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

Nebraska readers of this blog can celebrate Nebraska’s birth month by tuning into NET Television tonight at 8 p.m. for Nebraska Stories, a magazine-style news program highlighting notable Nebraskans, ideas and events that contribute to the state’s identity. Tonight’s program also highlights two University of Nebraska Press authors. George Norris is one of Nebraska’s best-known politicians and a force behind the formation of Nebraska’s Unicameral Legislature. The University of Nebraska Press published a new paperback edition of his autobiography last year. Former Nebraska State Senator David Landis will portray Norris in the Nebraska Stories episode tonight. Joel Sartore is Lincoln’s … Continue reading Nebraska Stories and an LA Times review