Book review
The History of the Holocaust in Romania by Jean Ancel was reviewed by Michael N. Dobkowski for the Jewish Book Council saying that it is a “scholarly witnessing to be admired.” Continue reading Book review
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UNP books in the media
Baseball books, Double No-Hit: Johnny Vander Meer’s Historic Night Under the Lights by James W. Johnson was mentioned on Red Reporter and Connie Mack: The Turbulent &Triumphant Years, 1915-1931 by Norman Macht was reviewed on Tampa Bay Online’s blog by Sports Bookie Bob D’Angelo. The Equalizer featured Tim Grainey's Beyond Bend it Like Beckham and Tracy Crow’s storytelling in Eyes Right was called “impeccable” by Publisher’s Weekly. Ellen Cassedy (author of We Are Here) interviewed Julija Šukys on VilNews about her book Epistolophilia. Atlas of the Great Plains by Stephen J. Lavin made the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) YA Top … Continue reading UNP books in the media
IPPY winner
The 2012 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards) results are in! Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan by Robert K. Fitts won the silver medal in the Sports/Fitness/Recreation category. See the complete list of winners here. Congrats Rob! Continue reading IPPY winner
Happy May Day!
Additional sales start today for Mother's Day and Jewish American Heritage Month! Find a gift for Mother's Day and save 25 percent on Eyes Right by Tracy Crow and This Is Not the Ivy League by Mary Clearman Blew. Act fast, offer ends May 11! Celebrate Jewish American Heritage month! Ellen Cassedy's We Are Here and Norman H. Finkelstein's American Jewish History are 25 percent off. Sale ends May 31. Continue reading Happy May Day!
Pot Farm in Daily Beast
On the Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan blogged about Pot Farm by Matthew Gavin Frank. Check out "The Perils of A Pot Farm" here. Continue reading Pot Farm in Daily Beast
UNP authors on the Web
The 40th Anniversary of Title IX and the XXX Olympics in London this summer prompted writers to take a look at the history, culture and role of women and sports in the Spring edition of On The Issues Magazine. Authors Rachel Toor and Tim Grainey were among them. Read Toor's "Nine Titles Thinking About Title IX" here and Grainey's "The Rise and Fall and Possible Rise of Women's Pro Soccer" here. Continue reading UNP authors on the Web
Kooser’s new picture book
Poet Ted Kooser's new book, House Held Up By Trees (Candlewick, 2012), was reviewed in Read the Spirit. Kooser has published many books with UNP, among them Lights on the Ground of Darkness, which is also mentioned in the review. Continue reading Kooser’s new picture book
Müller in NYT
A recent translation of Herta Müller's Hunger Strike has been reviewed in the New York Times. See it here. Müller is the 2009 Nobel Prize in Laureate and also the author Nadirs (University of Nebraska Press, 1999), which is a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on her childhood in the Romanian countryside. Continue reading Müller in NYT
Šukys on CBC radio
Author Julija Šukys was on The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright discussing her new book, Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė. Listen to the full interview here. Continue reading Šukys on CBC radio
Cassedy speaks out
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, author Ellen Cassedy found hope for the future discussing her Lithuanian connection to the past. Check out her articles in the Huffington Post and The Baltimore Sun. Continue reading Cassedy speaks out
