Victoria Howard (c. 1865-1930) was the teller of Clackamas Chinook narratives and oral traditions. Howard worked with the linguist Melville Jacobs to record Clackamas Chinook oral traditions resulting in an intricate and lively corpus of linguistic and ethnographic material, as … Continue reading Excerpt: Clackamas Chinook Performance Art
Steven Wingate is the author of several books, including Of Fathers and Fire (Nebraska, 2019), the award-winning Wifeshopping, and Thirty-One Octets: Incantations and Meditations. He is an associate professor of English at South Dakota State University. The following is an excerpt from his newest novel, … Continue reading Excerpt: The Leave-Takers
Monteagle Stearns (1924-2016) was an American diplomat and a U.S. ambassador to Greece. He is the author of Entangled Allies: U.S. Policy toward Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus and Talking to Strangers: American Diplomacy at Home and Abroad. Below is an … Continue reading Excerpt: Gifted Greek
Édouard Glissant (1928-2011) was a Martinican poet, essayist, and novelist who is recognized as one of the most important writers and thinkers in the French and Francophone world. Translator Betsy Wing’s previous translations include Glissant’s The Fourth Century (Bison Books, … Continue reading Excerpt: Mahagony
Tommy Lasorda, legendary Dodgers manager, passed away last Thursday at the age of 93. He was manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1976 through 1996; and during his twenty years as manager, the Dodgers won two World Series in … Continue reading Remembering Tommy Lasorda
Rick Bailey is a retired English instructor who taught writing for thirty-eight years at Henry Ford College in Michigan. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Enjoy Agenda: At Home and Abroad (Nebraska, 2019) and American English, Italian Chocolate: Small … Continue reading Excerpt: Get Thee to a Bakery
The following is an excerpt from A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain, edited and with an introduction by Charles C. Bradshaw, afterward by Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Bison Books, 2020). Three: General Alison to His Mother I am glad to know … Continue reading Excerpt: A Horse’s Tale
The following is an excerpt from The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City by Scott D. Seligman (Potomac Books, 2020). Six: As Scarce around Essex Street as Ham Sandwiches “When … Continue reading Excerpt: The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902
The following is an excerpt from Wildlife of Nebraska: A Natural History by Paul A. Johnsgard (Bison Books, 2020). From Chapter 2: Mammals Family Vespertilionidae (Vesper Bats) Townsend’s Big-earedBat. Corynorhinus townsendii .HL (NW), Ra Identification: This easily identified pale-brown bat … Continue reading Excerpt: Wildlife of Nebraska
The following is an excerpt from Fidelis: A Memoir (Potomac Books, 2020) by Teresa Fazio. Two: Convoy Camp Victory, Kuwait On the morning of our convoy from Kuwait to Iraq, we saddled up in Humvees, a row of armored hulks against … Continue reading Excerpt: Fidelis
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