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, we publish books and scholarly journals by authors around the world, with a particular emphasis on Appalachian studies, history, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary books about energy, environment, and resources. Our Vandalia imprint publishes works of fiction and creative nonfiction. We also collaborate on innovative digital publications, notably West Virginia History: An Open Access Reader.

Titles published by West Virginia University Press have received reviews and attention in the New York Review of Books, O: The Oprah Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Vox, and the Huffington Post, among many other regional and global outlets. You can find our books at major retailers, both on- and offline.

At West Virginia University Press we strive to extend and enhance the reputation of WVU as a major research institution by publishing the very best work in our areas of specialization.

Series

Central Appalachian Natural History
CompuLit
Energy and Society
Gender, Feminism, and Geography
Histories of Capitalism and
the Environment
In Place
Radical Natures
Regenerations
Rural Studies
Salvaging the Anthropocene
Sounding Appalachia
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Vandalia Press
West Virginia and Appalachia
West Virginia Classics

Fields of Publication

African American Literature
Appalachian Studies 
Art
Creative Nonfiction 
Digital Writing and Literature 
Energy and Environment
Fiction
Geography
History
Medieval Studies
Music 
Natural History 
Sociology
Sports
West Virginia

Journals

Education and Treatment of Children
Essays in Medieval Studies
Tolkien Studies
Victorian Poetry
West Virginia History

West Virginia University Press

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