An early happy birthday to Woody Guthrie! All year long, events popped up across the nation to celebrate his legacy as a songwriter. Click here to visit the Woody Guthrie centennial blog. Be sure to look for forthcoming book Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People, compilation of American folk songs from the Depression and New Deal eras with explanatory notes by iconic singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie. Continue reading Woody Guthrie turns 100 tomorrow
John C. Frémont (1813–90) was a military officer who served in the Mexican-American War, took part in the Bear Flag Rebellion, and fought in the Civil War. He was also one of the first two senators from California and the first presidential candidate for the Republican Party in 1856. Forthcoming from UNP is Frémont's First Impressions with an introduction by Anne F. Hyde. Frémont's First Impressions is an exciting account of his first two expeditions, which explored and opened the unsettled American West. And this weekend is the 26th Annual John C. Frémont Days in Fremont, Neb. Click here to … Continue reading John C. Frémont Days
Edited by Carrie Reber Zeman and Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola, A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity rescues from obscurity a crucially important work about the bitterly contested U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. And to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Dakota War, a new exhibit is opening at the Minnesota History Center featuring documents, images and artifacts relating to the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Click here for more information. Continue reading 150th Anniversary of the Dakota War
Cash mob's have been popping up all over the country and yesterday was Omaha's first at The Bookworm on Pacific Street in Omaha. The Omaha World-Herlald reported that more than 200 cash mobs have been held around the country over the past year. Cash mobs are similar to flash mobs, but they encourage people to support local businesses by pledging to spend $20 on a chosen day. Learn more about cash mobs here. Continue reading Omaha’s first “cash mob”
Tonight Matthew Gavin Frank is making a stop on his North American book tour in Montreal, Canada at the Argo Bookshop. The reading from Pot Farm begins at 7 p.m. Click here for more information. Continue reading Frank on tour with Pot Farm
Tonight the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is hosting an art mash up, featuring poets, tattoo artists, drag queen divas and djs as a part of its MATCHA series. It's partnering with Litquake and featuring many poets including Mari L'Esperance (The Darkened Temple, University of Nebraska Press, 2008). Click here for more information about this contemporary exhibition. Continue reading Tonight on the West coast
Tune in at 2 p.m. to hear Tracy Crow's interview with Amy Fladeboe of The Weekly Reader. The program airs on 89.7 KMSU-FM, in Mankato, Minn. and is also available via streaming here. Crow is the author of Eyes Right, a memoir of the challenges of being a woman and a Marine. Continue reading Radio interview with Tracy Crow
This year is the 150th Anniversary of the Homestead Act and the Homestead National Monument is right here in Nebraska! Visit the National Park Service site to see events celebrating this landmark in American History. And forthcoming this September is Nancy Plain's Light on the Prairie which features 62 of Solomon D. Butcher's photographs taken of this monumentous event which granted 160 acres of free land to anyone with the grit to farm it. Continue reading Celebrating the Homestead Act
BEA officially ended last week, but you can still go online and relive some of the action here. Below is author Ellen Cassedy (left) with Donna Shear, director of University of Nebraska Press, in front of UNP's booth. Continue reading More from BEA
Tomorrow Terese Svoboda, author of Bohemian Girl, will be at the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. Continue reading UNP author at Printers Row
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