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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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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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Rock Climbing in Kentucky's Red River Gorge

An Oral History of Community, Resources, and Tourism

West Virginia University Press

Tells the fascinating story of the Red’s climbing community through interviews with the people who lived that history and considers how sustainable ecotourism might contribute to the region economically.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Past Titan Rock

Journeys into an Appalachian Valley

West Virginia University Press

A classic book about Appalachian life and music, now updated with new material.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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On Dark and Bloody Ground

An Oral History of the West Virginia Mine Wars

West Virginia University Press

An oral history of the West Virginia Mine Wars published to coincide with the centennial of the Battle of Blair Mountain.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Cannel Coal Oil Days

A Novel

West Virginia University Press

A newly discovered nineteenth-century novel about West Virginia breaking away from Virginia, set amid the cannel coal boom and featuring an interracial abolitionist movement.
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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American Vaudeville

West Virginia University Press

A dreamlike, evocative reckoning with a lost epoch in popular culture—and with old, weird America.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Skim, Dive, Surface

Teaching Digital Reading

West Virginia University Press

Students are reading on screens more than ever—how can we teach them to be better digital readers?

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Fierce and Delicate

Essays on Dance and Illness

West Virginia University Press

Memoir about ballet and illness from a creative writing teacher whose career as a ballerina was stopped by rheumatoid arthritis.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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