John W. Evans is a Jones Lecturer in creative writing at Stanford University. He is the author of Should I Still Wish: A Memoir (February 2017), Young Widower: A Memoir (Nebraska, 2014), winner of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize; The Consolations, … Continue reading From the desk of John W. Evans: Patton Oswalt’s Conan Appearance
Golfing legend Arnold Palmer died yesterday afternoon in Pittsburgh, his longtime spokesman and friend Doc Giffin told ESPN. Palmer was 87. The following is an excerpt from Arnie, Seve, and a Fleck of Golf History: Heroes, Underdogs, Courses, and Championships (Nebraska, 2014) by Bill … Continue reading Excerpt: Arnie, Seve, and a Fleck of Golf History
The following excerpt comes from Great Plains Indians (Bison Books, 2016) by David J. Wishart, the first book in the Discover the Great Plains Series published with the Center for Great Plains Studies. From Chapter 4: Against All Odds Sacred and Profane Places Throughout … Continue reading Excerpt: Great Plains Indians
To celebrate the first Husker game of the season, we’re sharing an excerpt from Forever Red: More Confessions of a Cornhusker Fan (Nebraska, 2015) by Steve Smith. Perfect Nebraska 68, New Mexico State 0—September 18, 1982 To say that Nebraska fans have … Continue reading Excerpt: Forever Red
The following is an excerpt from Loving and Leaving Washington: Reflections on Public Service (August 2016) by John Yochelson. FROM CHAPTER 2: SURROUNDED BY STRIVERS Stately elms lined the streets of Buffalo, New York, in the 1950s. They almost blotted out the … Continue reading Excerpt: Loving and Leaving Washington
The following is an excerpt from Lonesome Dreamer: The Life of John G. Neihardt (August 2016) by Timothy G. Anderson, the first biography written of Neihardt in forty years. Anderson will be at Indigo Bridge in Lincoln, Nebraska to sign copies of … Continue reading EXCERPT: Lonesome Dreamer
The following is an excerpt from Le Football: A History of American Football in France (August 2016) by Russ Crawford. Chapter 8: Lafayette, le football est voilà! In the beginning (of the 1980s) there was Laurent Plegelatte. The American military had played more … Continue reading Excerpt: Le Football
The following is an excerpt from Culture on Two Wheels: The Bicycle in Literature and Film (Nebraska, 2016), edited and with an introduction by Jeremy Withers and Daniel P. Shea. Chapter 10 “I’ll Get You, My Pretty!”: Bicycle Horror and the Abject Cyclicity of History … Continue reading Excerpt: Culture on Two Wheels
The following excerpt is from Iron Mac: The Legend of Roughhouse Cyclist Reggie McNamara (Nebraska, 2016) by Andrew M. Homan. Chapter 1: Rabbits and Slingshots Reggie’s older brothers acquired bikes at an early age—probably before Reggie was born. Given the time frame, one of the … Continue reading Excerpt: Iron Mac
The following excerpt comes from Undesirable Practices: Women, Children, and the Politics of the Body in Northern Ghana, 1930-1972 by Jessica Cammaert (Nebraska, 2016). From Chapter Five: Put Some Clothes On or Nkrumah will Get You!: Antinudity Campaigns in the Nkrumah … Continue reading EXCERPT: Undesirable Practices
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