Published in cooperation with the Center for Great Plains Studies, the Discover the Great Plains is a series of concise introductions to the natural wonders, diverse cultures, history, and contemporary life of the Great Plains, written for a general … Continue reading Discover the Great Plains book launch
The following collection of excerpts are from Thinking Continental: Writing the Planet One Place at a Time, edited by Tom Lynch, Susan Naramore Maher, Drucilla Wall, and O. Alan Weltzien (November 2017). In recent years, talking about the environment has required the … Continue reading EXCERPT: Thinking Continental
A reception and book signing for the new educational comic Carnival of Contagion, the latest entry in the World of Viruses series, will be held tomorrow from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on the second floor of Love Library South at the University … Continue reading Carnival of Contagion Book Launch
Anna Weir is a publicist at UNP by day and a stitcher of amusing cross-stitch samplers by night. Follow her on Twitter for #Heartland17 updates. I’m thrilled to be attending the Midwestern Bookseller Association’s Heartland Fall Forum again this year. … Continue reading Heartland Fall Forum Preview
Anna Weir is a highly-caffeinated publicist at UNP. School is back in session, pumpkin spice lattes have returned, and the South Dakota Humanities Council is once again celebrating Great Plains literature with the South Dakota Festival of Books. It’s the … Continue reading South Dakota Festival of Books preview
The following contribution comes from Mark Hollabaugh, author of The Spirit and the Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos (Nebraska, 2017). His book examines the attention the nineteenth-century Lakota gave to the celestial realm and the inherent mystery of the cosmos. I … Continue reading From the Desk of Mark Hollabaugh: An Astronomer Eclipsed
The following has been excerpted from The Spirit and the Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos by Mark Hollabaugh (Nebraska 2017), in honor of the solar eclipse occurring today. From Chapter 7: Eclipses and the Aurora Borealis Although celestial displays that occur … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Spirit and the Sky
After a year hiatus, the Nebraska Book Festival will be held on Saturday, July 15, at Antelope Valley’s Union Plaza in Lincoln, Nebraska, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This outdoor, day-long event will feature a hands-on activity with Nebraska … Continue reading Announcing the Nebraska Book Festival
Rosemary Vestal is the publicity manager for UNP. Her new last name will soon be Sekora and her husband is a huge Boy Meets World fan. The University of Nebraska Press is no stranger to BookExpo (formerly BookExpo America) held in … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: BookExpo & BookCon
Following hot on the heels of BookExpo, BookCon is a star-studded event open to the public, with this year’s headline authors including Dan Brown, Cassandra Clare, and many more. A full list of events can be found here. UNP will … Continue reading BookCon Preview
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