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The perfect valentine

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It’s that time of year when the stores seem to explode with boxes of chocolates and little stuffed bears holding hearts with the description of “I love you.” Celebrate Valentine’s Day a little differently this year with Ted Kooser’s book, Valentines. For Valentine’s Day 1986, Kooser wrote “Pocket Poem” and sent the tender, thoughtful composition to fifty women friends, starting an annual tradition that would persist for the next twenty-one years. This collection of valentine poems encompasses all the facets of the holiday: the traditional hearts and candy, the brilliance and purity of love, the quiet beauty of friendship, and … Continue reading The perfect valentine

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Off the Shelf: The Golden West edited by Alicia Christensen

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Read the beginning of the Introduction from The Golden West: Fifty Years of Bison Books, Edited by Alicia Christensen, Introduction by David Wrobel: "This superb collection of some of the most enduring writings on the American West is a fitting marker of the fiftieth anniversary of the University of Nebraska Press’s Bison Books imprint. A half century of republication of classic western literature, history, and folklore is not to be taken lightly. Just as The Portable Faulkner (1946) played a vital role in resurrecting that author’s reputation in the late 1940s and establishing his now hallowed place in the American … Continue reading Off the Shelf: The Golden West edited by Alicia Christensen

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Author finalist for Oregon award

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Paul VanDevelder was announced as a finalist for the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction for his book Savages and Scoundrels. His UNP book, Coyote Warrior, was named an editor’s choice by Audubon saying “[VanDevelder] holds a mirror up to postcolonial America itself, showing how we are entwined and indebted to those who have lived here for thousands of years.” VanDevelder has been an investigative reporter, photojournalist, and documentary filmmaker for more than twenty years. His award-winning work has appeared in the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Audubon, Esquire, and the Seattle Times. Other finalists for the award … Continue reading Author finalist for Oregon award

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Something to look forward to

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Forthcoming from the University of Nebraska Press this spring is, Mondo and Other Stories by 2008 Nobel Laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio. Mondo is a collection of almost — but not quite — supernatural stories told through the eyes of children. Haunting and beautiful, these stories speak to a universal longing for a life beyond the confines and trappings of modern existence. Mondo is the third book by Le Clezio published by the University of Nebraska Press (the others are Onitsha and The Round and Other Cold Hard Facts) and we've been looking forward to this book for some … Continue reading Something to look forward to

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Review from Brevity

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Sleep in Me by Jon Pineda is a story of how a boy comes to deal with his sister’s tragic accident that leaves her paralyzed and mute. Pineda’s memoir is a heartrending coming-of-age story about a boy haunted by a family tragedy. Brevity, which is an online journal associated with Creative Nonfiction, gave Sleep in Me a great review. Ira Sukrungruang said, “Pineda treats the incident with a poet’s gaze, without overly sentimental impulses, with concise and concrete language, and intelligent and heartbreaking exposition.” Read the full review at Brevity Book Reviews. Continue reading Review from Brevity

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50th Anniversary of Bison Books

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In 1961 the University of Nebraska Press inaugurated the Bison Books trade paperback line, conceived as a way to bring affordable works of enduring literary merit to a mass audience. This year is Bison’s 50th year anniversary. The first season of publication included eight Bison Books with prices ranging from $1 to $1.50 each. Today there are more than 900 Bison Books in print, and the herd continues to grow. Last week, Governor Heineman signed a proclamation celebrating this milestone. Check out the official proclamation below. Also make sure to check out the Bison Book of the Month and register … Continue reading 50th Anniversary of Bison Books

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Off the Shelf: The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central by Steve Marantz

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Marantz Read the Prologue from The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central: High School Basketball at the '68 Racial Divide by Steve Marantz:

"In March 1968, two high school basketball teams played for the Nebraska state championship, a contest with decades of wholesome tradition. But this game was different.

A few days earlier former Alabama governor George C. Wallace had come to Omaha to campaign for president. He brought the Deep South—“segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” and the jackboots of Selma—and set it down two blocks from Omaha Central High School. His searing rhetoric scalded the sensibilities of many, including eighteen-year-old Dwaine Dillard, Central’s African American basketball superstar.

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UNP author in two blogs and award finalist announced

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Sonya Huber, author of Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir, was a guest writer on the blog Largerhearted Boy on Jan. 14. The blog is currently featuring a series called Book Notes, where authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book. Cover Me is about Huber’s personal experiences navigating the nation’s health-care system and brings an awful and necessary dose of reality to the political debates and propaganda surrounding health-care reform. For Huber, her music selections hightlight each chapter in a different light. Everything from "Pink Houses" by John Mellencamp to “Sabotage” by The Beastsie Boys … Continue reading UNP author in two blogs and award finalist announced

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Lincoln author on local radio

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Local author Bill Kloefkorn will be on The Joy Factor radio show on KZUM tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. to discuss his new poetry collection, Swallowing the Soap, published in October by the University of Nebraska Press. If you are in the Lincoln area, tune to 89.3 FM. The host of the show is Sheila Stratton. For more information visit The Joy Factor’s Facebook page.   William Kloefkorn is Nebraska’s state poet and emeritus professor of English at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. He has published many books with the University of Nebraska Press, including a four-part memoir … Continue reading Lincoln author on local radio

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Off the Shelf: Bird at the Buzzer by Jeff Goldberg

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Goldberg Read the beginning of Chapter 1, "Tip-Off" from Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women's Basketball Classic by Jeff Goldberg, Foreword by Doris Burke:

"Storrs, March 6, 2001

Sue Bird awoke this snowy Tuesday morning after a night unlike any other in her three years at the University of Connecticut. During the night, while a powerful snowstorm blanketed the state of Connecticut, Bird had lain under her blankets hooked up to a portable stimulus machine, electronic impulses coursing into her balky lower back in an attempt to prevent it from going into spasm any further.

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