Another week, another cold Friday, and perhaps, another snowy Saturday, too. It’s becoming all too predictable here in the Midwest. Luckily, there is news in the world of the University of Nebraska Press.
First off, one of our authors is in New York this weekend, attending the Festival of New French Writing. Abdourahman Waberi, author of In the United States of Africa, will give a lecture this afternoon. The festival’s web site notes that In the United States of Africa was “unanimously hailed by critics” when it was published in French in 2006 (yay accolades!). The UNP’s English translation of the book comes out in March.
Second, NET Radio’s All About Books hosts Otis Young and Charles Stephen discussed UNL professor Joe Starita’s most recent book, I Am a Man, on their program yesterday, lavishing it with glowing praise. I Am a Man, about Standing Bear, isn’t a UNP title, but The Dull Knives of Pine Ridge – a Pulitzer Prize finalist – is, and it’s a book worth checking out.
And finally, some sad news: Shelf Awareness reported this morning that science fiction writer Philip Jose Farmer has died at the age of 91. Shelf Awareness quotes Farmer as having once said, “Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got." He wrote more than 75 books during his lifetime, including UNP title Tarzan Alive. To read the full Shelf Awareness obituary, click here and scroll down a bit.
That’s it for today. Stay warm this weekend!
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