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West Virginia University Press is the only university press, and the largest publisher of any kind, in the state of West Virginia. A part of West Virginia University, they publish books and scholarly journals by authors around the world, with a particular emphasis on Appalachian studies, history, higher education, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary books about energy, environment, and resources. They also publish works of fiction and creative nonfiction, and collaborate on innovative digital publications, notably West Virginia History: An Open Access Reader.

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Hungry Town

A Novel

West Virginia University Press

“A literary page-turner. . . . Part Cormac McCarthy, part Tom Drury and Raymond Chandler, Kapcala has created a voice all his own.” —Brian Castleberry

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Another Appalachia

Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

West Virginia University Press
  • Copyright year: 2022
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Rogues in the Postcolony

Narrating Extraction and Itinerancy in India

West Virginia University Press

An environmental humanist’s study of extractive capitalism and colonial occupation in Indian fiction.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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African American Workers and the Appalachian Coal Industry

West Virginia University Press

Essays by the foremost labor historian of the Black experience in the Appalachian coalfields.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Slow Fuse of the Possible

A Memoir of Poetry and Psychoanalysis

West Virginia University Press

An engrossing and beautifully crafted memoir of imagination, obsession, and disaster from the couch of old-fashioned four-times-a-week psychoanalysis.
 

  • Copyright year: 2022
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Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels, and Labours of Mrs. Elaw

West Virginia University Press

The remarkable autobiography of a Black woman evangelist.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Engaging the Atom

The History of Nuclear Energy and Society in Europe from the 1950s to the Present

West Virginia University Press

Transnational perspectives on the relationship between nuclear energy and society.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Perfect Dirt

And Other Things I've Gotten Wrong

West Virginia University Press

Recounted with humor and honesty, Lester invites us into his life as he struggles with masculinity and searches for a place where he fits.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers

The Radical Roots and Hard Fights of Local 1199

West Virginia University Press

History at the intersection of healthcare, labor, and civil rights.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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The Harlan Renaissance

Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns

West Virginia University Press

A personal remembrance from the preeminent chronicler of Black life in Appalachia.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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