University of Alabama Press

09/30/2026

Join The University of Alabama’s Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies for the virtual launch of the most recent books published in the Strode Series in Renaissance Literature and Culture: Hayley Cotter’s Poetics of the Legal Sea in English Renaissance Literature, and Jamie Paris’s Clothed Villainy: Acting White in Early Modern Drama!

On Thursday, October 8th at 2pm Central, Dr. Michelle Dowd will be in conversation with the authors about their books.

Register below!
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09/28/2026

✨ The Moundville Native American Festival is back October 1-3! Celebrate Native American culture through traditional dance, storytelling, arts and crafts, unique vendors, and local and Native foods. Festival favorite Grayhawk Perkins will share the Houma Choctaw Opening Crawfish Story daily at 9:30 a.m. CT.

If you'd like to take home more of Grayhawk's stories, be sure to check out his book, Grayhawk’s Native American Folktales. 🔗 https://go.ua.edu/4r5UkWr

📚 Use promo code MOUNDVILLE to save 50% during festival week. Expires 10/5/26.

Moundville Archaeological Park and Museum

09/25/2026

Happy Birthday, William Faulkner! ✍️ 🎂 Discover how one of America’s most celebrated writers was also a pioneering voice in environmental thought, and why his work remains relevant in conversations about ecology, conservation, and the South today. Read our newest blog: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/pswhc2nu

📖 🔗 Get Clear-Cutting Eden: Ecology and the Pastoral in Southern Literature: by Christopher Rieger: https://go.ua.edu/4hLq5km

To most of the world, William Faulkner is remembered as a renowned American writer who wrote on themes such as human endurance, moral dilemmas, and the

09/24/2026

The next stop in Charles Ghigna’s The Lost Book of Life tour is TOMORROW, September 25, 2026, at 5:30 PM CST at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers here in Tuscaloosa. Enjoy these photos of the fun Charles Ghigna is having on his 7-city book tour!

Learn more about The Lost Book of Life: 📖🔗 https://go.ua.edu/3O3dIV3

📍 🗺️ Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
1928 7th St.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

09/24/2026

🐘🏈 Don't forget! 🐘🏈 Our Margin of Victory Sale is ending soon. Get 40% off today at www.uapress.ua.edu

🐘🏈 Thanks to Alabama's 50-36 victory over Florida State, you can now save 40% OFF all books! Use promo code: KICKOFF. 🐘🏈

This discount is valid through September 25, 2026. Shop now! 🔗📚 www.uapress.ua.edu.

09/20/2026

🐘🏈 Thanks to Alabama's 50-36 victory over Florida State, you can now save 40% OFF all books! Use promo code: KICKOFF. 🐘🏈

This discount is valid through September 25, 2026. Shop now! 🔗📚 www.uapress.ua.edu.

09/18/2026

🏈🐘 Football season is here, and so is your ultimate Crimson Tide reading list. 🏈🐘 Dive into legendary championships, unforgettable sports stories, and the traditions that make Alabama fandom so special with our latest blog, Roll Tide Reads for the 2026 Football Season! 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/269yyrzr

🗣️📢 Don't forget! Our Margin of Victory Sale starts tomorrow. The bigger Bama wins, the more you save. Check back tomorrow to see the final discount!

09/17/2026

📚 🕯️ Experiencing War Memorials, edited by Jennifer K. Ladino, explores how war is commemorated through public memorials and the powerful emotions and ideologies these sites generate. Through case studies ranging from Confederate monuments and overlooked Holocaust sites to military working dogs and digital memorials, the volume examines how memorial practices shape national identities, ethical understanding, and the possibilities for social change

Get the book: 📖🔗 https://go.ua.edu/4AatqAY

09/16/2026

📚 Charles Ghigna’s The Lost Book of Life book tour kicks off today! Join him at Alabama Booksmith in Homewood, Alabama, at 4 PM to celebrate the launch of this remarkable new book of poetry.

Check out the rest of his tour schedule and see if he'll be visiting a city near you. We hope to see you at one of his upcoming events! ✨

09/15/2026

"Denise and others died for that. We should not let their death be in vain and be silent. . ." In this moving interview, author Lisa McNair reflects on her sister's legacy, the ongoing fight against racism, and the responsibility to speak out.

Learn more about their story in Dear Denise: Letters to the Sister I Never Knew. 📖🔗 https://go.ua.edu/4sBfWtM

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For the first time, Lisa McNair speaks with a local news station at her sister Denise’s gravesite and shares how her family refused to answer hate with hate and challenged others to confront the racism that persists 63 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.