Marzia Babakarkhail was a judge in Afghanistan for seven years before becoming a member of the board and chair of the Women’s Committee of the Afghan NGO’s Coordination Bureau. Now living in the UK, she is a caseworker for a … Continue reading Excerpt: Marzia
Home Front Studies invites submissions for the inaugural New Voices Prize in Home Front Studies, an annual essay competition recognizing innovative scholarship on civilian life and communities during times of conflict. Home Front Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published … Continue reading New Voices Prize in Home Front Studies
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
ICYMI Death Does Not End at the Sea (Nebraska, 2025) was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Winners to be announced June 3. Adesina’s collection was also selected as the winner for the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards in Poetry. Jennifer … Continue reading News & Reviews
We’re pleased to share our new Fall/Winter 2026 seasonal catalog! Browse the online version to see forthcoming titles from Nebraska, Bison Books, Potomac Books, the Backwaters Press, and the Jewish Publication Society. Visit our NetGalley page for a select list … Continue reading Introducing the Fall/Winter 2026 Seasonal Catalog
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. “This month I started reading Special Places, Sacred Circles: A Memoir by … Continue reading May Staff Reading List
“On the plains it is often said that bison is such an important resource that all life is organized around this species and its by-products” (Bamforth 1988; Wedel 1986). —Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America On May 8, … Continue reading No Longer Grazing: The Removal of Bison from Montana
William H. Brewster is a writer, a former financial services executive, and a U.S. Air Force veteran who served as a cryptologic linguist. He is the author of The Workingman’s Game: Waverly, New York, the Twin Tiers and the Making of Modern … Continue reading Excerpt: The Land of Sand and Cotton
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 The Essential Book of Pickup Trucks (Bison Books, 2025) by Fred Haefele. About the Book: … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to The Essential Book of Pickup Trucks
Harvey Solomon is a freelance writer based in Washington, DC. He is the author of three nonfiction books, including Such Splendid Prisons: Diplomatic Detainment in America during World War II (Potomac Books, 2020). He has written articles for dozens of publications, … Continue reading From the Desk of Harvey Solomon: My Indiana Jones Moment
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