http://utpress.org/utpressblog News and Featured Books from the University of Tennessee Press Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:14:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Flannery O'Connor was born on the 25th of this month, eighty-three years ago. In a salute to her powerful literary legacy and the contribution of women to literature, the arts, history, and politics, UT Press is proud to spotlight our women's studies list for the month of March. Save up ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2008/03/05/salute-to-womens-history/ Highway 61: Heart of the Delta Randall Norris and Jean-Philippe Cyprès / Foreword by Morgan Freeman A celebration of the Mississippi Delta in words and pictures, this volume brings to life this storied region of the South. Actor Morgan Freeman provides a foreword in which he recounts his personal history as ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2008/02/05/celebrating-african-american-history/ The Papers of Andrew Jackson, Volume 7, 1829 Andrew Jackson Edited by Daniel Feller, Harold D. Moser Assistant editors: Laura-Eve Moss and Thomas CoensWith this seventh volume, The Papers of Andrew Jackson enters the heart of Jackson's career: his tumultuous two terms as president of the United States. A Death in the Family A Restoration ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2008/01/07/new-from-tennessee/ Books are wonderful gifts! This holiday season give the gift of great reading to the book lovers on your list. Winter Lightning: A Guide to the Battle of Stones River Matt Spruill and Lee Spruill A sequential series of twenty-one “stops” through the Stones River battlefield over the exact routes used by both ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2007/12/04/the-gift-of-reading/ Four fabulous gifts for the adventurer, Civil War buff, or anyone who appreciates Appalachian history and culture! The Warrior’s Path: Reflections along an Ancient Route Casey Clabough Casey Clabough hiked more than five hundred miles of the Warrior’s Path from Maryland to Tennessee. This story of Clabough's journey is also a meditation upon ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2007/11/01/scenes-from-tennessee-living/ 2006 Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel Run in the Fam'ly: A Novel John J. McLaughlin / Hardcover / 304 pages Peter Taylor is one of the South’s most celebrated writers—the author of acclaimed short stories, plays, and the novels A Summons to Memphis and In the Tennessee Country. The Peter Taylor Prize ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2007/10/01/the-legacy-of-peter-taylor/ Icons Sam Pickering and Sam Venable have long entertained their reading audiences with witty and humorous observations about day-to-day living. Both men have released a new book this season; Pickering's Autumn Spring and Venable's Someday I May Find Honest Work are now available in bookstores, online bookstores, and at utpress.org. Autumn ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2007/09/04/celebrating-humor-and-humanity/ Exiled Voices of the Southern Baptist Convention Holy War Edited by Carl Kell With an Introduction by Samuel S. Hill Now in Paperback ISBN 978-1-57233-590-4, $22.50"These personal narratives of distinguished Baptists illustrate the adverse consequences of exclusive fundamentalism, and the need for unity among traditional Baptists." -Jimmy Carter“This book is an excellent example of just ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2007/08/01/the-changing-face-of-religion-in-the-south/ From majestic masonic temples to the captivating carpentry of New England's Stearns brothers, the University of Tennessee Press has published a number of titles relating to architecture. Get to know our architecture list by reviewing the links below: Masonic Temples Freemasonry, Ritual Architecture, and Masculine Archetypes William D. Moore Masonic Temples introduces readers to ... http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2007/07/03/explore-the-world-of-architecture-with-ut-press/ "Satan and Adam" at Journeyman’s Road book launch party, Terra Blues, New York, Book Expo America 2007. Bluesmen Sterling "Mister Satan" Magee (l) and Adam Gussow (r), author of Journeyman's Road: Modern Blues Lives from Faulkner's Mississippi to Post-9/11 New York. http://utpress.org/utpressblog/2007/07/03/journeymans-road-launches-at-book-expo/