A Maternal Mental Health Memoir
kara zivin
If you think you know what mental health during and after pregnancy looks like, Persevered: A Maternal Mental Health Memoir will make you think again. Dr. Kara Zivin pulls readers into the heart of her story, offering a rare, unfiltered look at what happened when a respected mental health researcher faced her own grave battle with perinatal depression and anxiety. Persevered is a raw, personal account of surviving the darkest moments of new motherhood while juggling high expectations at home and at work. This memoir is for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed, anyone who has supported a loved one through challenging times, or anyone who believes that honest storytelling can spark real change.
Kara Zivin, PhD, MS, MA, MFA is a professor of psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and health management and policy at the University of Michigan. She aims to increase public awareness about and influence policy addressing behavioral health conditions by combining research expertise (data) and personal narrative (story). She has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles in health and medical journals and led more than $25 million in research grants and contracts.
may | 5.5 × 8.5 in | 260 pp | 8 b&w illus paper 9780804012645 | $24.95 t ebook 9780804012652 | $24.99 t
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Rescue Me
An Andy Hayes Mystery andrew welsh-huggins
Private eye Andy Hayes must confront personal prejudices and assumptions when he’s hired to protect a young drag performer facing in-person and online threats in a case that unfolds against a groundswell of right-wing, anti-LGBTQIA sentiment. The ninth book and first novella in the Andy Hayes Mysteries series.
“This series gets better with each book.”
Publishers Weekly
andy hayes mysteries
june | 5.5 × 8.5 in | 104 pp
paper 9780804012621 | $19.95 t
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Trampoline
An Illustrated Novel
robert gipe
Featuring a new afterword by Beth Macy
New introduction by Darnell Arnoult, Marianne Worthington, Sandra Ballard, and Gillian Berchowitz
Midsummer Night’s Toast
Poems
mamie morgan
“A book of relentless, headlong energy. These skillful and fiery poems, trapped between reverence for literary tradition and immense cynicism, stake out a wild and granular territory (one poem, for example, is titled ‘When my husband slides a record from Barbra Streisand’s sleeve and it’s actually The Best of Aerosmith’). These poems delve into tip work, into the service economy, into the endless scroll, into ‘the earnest century where you got paid per word’; they subvert our expectations of what is immediate, what is remote, what is familiar, what can never be pinned down.”
—Natalie Shapero, final judge
hollis summers poetry prize
april | 6 × 8.5 in | 80 pp paper 9780821426685 | $19.95 t ebook 9780821426692 | $19.99 t
To mark its tenth anniversary, Trampoline— the first book in Gipe’s award-winning Canard County Trilogy—returns in a limited, deluxe cover edition of 1,000 copies featuring new contributions by Beth Macy and other Appalachian voices. This illustrated novel remains a powerful portrait of a young woman—and a region— fighting for identity, justice, and survival in the face of environmental and social upheaval.
february | 6 × 9 in | 360 pp | 225 illus paper 9780821426944 | $19.95 t ebook 9780821426951 | $19.99 t
Judith Resnik
Unsung Astronaut
marlene targ-brill
Growing up, Judith Resnik didn’t dream of space—but she became one of NASA’s first female astronauts and the second American woman in orbit. Brilliant, determined, and inventive, she helped engineer the shuttle program before her life was tragically cut short in the Challenger disaster. Her legacy shines in this middle-grade biography.
biographies for young readers
june | 6 × 9 in | 144 pp | 37 illus
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9780821426906 | $15.95 t
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Traveler’s Guide to Ancient Ohio
john e. hancock
Featuring the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
A compact, richly illustrated, and in-depth travel guide to the Indigenous earthwork wonders of southern Ohio—some of the most extraordinary ancient monuments in North America. Featuring the eight newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage sites, this is the first publication to present these places from a traveler’s perspective, offering deeply informative site descriptions alongside curated routes to historical, scenic, and natural treasures across the region.
Art and Activism
Jazz Artists and Writers in the Civil Rights Vanguard
jack marchbanks
This book uncovers the powerful ties between iconic jazz musicians and leading African American writers during the civil rights era. Exploring their influence on pivotal events and leaders, it reveals how art and activism intersected and offers readers a fresh cultural perspective on the movement from 1955 to 1965.
april | 5.5 × 8.5 in | 280 pp | 12 illus
paper 9780821426876 | $26.95 t
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Detailed route and trail descriptions are coordinated with all-new maps, plans, and photographs. The book links to multimedia assets, including animated flyovers that help visualize the earthworks and interview excerpts that deepen interpretive storytelling through Indigenous and interdisciplinary voices.
Includes a foreword by Chief Glenna J. Wallace.
thinking about ohio
april | 5 × 8 in | 256 pp | 183 illus
paper 9780821426920 | $26.95 t
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DISTRIBUTED TITLES
The Balm of Gilead Tree
New and Selected Stories
robert morgan
Published in 1999 by Gnomon Press
february | 6 × 91/4 in | 350 pp
paper 9780917788734 | $21.95 t
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Groundwork
poems by robert morgan
Published in 1979 by Gnomon Press
february | 6 × 91/4 in | 72 pp
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Pattern of a Man and Other Stories
james still
Published in 2001 by Gnomon Press
february | 5½ × 8½ in | 144 pp
paper 9780917788758 | $18.95 t
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DISTRIBUTED TITLES
published by the university of cincinnati press
Across the Color Line: Reporting 25 Years in Black Cincinnati mark curnutte
The Bone Doctor’s Concerto: Music, Surgery, and the Pieces in Between alvin h. crawford, md
It Was Always About the Work: A Photojournalist’s Memoir melvin grier
Maria Longworth Storer: From Music and Art to Popes and Presidents constance j. moore and nancy m. broermann
The Speaking Stone: Stories Cemeteries Tell michael griffith
Surveying in Early America: The Point of Beginning, An Illustrated History dan patterson and clinton terry
Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World
Environment, Disaster, and Identity in Modern Mauritius
robert m. rouphail
Cyclonic Lives explores how cyclones in Mauritius shape identity, memory, and power. Blending history, myth, and state archives, Robert M. Rouphail shows disasters as ongoing processes that redefine race, gender, and governance amid climate change.
indian ocean studies series
april | 6 × 9 in | 240 pp | 4 illus
cloth 9780821426777 | $90.00 s
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Unraveling of Civil Society
Peacebuilding, Health Crises, and Aid in Twenty-First-Century Guinea and Sierra Leone
michelle reddy
Through a rigorous analysis of donor-driven aid in Guinea and Sierra Leone, Michelle Reddy argues that preferences for apolitical, Westernstyle NGOs undermined local crisis-response capacity, notably during the Ebola outbreak. She links these dynamics to democratic backsliding, urging a critical reassessment of aid paradigms.
Much Matter in a Penny Paper
Early Yorùbá Print Culture in Lagos, 1910–1930
karin barber
Examining the emergence of Yorùbá-language newspapers in colonial Lagos, Karin Barber explores bilingual print culture, genre innovation, civic discourse, and media history in early twentieth-century Nigeria, highlighting the roles of editors, writers, and readers in shaping public communication.
new african histories
may | 6 × 9 in | 276 pp | 15 illus paper 9780821426845 | $36.95 s
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Beyond the Battlefield
Women and the Nation in Twentieth-Century Angola
selina s. makana
Selina S. Makana explores Angolan women’s vital role in nation building through maternalist nationalism. Challenging male-centered war narratives, she highlights women’s political activism, labor, and patriotic motherhood, revealing how they shaped Angola’s history beyond the battlefield.
series in human security
july | 6 × 9 in | 312 pp | 31 illus
cloth 9780821426791 | $80.00 s
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war and militarism in african history
february | 6 × 9 in | 272 pp | 13 illus
paper 9780821426739 | $36.95 s
cloth 9780821426722 | $120.00 s
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Privileged Minorities
A History of Wealth Concentration in South Africa
mesrob vartavarian
Mesrob Vartavarian asserts that anticolonial victories in South Africa sustained inequality, revealing how small groups of select elites gained exclusive wealth-building privileges. He introduces the concept of privileged minorities as a framework for analyzing similar dynamics across Africa and beyond.
ohio short histories of africa
march | 41/4 × 7 in | 230 pp
paper 9780821426753 | $19.95 s
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Morafe
Person, Family, and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland, 1880s–1950s
khumisho moguerane
Morafe follows the Molema family across two generations, from the fluid borderlands of the 1880s to the rigid colonial divisions of the 1950s. Through intimate storytelling, the book reveals how political boundaries and racial systems helped alter their identity, sense of belonging, and everyday lives.
available | 61/8 × 91/4 in | 492 pp | 11 illus
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The Innocent Midwest
Culture, Region, and Identity, 1793–1930
marcia noe
The Innocent Midwest explores how the Midwest came to symbolize innocence in American culture. Through literature and art from 1793 to 1930, it examines the enduring myth of the virtuous Midwesterner and the values—agrarianism, faith, education—that shaped this ideal.
new approaches to midwestern studies february | 6 × 9 in | 232 pp
cloth 9780821426708 | $80.00 s
ebook 9780821426715 | $79.99 s
Human Flesh
Phenomenology and Evolution of the Social Body
hayden kee
Human Flesh challenges the idea that human sociality is rooted solely in the brain, proposing instead the “social body hypothesis.” Drawing on Maurice Merleau-Ponty and modern science, it explores how our sensory bodies— eyes, hands, voices—shape human cognition, culture, and evolution.
series in continental thought july | 6 × 9 in | 304 pp | 4 illus
cloth 9780821426968 | $95.00 s
ebook 9780821426975 | $94.99 s
Becoming the Voinovich School
A History of Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service
r. gregory browning
This history traces the rise of Ohio University’s Voinovich School, a public service “do tank” that blends academic expertise with real-world impact by fostering leadership, innovation, and community engagement in and beyond Appalachian Ohio.
march | 5½ × 8½ in | 104 pp | 13 illus paper 9780821426814 | $24.95 s ebook 9780821426821 | $24.99 s
Civic Architecture Across America
Extraordinary Views
thomas r. schiff
This book showcases panoramic photographs of civic architecture across the United States by renowned photographer Thomas R. Schiff. With over 120 images, it explores three centuries of design, from Indigenous sites to city halls. Accompanying essays provide insights into the history, significance, and evolution of these public spaces.
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