February News New Issue Alert Tales of the Fantastic, a special issue of Studies in the Fantastic will be released in April 2023. This issue is features short stories and interviews with Daryl Gregory and Paul Tremblay. Available for preorder now! Forthcoming in April 2023 The Inextinguishable, poems by Michael Lavers Michael Lavers is the author of After… Continue reading Announcing the UT Press Newsletter
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The University of Tampa Press Announces Pith: A Series of Short Academic Books
What the novella is to fiction, the short book is to academic publishing. Increasingly, academic publishers are thinking small. We have seen academic presses launch book series like University of Minnesota Press’s Forerunners, “Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead,” Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons, “a series of concise, collectable,… Continue reading The University of Tampa Press Announces Pith: A Series of Short Academic Books
The University of Tampa Press Announces Pomme: A Novella Series
Pomme is currently closed to submissions. The University of Tampa Press is committed to offering publication opportunities for genres and modes of writing that have been overlooked in traditional publishing. Many university presses have imprints and series dedicated to publishing long-form works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as collections of poetry, but the novella… Continue reading The University of Tampa Press Announces Pomme: A Novella Series
University of Tampa Press Interviews: A Conversation with Paul Tremblay
Our editorial board member and regular contributor Christina Connor sat down (virtually!) for an interview with Paul Tremblay (author of A Head Full of Ghosts, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, and The Cabin at the End of the World, now a major motion picture soon to be released, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, called Knock at the Cabin). They discussed… Continue reading University of Tampa Press Interviews: A Conversation with Paul Tremblay
University of Tampa Press Interviews: A Conversation with Daryl Gregory
Our editorial board member and regular contributor Christina Connor sat down (virtually!) with Daryl Gregory (author of Spoonbenders, Raising Stony MayHall, Pandemonium, We Are All Completely Fine) for an interview on his writing practice and tips for new writers. The full interview will be published in our forthcoming special issue devoted to fiction, “Tales of… Continue reading University of Tampa Press Interviews: A Conversation with Daryl Gregory
University of Tampa Press Interviews: On Annie Palmer: An Interview with Suzanne Lynch
After the publication of our 13th edition of Studies in the Fantastic, our intern Krystal Conley interviewed Dr. Suzanne Lynch regarding her essay on Annie Palmer, also known as “The White Witch of Rosehall,” a figure of Jamaican folklore later featured in a novel by Herbert G. de Lisser. Dr. Suzanne Lynch writes about the… Continue reading University of Tampa Press Interviews: On Annie Palmer: An Interview with Suzanne Lynch
University of Tampa Press Interviews: A Conversation with Michael Lavers
Michael Lavers is the recipient of the 2018 Tampa Review Prize for his collection of poems, After Earth. His upcoming collection, The Inextinguishable, will be published by the University of Tampa Press in 2023.
University of Tampa Press Interviews: On Dune: An Interview with Kwasu Tembo
After the publication of our 13th edition of Studies in the Fantastic, our intern Krystal Conley interviewed Dr. Kwasu Tembo regarding his review of the latest cinematic adaptation of Dune. Krystal wanted to know what inspired Dr. Tembo to write this “review essay,” a new form for the journal, somewhat between an informal opinion review and a formal research article. The… Continue reading University of Tampa Press Interviews: On Dune: An Interview with Kwasu Tembo
Tales of the Fantastic: “Rusalki”
A short story by Chrissa Wolfe “The rusalki lure through their movement—spinning, dancing, and singing.” –Jack Zipes Everyone knows the best way to get rid of a body in Florida is to feed it to gators. Dixon had a favorite spot along the river. On special nights he brought his lady friends to this particular bend.… Continue reading Tales of the Fantastic: “Rusalki”
University of Tampa Press Interviews: A Conversation with Keith Kopka
Keith Kopka is the recipient of the 2019 Tampa Review Prize for his collection of poems, Count Four (University of Tampa Press, 2020).