Monique McDade is an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Kalamazoo College. Her book, California Dreams and American Contradictions: Women Writers and the Western Ideal (Nebraska, 2023), was published this month. California Dreams and American Contradictions establishes a genealogy of western American … Continue reading Excerpt: California Dreams and American Contradictions
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 Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir (Nebraska, 2022) by Aileen Weintraub. About the Book: A laugh-out-loud memoir about … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Knocked Down
To help spread the word about new UNP books, our publicity team is looking to partner with book influencers of all kinds—if you consistently post creative and thoughtful reviews of books you read, we want to work with you! As … Continue reading UNP announces Influencer Partnership
UNP will be exhibiting at the AWP Conference & Bookfair March 8-11. It’s the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Come visit us in booths 623/625 to browse our books and journals! Attending … Continue reading UNP at AWP23
Saturday, March 4 through Sunday March 5, 2023, UNP will be at the Tucson Festival of Books. Come see our amazing authors for signings and more! UNP authors in attendance: Signings will take place at UNP’s Booth #200 over the … Continue reading UNP at the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books
“We’d never have got through it if I hadn’t been so strong.” Ántonia Shimerda in My Ántonia by Willa Cather The National Women’s History Alliance, which spearheaded the movement for March being declared National Women’s History Month, has announced the women’s history … Continue reading Women’s History Month Sale 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. “I’m currently reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky … Continue reading February Staff Reading List
Matthew S. Henry is an assistant instructional professor in the Honors College and an affiliate in the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming. His book Hydronarratives: Water, Environmental Justice, and a Just Transition was published in January. The … Continue reading Excerpt: Hydronarratives
ICYMI John Dechant – Little Poison Book Trailer Jody Keisner essay in River Teeth Awards 2023 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal Finalists Baseball Rebels: The Players, People and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America by Peter … Continue reading News & Reviews
William A. White III is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California–Berkeley. His new book, Segregation Made Them Neighbors: An Archeology of Racialization in Boise, Idaho (Nebraska, 2023), was published this month. Segregation Made Them Neighbors investigates the relationship … Continue reading Excerpt: Segregation Made Them Neighbors
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