Forsberg’s book a must read

Today photographer Michael Forsberg's On Anicent Wings received a high reccommendation from The Great American Landscape blog. Rick Braveheart said, "Forsberg has an exceptional talent not only for making exquisite photographs but for capturing images that also tell stories and evoke emotions." Click here to read the full review. Braveheart has also reviewed Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky by Joel Sartore Along the Edge of Daylight by Georg Joutras. Read those reviews here. Continue reading Forsberg’s book a must read

From the desk of Katya Cengel

The 2012 All-Star Game is tonight, the best players are chosen to battle for league domination. But with every name on the back of a jersey comes a different story. Below is a guest blog from Katya Cengel. Her new book Bluegrass Baseball describes a year in the life of four minor league baseball teams in Kentucky that tell a larger story about the culture atmosphere of today's minor leagues. Two years ago I was interviewing Jose Altuve in a crowded apartment in Lexington, Kentucky. Altuve had recently made the South Atlantic League All Star roster. But he wasn’t pleased with his performance. He was … Continue reading From the desk of Katya Cengel

The Global Phenomenon

The U.S. Women's National soccer team beat Canada last weekend 2-1 at their Olympic Send Off Match in Utah. At the end of this month, they'll be in Scotland battling the French. In the meantime, check out Timothy F. Grainey's Beyond Bend It Like Beckham. His book presents the first in-depth global analysis of the women’s game—both where it has come from and where it is headed. With commentary from key players, coaches, and administrators, Timothy F. Grainey follows the sport’s reach into the unlikeliest places today, even countries where women were banned from playing soccer just a few short years … Continue reading The Global Phenomenon

PW review

Forthcoming from University of Nebraska Press is Robert Root's Postscripts: Retrospections on Time and Place. Publisher's Weekly says, "Root’s thoughtful, leisurely essays provide an intriguing glimpse into the interior life of a scholar and writer deeply engaged not only with the physical world, but with the historical, literary, and emotional worlds that lie alongside it like ghostly photographic double exposures."  Read the full review here. Continue reading PW review