Uhuru Portia Phalafala is a senior lecturer of English literature at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. She is the author of Keorapetse Kgositsile and the Black Arts Movement: Poetics of Possibility and coeditor of Keorapetse Kgositsile: Collected Poems, 1969–2018 (Nebraska, 2023). Her … Continue reading Excerpt: Mine Mine Mine
UNP’s running (and walking) team, Footnotes, participated in the Lincoln Track Club’s Spring Forward on Saturday, March 25th. The 10-Mile, 5k and 1-Mile races began near the Lincoln Zoo. The Spring Forward Run was the first of the year! It … Continue reading People Make Publishing: The Footnotes at the Spring Forward
Happy National Poetry Month! The University of Nebraska Press is celebrating all month long with a 50% off sale on all poetry collections. Furthermore, our Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition is accepting submissions through May 1. The poetry published by … Continue reading National Poetry Month Reading List
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Red Barber: The Life and Legacy of a Broadcasting Legend (Nebraska, 2022) by Judith R. Hiltner and James R. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Red Barber
Held annually in Augusta, Georgia, the Masters begin today. The top contenders are Scottie Scheffler, who took over the world’s No. 1 ranking with his Players Championship victory, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy according to CBS sports. Don’t let the … Continue reading The 2023 Masters Reading List
Awards Mary Clearman Blew’s Think of Horses has won the Western Heritage Award for best Western novel of 2023 from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame/Western Heritage Museum Laura Bylenok’s Living Room is a finalist for the Medal Provocateur Award … Continue reading News & Reviews
The submission period for the Backwaters Press yearly poetry prize is now open, and ends May 1. Guidelines for the prize series can be found here. The judge for the 2023 contest is Hilda Raz. Raz is the editor of the … Continue reading The 2023 Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition is now open
We have plenty of ways to save on your favorite books in April. Mark your calendars to stock up on spring reads! Click the links below to browse the sales; promo codes are good on U.S. and Canadian shipments only. … Continue reading April Sales 2023
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “Last week I borrowed A Career in Books by Kate … Continue reading March Staff Reading List
Founded in 1907, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. OAH’s annual conference this year is in Los Angeles, California, from March 30th-April 2nd. You can find Senior Acquisitions Editor Matt … Continue reading UNP at OAH 2023
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