Suzanne Roberts is the author of Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties (Nebraska, 2022), longlisted for the 2023 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award; Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (Nebraska, 2020); and Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir … Continue reading Excerpt: 52 Writing Prompts
For more than sixty years, Bison Books has helped sustain the intrigue of the West by serving as the living literature of western lands and people. Within the imprint, we preserve the history of the peoples and cultures that have … Continue reading Bison Books sale!
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. “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green is a science … Continue reading September Staff Reading List
The University of Nebraska Press is pleased to announce the selection of the next book in the fiction series, Zero Street. Open Wounds by Sam Moe will be published on May 1, 2027. Open Wounds is a short story collection … Continue reading Announcing the next book in Zero Street Fiction
The wait is over—Big Red Boost starts today! From now through October 16, you can help make a meaningful impact at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln by supporting projects that are creating opportunities for students, faculty, and staff across campus. We’re … Continue reading Big Red Boost Starts Today — Support Husker Students!
New Issues Western American Literature 60.4 (Open Access) Read an article: “To Be Water, To Be Taught: Embodiment, Translation, and the Pedagogy of Survival in Natalie Diaz’s ‘The First Water Is the Body’” by Lisa LeBlond Storyworlds 14.2 (Open Access) … Continue reading Latest in Journals
Reviews Striped Reckoning Review in Publishers Weekly: “Journalist Bradley (Twisting in Air) delivers a comprehensive history of exotic big cat breeding in the U.S. . . . It’s a vital portrait of the quest to save these mistreated wild animals.” … Continue reading News & Reviews
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
