Jason C. Anthony is the author of Hoosh: Roast Penguin, Scurvy Day, and Other Stories of Antarctic Cuisine, an exploration of Antarctic history and contemporary Antarctic life through the medium of food. In 2012, his book received the Special Commendation André Simon Food and Drink … Continue reading From the desk of Jason C. Anthony: Antarctic cuisine
Sarah Alisabeth Fox is a freelance writer and editor. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Montana, the Magazine of Western History and Western Historical Quarterly. Her new book, Downwind: A People’s History of the Nuclear West is now available. Read … Continue reading From the desk of Sarah Alisabeth Fox
Kylie Morrison-Sloat is publicity assistant in the marketing department. There was a great sense of community earlier this week as more than forty people gathered to celebrate the launch of Steve Sieberson’s book, The Naked Mountaineer. Each person who arrived … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Naked Mountaineer Launch Party
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The 22 Weeks rolls on as the panel of pigskin prognostication unite to discuss the recent FCC decision regarding the Blackout rule in the NFL. What will be the effects of the new rule? What… Continue reading JERRY IZENBERG AUTHOR OF ROZELLE JOINS THE SHOW 22 Weeks: Season 3 Episode 5.
The last time I was in Chicago, my favorite store was American Girl Place. So when I found out my AAUP residency application was approved I was excited to see the city again, this time without my Samantha but with a new job title and eagerness to learn how the University of Chicago Press varied from UNP. My initial intentions when applying for the AAUP Residency Program centered on the growing importance of social media in business practices. I wanted to gain a better understanding of university press publishing as well as network with a university press with the prestige … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: AAUP Residency, Chicago Edition
French novelist Patrick Modiano is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, adding to the University of Nebraska Press backlist of Nobel Prize winners. Modiano is the author of Out of the Dark, which was translated by University of … Continue reading UNP backlist shines with Third Nobel Prize winner in Literature
Rob Buchanan is the sales coordinator in the marketing department. For the last couple of years I have gone on a fishing trip to Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota the week of Labor Day. My friends and I … Continue reading People Make Publishing: Pear cake, anyone?
Growing local, farm-to-table, Lo-Lo, locavore…local is where it’s at! Locally sourced, locally available, everything within reach of where it came from, nothing shipped half way around the world – these sentiments dominate a lot of the dinner table conversation at … Continue reading Doc Martyn’s Soul: A Farmer’s Market for the Book World
Originally posted on the Indiana University Press blog on Sept. 23, 2014. We were pleased to host University of Nebraska Press employee Emily Giller last week for her AAUP residency! This program is designed to give staff at AAUP member presses the opportunity to refine or learn new skills and procedures from colleagues who are strong in a particular area or have developed innovative programs. She shares her experience in this blog post. I have never been to Indiana before. I’ve never had a reason to visit. So, I was excited that my first visit to Indiana involved spending three days … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: A Husker in Hoosier Nation
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz is the Director of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. In addition to Rolling in Ditches with Shamans, she has written or edited a dozen other books. Below she discusses why … Continue reading From the desk of Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
