Édouard Glissant (1928-2011) was a Martinican poet, essayist, and novelist who is recognized as one of the most important writers and thinkers in the French and Francophone world. Translator Betsy Wing’s previous translations include Glissant’s The Fourth Century (Bison Books, … Continue reading Excerpt: Mahagony
Tommy Lasorda, legendary Dodgers manager, passed away last Thursday at the age of 93. He was manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1976 through 1996; and during his twenty years as manager, the Dodgers won two World Series in … Continue reading Remembering Tommy Lasorda
Steven Wingate is an associate professor of English at South Dakota State University and the author of several books, including Of Fathers and Fire (Nebraska, 2019), the award-winning Wifeshopping, and Thirty-One Octets: Incantations and Meditations. His forthcoming book, The Leave-Takers will be available March … Continue reading From the Desk of Steven Wingate: Writing to Reconcile Place
Rick Bailey is a retired English instructor who taught writing for thirty-eight years at Henry Ford College in Michigan. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Enjoy Agenda: At Home and Abroad (Nebraska, 2019) and American English, Italian Chocolate: Small … Continue reading Excerpt: Get Thee to a Bakery
Robert Darcy is a professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the author of Misanthropoetics: Social Flight and Literary Form in Early Modern England (Nebraska, 2021). My book talks about why Renaissance literature was interested in … Continue reading From the Desk of Robert Darcy: A Look at Misanthropy in Renaissance Literature
UNP Staff members are always reading (and gifting) new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles that we gave as gifts this year. Bad Tourist by Suzanne Roberts. “I sent … Continue reading December Staff Reading List
Books Cold War Resistance: The International Struggle over Antibiotics Praise in the LA Review of Books: “Landas’s book is timely in the COVID-19 era, not just because it shows how much control pathogens have over our lives but also because … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following is an excerpt from A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain, edited and with an introduction by Charles C. Bradshaw, afterward by Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Bison Books, 2020). Three: General Alison to His Mother I am glad to know … Continue reading Excerpt: A Horse’s Tale
The following is an excerpt from The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City by Scott D. Seligman (Potomac Books, 2020). Six: As Scarce around Essex Street as Ham Sandwiches “When … Continue reading Excerpt: The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902
Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish, Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West (Bison … Continue reading Where in the Monster Fish World is Mark Spitzer?
