faculty meeting today with super engaged new faculty, but these babies hit the office. Another gorgeous Vanderbilt University Press catalog with even better titles within. #alifeofbooks

#DigestibleGovernance is out! Gastrocracy is the appropriation of discourses and practices related to sourcing, preparation, distribution, and consumption of food for political purposes. Want to know more? Check out these fantastic essays! #foodstudies #España #gastronomia

NOW AVAILABLE Digestible Governance: Gastrocracy and Spanish Foodways Edited by Eugenia Afinoguénova, Lara Anderson and Rebecca Ingram Series: Hispanic Issues Read an endorsement from Daniela Gutiérrez Flores, and get your copy today: vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/9780826507082/…

Thank you to the record-breaking attendees to Saturday’s TN Writers | TN Stories! Panelists for Charlie Strobel’s posthumous memoir "The Kingdom of the Poor" were Katie Seigenthaler, Amy Frogge, Rachel Hester (Room In The Inn) and Kay West. See the video ▶️: bit.ly/3ZnPibX

I had the absolute pleasure of reading this fascinating collection filled with exciting new research. A must-have for you or your library! Congratulations again, Rebecca Ingram, Lara, and Eugenia—the future of Hispanic food studies is looking bright!

Thank you to musicologist Carrie Allen Tipton for kicking off this year's Sports & Society Reading Group. Carrie discussed her new book "From Dixie to Rocky Top: Music and Meaning in SEC Football." Faculty & staff gather monthly at Vanderbilt's Robert Penn Warren Center

NOW AVAILABLE The Kingdom of the Poor: My Journey Home Charles Strobel, ed. Katie Seigenthaler & Amy Frogge Foreword: Ann Patchett This book has been praised across literary and social justice spheres. Get your copy through VUP or at your local bookstore! vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/9780826507365/…

I’m a huge basketball fan, which is why I was thrilled to receive STRONG INSIDE by award-winning author Andrew Maraniss Andrew Maraniss! Andrew weaves together a thought provoking, interesting & brilliant tale about the man who broke the SEC Basketball Color Barrier, PERRY WALLACE! I