Congratulations to our award winning authors. This year we have four authors who won medals in the 2018 IPPYs (Independent Publisher Book Awards).

Our congratulations and best wishes to Susan Cash, Assistant Director and Marketing Manager for Kent State University Press, on her well-deserved retirement! Susan came to the Press as its Marketing Manager in 1998. She will be greatly missed by all who’ve worked with her.
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Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War—for Better and for Worse by Candice Shy Hooper has won the 2017 Sarton Women’s Book Award in the biography category.
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Clevelanders still remember Beverly Potts, the young girl who vanished without a trace 67 years ago. This cleveland.com article speaks to the case as well as the new documentary “Dusk & Shadow: The Mystery of Beverly Potts.”
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/03/beverly_potts_vanished_67_year.html

Find out more about her case in the book Twilight of Innocence by James Jesson Badal.

Great News! Our latest title examining the world of J.R.R Tolkien, especially his lifelong interest in fairy stories, is up for a well deserved award. “There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale”: More Essays on Tolkien by Verlyn Flieger has been shortlisted by the Tolkien Society for their 2018 Best Book Award. Vote now if you’re a member. […]

Congratulations to our team, especially Design & Production Manager Chris Brooks, for being selected as part of the 2018 Association of University Presses Book, Jacket & Journal Show under the category of Scholarly Illustrated. A fascinating & beautiful book of true historical importance, Bouquet’s Expedition Against the Ohio Indians is worth a look.

Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee receives 4 out of 5 stars from the San Francisco Book Review website.
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WSYR-TV, Syracuse gives us an excellent interview with Jason Emerson, author of our recent book Lincoln’s Lover: Mary Lincoln in Poetry. It’s sure to be a favorite for lovers of poetry and history as well.
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Author’s Voice host Bjorn Skaptason’s recent interview with editor Timothy Mason Roberts is available now on YouTube. The two speak in depth about Roberts’ new book, This Infernal War: The Civil War Letters of William and Jane Standard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzOeX7M5bTI&feature=youtu.be

Independent historian Jason Emerson speaks to Eagle News Online about his new book Lincoln’s Lover: Mary Lincoln in Poetry, a compilation of poetry written by, for, and about Mary Lincoln dating from 1839 to 2012.
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