The University of Arkansas Press is a university press that is part of the University of Arkansas. It was established in 1980, and as of 2009 the press issues an average of twenty titles per year. The press is a member of the Association of American University Presses.
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“Cold an old predicament of the breath:
Adroit, the shapely prefaces complete,
Accept the university of death.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“The exquisite art of idleness, one of the most important things that any University can teach.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
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Man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed,
And lo! the Press was found at last!”
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