Kathryn Conrad
@azkat
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publisher, desert dweller, lover of books and bad tv
Tucson, AZ
Joined November 2008
So happy to be able to visit @Kansas_Press this weekend to help honor Tai Edwards and @FarinaKing as recipients of the @aupresses StandUP Award.
uapress.arizona.edu
University presses are deeply embedded in the communities they serve. This weekend, members of the University of Kansas community gathered to celebrate Tai Edwards and Farina King…
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I am honored to be part of the Poetry & Protest feature from the Poetry Society of America. I recommend six recent books and anthologies of Pacific Islander poetry. https://t.co/7fdNyvvSuH
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Yes, Latinx writers are angry about American Dirt – and we will not be silent. By Daniel A Olivas for @guardian
https://t.co/UuhYPIEWrz
#AmericanDirt #Latinx #DignidadLiteraria #ownvoices @Flatironbooks @oprahsbookclub
theguardian.com
Radical change is needed in the publishing industry, not simply with respect to Latinx writers, but all marginalized writers who have important stories to tell
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Love spotting @AZpress books in the wild: someone was checking out a great collection of poetry books at @uazlibraries outside my temporary office in the stacks.
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How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure
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“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter,” Chinua Achebe wrote in Things Fall Apart. And the history of the hunt that was English literatur…
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In honor of @JoyHarjo becoming new U.S. poet laureate @AZpress offers 45% off #Native lit in Sun Tracks series
uapress.arizona.edu
Launched in 1971, Sun Tracks was one of the first publishing programs to focus exclusively on the creative works of Native Americans. The series has included more than eighty volumes of poetry, prose…
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We're happy to offer a higher award amount up to $200K for this year's Humanities Open Book deadline (Sept. 13): https://t.co/cmgx7Kq2tm
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Your 2017-18 Professional Development Committee chair, ladies and gentlemen! Hit her up with ideas and suggestions. #AAUP17
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Statistically, men will apply for jobs if they meet 50% of listed qualifications; women apply only if they meet 100%. #gendergap #aaup17
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. @internetarchive collaborates w/@mitpress & Arcadia to digitize & provide access to hundreds of @mitpress backlist titles.
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How poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera is helping Chicago students find their voice through the power of words
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More than 50 people were shot during the holiday weekend in Chicago. Often, when we talk about the city — and its school system — we hear about too much violence and too little money. Jeffrey Brown...
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Your Memorial Day reminder that two soldiers have been killed in the US by domestic extremists in the last week & POTUS hasn't said a word.
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Mysterious benefactor buys copies of 1984 & The Handmaid's Tale for San Franciscans. https://t.co/ZPTUnxxZaI
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