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Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a publisher that is part of Mercer University. Mercer University Press has published more than 1,600 books, releasing 35-40 titles annually with a 5-person staff.
Mercer is the only Baptist-related institution with an active continuous full-time publishing program over the past thirty years.
In 2019, Gov. Brian Kemp recognized Mercer University Press as a recipient of the eighth annual Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities.
Mercer University Press is a member of the
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{{Authority control University presses of the United States Publishing companies established in 1979 1979 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Mercer University
Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a publisher that is part of Mercer University. Mercer University Press has published more than 1,600 books, releasing 35-40 titles annually with a 5-person staff.
Mercer is the only Baptist-related institution with an active continuous full-time publishing program over the past thirty years.
In 2019, Gov. Brian Kemp recognized Mercer University Press as a recipient of the eighth annual Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities.
Mercer University Press is a member of the Association of University Presses
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) is an association of nonprofit, mostly, but not exclusively, North American university presses. It is based in New York City. Until December 2017, it was known as the Association of American Univ ...
and The Green Press Initiative.
Mercer University Press awards the Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction annually. It is "given to the best manuscript that speaks to the human condition in a Southern context. This category includes both novels and short stories.
Active scholar series published by Mercer University Press
* America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Series * Voices of the African Diaspora Series * The James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist Studies * Baptists in Early North America Series * Perspectives on Baptist Identities Series * Early English Baptist Texts Series * Mercer Commentary on the Bible Series * Sports and Religion Series * Food and the American South Series * Music and the American South Series * Carson McCullers Series * Flannery O’Connor Series * A.V. Elliott Conference Series * Mercer Paul Tillich Series * Mercer Kierkegaard Series * International Kierkegaard Commentary Series * The Melungeons Series * State Narratives of theCivil War
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Series
* Mercer University Ocmulgee Series
* Reprint of Scholarly Excellency
* Walter Rauschenbusch Series
Notable authors that Mercer University Press has published
James Dickey *''Death, and the Day's Light: Poems''. Mercer University Press. 2015 Samuel Pickering *''A Comfortable Boy: A Memoir]''. Mercer University Press. 2010 *''Walden
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'' Mercer University Press. 2011
*''A Tramp's Wallet''. Mercer University Press. 2011
*''The Splendour Falls''. Mercer University Press. 2013
*''Parade's End: Essays''. Mercer University Press. 2018.
President Jimmy Carter
*''The Craftsmanship of Jimmy Carter''. Mercer University Press. 2017.
*''The Paintings of Jimmy Carter''. Mercer University Press. 2018.
Terry Kay
*''The Book of Marie''. Mercer University Press. 2007.
*''Bogmeadow's Wish''. Mercer University Press. 2011.
*''The Greats of Cuttercane]''. Mercer University Press. 2011.
*''The Seventh Mirror''. Mercer University Press. 2013
*''Song of the Vagabond Bird''. Mercer University Press. 2014
*''The King Who Made Paper Flowers''. Mercer University Press. 2020
*''The Forever Wish of Middy Sweet]''. Mercer University Press. 2020
Bill Curry
*''Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle: Lessons from a Football Life, Revised''. Mercer University Press. 2023
Mary Ann Harris Gay
*''Life in Dixie during the war''. Mercer University Press. 2013.
Cathryn Hankla
*''Galaxies: Poems''. Mercer University Press. 2017.
*''Lost Places: On Losing and Finding Home''. Mercer University Press. 2018.
*''Not Xanadu: Poems''. Mercer University Press. 2022.
*''Immortal Stuff: Prose Poems''. Mercer University Press. 2023
Paul Hornsby
*''Fix It In the Mix: A Memoir''. Mercer University Press. 2021
Don Reid of The Statler Brothers
*''The Music of The Statler Brothers: An Anthology''. Mercer University Press. 2021
*''Life Lessons''. Mercer University Press. 2021.
*''Piano Days: A Novel''. Mercer University Press. 2022.
Willie Perkins, tour manager for The Allman Brothers Band
*''No Saints, No Saviors: My Years With The Allman Brothers Band''. Mercer University Press. 2010.
*''The Allman Brothers Band Classic Memorabilia, 1969-1976''. Mercer University Press. 2015.
*''Diary of a Rock and Roll Tour Manager: 2,190 Days and Nights with the South's Premier Rock Band''. Mercer University Press. 2022.
William Rawlings
*''A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff: The Great Recession and the Death of Small Town Georgia''. Mercer University Press. 2013.
*''The Strange Journey of the Confederate Constitution: And Other Stories from Georgia's Historical Past''. Mercer University Press. 2017
*''The Second Coming of the Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s''. Mercer University Press. 2017.
*''The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes: A Novel''. Mercer University Press. 2019.
*''Six Inches Deeper: The Disappearance of Hellen Hanks''. Mercer University Press. 2020.
*''Lighthouses of the Georgia Coast''. Mercer University Press. 2021.
*''The Columbus Stocking Strangler'': The True Crime story of serial killer
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Carlton Gary Mercer University Press. 2022.
News Anchor at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia John Pruitt
*''Tell it True''. Mercer University Press. 2022.
Timothy H. Scherman
*''Elizabeth Oakes Smith: Selected Writings, Volume I: Emergence and Fame, 1831-1849''. Mercer University Press. 2023.
See also
*List of English-language book publishing companies
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* List of university presses
A university press is an academic publishing
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External links
Official website
{{Authority control University presses of the United States Publishing companies established in 1979 1979 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Mercer University