Mary Elizabeth Reynolds is the publicity manager at the University of Arizona Press and a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Arizona Daily Star newspaper as well as Desert Leaf, Planning, and True West magazines. Her book The … Continue reading From the Desk of Mary Elizabeth Reynolds: Festival Days Research Road-trip to Sonora, Mexico
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. “Currently I am reading My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty … Continue reading October Staff Reading List
Written by Caleb Wellum, Eva-Lynn Jagoe, Graeme Macdonald, Imre Szeman, Jennifer Wenzel, and Mark Simpson for the After Oil Collective. The After Oil Collective is a composite and collaborative assemblage, fluid in membership, that interrogates the social and cultural politics … Continue reading From the Desk of the After Oil Collective: The Renewable Normal
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 Twinless Twin: A Novel (Nebraska, 2025) by Dean Marshall Tuck. About the Book: Twinless Twin … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Twinless Twin
Jennifer Sinor is the author of several books, including The Yogic Writer: Uniting Breath, Body, and Page; Sky Songs: Meditations on Loving a Broken World (Nebraska, 2020); Letters Like the Day: On Reading Georgia O’Keeffe; and Ordinary Trauma: A Memoir. Her work has appeared in Best American … Continue reading From the Desk of Jennifer Sinor: Writing Inspiration from a Family Diary
The finish line is in sight! There is just one week left in Big Red Boost, and thanks to supporters like you, we’ve made great progress towards our goal! The University of Nebraska Press is raising $5,250 to support one … Continue reading Final Week to Give UNL a Big Red Boost 🚀
Dr. Autumn Lorimer Linford is an Assistant Professor at Auburn University. Her decades-long journalistic career spanned the United States from Wyoming to North Carolina and her award-winning historical research has appeared in top academic journals like American Journalism. Her book, … Continue reading From the Desk of Autumn Linford: Giving Newsgirls their Place in History
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
This year Heartland Fall Forum is in Minneapolis, Minnesota from October 7-9, 2026. Heartland Fall Forum is the premiere gathering place for those interested in independent bookstores throughout the Midwest. The event is hosted jointly by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and … Continue reading UNP at Heartland Fall Forum
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
