Congratulations to the following UNP authors who were finalists for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! “This year’s finalist judging process leaves us buoyant about the health of independent publishing,” says Executive Editor Matt Sutherland. Winners in … Continue reading Announcing the 2025 Foreword INDIES Finalists
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird (Nebraska, 2025) by Mike Stark. About … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Starlings
Kirsten Leng is an associate professor in the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of Sexual Politics and Feminist Science: Women Sexologists in Germany, 1900–1933. Her new book Pleasure, … Continue reading Excerpt: Play, Pleasure, and Politics
This weekend, March 15-16, UNP will be at the Tucson Festival of Books! Visit us at booth #315 to browse our books and meet our authors. Check out our virtual exhibit here for the same great books and conference discount. Saturday, March 14 … Continue reading UNP at the 2026 Tucson Festival of Books
Natalie Oceanheart is a trained psychologist and volunteer counselor. She immigrated to the United States in 2023 after the second Russian invasion of Ukraine. She has been awarded for her volunteer services and leadership by the Red Cross. Her new … Continue reading Life Beyond Fear: Why This Book Was Written
Reviews When We Only Have the Earth Review in North American Review: “Waberi’s poems plead, reason, celebrate, demand, and yearn. Waberi’s language is an act of noticing. Carlson’s translation completely captures the concerns and voice of the poet. The rest … Continue reading News & Reviews
This year’s theme for Women’s History Month is “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future,” which expands our understanding of sustainability beyond just environmental concerns to encompass financial sustainability, community resilience, leadership succession, and intergenerational equity. In accordance with … Continue reading Reading List: Women’s History Month
Paula Davis Hoffman is an adjunct professor of history at Houston City College. Her new book Making the Miami Cubanita: A Pop Cultural Genealogy (Nebraska, 2026) was published this month. At the end of the nineteenth century, William Randolph Hearst’s … Continue reading Excerpt: Making the Miami Cubanita
The University of Nebraska Press is happy to announce that Diane Seuss will be the judge for the 2026 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry competition. Diane Seuss is the author of six books of poetry, including Modern Poetry (2024), a finalist … Continue reading Announcing the Judge for the 2026 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry
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
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