What You Can Read in the West Virginia University Press News and Blog Section

Updated

The news/blog section of wvupress.com carries short editorial posts tied to the press's authors, university community, and publishing program — not book catalog pages. The clearest example visible on the site is a post about WVU alumnus Rouzbeh Yassini and the invention of the cable modem, dated October 9, 2026, with a "Read More »" link and a comments field. If you are looking for book descriptions, prices, or ordering, use the book pages instead; the blog is where narrative and announcement-style content lives.

What the section actually contains

Based on the page evidence, posts in this section follow a magazine-style format rather than a store listing:

  • A headline and short standfirst — the Yassini item opens with a one-line summary before the body text.
  • A publication date — the example shows a full date (October 9, 2026), so you can tell how current a post is.
  • A "Read More »" link — the excerpt is truncated on the index page and continues on the post's own page.
  • A comments field — the example shows "No Comments," indicating reader discussion is enabled on at least some posts.

The subject matter skews toward people and institutional stories: alumni achievements, author news, and press-related updates. The Yassini post is a good illustration of the pattern — it recounts how an alumnus's technology "helped bring high-speed internet into millions of American homes," which is a feature story about a person connected to the university, not a product announcement.

How this differs from the book pages

The same homepage that surfaces the blog post also surfaces book titles, and the two are easy to confuse at a glance. The distinction matters if you are trying to decide where to click:

Element Blog/news posts Book listings
Primary label Headline plus date Title plus author/editor
Call to action "Read More »" "ADD TO CART" / "LEARN MORE"
Typical content Alumni and author stories, press updates Description of a published work
Example on site Rouzbeh Yassini cable modem story Wide Branches, Deep Roots, Let All Our Ghosts Depart

So if a tile shows a date and a "Read More" link, you are in editorial territory. If it shows a price-adjacent action like "ADD TO CART," you are on a book page.

What to expect when you open a post

Clicking through a "Read More" link takes you to the full text of that item. For the Yassini piece, that means the complete account of how his work brought high-speed internet into American homes, rather than the two-sentence teaser on the index. Posts of this kind are typically a few paragraphs of narrative rather than long-form reporting, and the comments area sits at the end.

Two practical notes:

  • Dates are your freshness check. Because posts carry explicit dates, scan the date line before investing time in a story — an older item may describe a past event rather than current news.
  • The blog is not a complete archive of press activity. The visible evidence covers only what appears on the page; there is no indication in the supplied material of a separate events calendar or press-release feed, so treat the section as a curated editorial stream rather than a comprehensive news log.

When the blog is the right place to look

Use the news/blog section if you want to:

  • Read profiles of WVU alumni and authors connected to the press;
  • Catch short updates about the press and its community;
  • Find feature-style stories that give context around a book or author before you look at the catalog.

Skip it if your goal is to identify a title, check what genres the press publishes, or complete a purchase — those tasks belong on the book pages, which carry the descriptions and "ADD TO CART" actions. The blog complements the catalog; it does not replace it.