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

It's finally here! The University of Nebraska Press and Ted Kooser will celebrate the launch of his new book, Lights on a Ground of Darkness, tonight at the W. Dale Clark Library, 215 S. 15th St. in Downtown Omaha tonight at 7 p.m. Lights on a Ground of Darkness is a remembrance (written as prose, instead of poetry) of the time Kooser spent with his mother’s family in Guttenberg, Iowa, when he was a little boy. The event is free and open to the public, books will be for sale, and Ted will sign copies. And, if you missed it, Ted appeared … Continue reading Tonight’s the night! Ted Kooser to sign copies of his new book in Omaha

Pancho Segura will sign copies of his biography,Little Pancho: The Life of Tennis Legend Pancho Segura today at the U.S. Open. The University of Nebraska Press published Little Pancho, written by Caroline Seebohm, earlier this year. Pancho Segura has lived the life that feel-good sports movies are made of. He was born to a poor Ecuadorian family and was malnourished and sickly as a child. However, his father was a caretaker at a tennis club, so he was exposed to the sport early in his life. And even though he small  and weak, he took to the sport right away. … Continue reading UNP, the U.S. Open, and a book signing

We here at the University of Nebraska Press celebrated the upcoming holiday with pie. Our first ever Pie-A-Palooza was today, and about a dozen UNP employees entered their most beautiful, best tasting and most creative creations. Here’s a pic of the lovely, lovely pies, with more to come on Monday.Have a safe and happy July 4! Our office will be closed tomorrow for the holiday, but we’ll be back on Monday. Continue reading Happy two days before Independence Day!

Louise Pound’s birthday party was yesterday, as was the launch party for a new biography about her titled Louise Pound: Scholar, Athlete, Feminist Pioneer. The University of Nebraska Press attended, and this party was notable for several reasons. Among them: Hostess Paige Namuth actually met Louise Pound. Her parents were friends of Pound and her siblings,  Roscoe and Olivia,  and sometimes visited them at their Victorian home in downtown Lincoln (which, sadly, has been torn down). One visit, Louise Pound, who by then was in her 80s, took an interest in Paige, who was then about 10 years old. They … Continue reading Louise Pound’s birthday party