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| Parent company | University of Arizona |
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| Founded | 1959 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Tucson, Arizona |
| Distribution | Chicago Distribution Center (US)[1] UBC Press (Canada)[2] Eurospan Group (Europe)[3] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | uapress |
TheUniversity of Arizona Press, apublishing house founded in 1959 as a department of theUniversity of Arizona, is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books. As a delegate of the University of Arizona to the larger world, the Press publishes the work of scholars wherever they may be, concentrating upon scholarship that reflects the special strengths of theUniversity of Arizona,Arizona State University, andNorthern Arizona University.
The Press publishes about fifty books annually and has some 1,600 books in print.[4] These include scholarly titles inAmerican Indian studies,anthropology,archaeology,environmental studies,geography,Chicano studies,history,Latin American studies, and thespace sciences. The UA Press has award-winning books in more than 30 subject areas.[5]
The UA Press also publishes general interest books onArizona and the Southwest borderlands. In addition, the Press publishes books of personal essays, such asNancy Mairs'sPlaintext[6] and two series in literature: Sun Tracks: An American Indian Literary Series and Camino del Sol: A Chicana/o Literary Series.
The University of Arizona Press began their Camino del Sol Series[7] in 1994 when it was founded by Ray Gonzalez.[8] The series focuses on Chicanx and Latinx Literature, featuring poetry, fiction, and essays from both emergingand established Latinx writers.[9] In 2010,Rigoberto Gonzalez edited an anthology honoring the series, also published by the University of Arizona press.[9] Some critically acclaimed authors featured in the Camino del Sol series include:Farid Matuk,[10]Pat Mora,Daniel A. Olivas,[11]Sergio Troncoso,Luis Alberto Urrea,Vickie Vértiz,[12][11]Tim Z. Hernandez,[13]Juan Felipe Herrera,Emmy Pérez,[14]Ray Gonzalez,[8]Carmen Giménez Smith,[15][16]Roberto Tejada,[17] andmore.[18]
The other major series that the UA Press published was Sun Tracks,[19] a series featuring creative works from Native American writers. Since its launch in 1971 the series has included more than eighty volumes of poetry, prose, art, and photography by artists likeJoy Harjo,[20]N. Scott Momaday,[21]Simon J. Ortiz,[22]Carter Revard,[23] andLuci Tapahonso.[24]
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