We are happy to announce that two of the University of Nebraska Press titles are honored this year by the Nebraska Center for the Book. Impertinences: Selected Writings of Elia Peattie, a Journalist in the Gilded AgeBy Elia Peattie and Edited and with a biography by Susanne George Bloomfield won the NCB Nonfiction award.  Impertinences also won the 2006 WILLA Literary Award Winner. "The book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on the history of US journalism."—CHOICE Rainmakers: A Photographic Story of Center Pivots By The Groundwater Foundation is the NCB Nonfiction Honor Book. “An enjoyable coffee table book … Continue reading Two Books Honored by NCB

How have you been spending your weekends?  The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers spends weekends working on the football field.  Why, just Saturday they went into overtime in a game with the KU Jayhawks, and won by a touchdown, final score 39-32.  What to do while waiting for next game?  Check out these titles available from the University of Nebraska Press: The Wow Boys A Coach, a Team, and a Turning Point in College FootballBy James W. Johnson Chronicles Stanford’s miraculous 1940 season, from the surprise hiring of coach Clark Shaughnessy and his marshalling of the previously untapped talents of left-handed … Continue reading Weekdays for the Football Fan

ere’s the second and the last of the (downtown) Omaha Lit Fest interviews.  This one is with Bob Vivian for about his book The Mover of Bones.   Listen to Bob Vivian talk about violence, writing, and Nebraska.   Note: This interview was conducted outside within the wind.  Continue reading Talking with Bob Vivian about The Mover of Bones

am smack in the middle of reading The Orange Tree by, Mildred Walker, and I am blown away by how easy it is to relate to the simple nuances of life that she writes about, and how comforting it is to know that someone else recognizes these tendencies and traits in folks.  It is all of these "simple" things that are what inevitably build up to be either the assurance or down-fall of any relationship.  How clearly she writes about Tirese and Paulo and their separate-but-equal soul mates sort of relationship.  How they totally depend on each other everyday, but how they make it clear that they have different minds and thoughts. 

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Elsie’s Business by Frances Washburn “Washburn weaves together a murder tale, a story of small-town prejudice, and a bit of Native American mysticism in a haunting debut.”—Booklist Continue reading Praise for Elsie’s Business

At Speed: Traveling the Long Road between Two Points by W. Scott Olsen “It’s not where he goes, but what he sees and how he glowingly describes the scenes that make this book a pleasure to read.”—Booklist Continue reading Praise for At Speed