University Press of Florida African American Studies, History, Publication Announcement

Bound Labor in the Turpentine Belt

“Aiello’s microhistory of peonage and convict labor in south Georgia shows how integral bound Black labor was to white supremacy in this corner of the postbellum South. No one else has shown how deeply entangled the illegal system of peonage was with a state-sanctioned carceral regime of forced labor.”—Alex Lichtenstein, coauthor of Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: … Continue reading Bound Labor in the Turpentine Belt

University Press of Florida Florida, Nature & Environment, Reading Lists, Sustainability

Florida and Sustainability: University Press Week 2024

We're excited to be participating in University Press Week as part of the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), an organization of 161 international nonprofit scholarly publishers. This year’s University Press Week theme is #StepUP, and together with other presses on this day of the UP Week blog tour we’re sharing WHERE our Press steps up to educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and … Continue reading Florida and Sustainability: University Press Week 2024

University Press of Florida Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literature & Literary Criticism, Publication Announcement

Technified Muses

“Offers a highly engaging and original approach to feminine embodiment in Mexican literature through the critical figure of the muse. This book represents an important contribution to Mexican literary studies in dialogue with scholarship on gender, urban space, and techno-corporeality.”—Susan Antebi, author of Embodied Archive: Disability in Post-Revolutionary Mexican Cultural Production   “This excellent study illuminates the intersections … Continue reading Technified Muses

University Press of Florida Author Post, Dance

Celebrating the Remarkable Life and Spirit of Tanaquil Le Clercq

By Orel Protopopescu, author of Dancing Past the Light: The Life of Tanaquil Le Clercq Today is World Polio Day, which falls during the same month as the birth of the subject of my first biography, the ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq (October 2, 1929–December 31, 2000). Le Clercq contracted poliomyelitis a few weeks after her 27th … Continue reading Celebrating the Remarkable Life and Spirit of Tanaquil Le Clercq

University Press of Florida Literature & Literary Criticism, Publication Announcement

Tears and Flowers

“These poems collectively constitute a vivid Rivera-esque mural of the place, time, and people in which and among whom they were written, bringing an early twentieth-century period in the history of Key West vividly to life.”—Esther Allen, translator of Antonio Di Benedetto’s Zama   “Offers readers an intimate glimpse into the life and work of a … Continue reading Tears and Flowers

University Press of Florida Florida, Nature & Environment, Publication Announcement

Florida Springs

“A must-read for anyone wanting to know about the complexity of Florida springs and why restoration has been so difficult for these beloved bodies of water. Meindl provides readers with a rare exploration of Florida springs politics.”—Victoria Machado, Rollins College   “Provides a good synthesis of existing knowledge and past works about springs, telling a timely … Continue reading Florida Springs

University Press of Florida Florida, Nature & Environment, Publication Announcement

Dry Tortugas

“An immersive text that celebrates the astonishing beauty and mystery of a remote marine outpost that faces the encroaching threats of development and climate change.”—Foreword Reviews “From star-studded nights to fish-filled waters, nesting terns to hatchling sea turtles, and the varied moods of historic Fort Jefferson through looming storms to tranquil sunsets, photographer Ian Wilson-Navarro shares … Continue reading Dry Tortugas

University Press of Florida History, Nature & Environment, Publication Announcement

The Wild East, Revised Edition

“Debunks the cherished myth of the Smokies as a pristine wilderness snatched from the brink of destruction to preserve the heritage of the Wild East. Instead, Brown details how the various, often contradictory approaches to managing the park since the 1930s reflect competing notions of how Americans ought to relate to nature.”—Blue Ridge Outdoors   “Brown … Continue reading The Wild East, Revised Edition