UA Press releases three new titles

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ā€œSin Eatersā€ by Caleb Tankersley, ā€œOld Woman with Berries in Her Lapā€ by Vivian Faith Prescott, and ā€œWater the Rocks Makeā€ by David McElroy are three new books from UA Press.

The University of ĄÖ»¢Ö±²„ Press has published three new books, the first since joining the University Press of Colorado publishing consortium in 2021. The new books are:

ā€œSin Eatersā€ by Caleb Tankersley

The book paints a tumultuous picture of religion and repression while hinting at the love and connection that come with healing. The powerful stories in Caleb Tankersleyā€™s debut collection illuminate the shadowy edges of the American Midwest, featuring aspects of religion, sex and desire, monsters and magic, and humor. ā€œSin Eatersā€ is the winner of the Eighth Annual Permafrost Prize. See here for more (use code TANK22 to get a new release discount of 40% off):

ā€œOld Woman with Berries in Her Lapā€ by Vivian Faith Prescott

Through a single descendantā€™s voice that speaks to the SĆ”mi diaspora, this collection of poems is a journey through colonialism, transgenerational trauma, and identity. Many have heard of the SĆ”mi reindeer herders brought to ĄÖ»¢Ö±²„ by Sheldon Jackson in the 1800s, but not much is known about the SĆ”mi diaspora experiences in the state and beyond. The poems ā€œOld Woman with Berries in Her Lapā€ use the North SĆ”mi language as well as graphics and various types of poetry to tell these stories of migration and diaspora. Read more and purchase here:

ā€œWater the Rocks Makeā€ by David McElroy

The poems of ā€œWater the Rocks Makeā€ commit into words the turbulence of emotion and thought stirred up by lifeā€™s events: family trauma, psychiatric instability, the legal system, the death of a loved one, identity, cultural displacement, work, loss, creativity and through everything, love. Set primarily in ĄÖ»¢Ö±²„, where author David McElroy has lived most of his life, the real action in these poems is in thoughtā€”the mind coming to terms (words) with consciousness, the mixing and rendering of reality and imagination. Read more and purchase here: