University of Texas Press

09/03/2026

FREEDOM SCHOOLS: A JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY & COMMUNITY will be FREE on Project MUSE from September 1st – September 30th. Be sure to check it out this month! https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/874

09/01/2026

Big news for Texas educators, school board members, and legal professionals! 📚⚖️ The 11th edition of THE EDUCATOR’S GUIDE TO TEXAS SCHOOL LAW is now available. Over the past five years, changes from the US Supreme Court down to the Texas Legislature have transformed the educational landscape across the Lone Star State. Authors Jim Walsh and Sarah Orman provide the clarity you need to navigate these evolving legal standards with confidence, covering key topics from teacher contracts and board governance to parents' rights and special education law.

Order your copy today: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477334324/

08/31/2026

We’re thrilled to see this thoughtful review by Maron L. Waxman featured on the Jewish Book Council! Waxman explores Irvin Ungar’s new memoir, Reviving the Artist Who Fought Hi**er, and his lifelong journey to restore Arthur Szyk’s legacy.

Read more here:

Irvin Ungar first encountered the work of Arthur Szyk (1894–1951) in 1975, when he was browsing a Jewish bookstore for a gift.

08/28/2026

We are thrilled to see Irvin Ungar’s work featured in this episode with B'nai B'rith International. Thank you for hosting a great conversation and keeping Szyk’s legacy alive!

08/27/2026

We are excited to announce the release of Asian Music 57:2) , published in partnership with the Society for Asian Music. The wait is over—here is a look at the fascinating articles featured in this latest issue.

08/26/2026

We are thrilled to announce that DOCUMENTING IRAN: Filmmakers and Social Change by Persheng Vaziri is now available! In this insightful new release, filmmaker and educator Persheng Vaziri explores the expansive history of Iranian documentary filmmaking amid generations of political change—first under the Shah and later the Islamic government. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic encounters, Vaziri describes how contemporary documentarians navigate strict censorship to share hard truths about controversial topics like women’s rights, marriage and divorce laws, and environmental degradation. It is a comprehensive demonstration of how subtle, persuasive, and activist cinema can challenge dogmatic rule and uphold progressive elements of society.

Copies are available here: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477334270/

We are also excited to share a sneak peek! Read the exclusive excerpt featured in Documentary Magazine: https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/independent-means-author-documenting-iran-breaks-down-islamic-republic-iran

08/25/2026

We are thrilled to announce that PROBLEMATIC PARADIGMS AND THE CONTOURS OF US LATINIDAD by Silvio Torres-Saillant, edited by Nancy Kang and Michael Nieto Garcia, is now available! Published as part of the "Latinx: The Future Is Now" series, this essential collection curates the veteran scholar's core contributions to Latinx studies over the last two decades. Torres-Saillant challenges presumptions of panethnic unity within the US Hispanic population and traces the connections between media rhetoric and the language of scholarship, targeting the role of marketing and mass communications in shaping popular perceptions.

Copies are available here: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477334034/

08/21/2026

Mark your calendars! 🗓️

Join editors Jorge J. Santos and Patrick S. Lawrence for an incredible virtual session hosted by The Book Club of California as they explore how California counterculture, censorship, and obscenity reshaped the history of American comics. 🗯️✨

📚 OUT OF THE GUTTERS: How California Comix Saved Comics
🗓️ Monday, Aug 24 @ 5 PM PT (Virtual)

Don’t miss out! RSVP today! 👇
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Out of the Gutters: Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression, edited by Jorge J. Santos and Patrick S. Lawrence, explores US comics that have been challenged for their boundary-breaking content. Covering well-known underground figures like R. Crumb and Charles Burns, newcomers such as C. Spike Trotm...

08/20/2026

Big news!! The official cover for BRINGING WRECK: Megan Thee Stallion, Monica Roberts, and Other Houston Hurricanes by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley is here! 🎉

Read the full exclusive story about the cover, book, and history in the Houston Chronicle:

An exclusive look at 'Bringing Wreck', a new book exploring the Houston legacies of Megan Thee Stallion & Monica Roberts.

08/18/2026

We are thrilled to announce that TRANSCENDENCE, edited by Phillip A. Townsend and distributed on behalf of The Art Galleries at Black Studies, University of Texas at Austin, is available to order today! This landmark catalogue, a richly illustrated reflection on a century of Black q***r art and culture, features seven profound essays by preeminent scholars exploring the foundations of the q***r experience.

Moving beyond historical erasures, these essays investigate the potential of q***r perspectives through powerful paradoxes like pleasure and pain, excess and lack, and autonomy and dependence. Organized around seven distinct subthemes from Portraiture to Altered States, this collection offers readers a space to engage with vital artwork and ephemera. To engage with Transcendence is to discover an ecstatically abundant past and advocate for a more inclusive and equitable future.

Copies are available to order here: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9798992516272/