Recipe: Jackfruit Ropa Vieja from Modern Cuban

Today we are highlighting a recipe from our newest cookbook! UPF and UF Press rights assistant Milo Brooks made Jackfruit Ropa Vieja from Ana Quincoces's Modern Cuban. Milo's comments: I settled in this week to make the Jackfruit Ropa Vieja recipe and it was incredible. The recipe is so easy to follow even if you're working … Continue reading Recipe: Jackfruit Ropa Vieja from Modern Cuban

Spring 2025 Exhibit Schedule

The University Press of Florida and UF Press will be at these conferences and book fairs this spring. American Association of Biological Anthropologists Annual MeetingBaltimore, MDMarch 12-15, 2025Shop Related Books - Use Code 31AABA25 African American Intellectual History Society ConferenceProvidence, RIMarch 14-15, 2025Shop Related Books – Use Code 31AAIH25 Florida Native Plant Society ConferenceGainesville, FLApril 2-6, … Continue reading Spring 2025 Exhibit Schedule

Historic Sugar Mills in Santo Domingo

Distributed by University Press of Florida on behalf of the Brian Canin Urban Design AwardColonial sugar mills, ingenios coloniales, are essential to the material history of the Dominican Republic. They served as a cornerstone of the national economy and as a foundation for the stability required during the colonial era. From the 1500s to the end … Continue reading Historic Sugar Mills in Santo Domingo

Moving Through Life

“Moving through Life highlights Goldberg Haas’s groundbreaking contributions to dance education and her unwavering commitment to making dance accessible to all. Her story is a testament to the profound power of movement. A compelling read that inspires and uplifts. Goldberg Haas reminds us that ANY BODY can dance . . . that bodies MUST dance!”—Jody Gottfried … Continue reading Moving Through Life

Alive in Their Garden

"This is the book I wish I’d had on hand as I was writing In the Time of the Butterflies.”—From the introduction by Julia Alvarez   “This translation offers an important contribution to the study of dictatorship, both in the Dominican Republic and beyond, but also to our understanding of bearing witness to tragedy, the challenges … Continue reading Alive in Their Garden

Dance and Science in the Long Nineteenth Century

“An absorbing and innovative work. All the essays are of the highest quality, with a strong historical grounding and an imaginative and often surprising ability to make unexpected connections between disciplines, as well as between the nineteenth century and our own time.”—Cara Gargano, Long Island University   Bringing together dance and science, two paradigms that explore … Continue reading Dance and Science in the Long Nineteenth Century

Futures of Black Power

“Showcases cutting-edge scholarship on Black Power and archives that will be critical as the historiography of Black Power only expands in the years to come.”—Robert Greene II, coeditor of Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina   “A provocative, futuristic view of the study of Black Power and its key … Continue reading Futures of Black Power

Guilt and “Finnegans Wake”

“This is an exciting and important intervention in the field of Wake studies. Abu’s book explores a matter that is central to Joyce’s last novel from a range of new perspectives. The readings of the Wake are substantial, precise, and informed, which is a rare and laudable feat.”—Robert Baines, author of Philosophical Allusions in James … Continue reading Guilt and “Finnegans Wake”

Roman Bioarchaeology

“Highlights current Roman bioarchaeological research on a wide range of topics while outlining potential avenues for future research. This volume will certainly become a foundational piece that will inspire new questions, new approaches, and new collaborations.”—Creighton Avery, McMaster University   “Covers a wide range of Roman bioarchaeological topics, ranging from childhood, sex and gender, mobility and … Continue reading Roman Bioarchaeology