Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight provides a popular history of spaceflight from the rocket scientists of the 1930s to today, focusing on the lives of astronauts, cosmonauts, technicians, scientists, and their families. These books bring to life experiences … Continue reading Outward Odyssey Authors: Reflections on Artemis II
Kerry James Evans is the author of Nine Persimmons (Backwaters Press, 2026) and Bangalore (Copper Canyon), a Lannan Literary Selection. He earned a PhD in English from Florida State University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, and a BA in … Continue reading The Ghost in the Orchard: On Nine Persimmons
Terra Trevor is the author of We Who Walk the Seven Ways: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). Her essays are widely published in anthologies, including Unpapered: Writers Consider Native American Identity and Cultural Belonging (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). Terra’s stories are steeped in themes … Continue reading A Mixed-Blood Cherokee-Lenape-Seneca Elderhood in Northern California
Lisa G. Dill is an adjunct professor of creative and environmental writing at the University of Delaware. Her new book Around the Bend: Floating Down the Missouri River (Bison Books, 2026) was published this month. A lot of people have … Continue reading From the Desk of Lisa G. Dill: Around the Bend
Stephen P. Phillips served in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician. During his naval career he deployed to Haiti, Somalia, the Balkans, and the Persian Gulf and served in the Global War on … Continue reading From the Desk of Stephen P. Phillips: It’s not the first time Iran has deployed mines in the Gulf
Natalie Oceanheart is a trained psychologist and volunteer counselor. She immigrated to the United States in 2023 after the second Russian invasion of Ukraine. She has been awarded for her volunteer services and leadership by the Red Cross. Her new … Continue reading Life Beyond Fear: Why This Book Was Written
Jill Christman is the author of If This Were Fiction: A Love Story in Essays (Nebraska, 2022), Darkroom: A Family Exposure, and Borrowed Babies: Apprenticing for Motherhood. She is a professor in the Creative Writing Program at Ball State University, … Continue reading From the Desk of Jill Christman: Baltimore Bound
Kerry Fine is an instructor in the Department of English at Arizona State University. Michael K. Johnson is professor of American literature at the University of Maine-Farmington. Rebecca M. Lush is a professor in the Literature and Writing Studies Department … Continue reading Teaching Weird Westerns
Brad Bigelow is a writer, instructor, and editor living in Missoula, Montana. He is the editor of the Recovered Books series for Boiler House Press and has been a writer for the Neglected Books website since 2006. With more than six … Continue reading From the Desk of Brad Bigelow: In Search of Virginia Faulkner
Larry C. Skogen is president emeritus of Bismarck State College, an independent historian, and a retired member of the U.S. Air Force. He is the editor of To Educate American Indians: Selected Writings from the National Educational Association’s Department of Indian Education, … Continue reading From the Desk of Larry C. Skogen: To Educate American Indians
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