Nebraska is known for corn, the Cornhuskers and of course, farming. With the decline of family farms and rural communities and the rise of corporate farming and the resulting environmental degradation, American agriculture is in crisis. But this crisis offers the opportunity to rethink agriculture in sustainable terms. John E. Ikerd’s Crisis and Opportunity describes what sustainable agriculture is, why it began and how it can succeed. He talks about the consequences of agriculture industrialization and offers methods that can restore social responsibility to our agriculture system. Ikerd will be at the Annual North American Aronia Berry Festival in Missouri … Continue reading Author John E. Ikerd is a featured speaker at the Aronia Festival

It’s a rainy day here in Lincoln, but an excellent day to curl up on the couch with a good read. Between Panic and Desire by Dinty Moore is an unconventional memoir of one man and his culture.  Blending narrative and quizzes, memory and numerology, and imagined interviews and conversations with dead presidents on TV, the book dizzily documents the disorienting experience of growing up in a postmodern world. “Insouciant” and “irreverent” are the sort of words that come up in reviews of Dinty W. Moore’s books—and, invariably, “hilarious.”  Since we enjoy Moore’s books (and we hope you do, too) … Continue reading UNP author visits UNL on Monday

The Univeristy of Nebraska Press is proud to share that one of its authors, Robert Camuto, is kicking off his national book tour tomorrow for Palmento: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey. The book is about his journey through the Etna region of Sicilily where he discovers more than just great wine. He also meets the winemakers of Italy’s largest and oldest wine region.  During his visits, he gets to know winemakers whose families have been in the business for generations; ex-pats drawn to Sicily by its remoteness, beauty and heritage of great wines; young Sicilians blending new technology and ancient production … Continue reading Robert Camuto kicks off Palmento book tour tomorrow

UNP staff returned to the office this week with photos from last week's BookExpo America. Check out our facebook page for even more photos. Attendees head into the BookExpo Exhibit Hall at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.  Sue Resnick signs copies of her new book, Goodbye Wifes and Daughters, the story of the 1943 mining disaster in Bearcreek, Montana. Steve Steinberg, co-author of 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York, signs his new book during an autographing session. A view of the UNP booth. BookExpo America is a great place for … Continue reading BookExpo America Photos

Last fall, I took a trip to Brownville, Neb., and spent hours in the village’s many used bookstores. Brownville has just a few hundred residents, but it has four used bookstores, and I’d venture that it might have the highest used bookstore-square-footage-per-resident ratio of anywhere (certainly of anyplace I’ve visted). The village, situated on the Missouri River, is also home to quaint limestone buildings (and a few stately old mansions), museums, a floating hotel, a scenic bike trail, and a a winery (among other things). It's awesome.   Next weekend, (April 23-25) there will be even more books than usual in … Continue reading Great community, great books, and great event coming up next weekend

Last Saturday, UNP authors and editors participated in a panel, American Lives: Exploring the Modern Memoir, during the 2010 AWP conference. Kristen Elias Rowley, UNP Humanities Editor, fields a question during the panel. Seated from left to right: Fleda Brown, author of Driving with Dvorak, Aaron Raz Link, author of What Becomes You, Lee Martin, author of Turning Bones, and Sonya Huber, author of Opa Nobody. Fleda Brown and Kristen Elias Rowley, panelists.   A packed house attended the American Lives panel.   Aaron Raz Link talks to a conference attendee after the panel. Continue reading Bonus AWP Photos

University of Nebraska Press author Hedi Fried is one of four genocide survivors profiled in the documentary, The Last Survivor, which will be screened at the Dallas International Film Festival today. The Last Survivor profiles Fried, a survivor of the Holocaust, as well as survivors of genocides in Darfur, Congo and Rwanda. All four have worked through the horrific things they experienced in part by becoming active in genocide prevention and education efforts. The film has garnered rave reviews, including several awards from the Oxford Film Festival. Fried is the author of The Road to Auschwitz, which the University of … Continue reading UNP author subject of new documentary, The Last Survivor, plus two new sales

The final photos from last week's AWP:  Patrick Madden, author of Quotidiana, signs books at the University of Nebraska Press booth. Dinty W. Moore, New AWP president and author of Between Panic and Desire, and Terese Svoboda, author of Trailer Girl and Other Stories, take a moment for a photo opportunity. Continue reading AWP finale

Several authors stopped by the University of Nebraska Press booth on Friday to visit with their fans and sign books during the 2010 AWP conference.  Peggy Shumaker, author of Just Breathe Normally, and Dinty W. Moore, new AWP president and author of Between Panic and Desire, pose with each other's books. Sherrie Flick, author of Reconsidering Happiness: A Novel, signs books.  Terese Svoboda, author of Trailer Girl and Other Stories, talks to a conference attendee during her book signing. Continue reading Friday photos from AWP

Live from the 2010 Association of Writers and Writings Programs (AWP) conference in Denver, Colorado, 2008 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize Winner Kurt Caswell signs An Inside Passage for Ben Birkerts. Continue reading Live from the 2010 AWP Conference