Inside the Fall and Winter 2024 Catalog
June 3, 2024
This Fall and Winter we’re thrilled to bring you a knockout biography of Malcolm X, Malcolm Before X by Patrick Parr. In this first biography of Malcolm X dedicated to… READ MORE
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In Conversation with Saara Myrene Raappana and Jennifer Tseng, Winners of the 2023 Juniper Prize for Poetry
April 1, 2024
This April, we’re celebrating the 2023 Juniper Prize for Poetry Winners, which publish April 1, 2024. One of our marketing interns, Hailey Furilla, crafted the questions for the poets. Saara… READ MORE
Announcing the 2024 Juniper Literary Prize Winners!
The University of Massachusetts Press and MFA for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are thrilled to announce the 2024 winners of the Juniper Literary Prizes in… READ MORE
Inside the Spring & Summer 2024 Catalog
January 4, 2024
This season, we’re headlining Testing Education: A Teacher’s Memoir by Kathy Greeley. This book is publishing at a time when Thrive Act legislation to end the high-stakes components of MCAS… READ MORE
Our 2023 Gift Guide is here!
November 20, 2023
This holiday season, give the gift of UMass Press books! Now through 1/2/24 all titles at umasspress.com are 40% off when you use code HOLIDAY at checkout! See some of… READ MORE
Enter our November 2023 Goodreads Giveaways!
November 2, 2023
This month, we have three giveaways open on Goodreads! Enter for your chance to receive advanced reader copies of Green World: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare by Michelle… READ MORE
Supporting our regional books fund
September 7, 2023
As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, a generous anonymous donor has once again pledged a 2-to-1 match for our Regional Books Fund, which includes books about New England as well… READ MORE
Announcing the 2023 Juniper Prize Winners
March 31, 2023
UMass Press and the MFA for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are excited to announce the 2023 winners of the Juniper Literary Prizes. All of these works… READ MORE
Remembering Professor John H. Bracey, Jr.
February 6, 2023
We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Professor John H. Bracey, Jr. (1941–2023). Dr. Bracey was a lifelong Civil Rights activist and a leading figure in… READ MORE
Announcing the 2022 Juniper Prize Winners
April 1, 2022
UMass Press and the MFA for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are excited to announce the 2022 winners of the Juniper Literary Prizes. All of these works… READ MORE
