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{{Short description|The universityUniversity press of The Ohio State University}}

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| parent = [[The Ohio State University]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.-->

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| founded = 1957

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| country = [[United States]]

| headquarters = [[Columbus, Ohio]]

| distribution = [[Chicago Distribution Center]]<ref>{{Cite web| title = Publishers served by the Chicago Distribution Center| work = [[University of Chicago Press]]| access-date = 2017-09-12| url = http://press.uchicago.edu/cdc/publishers.html}}</ref>

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| publications = [[Book]]s, [[Academic journal|journal]]s

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The '''Ohio State University Press''', founded in 1957, is the [[university press]] of [[The Ohio State University]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.-->.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ohio State University Press on JSTOR|url=https://www.jstor.org/publisher/ohiosup|access-date=2020-10-09|website=www.jstor.org|language=en}}</ref> It was founded in 1957.

The OSU Press has published approximately 1700 books since its inception. The current director is Tony Sanfilippo, who had previously worked for over 14 years at the [[Penn State University Press]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2015/03/08/01-forward-press.html |title=New director seeks to grow publishing arm of Ohio State |publisher=Columbus Dispatch |date=March 8, 2015 |access-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref> OSU Press's book ''A Mother's Tale'', by Phillip Lopate, was widely reviewed by national media in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/05/11/phillip-lopate-make-sure-you-dont-forget/|title=‘Just Make Sure You Don’t Forget’|first=Ruth|last=Franklin|date=11 May 2017|via=www.nybooks.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/take-my-mother-please/|title=Take My Mother, Please! – Los Angeles Review of Books}}</ref> ''How to Make a Slave'' was a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Two University Presses Score https://youtu.be/h7JhDKYzBvI?si=ll_UOgz0cImklT2R Finalists|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/84769-two-university-presses-score-nba-finalists.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Series/imprints==

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===Latinographix===

''Latinographix''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ohiostatepress.org/books/series/latinographix.html |title=Latinographix |website=ohiostatepress.org |publisher=Ohio State University Press |access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> was founded in 2017 as an imprint to publish graphic fiction and nonfiction narratives by LatinxLatino creators,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ohiostatepress.org/books/series/latinographix.html| title=OSU LATINOGRAPHIX| last=Aldama| first=Frederick}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lugo Bertan|first=Dorian|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1143649021|title="Leaping Off the PageGiannina Braschi’s Intermedialities," in Poets, Philosophers, Lovers: on the Writings of Giannina Braschi|publisher=Pittsburgh|others=Aldama, Frederick Luis; Stvans, Ilan; O'Dwyer, Tess.|year=2020|isbn=978-0-8229-4618-2|location=Pittsburgh, Pa.}}</ref> and satirical studies such as ''Drawing on Anger: Portraits of U.S. Hypocrisy'' by Eric J. Garcia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Book Unveiling: Drawing on Anger by Eric Garcia {{!}} National Museum of Mexican Art|url=http://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/events/book-unveiling-drawing-anger-eric-garcia|access-date=2020-10-09|website=nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org}}</ref> The series also publishes graphic novels on pressing social justice issues, such as sexual abuse and homelessness in Mexico (such as ''Angelitos'' by [[Santiago Cohen]] and [[Ilan Stavans]]), as well as children's books for young people of color (such as ''[[Chupacabra]] Charlie'' by [[Frederick Luis Aldama|Frederick Luis Aldama)]]).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/frederick-luis-aldama/the-adventures-of-chupacabra-charlie-latinographix/|title=THE ADVENTURES OF CHUPACABRA CHARLIE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref>

===Others===

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*Trillium<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ohiostatepress.org/trillium.html |title=Trillium |website=ohiostatepress.org |publisher=Ohio State University Press |access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref>

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==See also==

{{Portal|Literature|Ohio}}

* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]]

* [[List of university presses]]

==References==