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Vote for Patrick Madden for March Plaidness

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 univnebpress

Patrick Madden is the author of three UNP books, most recently the essay collection Disparates (Nebraska, 2020). Every March, Ander Monson and Megan Campbell organize several dozen writers to gather inspiration from 64 songs strategically chosen to represent a phase … Continue reading Vote for Patrick Madden for March Plaidness

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News and Reviews

March 5, 2021March 4, 2021 univnebpress

Books The Snatch Racket: The Kidnapping Epidemic that Terrorized 1930s America Review in the Wall Street Journal: “In The Snatch Racket, Carolyn Cox, a veteran Washington lawyer and law professor, reanimates this intriguing slice of American life. Crisp, zesty and … Continue reading News and Reviews

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AWP 2021 Preview

March 2, 2021March 1, 2021 univnebpress

The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. It includes thousands of attendees, hundreds of events & bookfair exhibitors, and five days of essential literary conversation and celebration. … Continue reading AWP 2021 Preview

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Upcoming Launch Event: Sacred Sites Audio Theater

March 2, 2021March 1, 2021 univnebpress

Author Susan Suntree, Peter Coyote, and Kalani Queypo are holding a launch party via Zoom on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. PST for their Sacred Sites Audio Theater. Their team has worked for a year to create an … Continue reading Upcoming Launch Event: Sacred Sites Audio Theater

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From the Desk of Leah Glaser: Hey Texas, Read My Electricity Book

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 univnebpress

Leah S. Glaser is a Professor of American History and the American West at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, where she serves as Coordinator of the Public History Program. She is the author of Electrifying the Rural … Continue reading From the Desk of Leah Glaser: Hey Texas, Read My Electricity Book

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February Staff Reading List

February 26, 2021February 25, 2021 univnebpress

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’m currently re-reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I love dystopian … Continue reading February Staff Reading List

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From the Desk of David Newhoff: Is Copyright Good for Black Artists?

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 univnebpress

David Newhoff is an author and copyright advocate. He writes the blog The Illusion of More, and his book Who Invented Oscar Wilde: The Photograph at the Center of Modern American Copyright was published by Potomac Books in November 2020. Is … Continue reading From the Desk of David Newhoff: Is Copyright Good for Black Artists?

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Best Baseball Books of All Time

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 univnebpress

Based on the recommendations from major outlets like CNN and Forbes, BookAuthority has recently released a list of the 100 Best Baseball Books of All Time, and UNP had a great showing on the list. Take a look at these … Continue reading Best Baseball Books of All Time

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News and Reviews

February 19, 2021February 17, 2021 univnebpress

Books Mahagony: A Novel Starred review in Publishers Weekly: “Glissant (1928–2011) is as comprehensive as he is unconcerned with the encumbrance of linearity, and has found the perfect form to explore the inescapable and reverberating legacies of colonialism. This is … Continue reading News and Reviews

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From the Desk of Susan Harness: Shifting the Gaze

February 18, 2021February 17, 2021 univnebpress

Susan Devan Harness (Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes) is a writer, lecturer, and oral historian, and has been a research associate for the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University. She is the author of Bitterroot: a Salish Memoir of Transracial … Continue reading From the Desk of Susan Harness: Shifting the Gaze

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