Publisher Profile / Michigan State University Press
Facts
Mission: To “be a catalyst for positive intellectual, social, and technological change through the publication of research and intellectual inquiry, making significant contributions to scholarship in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.”
Year Founded: 1947
Reviews
Wolf’s Mouth by John Smolens
Privilege and Prejudice: The Life of a Black Pioneer by Clifton R. Wharton Jr.
Animals as Food: (Re)connecting Production, Processing, Consumption, and Impacts by Amy J. Fitzgerald
Creating Conservatism: Postwar Words that Made an American Movement by Michael J. Lee
Sacred Wilderness by Susan Power
Phantom of the Ego: Modernism and the Mimetic Unconscious by Nidesh Lawtoo
Bleeder by Shelby Smoak
Speechwright: An Insider’s Take on Political Rhetoric by William F. Gavin
Why I Left the Amish by Saloma Miller Furlong
Watergate Prosecutor by William H. Merrill
Sinner of Memory by Melita Schaum
The Guardian: The History of South Africa’s Extraordinary Anti-Apartheid Newspaper by James Zug
Still Pitching by Michael Steinberg
They Can’t Take That Away From Me: The Odyssey of an American POW by Peter Hrisko & Ralph M. Rentz
Black Eden: The Idlewild Community by Benjamin C. Wilson & Lewis Walker
Iroquois Moon by Eric Gansworth
Trying to Catch the Horses by Dan Gerber
Between the Flowers by Frederic J. Svoboda & Harriette Simpson Arnow
Body and Field by Terry Blackhawk
Awards
Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs by David Hlavsa. 2015 GOLD Winner for Family & Relationships
Eight Mile High by Jim Ray Daniels. 2014 Finalist for Short Stories
Beyond Pontiac’s Shadow: Michilimackinac and the Anglo-Indian War of 1763 by Keith R. Widder. 2013 Finalist for History
In the Kingdom of the Ditch by Todd Davis. 2013 BRONZE Winner for Poetry
Bleeder by Shelby Smoak. 2013 GOLD Winner for Autobiography & Memoir
Beso the Donkey by Richard Jarrette. 2010 Finalist for Poetry
The Edge of the Woods: Iroquoia, 1534-1701 by Jon Parmenter. 2010 Finalist for History
A Color Atlas of Photosynthetic Euglenoids by Richard Triemer & Ionel Ciugulea. 2010 BRONZE Winner for Reference
Pandora’s Locks by Jeff Alexander. 2009 SILVER Winner for Environment
Great Architecture of Michigan by John Gallagher, Photographed by Balthazar Korab. 2008 Finalist for Architecture
Mapping in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region by David I. Macleod. 2007 GOLD Winner for Regional
Some Heaven by Todd Davis. 2007 Finalist for Poetry
The Muskegon: The Majesty and Tragedy of Michigan’s Rarest River by Jeff Alexander. 2006 SILVER Winner for Environment
Casablanca and Other Stories by Edgar Brau. 2006 Finalist for Short Stories
5 Years of 4th Genre Edited by Martha A. Bates. 2006 GOLD Winner for Essays
Black November: The Carl D. Bradley Tragedy by Andrew Kantar. 2006 Finalist for Young Adult Nonfiction
Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes Edited by Alison Sawn. 2006 Finalist for Anthologies
The Collected Short Stories of Harriette Simpson Arnow Edited by Sandra L. Ballard and Haeja K. Chung. 2005 GOLD Winner for Short Stories
My Father on a Bicycle by Patricia Clark. 2005 Finalist for Poetry
Speechwright: An Insider’s Take on Political Rhetoric by William F. Gavin. 2011 Finalist for Political Science
Why I Left the Amish by Saloma Miller Furlong. 2011 Finalist for Women’s Issues
Foreword Mentions
Hail to Academe: Ten More Reasons to Love University Presses
When a Book Loves a Good Reader
A Grand Tour of Great Universities: Ten First-Round Literary Draft Picks
Countering Crisis with Action Voices for the Earth
Press Releases
John H. Hartig Receives John Muir Conservationist of the Year Award.
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