Aadland wins first place prize

Congratulations to Dan Aadland for winning the 1st place prize for book/E-book in the 2012 Excellence in Craft contest sponsored by the Outdoor Writers Association of America! His book, In Trace of TR: A Montana Hunter’s Journey, is a quest to hunt Teddy Roosevelt's favorite places offering an introspective commentary on the ecology of the Northern Plains, the psyche of the West, Roosevelt's historical significance, and the culture and perceptions of hunting. Congrats again, Dan!   Continue reading Aadland wins first place prize

Author in Publisher’s Weekly

Susan Kushner Resnick's new book You Saved Me, Too: What a Holocaust Survivor Taught Me About Living, Dying, Loving, Fighting, and Swearing in Yiddish (Globe Pequot/Skirt!) was reviewed by Publisher's Weekly. Resnick is also the author of Goodbye Wifes and Daughters (University of Nebraska Press, 2011), which tells the story of the 1943 mining disaster in Bearcreek, Montana, and the women who survived the tragedy.    Continue reading Author in Publisher’s Weekly

UNP author in Lincoln

Tomorrow night UNP author Terese Svoboda will be in Lincoln! Nebraska Summer Writers Conference and Caring People Sudan will present Nuer/Nebraska, an evening with Terese Svoboda, translator of Cleaned the Crocodile's Teeth: Nuer Song, celebrating Nebraskan-Nuer culture. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Nebraska’s student union. Svoboda is also the author of Bohemian Girl (University of Nebraska Press, 2011). Continue reading UNP author in Lincoln