Happy National Go Birding Day! Observed tomorrow, the date celebrates more than 10,000 different bird species around the world and the joys of birdwatching. We’ve curated a reading list to help you go birding across the plains when you need … Continue reading Reading List: National Go Birding Day
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize (Nebraska, 2024) by Jerry … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Big Cat
Reviews Tell Me about Your Bad Guys Review in Booklist: “Readers willing to put in the time will be rewarded with a precise and provocative look into one engaged and meticulously self-analytical individual’s experience of being a parent.” Georgia and … Continue reading News & Reviews
Established in 1970, Earth Day represents the foundation of the modern Environmental movement. The theme for Earth Day 2025 is “OUR POWER, OUR PLANET,” inviting everyone around the globe to unite behind renewable energy, and to triple the global generation of clean electricity … Continue reading Reading List: Earth Day
R. F. McEwen was born in Chicago, Illinois. Since 1962 he has been a professional logger and tree trimmer, and he has taught English in Chadron, Nebraska, since 1972. McEwen is the author of several books, most recently The Big Sandy, Bill’s Boys … Continue reading Excerpt: Old Rags and Iron
Michael Dowdy is a professor of English at Villanova University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Urbilly: Poems and American Poets in the 21st Century: The Poetics of Social Engagement, co-edited with Claudia Rankine. His latest book Tell Me About … Continue reading From the Desk of Michael Dowdy: Ancestors and Anxious Dads
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council Awards The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council (GHRAC) created the Outstanding Archives Award Program in 2003 to recognize superb efforts in archives and … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Jim Leeke is an author and editor. His latest book, Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano, is forthcoming in July from University of Nebraska Press. This season Major League Baseball (MLB) is using an Automated Ball-Strike System … Continue reading From the Desk of Jim Leeke: Ron Luciano would thumb ABS out of the game
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero (Nebraska, 2024) by Waite Hoyt and Tim Manners. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Schoolboy
Edward H. Carpenter is a retired lieutenant colonel, a veteran of America’s “Long Wars” who served in the U.S. Army and Marines for a total of twenty-nine years, from Afghanistan to Japan, Indonesia to Saudi Arabia. He has written for the Washington … Continue reading Excerpt: Blue Helmet
