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2012 West Virginia University Press Book Sale

From April 20-May 20, 2012, save up to 50% on select titles during the West Virginia University Press Spring Book Sale. To receive your discount simply add discounted books to your shopping cart and enter promotional code SPRING2012 during the checkout process or quote this code over the phone at (800) 621-2736. Items on sale can be viewed on the book sale's webpage and noted by the sale icon present on all discounted books' jacket images.

Uncommon Vernacular exhibit on display at Nutting Gallery, WVU Alumni Center

An exhibit featuring photographs and illustrations from the era when George Washington’s family settled in West Virginia is on display at the the Nutting Gallery at the West Virginia University Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown.

This exhibit, curated by assistant professor and curator of the WVU art collection, Robert Bridges, will be on display from Feb. 24 until June 29.

Association of American University Presses Recognizes Uncommon Vernacular

Judging for the 2012 Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket and Journal Show took place from January 26-27, 2012 at the AAUP Central Office in New York City. Approximately 226 books, 300 jacket and cover design entries, and 4 journals were entered. Forty-nine books, 1 journal, and 30 jackets/covers were chosen by the jurors as the very best examples from this pool of excellent design.

In Memoriam: Irene McKinney, West Virginia Poet Laureate

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Irene McKinney, who returned to her native West Virginia and served as the state's poet laureate for nearly two decades, died Saturday morning at the age of 72.

McKinney, who was also the director of the creative writing program at West Virginia Wesleyan College, wrote "lyrical poetry [that] is steeped in the rural Appalachian landscape and frequently explores the connections between people and place," according to her biography on the Poetry Foundation's website.

Old South, New South, or Down South? wins 2010 Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award

Old South, New South, or Down South? Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement wins the 2010 Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award.

The Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award recognizes an outstanding book relating to Florida's ethnic groups. Sponsored by the Florida Historical Society, winners of this award have exposed and analyzed a significant social issue from a historical perspective.

Former Press Director honored with Heebink Award for Distinguished and Extended State Service

Former WVU Press director Dr. Patrick Conner has received WVU's 2010 Heebink Award for Distinguished and Extended State Service. Read more about Dr. Conner's dedication to the Press.

WVU Professor discusses latest book

WVU Professor John Ernest, editor of Hearts of Gold by J. McHenry Jones, discusses his role as co-editor of this text and series co-editor of Regenerations: African American Literature and Culture.

Watch this vidcast here.

Series Launch: Regenerations: African American Literature and Culture

Regenerations: African American Literature and Culture is a new series devoted to reprinting editions of important African American texts that either have fallen out of print or have failed to receive the attention they deserve. 

Regenerations encourages research that develops and extends the understanding of African American literary and cultural history, while promoting regional and local research that represents the complex dynamics of African American experience.

Maynard Returns to West Virginia! Check out his 2009 WV Tour Schedule.

To promote his new book The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life , Lee Maynard is returning to his home state of West Virginia. If you're in the Morgantown or Charleston area from October 9, 2009 - October 13, 2009 check out one of his readings, get an autographed copy of his book, or ask him a question about his writing. See his schedule of events!

Mountaintop Removal Protest

Watch former WV congressman Ken Hechler discuss the devastation of Mountaintop Removal in West Virginia and learn more about this environmental destruction in Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal on Southern West Virginia Communities.

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