Happy Holidays from the University of Nebraska Press! Great books make great gifts, so for the rest of the year, until December 31, 2022, our entire catalog is available for 50% OFF. This sale includes over 4,000 books, so there’s something for … Continue reading Holiday Sale!
Reviews Might Kindred Review in Waxwing: “As a daughter of immigrants, and a Jewish, queer poet, Gomery weaves the past, present, and future throughout five sections in the book, where we are presented with time and place in non-linear sequence. … Continue reading News & Reviews
Congratulations to two UNP authors who were recognized for their work! Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice (Bison Books, 2021) by Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys won in the First Book Award category. The Track the Whales … Continue reading High Plains Book Award Winners: Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys & Marjorie Saiser
The One Book One Nebraska reading program is entering its nineteenth year. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss one book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A committee of … Continue reading 2023 One Book One Nebraska
The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) has announced its 2022 Great Group Reads list. The books on this year’s list are set in at least eight different countries, dozens of states and various time periods addressing personal and global issues. … Continue reading 2022 Great Group Reads
Roger Welsch, famous humorist, storyteller, and prominent Native activist, passed away on September 30, 2022 at the age of 85. He began his career as a German teacher at Nebraska Wesleyan University before working at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in … Continue reading Remembering Roger Welsch
Lisa Hendrickson’s Burning the Breeze is a finalist for the Evans Biography Award Wynne Brown’s Forgotten Botanist is a WILLA award winner and Burning the Breeze is a finalist Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla and Susan Nguyen’s Dear Diaspora are … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Several UNP authors will be presenting at the South Dakota Festival of Books, taking place from Friday, September 23rd to Sunday, September 25th. The state’s premier literary event, the Festival celebrates literature in South Dakota and beyond by connecting the … Continue reading UNP Authors at South Dakota Festival of Books
Tune in to 89.1 FM on September 23 at 7:00 p.m. CST or Sunday, September 25 at 9:00 p.m. for KUAR’s radio program Arts & Letters Radio featuring UCA creative writing professor Mark Spitzer and the controversial fish known as burbot, … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Mark Spitzer on Arts & Letters Radio
Mary Peltola (Yup’ik) won a special election for the House seat left vacant after the death of Republican Don Young. Her win makes Peltola the first Democrat in 50 years and the first woman to hold the seat along with … Continue reading Mary Peltola (Yup’ik) wins Alaska special election, becoming first Alaska Native in Congress
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