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
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, which established the National Park Service. Today, we celebrate National Park Service Founders Day to recognize the conservation and preservation efforts of the National Parks System covering more than … Continue reading National Park Service Founders Day Reading List
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley is the first major poet out of Africa’s oldest republic of Liberia since the nation’s founding and remains one of the most important poets from Africa. Spanning two decades of work, the poems in this collection tell … Continue reading Excerpt: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Jeff Goldberg was the UConn women’s basketball writer for the Hartford Courant from 2001 to 2006 and is the author of Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women’s Basketball Classic (Nebraska, 2011) and Unrivaled: UConn, Tennessee, and the Twelve Years that … Continue reading From the Desk of Jeff Goldberg: Giving Women’s Basketball History the Spotlight
Emma Comery is a writer and the assistant director of communications for one of the largest veteran services organizations in Texas. Her work has appeared in The Bend Magazine, Military Families Magazine, Reserve and National Guard Magazine, Arts and Letters Journal, Line of Advance, and Poets.org. … Continue reading From the Desk of Emma Comery: The baby is teething, and we are at war
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 2026 International Book Awards Hostage (Potomac Books, 2026) by Mimi Nichter is a finalist in two categories in two categories, Autobiography/Memoir and Nonfiction: Creative. Big Sky Award Be … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Brian K. Burton is professor emeritus of management and retired associate vice president for academic affairs at Western Washington University. He is the author of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville: A Battlefield Guide (Nebraska, 2026), The Peninsula and Seven Days: A Battlefield Guide (Nebraska, 2007), and Extraordinary Circumstances: … Continue reading Excerpt: Forward to Richmond
The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts through its book series, contests, workshops, and seminars and through its collaborations with publishers, festivals, booking agents, colleges, universities, conferences and all other … Continue reading Afia Ansong Wins the 2026 Sillerman Prize
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