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Patrick O'Dowd

@patrickodowd

Senior Acquisitions Editor at @KentuckyPress.

 Lexington, KY
Joined April 2007
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The annual Tony Ryan Book Award at @castletonlyons is always a wonderful event but it was particularly special this year with @maryperdue's Landaluce listed as a finalist.
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This announcement came through last week while I was traveling but I'm so thrilled to be working with @Yaelwrites71 on her forthcoming collection, BLACK MESTIZA! It'll be part of @Kentuckypress' New Poetry & Prose series with the brilliant Lisa Williams.🎉 kentuckypress.com/search-res…
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Waking up to find out through twitter that Drinking from Graveyard Wells was shortlisted for the Ursula Le Guin Prize for Fiction😭😭💙judged by Tochi Onyebuchu, Karen Joy Fowler, Alexander Chee & more. Literally only finding out now😭💙
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I’m proud that one of my conversations with my friend bell hooks is included in the forthcoming book _bell hooks: The Last Interview and Other Conversations_. Our talk is featured today in @washingtonpost. #bellhooks washingtonpost.com/books/202…
Perspective | What’s in a name? For poet and activist bell hooks, there was a lot.

Perspective | What’s in a name? For poet and activist bell hooks, there was a lot.

An excerpt from poet and activist bell hooks's last interview, which touches on race, gender and life in the South.

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Happy Friday! Truly excited to be publishing Tammy Oberhausen's debut novel, THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOSPELETTES, as part of the Fireside Industries imprint with @HindmanSchool @silasdhouse. hindman.org/fireside/ @KentuckyPress
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Let's go! I can't wait to see this novel in the hands of readers soon. 🎉
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Beyond thrilled for this book! @Avalyn_Hunter Another great addition to @nicholsonjamesc's Horses in History series with @KentuckyPress. kentuckypress.com/search-res…
Avalyn Hunter (@Avalyn_Hunter) profile pictureAvalyn Hunter@Avalyn_Hunter14 Jun 2023
It's official: my history of the Kentucky Oaks will be titled The Kentucky Oaks: 150 Years of Running for the Lilies. On target for a spring 2024 release, following close on the September 12, 2023 release for Dream Derby! @KentuckyPress #DreamDerbyBlackGold #150YearsofLilies
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Thrilled to see Mary Perdue and her book, Landaluce, named as a semifinalist for the annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/… via @BloodHorse @KentuckyPress
Semifinalists Announced for Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award

Semifinalists Announced for Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award

Five semifinalists have been selected for the 17th Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, including a novel, three biographical works based on the lives of late 20th century American champions, and a fictional...

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“Devastating and hopeful in turn yet always resonant...[L]ines as clear and fraught as poetry. Worldbuilding immersive and masterful.” @mayagittelman reviews Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s “unmissable” debut collection Drinking from Graveyard Wells: tor.com/2023/05/02/drinking-…
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Sown in the Stars is a valuable cultural document, full of experience and wisdom from farmers who consult celestial cycles and the zodiac signs to time their planting. bookpage.com/reviews/sown-in…
Book review of Sown in the Stars by Sarah Hall

Book review of Sown in the Stars by Sarah Hall

Sown in the Stars is full of experience and wisdom from farmers who consult celestial cycles and the zodiac signs to time their planting.

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#OneDayforUK is here, and we are asking for your donation. The University Press of Kentucky is a non-profit publisher that has been producing high-quality books for over 75 years. Every gift, no matter how small, makes a difference! Donate now at buff.ly/3L7R3CD
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It’s spooky season! So excited to share this wonderful blurb about my debut collection from a master of AfroSurreal horror @pdjeliclark . If you like stories about ghosts, hauntings, & African mythology that centers Black women pre-order: kentuckypress.com/9780813196… @KentuckyPress
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If you like these books, you will like Drinking from Graveyard Wells! @KentuckyPress kentuckypress.com/9780813196…
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The cover for Yvette Ndlovu's @lisa_teabag DRINKING FROM GRAVEYARD WELLS will be revealed to the public SEPTEMBER 2 on @locusmag (locusmag.com). Keep and eye out 👀 and pre-order your copy now at kentuckypress.com!
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Register now! Virtual First Friday - The Gospel of Freedom: Black Evangelicals and the Underground Railroad, with Dr. Alicestyne Turley history.ky.gov/events/virtua… via @KyHistSoc
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The Kentucky Press Warehouse Sale is on now! Up to 75% off! - mailchi.mp/050425dd1eed/apri…
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"The help being provided at the @HindmanSchool is indicative of the general attitude of people in the region. Nobody is waiting for anyone else to come do the work. The people have armed themselves with rakes, hoes, and shovels." --@silasdhouse gardenandgun.com/feature/pul…
Pulled from the Flood

Pulled from the Flood

After devastating waters wrecked a novelist’s Eastern Kentucky homeland last week, he worked alongside the helpers—those who refuse to let the voices of Appalachia go under

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We will rebuild in EKy. Then we must ask why 100-year floods are happening so often. kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/a…
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The Case Against Commercial Logging in Wildfire-Prone Forests nytimes.com/2022/07/30/opini… @JohnMuirProject @KentuckyPress
Opinion | The Case Against Commercial Logging in Wildfire-Prone Forests (Published 2022)

Opinion | The Case Against Commercial Logging in Wildfire-Prone Forests (Published 2022)

Logging tends to increase, not decrease, extreme fires.

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‘We could lose history.’ Appalachian archives soaked in record Kentucky flooding. kentucky.com/news/state/kent…
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