Nebraska readers of this blog can celebrate Nebraska’s birth month by tuning into NET Television tonight at 8 p.m. for Nebraska Stories, a magazine-style news program highlighting notable Nebraskans, ideas and events that contribute to the state’s identity. Tonight’s program also highlights two University of Nebraska Press authors.

George Norris is one of Nebraska’s best-known politicians and a force behind the formation of Nebraska’s Unicameral Legislature. The University of Nebraska Press published a new paperback edition of his autobiography last year. Former Nebraska State Senator David Landis will portray Norris in the Nebraska Stories episode tonight.

Joel Sartore is Lincoln’s resident National Geographic photographer. He is also a UNP author, and his photographs have appeared on the covers of several UNP books. Sartore is the author of Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky, and available from the UNP as a paperback. This is a photographic roadtrip across the Cornhusker State, in which Sartore captures cowboys, community festivals, Big Red football, and much, much more. Tonight’s episode of Nebraska Stories will focus on another of Satore’s passions – his work with endangered animals.

In review news, Quotidiana, an essay collection by Patrick Madden, just received a very nice review in the Discoveries section of the LA Times Book Review. Any review containing the following sentence must be good: Words form constellations; they glitter on the pages…

Intrigued? Read the full review.