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Excerpt: Unsettling Cather

March 10, 2025March 6, 2025 univnebpress

Marilee Lindemann is an associate professor of English and executive director of College Park Scholars at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Willa Cather: Queering America and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Willa Cather and editions … Continue reading Excerpt: Unsettling Cather

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UNP Journals joins Project MUSE’s Subscribe to Open (S2O)

March 7, 2025March 6, 2025 univnebpress

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to participate in Project MUSE’s new Subscribe to Open (S2O) initiative. Just launched in 2025, Subscribe to Open (S2O) is an equitable open access model for scholarly journals that enables subscription journals to … Continue reading UNP Journals joins Project MUSE’s Subscribe to Open (S2O)

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Reading List: Women’s History Month

March 6, 2025February 28, 2025 univnebpress

This year’s theme for Women’s History Month is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations”. We are sharing a collection of books that highlight the contributions that women have made to the very fabric of our society. Thank You … Continue reading Reading List: Women’s History Month

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UNP at the 32nd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference

March 5, 2025February 28, 2025 univnebpress

Today, March 5 through Saturday, March 8, UNP will be at the 32nd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference! The Spring Training Conference is a multi-disciplinary academic conference, featuring presentations on a wide range of baseball topics, including history, analytics, law, … Continue reading UNP at the 32nd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference

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The Linked Essays Dilemma

March 4, 2025February 26, 2025 univnebpress

On titles, memoirs-in-essays, novels-in-stories, and a forthcoming book Continue reading The Linked Essays Dilemma

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Women’s History Month Sale

March 1, 2025February 27, 2025 univnebpress

“We’d never have got through it if I hadn’t been so strong.” —Ántonia Shimerda in My Ántonia by Willa Cather Save 50% off these books and more during Women’s History Month! Enter the code 6WHM25 in the discount code field … Continue reading Women’s History Month Sale

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February Staff Reading List

February 28, 2025February 27, 2025 univnebpress

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 read Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, which tells the … Continue reading February Staff Reading List

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News & Reviews

February 27, 2025February 19, 2025 univnebpress

Reviews All Roads Lead to Rome Review in Lincoln Journal Star: “Author Thorness’s descriptions of the long-forgotten battles involved are vivid and his depictions of the Italian landscape 70 years later serve as reminders of the war which changed so … Continue reading News & Reviews

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Disco Balls and Baseballs: A Journey to 1978

February 26, 2025February 25, 2025 univnebpress

David Krell is the author of 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK (Nebraska, 2021), Do You Believe in Magic? Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966, and The Fenway Effect: A Cultural History of the Boston Red Sox (Nebraska, 2024). His … Continue reading Disco Balls and Baseballs: A Journey to 1978

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Happy Book Birthday to The Gas and Flame Men

February 25, 2025February 19, 2025 univnebpress

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 The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to The Gas and Flame Men

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