The American Astronautical Society recently announced the 2020 recipients for the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History, including the University of Nebraska Press for the Outward Odyssey series. The Ordway Award is named in memory of Frederick I. Ordway … Continue reading UNP receives the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History
Richard Piersol is a retired journalist. He was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska, and now lives in Lincoln. He has been an avid reader since childhood of books published by the University of Nebraska Press. Bob Gibson, MLB player from Omaha, Nebraska, passed away … Continue reading Remembering Bob Gibson
Laurie Smith Camp, Nebraska’s senior judge for the United States District Court, passed away on September 23 at the age of 66. Before Smith Camp became the first woman to be appointed as U.S. district judge in Nebraska, she was … Continue reading Remembering Laurie Smith Camp
This year the festival is virtual and almost every event is free to attend! Visit the website for the full schedule and our virtual book exhibit for great discounts on our books. Below are some highlights featuring UNP authors. Friday, … Continue reading South Dakota Festival of Books
Jennifer Sinor is a professor of English at Utah State University. She is the author of four books, including Sky Songs: Meditations on Loving a Broken World (Nebraska, 2020) and Letters Like the Day: On Reading Georgia O’Keeffe. Her essays have appeared … Continue reading From the Desk of Jennifer Sinor: To Be Broken
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. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary … Continue reading September Staff Reading List
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Prize in Poetry for 2020: Nathaniel Perry and his manuscript Long Rules: An Essay in Verse. Perry will be awarded $2,000 for his winning collection and … Continue reading Announcing the Backwaters Prize in Poetry Winner
John Dechant is the author of ten books, including Scoreless: Omaha Central, Creighton Prep, and Nebraska’s Greatest High School Football Game (Bison Books, 2016). His writing has also appeared in a variety of Nebraska magazines. There’s an old adage, “Never meet … Continue reading Hall of Fame in More Ways than One: Remembering Gale Sayers
The following is an excerpt from Fidelis: A Memoir (Potomac Books, 2020) by Teresa Fazio. Two: Convoy Camp Victory, Kuwait On the morning of our convoy from Kuwait to Iraq, we saddled up in Humvees, a row of armored hulks against … Continue reading Excerpt: Fidelis
In May of this year, former commander of the Chicago Police Department and criminal justice scholar Thomas A. Reppetto died at the age of eighty-eight. After earning a doctorate from Harvard University, he served as professor, dean, and vice president … Continue reading Remembering Thomas Reppetto
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