Congratulations to Cheryl Brown Wattley, whose DESIRE TO SERVE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON has been selected by the 2024 Foreword INDIES as a finalist for Political and Social Sciences! forewordreviews.com/awards/books/d…

Fort Worth Magazine has great things to say about Richard Selcer's FORT WORTH CHARACTERS 2, out now at untpress.unt.edu! Second Book Uncovers More Scandals and Forgotten Figures in Fort Worth fwtx.com/culture/people…

We're here at the Society For Military History Annual Meeting in Mobile, Alabama! Come see us at our table and pick up one of our great military history titles!

Learn more about the life and legacy of the legendary Conan creator by picking up a copy of ROBERT E. HOWARD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TEXAS AUTHOR by Willard M. Oliver, available now from UNT Press!

Check out Michael K. Vaughan's new review of Willard M. Oliver's ROBERT E. HOWARD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TEXAS AUTHOR and pick up your own copy today! A New Robert E. Howard Biography! youtu.be/e39luGG1GFo?si… via YouTube

Coming this month from UNT Press: THE FIFTY-YEAR TEXAS ROAD TRIP: ON ASSIGNMENT FROM EARTH TO UNCERTAIN by Randy Mallory — Ride shotgun with writer photographer Randy Mallory on his fifty-year road trip exploring the endlessly fascinating people and places of Texas.

Coming this month from UNT Press: CHANCE OF LIGHTNING by Kristin Robertson — Chance of Lightning is a precarious love letter that wagers mystery against easy answers and unflinching vulnerability against inevitable misfortune. Winner of the 2024 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry.

The Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction will be open for submissions from May 1 through June 30, 2025. Get your manuscripts ready and visit untpress.unt.edu/authors/porter… to learn more about the submission process!

New releases available now at untpress.unt.edu!! IN THE DAYS OF BILLY THE KID is the follow up to James B. Mills' award-winning BILLY THE KID, exploring the oft-overlooked people and events that helped build the legacy of the Wild West.

New releases available now at untpress.unt.edu!! CHANCE OF LIGHTNING by Kristin Robertson, winner of the 2024 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, is a precarious love letter that wagers mystery against easy answers and unflinching vulnerability against inevitable misfortune.

Texas Matters from Texas Public Radio gives a nice shoutout to Willard M. Oliver's ROBERT E. HOWARD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TEXAS AUTHOR in their new story on the legacy and Texas connections of Conan the Barbarian! Check it out here: tpr.org/podcast/texas-…

Originating in Galveston, Texas, #Juneteenth is celebrated annually throughout the U.S. and is commemorated because in 1865 Union Army general, Gordon Granger, proclaimed freedom from slavery in Texas. Explore an #openaccess (FREE) book UNT Press here: bit.ly/tJuneteenth

"A masterpiece..." "One of a kind..." "Thoroughly researched, well-written, important, and entertaining..." See for yourself why readers have loved IN THE DAYS OF BILLY THE KID by James B. Mills by picking up a copy from untpress.unt.edu!

Mark Archuleta appears on this week's episode of the Cowboy Up! to discuss his upcoming book, THE REEL THRILLING EVENTS OF BANK ROBBER HENRY STARR, available this month from UNT Press. Visit cowboyuppodcast.com or find the podcast on your preferred platform!

Stygian Dogs discusses ROBERT E. HOWARD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TEXAS AUTHOR with Willard M. Oliver at Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains! youtu.be/NXejZFyXu0c?si… via YouTube

UNT Press is excited to announce that THE COLFAX COUNTY WAR: VIOLENCE AND CORRUPTION IN TERRITORIAL NEW MEXICO by Corey Recko has been awarded the 2025 Wild West History Association Best Book Award! Pick up your own copy of this outstanding book at untpress.unt.edu!

My new biography, The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr, got a write-up in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. (Paywall) But, you can order the book at untpress.unt.edu/catalog/archul…

Actor, screenwriter, and now author Mark Archuleta (Mark Archuleta) joins me to discuss his new book, The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr, a true tale of crime, cinema, and the Wild West. Thanks UNT Press for the copy! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

University of North Texas Press is excited to announce that TUBBY: RAYMOND O. BARTON AND THE US ARMY, 1889-1963 by Stephen A. Bourque has been awarded the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Biography!

Come see me at the Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival this weekend at the Niles-Essanay Silent Film Museum. I'll be signing books and giving a presentation on Henry Starr — the bank robber-turned-matinee idol — on Sunday, July 27th at 10:00 am. nilesfilmmuseum.org/?tv=6391263150…