UP Week 2024: A History of Stepping Up for Books
Behind every great fortune there is a crime, and behind every noble proclamation there is politics. Granted, as aphorisms go, mine may not sing quite like Balzac’s. But as we celebrate University Press Week and raise up those books that some would ban or burn, let’s remember this: Proclamations don’t just happen. They must be worked at to matter. Take the urtext of University Press Week, the proclamation signed on June 14, 1978 by then-President Jimmy Carter recognizing “American University Press Day.” Funny thing was, Carter signed the proclamation three days after the designated day of June 11 had passed….