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Category: Excerpts

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Excerpt: Making Space

February 28, 2024February 26, 2024 univnebpress

Melissa K. Byrnes is a professor of modern European and world history at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Her latest book, Making Space: Neighbors, Officials, and North African Migrants in the Suburbs of Paris and Lyon was published in January. Since … Continue reading Excerpt: Making Space

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Excerpt: Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver

February 23, 2024February 13, 2024 univnebpress

Rebecca M. Valette is professor emerita of Romance languages at Boston College and an internationally recognized expert in language methodology, testing, and applied linguistics. She and her husband, Jean-Paul Valette, have curated several exhibitions of Navajo textiles. They are coauthors of Weaving … Continue reading Excerpt: Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver

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Excerpt: Antillia

February 6, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

This week UNP will be at AWP! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a sneak peek of the UNP books you can grab there. Henrietta Goodman’s … Continue reading Excerpt: Antillia

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Excerpt: Inside the Mirror

February 2, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

In 1 week UNP will be exhibiting at AWP2024! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a sneak peek of the UNP books you can grab there. … Continue reading Excerpt: Inside the Mirror

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Excerpt: Shift

January 26, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

In a week and a half UNP will be exhibiting at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) annual conference! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. … Continue reading Excerpt: Shift

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Excerpt: Where Are You From

January 24, 2024April 10, 2025 univnebpress

In 2 weeks UNP will be exhibiting at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) annual conference! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a sneak … Continue reading Excerpt: Where Are You From

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Excerpt: Acetylene Torch Songs

January 19, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

In less than 3 weeks UNP will be exhibiting at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) conference! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a … Continue reading Excerpt: Acetylene Torch Songs

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Excerpt: Voice First

January 17, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

In less than 3 weeks UNP will be exhibiting at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) conference! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a … Continue reading Excerpt: Voice First

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Excerpt: Of Love and War

January 12, 2024January 3, 2024 univnebpress

Angela Wanhalla (Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, Ngāi Tahu) is a professor of history at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She is the coauthor of He Reo Wāhine: Māori Women’s Voices from the Nineteenth Century and author of Matters of the Heart: A History of … Continue reading Excerpt: Of Love and War

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Excerpt: Two Open Doors in a Field

January 9, 2024January 3, 2024 univnebpress

Sophie Klahr is a poet, teacher, and editor. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Poetry London, and elsewhere. Her poetry collection Two Open Doors in a Field was published by the Backwaters Press in March of 2023. Today is … Continue reading Excerpt: Two Open Doors in a Field

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