The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2021: Laura Bylenok and her manuscript Living Room. Bylenok will be awarded $2,000 for her winning collection and itwill be … Continue reading Announcing the Backwaters Prize in Poetry Winner
Chris Lamb’s Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Spring Training (Bison Books, 2006) is now available as an audiobook on Audible. Steeping his story in its complex cultural context, Lamb describes Robinson’s determination and anxiety, the reaction of … Continue reading New Audiobook!
Books Backcountry Ghosts Review in the Seattle Book Review: “This is an interesting story of how land in California, and in a larger sense the West, has shaped the history and the people of the region. I highly recommend this … Continue reading News and Reviews
Molly P. Rozum is associate professor and Ronald R. Nelson Chair of Great Plains and South Dakota History at the University of South Dakota. She is the coeditor of Equality at the Ballot Box: Votes for Women on the Northern Great Plains and … Continue reading Excerpt: Grasslands Grown
The following books are now available from our publishing partners at the Jewish Publication Society. Contested Utopia by Marc J. Rosenstein This first book to examine the Jewish state through the lens of Jewish utopian thought, from its biblical beginnings … Continue reading New from JPS
John E. Schmitz is a professor of history at Northern Virginia Community College–Annandale. His book, Enemies Among Us (Nebraska, 2021), is new this month. William Faulkner is often quoted by historians for saying “history is not was, it is.” For me … Continue reading From the Desk of John E. Schmitz: Enemies Among Us
Jay Gitlin is a senior lecturer in history at Yale University. He is the author of The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion. Robert Michael Morrissey is an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois. He is the author … Continue reading Excerpt: French St. Louis
Paul Ardoin is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His book, Not a Big Deal (Nebraska, 2021) is new this month. Like very many people, I’ve been confused, fascinated, … Continue reading From the Desk of Paul Ardoin: Why I Wrote Not a Big Deal
Books Hell with the Lid Off Review in the Manhattan Book Review: “Focusing on the larger-than-life personalities involved, Gurver and Campbell provide a thrilling account of a turbulent period in the history of football as well as the games, players, … Continue reading News & Reviews
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 reading The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. Just love … Continue reading July Staff Reading List
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