Sonya Bonczek
@sonyabonczek.bsky.social
Director of Publicity and Communications at UNC Press 📚📣
Currently reading: Thy Will Be Done by John Garrison Marks (forthcoming April ‘26) and Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Currently reading: Thy Will Be Done by John Garrison Marks (forthcoming April ‘26) and Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
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📣 Our new @uncpress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalog is HERE ✨
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
This season showcases a wide-ranging list of books that dig into history, culture, politics, identity, environment, etc. to make sense of who/where we are now. A few highlights 🧵👇 uncpress.org/spring-summe...
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To celebrate get your own copy of the winner for 40% off with code 01READERSCHOICE40 this week only!
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
To celebrate get your own copy of the winner for 40% off with code 01READERSCHOICE40 this week only!
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We're excited to announce the FIRST-EVER winner of the UNC Press Readers' Choice Award 🙌
Congratulations to WITH FAITH IN GOD AND HEART AND MIND by Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper and Derrick P. Alridge 🎉🏆
uncpress.org/readers-choi...
Congratulations to WITH FAITH IN GOD AND HEART AND MIND by Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper and Derrick P. Alridge 🎉🏆
uncpress.org/readers-choi...
Readers' Choice Award 2025
This year we launched the inaugural UNC Press Readers’ Choice Award, a new tradition celebrating the books that have captured readers’ hearts and minds.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We're excited to announce the FIRST-EVER winner of the UNC Press Readers' Choice Award 🙌
Congratulations to WITH FAITH IN GOD AND HEART AND MIND by Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper and Derrick P. Alridge 🎉🏆
uncpress.org/readers-choi...
Congratulations to WITH FAITH IN GOD AND HEART AND MIND by Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper and Derrick P. Alridge 🎉🏆
uncpress.org/readers-choi...
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A top notch mail day!! uncpress.org/978146969352...
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A top notch mail day!! uncpress.org/978146969352...
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How did Colorado Springs become the epicenter of evangelical capitalism? What's the link between the Air Force and Christian Conservatism? And how did Donald Trump become the Prayer Warrior In Chief? That's what Will Schultz and I are reckoning with this morning. Links below.
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How did Colorado Springs become the epicenter of evangelical capitalism? What's the link between the Air Force and Christian Conservatism? And how did Donald Trump become the Prayer Warrior In Chief? That's what Will Schultz and I are reckoning with this morning. Links below.
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Cyber Monday got you hunting for deals?
Don’t forget to snag some books for 30% off + free shipping on eligible orders during our Holiday Sale 📚🙌
uncpress.org/holiday-sale/
Don’t forget to snag some books for 30% off + free shipping on eligible orders during our Holiday Sale 📚🙌
uncpress.org/holiday-sale/
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Cyber Monday got you hunting for deals?
Don’t forget to snag some books for 30% off + free shipping on eligible orders during our Holiday Sale 📚🙌
uncpress.org/holiday-sale/
Don’t forget to snag some books for 30% off + free shipping on eligible orders during our Holiday Sale 📚🙌
uncpress.org/holiday-sale/
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My book about how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and manipulated the history of George Washington and slavery over the past 250 years comes out in April. And Titus Kaphar’s art makes it the one of the coolest covers you’ll see next year. uncpress.org/978146969352...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My book about how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and manipulated the history of George Washington and slavery over the past 250 years comes out in April. And Titus Kaphar’s art makes it the one of the coolest covers you’ll see next year. uncpress.org/978146969352...
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If you pre-order my book (out April 7!) and fill out this form, I’ll send you a signed book plate to stick inside! form.jotform.com/johngmarks/s...
My book about how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and manipulated the history of George Washington and slavery over the past 250 years comes out in April. And Titus Kaphar’s art makes it the one of the coolest covers you’ll see next year. uncpress.org/978146969352...
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you pre-order my book (out April 7!) and fill out this form, I’ll send you a signed book plate to stick inside! form.jotform.com/johngmarks/s...
Watching the Ken Burns doc and yelling out every historian whose book I’ve worked on before their name hits the screen 🤓
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Watching the Ken Burns doc and yelling out every historian whose book I’ve worked on before their name hits the screen 🤓
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Two fantastic @uncpress.bsky.social authors with their new books! Couldn’t be happier for @forthepoor.bsky.social and @sdahl.bsky.social here in Boston @aarweb.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Two fantastic @uncpress.bsky.social authors with their new books! Couldn’t be happier for @forthepoor.bsky.social and @sdahl.bsky.social here in Boston @aarweb.bsky.social
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You voted, and the results are in! 🎉 Meet the finalists for our inaugural Readers’ Choice Award, and cast your vote for the winner now 🙌
VOTE NOW: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
VOTE NOW: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
You voted, and the results are in! 🎉 Meet the finalists for our inaugural Readers’ Choice Award, and cast your vote for the winner now 🙌
VOTE NOW: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
VOTE NOW: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The first review of my book is out!! 🎉 Many thanks to @latamrob.bsky.social for all the kind words! #History 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/latamrob...
open.substack.com/pub/latamrob...
Rocket men
Cuba’s nuclear brinkmanship contains lessons about imperialism and internationalism. Review: The Fate of the Americas, Renata Keller, by Gavin O'Toole
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November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The first review of my book is out!! 🎉 Many thanks to @latamrob.bsky.social for all the kind words! #History 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/latamrob...
open.substack.com/pub/latamrob...
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Pre-order the first book in our W. Hodding Carter III trade imprint!
The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
uncpress.org/978146969484...
uncpress.org/978146969484...
White Power
Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Pre-order the first book in our W. Hodding Carter III trade imprint!
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Excited to share my new @smithsonianmag.bsky.social article, drawn from Chapter 10 of my upcoming book High School Students Unite! @uncpress.bsky.social
Newly Declassified Records Suggest Parents Collaborated With the FBI to Spy on Their Rebellious Teens... www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl...
Newly Declassified Records Suggest Parents Collaborated With the FBI to Spy on Their Rebellious Teens... www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl...
Newly Declassified Records Suggest Parents Collaborated With the FBI to Spy on Their Rebellious Teens During the 1960s
As high school students across the U.S. embraced political activism, adults turned to the authorities to shield their sons and daughters from radical influences
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Excited to share my new @smithsonianmag.bsky.social article, drawn from Chapter 10 of my upcoming book High School Students Unite! @uncpress.bsky.social
Newly Declassified Records Suggest Parents Collaborated With the FBI to Spy on Their Rebellious Teens... www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl...
Newly Declassified Records Suggest Parents Collaborated With the FBI to Spy on Their Rebellious Teens... www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl...
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My colleague Lauren Duval has a new book coming out next month from @uncpress.bsky.social on military occupation and households in the Revolution. Lauren is real smart. Put it in your cart. #HATM
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My colleague Lauren Duval has a new book coming out next month from @uncpress.bsky.social on military occupation and households in the Revolution. Lauren is real smart. Put it in your cart. #HATM
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WFAE reports: Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte after a five-day operation, leaving behind a swirl of legal questions. The ACLU of North Carolina says agents repeatedly violated residents' constitutional protections and even broke the state’s new face-mask ban.
www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/a...
www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/a...
ACLU says Border Patrol agents violated NC mask ban, racially profiled residents
U.S. Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte after a five-day operation, leaving behind a swirl of legal questions. In an interview with WFAE, the ACLU of North Carolina says agents repeatedly violat...
www.wunc.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
WFAE reports: Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte after a five-day operation, leaving behind a swirl of legal questions. The ACLU of North Carolina says agents repeatedly violated residents' constitutional protections and even broke the state’s new face-mask ban.
www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/a...
www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/a...
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The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
uncpress.org/978146969484...
uncpress.org/978146969484...
White Power
Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued...
uncpress.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
uncpress.org/978146969484...
uncpress.org/978146969484...
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My book officially exists here in the physical universe. Cannot wait to hold one of these advance reader copies. Getting closer!
(Thanks for the 📸 @sonyabonczek.bsky.social!!)
(Thanks for the 📸 @sonyabonczek.bsky.social!!)
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My book officially exists here in the physical universe. Cannot wait to hold one of these advance reader copies. Getting closer!
(Thanks for the 📸 @sonyabonczek.bsky.social!!)
(Thanks for the 📸 @sonyabonczek.bsky.social!!)
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Every day we get to make books is a good day, but it is an especially good day for all of us at @uncpress.bsky.social because we get to announce that Andrew Kinney is our new William Hodding Carter III Executive Editor! We are thrilled to welcome him to the team.
We're excited to share that Andrew Kinney will join UNC Press as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor 🎉
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
bit.ly/4i7t3yb
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
bit.ly/4i7t3yb
UNC Press Welcomes Andrew Kinney as W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor - UNC Press Blog
The University of North Carolina Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Kinney will join the Press on December 1, 2025, as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor, leading acquisitions for th...
uncpressblog.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Every day we get to make books is a good day, but it is an especially good day for all of us at @uncpress.bsky.social because we get to announce that Andrew Kinney is our new William Hodding Carter III Executive Editor! We are thrilled to welcome him to the team.
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Ep 75! I talked with @jlepler.bsky.social about her new book, CANAL DREAMERS, from (@uncpress.bsky.social). I loved hearing how she first started researching this book alongside her dissertation, and how she has supported other academics writing second books! draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ep 75! I talked with @jlepler.bsky.social about her new book, CANAL DREAMERS, from (@uncpress.bsky.social). I loved hearing how she first started researching this book alongside her dissertation, and how she has supported other academics writing second books! draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
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We're excited to share that Andrew Kinney will join UNC Press as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor 🎉
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
bit.ly/4i7t3yb
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
bit.ly/4i7t3yb
UNC Press Welcomes Andrew Kinney as W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor - UNC Press Blog
The University of North Carolina Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Kinney will join the Press on December 1, 2025, as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor, leading acquisitions for th...
uncpressblog.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're excited to share that Andrew Kinney will join UNC Press as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor 🎉
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
bit.ly/4i7t3yb
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
bit.ly/4i7t3yb
I am THRILLED to get to work with Andrew again (we are pals from our Harvard UP days) and I am very excited for all that's to come with our new trade imprint uncpressblog.com/2025/11/18/u...
UNC Press Welcomes Andrew Kinney as W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor - UNC Press Blog
The University of North Carolina Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Kinney will join the Press on December 1, 2025, as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor, leading acquisitions for th...
uncpressblog.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I am THRILLED to get to work with Andrew again (we are pals from our Harvard UP days) and I am very excited for all that's to come with our new trade imprint uncpressblog.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Today is publication day!! #ArchieBunkerforPresident is now officially out in the world with @uncpress.bsky.social and you can find a copy wherever you find books (and if they don't have one, ask them to order a copy for you!)!!
uncpress.org/978146969090...
uncpress.org/978146969090...
Archie Bunker for President
Delving into the intersection of television entertainment and American politics during the 1970s, focusing on the sitcom All in the Family, this book explore...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today is publication day!! #ArchieBunkerforPresident is now officially out in the world with @uncpress.bsky.social and you can find a copy wherever you find books (and if they don't have one, ask them to order a copy for you!)!!
uncpress.org/978146969090...
uncpress.org/978146969090...
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Having trouble accessing the UNC Press site? You guessed it—the Cloudflare outage is affecting us too 🙃 We’re monitoring the situation and hope everything will be back up and running soon 🤞
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Having trouble accessing the UNC Press site? You guessed it—the Cloudflare outage is affecting us too 🙃 We’re monitoring the situation and hope everything will be back up and running soon 🤞
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Meet the nominees for our inaugural UNC Press Readers Choice Award 🎉
Learn more about the nominees and cast your vote here 👇
uncpress.org/readers-choi...
Learn more about the nominees and cast your vote here 👇
uncpress.org/readers-choi...
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Meet the nominees for our inaugural UNC Press Readers Choice Award 🎉
Learn more about the nominees and cast your vote here 👇
uncpress.org/readers-choi...
Learn more about the nominees and cast your vote here 👇
uncpress.org/readers-choi...
LUX, but make it U N C P — featuring our religion titles draped around our printing press.
And yes, that's a @uncpress.bsky.social tote bag on Stacy's head 😭
And yes, that's a @uncpress.bsky.social tote bag on Stacy's head 😭
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
LUX, but make it U N C P — featuring our religion titles draped around our printing press.
And yes, that's a @uncpress.bsky.social tote bag on Stacy's head 😭
And yes, that's a @uncpress.bsky.social tote bag on Stacy's head 😭