Congratulations to “Sister Tongue زبان خواهر” author Farnaz Fatemi. She has been named a 2023 Poet Laureate Fellow by the Academy of American Poets. 
The Academy of American Poets announced today that it is awarding $50,000 each to its 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows for a combined total of $1.1 million. These twenty-three individuals serve as poets laureate of […]

Don’t miss this in-depth review of Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the One Woman Who Connected Them All by James M. Scythes.
“The impressive editorial work by Professor Scythes not only makes Letters to Lizzie well worth reading and adding to any Civil War enthusiast’s library, this book […]

Four KSUP authors have been recognized for 2022 Foreword INDIES Awards.
Bronze winners: Peatlands of Ohio by Guy Denny & Gary Meszaros, (Nature category) and No Place for a Woman by Mike Pride, (Biography category).
Honorable Mentions: Sister Tongue by Farnaz Fatemi, (Poetry category) and Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens by John Grabowski & Lauren Pacini, (Regional […]

WSYR-TV’s Bridge Street interviews Sarah Tracy Burrows, author of Yours Affectionately, Osgood: Colonel Osgood Vose Tracy’s Letters Home from the Civil War, 1862–1865.

Civil War Books and Authors reviews The Governor’s Pawns: Hostages and Hostage-Taking in Civil War West Virginia by Randall S. Gooden.
“Raising the level of awareness, Gooden’s work adds significantly to the Civil War literature addressing the delicate balance between ensuring public safety and protecting the individual civil liberties of citizens.”—Civil War Books and Authors. 
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Be sure to catch Kathleen O’Shea as she discusses her latest book So Much More Than a Headache. I Am Not My Pain host Melissa Adams sits down with Kathleen to understand migraine through literature.
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The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2023 Mythopoeic Awards finalists. We’re pleased to announce that two of our literary titles are in the running for a Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies:
A Sense of Tales Untold: Exploring the Edges of Tolkien’s Literary Canvas by Peter Grybauskas
Tolkien, Enchantment, and Loss: Steps on the Developmental Journey by John […]

The Round the Bend Now and Then podcast interviews Gary Sosniecki regarding his latest book The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband.
“In this episode, I meet with Gary Sosniecki, the author of The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband, a true crime book about his […]

Congrats to KSUP author Mike Pride. His latest book, No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame’s Civil War has won a 2023 Silver IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Award), Biography category. 
“As he always does, Mike Pride gives us a living, breathing history. This is our Civil War from the inside out, carefully and artfully moving between […]

Podcast: [Amun Sul] interviews Tom Hillman about his forthcoming book “Pity, Power, and Tolkien’s Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many.” They talk about what exactly the Ring is, how it works, and the importance of Pity in Tolkien’s legendarium. https://buff.ly/3MiX3ci