Bigger than Life By Dinah LenneyFriday, March 23, 2007 — 7:00 PMDutton’s Brentwood Bookstore11975 San Vicente Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90049310.476.6263Author appearance, reading and book signing. Gang of One By Fan ShenTuesday, March 20-23, 2007Good Thunder Reading SeriesMinnesota State UniversityMankato, MN 56001 House of Good Hope By Michael DownsWednesday, March 28, 2007 — 12:00 PMUniversity of Arizona BookstoresUniversity of Arizona1209 East University BoulevardTucson, AZ 85721520.621.2426Author appearance and book signing. Jean-Paul Sartre and the Jewish Question By Jonathan JudakenSunday-Monday, March 25-26, 200727th Annual Holocaust Conference ProgramBolger Conference Center – Millersville UniversityMillersville, PA 17551Author appearance. The Last Street Before Cleveland: An Accidental Pilgrimage … Continue reading Author Events

Africa on Six WheelsBy Betty Levitov Thursday, March 15, 2007: 7:30 PMJohn H. Ames Reading Series: Readings by Nebraska AuthorsJane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors136 South 14th StreetLincoln, NE402.441.8516Author appearance and presentation. All Ames Reading Series programs are taped for later broadcast on 5 City TV, Time Warner Cable Channel 5 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Floor of the SkyBy Pamela Carter Joern Wednesday, March 21, 20077:00 PMFirst Universalist Church3400 Dupont Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN612.825.1701Soiree featuring Minnesota writers. Gang of OneBy Fan Shen Tuesday, March 20-23, 2007Good Thunder Reading SeriesMinnesota State UniversityMankato, MN 56001 The Last Street Before ClevelandBy Joe … Continue reading Author Events

Baseball and the MediaBy George Castle Thursday, March 8, 2007Borders1361 South Alma School RoadMesa, AZ 85210480.833.2244Author appearance and book signing with Cubs Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins. Friday, March 9, 2007Borders7135 East Camelback RoadScottsdale, AZ 85251480.423.0700Author appearance and book signing with Cubs Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins. Saturday, March 10, 2007Borders7320 West BellGlendale, AZ 85308623.487.9110Author appearance and book signing with Cubs Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins. Bigger than LifeBy Dinah Lenney Sunday, March 11, 2007: 5:00 PMSkylight Books1818 North Vermont AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90027323.660.1175Author appearance, reading and book signing. Monday, March 12, 2007Black Oak Books1491 Shattuck AvenueBerkeley, CA 94709510.486.0698Author appearance, … Continue reading Author Events

This week and next, many University of Nebraska Press authors will be at the 2007 AWP Annual Conference held in peachy Atlanta, Georgia.  So if you’re wandering around the Hilton Atlanta Hotel (255 Courtland St, NE/ Atlanta, GA/ 30303), be sure to visit our authors and the UNP booth.

At UNP Booth #41:

  Thursday, March 1, 10:00-10:45 AM:  Robert Vivian, author of The Mover of Bones

Thursday, March 1, 1:15 – 2:00 PM:  Dinah Lenney, author of Bigger than Life

Thursday, March 1, 2:30 – 3:15 PM:  Kathleen Flenniken, author of Famous

Friday, March 2, 10:00-10:45 AM:  Philip F. Deaver, editor of Scoring from Second

Friday, March 2, 1:15 – 2:00 PM: Michael Downs, author of House of Good Hope

 Friday, March 2, 2:30 – 3:15 PM: Joan Connor, author of The World Before Mirrors

Saturday, March 3, 10:00 – 10:45 AM:  Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, authors of What Becomes You

Saturday, March 3, 1:15 – 2:00 PM:  Rynn Williams, author of Adonis Garage

Author Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer), will be presenting at AWP:

Six indigenous writing teachers will discuss their experiences teaching American Indian texts to creative writing students, including Native and non-Native students, in both academic and community settings. In this presentation, we will explore such issues as the challenges and values of an indigenous-based pedagogy; the vital questions of voice, history, community that Native writing can bring to the creative writing workshop; and the ways teachers new to Native American writing can begin to introduce it in their classes.

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Baseball and the MediaBy George Castle Tuesday, February 27, 2007Borders4500 North Oracle RoadTucson, AZ 85705520.293.6799Author appearance and book signing. Black Gun, Silver StarBy Art T. Burton Wednesday, February 21, 20077:00 PMCalumet City Public Library660 Manistee AvenueCalumet, IL 60409708.862.6220Author appearance, lecture and book signing. Thursday, February 22, 20076:00 PMUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Medical SchoolSickle Cell Center1801 West Taylor StreetChicago, IL 60612Author appearance, lecture and book signing. Sunday, February 25, 20072:00 PMMatteson Historical Society813 School AvenueMatteson, IL 60443708.388.1078Author appearance, lecture and book signing. Tuesday, February 27, 20077:00 PMBlue Island Public Library2433 York StreetBlue Island, IL 60406708.388.1078Author appearance, lecture and book signing. … Continue reading Author Events

Black Gun, Silver StarBy Art T. Burton Monday, February 19, 2007American Heritage WeekUniversity of Arkansas – Fort Smith5210 Grand AveFort Smith, AR 72913Author appearance, lecture and book signing. Level Playing FieldsBy Peter Morris Wednesday, February 21, 2007Everybody Reads2019 East Michigan AvenueLansing, MI 48912517.346.9900Author appearance and book signing. One HouseBy Charlyne Berens Thursday, February 15, 200712:00 PMNebraska State Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History15th and P StreetsLincoln, NE402.471.4754Author appearance at Brown Bag History Forum. Continue reading Author Events

In Celebration of Black History Month, the University of Nebraska Press is having a web sale on all African American and African titles through Februay 28, 2007. Continue reading Celebrating Black History Month

his year marks the 70th year in Nebraska’s experiment with a one-house legislature. The tale of this adventure in governing will be featured in a presentation by Dr. Charlyne Berens , College of Journalism and Mass Communications professor at the University Nebraska-Lincoln and UNP author, at noon on Thursday, February 15 at the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P Streets, Lincoln. “The Nebraska Unicameral:  Still Progressive After All these Years”  is based on the research Dr. Berens did for the University of Nebraska Press book One House: The Unicameral’s Progressive Vision for Nebraska. When Nebraska … Continue reading Author Charlyne Berens on Nebraska’s Unicameral

Fascism and Democracy in the Human MindBy I. W. Charny Friday, February 9, 2007Holocaust Museum Houston5401 Caroline St.Houston, TX 77004-6804713.942.8000Author appearance and book talk. Sunday, February 11, 2007Genocide and Religion: Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Resisters ConferenceSimon Wiesenthal Center1399 South RoxburyLos Angeles, CA 90035Author appearance and keynote speaker. The Middle of Everything By Michelle Herman Thursday, February 8, 20075:30 PMMills College5000 MacArthur BoulevardMills Hall Living RoomOakland, CA 94613510.430.2236Author appearance, reading, and signing. Continue reading Author Events