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- ## In the Shade of the Pine
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- ## Eat Like the Hogs
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- ## Sleeping in the Courtyard
$26.95
- ## The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford
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- ## Barley Child
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## Miller Williams Poetry Series

The University of Arkansas Press annually selects books for the Miller Williams Poetry Series, awarding the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize each summer. For nearly 25 years, this series has been the cornerstone of the press’s commitment to outstanding new poetry, honoring its cofounder and longtime director, Miller Williams.

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## Forthcoming

### Available for Pre-Order: *In the Shade of the Pine*

In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825–1876 by Christiana Payne is now available for pre-order. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of trees both as allies in the fight against climate change and as...

### Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of *The Metal of a Thousand Uses: Mercury Mining in Arkansas, 1930–1946*

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of The Metal of a Thousand Uses: Mercury Mining in Arkansas, 1930–1946 by John T. Reynolds. In 1930, a remote corner of southwest Arkansas witnessed the discovery of cinnabar, the ore...

### Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of *The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You*

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the third, authoritative edition of Frank Stanford's The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You. The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You is a Southern Gothic epic unlike...

### Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of *In the Shade of the Pine*

The University of Arkansas Press is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-1876 by Christiana Payne. In the Shade of the Pine explores the cultural and ecological significance of trees...

### *Eat Like the Hogs* Available for Pre-Order

Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats is available for pre-order. “Eat Like the Hogs," writes Food Network host and former Razorback Eddie Jackson, "is a one-of-a-kind cookbook that brings Razorback pride to the table with nearly...

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## News

### Available for Pre-Order: *In the Shade of the Pine*

Nov 13, 2025

In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825–1876 by Christiana Payne is now available for pre-order. In recent years,...

### Deadline Extended for the Miller Williams Poetry Prize

Oct 7, 2025

The deadline to submit manuscripts for the 2027 Miller Williams Poetry Prize has been extended until October 21. Every year, the University of...

### Benjamin R. Cohen Reviews *The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford* at *Public Books*

Oct 6, 2025

"I knew nearly nothing about the life of Frank Stanford before this new, barnstorming, capacious biography. I knew only the smallest amount about...

### *Eat Like the Hogs* is Now Available!

Oct 2, 2025

Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats, edited by Karen Van Horn and Becky Bull is now available! The book...

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## Awards

### *Mob Rule in the Ozarks* Wins 2025 Ragsdale Award

Presented for the best book-length historical study (nonfiction) of any aspect of Arkansas history.

### *Men of No Reputation* Wins 2025 Missouri Conference on History Book Award

Given to the best volume on any historical topic written by a Missouri resident and published within the preceding year.

### Saba Keramati wins 2025 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize

For her Miller Williams Poetry Prize finalist collection *Self-Mythology*

### Alison Thumel named a Kate Tufts Discovery Award Finalist

The Kate Tufts Discovery Award is presented to a first book by a poet of genuine promise.

### *Remote Access* Wins 2024 Arkansiana Book Award

Given by the Arkansas Library Association to a work “which represents a significant contribution to Arkansas heritage and culture.”

### *Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks* Wins 2024 Missouri Literary Award

“A compelling biography that delves into the life of a pioneering journalist who shaped the Ozarks and beyond.”

### John Kirk wins the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize for *Winthrop Rockefeller*

The Booker Worthen Literary Prize is awarded each year to the best work, fiction or non-fiction, by an author living in Arkansas.

### *Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta* Wins the John William Graves Book Award

Given by the Arkansas Historical Association to the best book on the history of race relations in Arkansas.

### *Winthrop Rockefeller* wins the J.G. Ragsdale Book Award

Given by the Arkansas Historical Association to the best book on Arkansas History.

### Rachel Stephens Wins the 2023 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication

“This important publication provides an essential addition to post-Civil War histories of American Art.”

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## Reviews

## Benjamin R. Cohen Reviews *The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford* at *Public Books*

"I knew nearly nothing about the life of Frank Stanford before this new, barnstorming, capacious biography. I knew only the smallest amount about his poetry. I’d heard he died young of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Maybe I saw that on the cover of a tattered...

## *Barley Child* Reviewed in the *Colorado Review*

“\[A\] richly imagined and lyrically presented record of the Irish American experience from the pen of someone who knows, who can reliably summon up both its reality and its spirit.”

## *The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford* Receives a Starred *Publishers Weekly* Review

“It’s a page-turner.”

## *Mob Rule in the Ozarks* Reviewed in the *Fort Smith Historical Society Journal*

“This well written and meticulously researched volume by Kenneth Barnes is … a significant addition to historical scholarship of the nation”

## *Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks* Reviewed in the *Arkansas Historical Quarterly*

“The crucial work of Lucile Morris Upton and her successors is needed now more than ever if future generations are to better understand our present.”

## *Publishers Weekly* Reviews *Parallax*

“Readers will find this a moving and impactful collection.”

## *Kirkus* Starred Review for *The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford*

“The full-throated biography fans have been yearning for.”

## Major Jackson reads “Field Guide as Sonnet” by A. D. Lauren-Abunassar

“Today’s poem honors the spirit of courageous women who humbly persist, who do not hold back on love.”

## *Red Ocher* Reviewed in the *Colorado Review*

“Poli’s collection illustrates how a collapse can lead to an expansion, leading not to an expansion of knowing, but of the true beauty of not knowing.”

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