The University of Nebraska Press is excited to join the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) in celebrating literary translation this May. Annually, the ALTA hosts Write the World, a series of virtual panels on all aspects of translation. This year the … Continue reading Reading List: #ReadTheWorld
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Cast out of Eden: The Untold Story of John Muir, Indigenous Peoples, and the American … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Cast Out of Eden
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley
Reviews Starlings Review in the Wall Street Journal: “This compelling book hits its stride with a ghastly chronicle of every tactic humans have employed in the battle against massive flocks and hopeless odds.” Review in Washington Independent Review of Books: … Continue reading News & Reviews
Tomorrow is Spring National Astronomy Day, so now is a good time to spring into space . . . books. To celebrate, we’re sharing an excerpt of the latest title in our Outward Odyssey series Into the Void: Adventures of … Continue reading Head ‘Into the Void’ this Astronomy Day
April showers bring May book sales! There are plenty of ways to save on our titles this month. Click the links below to browse the sales; promo codes are good on U.S. and Canadian shipments only. Enter the code in … Continue reading May Sales 2025
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. “This month I finished Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, a … Continue reading April Staff Reading List
Abdourahman A. Waberi is a poet, novelist, and essayist. He was born in what is now known as the Republic of Djibouti and is a major voice in African postcolonial studies. Waberi is the author of the novel In the United States … Continue reading Excerpt: When We Only Have the Earth
Happy National Go Birding Day! Observed tomorrow, the date celebrates more than 10,000 different bird species around the world and the joys of birdwatching. We’ve curated a reading list to help you go birding across the plains when you need … Continue reading Reading List: National Go Birding Day
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize (Nebraska, 2024) by Jerry … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Big Cat
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