Today, February 19, is National Anthropology Day. The study of humankind is a fascinating and constantly changing area. Below are our most recently published titles in anthropology. Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel Edited and with an … Continue reading Reading List: National Anthropology Day
An excerpt from Hopi Katsina Songs by Emory Sekaquaptewa, Kenneth C. Hill, and Dorothy K. Washburn, forthcoming March 2015. Songs Recorded by Natalie Curtis in 1903 Part I: Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music (IUATM) 1. Angaktsìntawi1 (Curtis Burlin 391, Cylinder … Continue reading EXCERPT: Hopi Katsina Songs
Scott Ezell is a writer and artist living in California and Asia. He is the author of Petroglyph Americana and the chapbook Hanoi Rhapsodies, and is the editor and coauthor of Songs from a Yahi Bow. His new memoir, A Far … Continue reading From the desk of Scott Ezell in Dulan, Taiwan
We love to hear from our readers. Check out what people are saying on Amazon: Hemingway on a Bike by Eric Freeze “It’s a quick read and don’t be surprised if you find yourself wanting to go back to … Continue reading A Word from Our Readers
The University of Nebraska Press is excited to announce a partnership with BitLit, a new tablet and smartphone app designed to allow readers free or low-cost access to digital copies of books they already own. UNP joins dozens of other … Continue reading You need BitLit
Mark Spitzer is not just a fisherman, he is a lover of fish. As a nationally known author (Seasons of the Gar, Return of the Gar), writing about fish and their issues is what he does best. In this new blog series, Spitzer shares his experiences traveling the American West while researching a select number of freshwater fish, some of which are considered monstrous or freaky or hideously grotesque. During this time of planetary crisis—with mass species extinction, global warming, rapid deforestation, oil spills, and increasing numbers of hurricanes, droughts, and floods—the preservation of specific niches of the ecosystem is … Continue reading Introducing a new blog series: Where in the West Is Mark Spitzer
Steve Sieberson began his mountaineering career in the late 1970s in Washington State and eventually became a climb leader for one of the country’s premier outdoor organizations, the Mountaineers. He spent sixteen years as a member of Seattle Mountain Rescue, … Continue reading From the desk of Steve Sieberson
Mover and Shaker By Andy McCue 2015 SABR Seymour Medal winner “McCue’s book, the result of years of research, benefits from a wide-ranging number of resources. It is sure to be the primary reference regarding O’Malley.” Tales from the Deadball Era By Mark S. Halfon SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner “Mark’s book captures the first twenty years of the 20th century in baseball writing that only a few authors have ever come close in telling.” Manassas By Ethan S. Rafuse The Civil War Monitor review “Manassas’s format is a model of perfection. Directions are clear … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS
R. Amy Elman is the Weber Professor in Social Science at Kalamazoo College, Michigan. She is the author of Sexual Equality in an Integrated Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and Sexual Subordination and State Intervention: Comparing Sweden and the United States (Berghahn … Continue reading From the desk of R. Amy Elman
Emily Giller is the exhibits coordinator and media planner in the marketing department. Association of Jewish Studies (AJS) December 14-16, 2014 (Baltimore, MD) JPS conference attendee: Rabbi Barry Schwartz, Director of JPS “One of the pleasures of attending a conference is to meet authors in person for the first time. In two cases at AJS these were individuals that I had emailed and spoken with on the phone more than a year ago. I learned that one of our authors is defending his dissertation, having a baby, and finishing our book all at the same time! The opportunity to check in with several … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: December & January Exhibit Round Up
