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He is a professor at the institute of literature at the bulgarian academy of sciences and the editor of a weekly. He also cofounded and for a time edited triquarterly books, an imprint for contemporary writing at northwestern university press. Although story river books, an imprint of the university of south carolina press, is currently closed to submissions, future submission periods will be announced on its website. Postfeminist fiction northwestern university press. Prestigious authors first published by northwestern university press have been. From its inception, northwestern university press has been at the forefront in publishing important works of scholarship as well as quality works of fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism. Northwestern university press, the university of washington press, the mit press, cornell university press, the ohio state university press, university of chicago press, and the association of university presses aupresses join forces to expand the university press diversity fellowship program. Nov 23, 2016 a university press may also publish books of regional interest, uncovering rich local stories which would not otherwise be told by a retail publisher.
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Northwestern university press publisher description from its inception, northwestern university press has been at the forefront in publishing important works of scholarship as well as quality works of fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism. Northwestern university press was founded in 1893, at first specializing in legal periodicals. Open access books in african studies, literary criticism, and philosophy. News stories northwestern university institute for policy. Whats available in nu archives and special collections. On mexican fiction, the neoliberal book market, and. Some seven authored and four edited books, as well as two monographs, were produced by the nuq faculty and staff in the last academic year ranging from. Petty joined northwestern university press as acquisitions editor in march 2017. Book subjects include border studies, environmental science, latinx studies, indigenous studies, poetry, space science, and other topics.
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