The Penn State University Press, also known as The Pennsylvania State University Press, was established in 1956 and is a non-profit publisher of scholarly books and journals. It is the independent publishing branch of the

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and is a division of the Penn State University Library system. Penn State University Press publishes books and journals of interest to scholars and general audiences. As a part of a

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with a mandate to serve the citizens of the commonwealth of

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, it also specializes in works about Penn State University, Pennsylvania, and the mid-Atlantic region. The areas of scholarship the Press is best known for are art history, medieval studies, Latin American studies, rhetoric and communication, religious studies, and

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. In 2016 the Press launched PSU Press Unlocked, an open access platform featuring over 70 books and journals. The Press acquired academic publisher Eisenbrauns, which specializes in

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and biblical studies, in November 2017. Eisenbrauns continues to publish as an imprint of the Press. The Pennsylvania State University Press produces about 80 books a year and over 60 journals. The Press employs 25 to 30 people, and has several internship programs for Penn State students interested in a publishing career. Some of the Press's most notable titles include: * ''The Hidden Life of Life: A Walk through the Reaches of Time'' by

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* ''The Noisy Renaissance: Sound, Architecture, and Florentine Urban Life'' by Niall Atkinson * ''Graphic Medicine Manifesto'' by MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, Susan Merrill Squier, Michael J. Green, Kimberly R. Myers, and Scott T. Smith * ''Henry James and American Painting'' by

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, Marc Simpson and Declan Kiely * ''Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James'' by Patrick Murphy * ''Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic'' by Bill Russell * ''Ernest Hemingway: A New Life'' by James M. Hutchisson * The English translation of ''The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti'' by Robert Thurman The first book published by Penn State University Press was ''Penn State Yankee: The Autobiography of

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'', the autobiography of a noted Penn State faculty member who was the first professor of American literature in the United States.

Journals

* ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples' Cultures * AMP: American Music Perspectives * The Arthur Miller Journal * Bishop–Lowell Studies * Bulletin for Biblical Research * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review * Calíope: Journal of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry * The Chaucer Review: A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary Criticism * Comedia Performance: Journal of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater * Comparative Literature Studies * The Cormac McCarthy Journal * Critical Philosophy of Race * Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction * Ecumenica: Performance and Religion * The Edgar Allan Poe Review * Edith Wharton Review * The Eugene O'Neill Review * The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review * George Eliot–George Henry Lewes Studies * Gestalt Review * The Good Society: A Journal of Civic Studies * The Harold Pinter Review: Essays on Contemporary Drama * Hiperboreea * Hungarian Studies Review * Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory *

International Journal of Persian Literature ''International Journal of Persian Literature (IJPL)'' is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Persian poetics, poetry, classical Persian philology, prose, and the literature of Iran and the broader geographical areas. It is indexed i ...

* Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters * Journal of African Development * Journal of Africana Religions * Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture * The Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness * Journal of Austrian-American History * The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies * Journal of Comparative Philology * Journal of Development Perspectives * Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies * Journal of General Education: A Curricular Commons of the Humanities and Sciences * Journal of Information Policy * The Journal of Jewish Ethics * Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures * Journal of Minority Achievement, Creativity, and Leadership * Journal of Modern Periodical Studies * Journal of Moravian History * Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research * The Journal of Nietzsche Studies * Journal of Posthuman Studies: Philosophy, Technology, Media * Journal of Speculative Philosophy * Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science * Journal of Theological Interpretation * The Journal of World Christianity * The Korean Language in America * The Langston Hughes Review * Libraries: Culture, History, and Society * The Mark Twain Annual * Mediterranean Studies * Milton Studies * Nathaniel Hawthorne Review * Nineteenth Century Studies * Pacific Coast Philology * Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies * Philosophia Africana: Analysis of Philosophy and Issues in Africa and the Black Diaspora * Philosophy & Rhetoric * Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural * Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History * Resources for American Literary Study * SHAW: The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies * Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal * Steinbeck Review * Studies in American Humor * Studies in American Jewish Literature * Studies in the American Short Story * Style * Theatre and Performance Notes and Counternotes * Thornton Wilder Journal * Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy * Transportation Journal * ''

Utopian Studies ''Utopian Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles on utopias and utopianism. The journal is published twice a year by the Penn State University Press on behalf of the Society for Utopian Studies. The Editor is Nicol ...

'' * Victorians Institute Journal * Wesley and Methodist Studies * William Carlos Williams Review

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