Daniel H. Usner is Holland N. McTyeire Professor Emeritus of History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Native American Women and the Burdens of Southern History and Weaving Alliances with Other Women: Chitimacha Indian Work in the New … Continue reading From the Desk of Daniel H. Usner: Tracking Down Baskets and Letters
Adam O. Davis is the author of Index of Haunted Houses, winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Poetry Prize. He is a recipient of the 2022 Poetry International Prize and the 2016 George Bogin Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. … Continue reading From the Desk of Adam O. Davis: Death was everywhere and, suddenly, so were birds
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in reviews, social media posts, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Frontier Comrades: From the Fur Trade to the Ford Car (Bison Books, 2025) by Jim … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Frontier Comrades
Sarah Eppler Janda is a professor of history at Cameron University. She is the author of Prairie Power: Student Activism, Counterculture, and Backlash in Oklahoma, 1962–1972 and the coeditor (with Patricia Loughlin) of This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s … Continue reading From the Desk of Sarah Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley
To celebrate our 85th anniversary, UNP staff members reflect on some of their favorite books published in our history. “I am always glad to work on any book UNP acquires in the realm of wildlife conservation. One of my recent favorites, Starlings: … Continue reading UNP 85th Anniversary: Staff Picks
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2026: Ayling Dominguez and the manuscript Be Obsidian. “My poetry is not just my own; it is a tapestry of the hearts, communities, … Continue reading Announcing the 2026 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry Winner
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “I recently finished The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby by Michael Blanding, … Continue reading August Staff Reading List
Below is a conversation between authors Joe Wilkins and John Clayton. Wilkins has published award-winning poetry, memoir, and fiction, and is perhaps best known for his extraordinary recent novel The Entire Sky. His nonfiction book, Every Sky at Home: Essays … Continue reading Authors in Conversation: The good news that true, challenging stories bring us
Reviews HUM Review in Publishers Weekly: “In Urdu, hum can mean both ‘we’ and ‘I,’ an ambiguity Sheriff uses skillfully in many poems about their beloved.” 52 Writing Prompts Review in Hippocampus Magazine: “The beauty of the book is in its … Continue reading News & Reviews
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