CSRC Press Publications Win IPPY Awards

On May 28, two publications from CSRC Press were announced as winners of 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). Amalia Mesa-Bains: Rituals of Memory, Migration, and Cultural Space, by Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, won a gold medal in the Biography category. In addition, “There Are No Hispanic Stars!” Collected Writings of a Latino Film Critic in Hollywood, 1921–1939, edited and translated by Colin Gunckel and Laura Isabel Serna, earned a bronze medal in the Popular Culture category.

Established in 1966, the Independent Publisher Book Awards are an international award program created to recognize exceptional publications by independent, university, and self-published authors.