From the Desk of Laurel Zwissler: The Relationship between Religion and Politics

May 31, 2018May 24, 2018 univnebpress

Laurel Zwissler is an assistant professor in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Central Michigan University. Her new book Religious, Feminist, Activist: Cosmologies of Interconnection (Nebraska, 2018) investigates the political and religious identities of women who understand their social-justice activism as religiously motivated. … Continue reading From the Desk of Laurel Zwissler: The Relationship between Religion and Politics

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From the Desk of Peter Eicher: Negotiating in the Far East – we’ve done this before

May 24, 2018May 23, 2018 univnebpress

Peter Eicher is the author Raising the Flag: America’s First Envoys in Foreign Lands (June 2018). He is a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer who served in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific. He currently lives in Washington, … Continue reading From the Desk of Peter Eicher: Negotiating in the Far East – we’ve done this before

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From the Desk of Michael Dax: What Yellowstone delisting means for Bitterroot Grizzlies

May 15, 2018May 17, 2018 univnebpress

Michael Dax is the author of Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West (Nebraska, 2015). He lives and writes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Last summer, in its second attempt since 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service … Continue reading From the Desk of Michael Dax: What Yellowstone delisting means for Bitterroot Grizzlies

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From the Desk of Scott D. Seligman: Uncovering a Compelling Story

May 8, 2018April 27, 2018 univnebpress

Scott D. Seligman is a writer and historian. He is the author of several books, including Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York’s Chinatown and The First Chinese American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo. His articles … Continue reading From the Desk of Scott D. Seligman: Uncovering a Compelling Story

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From the Desk of ML Cavanaugh: The Universal War

May 4, 2018April 26, 2018 univnebpress

Major ML Cavanaugh is a non-resident fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point, and co-edited the book, with author Max Brooks, Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict (May 2018). This essay is an unofficial … Continue reading From the Desk of ML Cavanaugh: The Universal War

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From the Desk of J.D. Tuccille: The True Story of the Bonus Army

April 25, 2018April 25, 2018 univnebpress

The following is by J.D. Tuccille, a contributing editor at Reason magazine, writing about issues of personal freedom and state power. He is the son of author Jerome Tuccille (1937–2017) who is the author of more than thirty books, including bestselling, highly acclaimed … Continue reading From the Desk of J.D. Tuccille: The True Story of the Bonus Army

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Where in the West is Mark Spitzer?

April 24, 2018 univnebpress

Mark Spitzer loves fish and he loves to fish. As a nationally known author (Seasons of the Gar, Return of the Gar), writing about fish and their issues is what he does best. In this blog series, Spitzer shares his experiences … Continue reading Where in the West is Mark Spitzer?

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Commentary on “The Fascicles of Emily Dickinson”

April 19, 2018April 17, 2018 univnebpress

The Fascicles of Emily Dickinson First of all, such a fussy word—little bundles of nerve sewn up and plunged in a trunk, sewn with a needle that must have pricked her, and how she must have sucked her finger promising … Continue reading Commentary on “The Fascicles of Emily Dickinson”

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From the Desk of Mary K. Stillwell: 2018 One Book One Nebraska

April 6, 2018April 5, 2018 univnebpress

A Nebraska native, Mary K. Stillwell has studied writing in New York and, with Ted Kooser, on the plains and earned her PhD in plains literature from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She served as coeditor of Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of … Continue reading From the Desk of Mary K. Stillwell: 2018 One Book One Nebraska

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From the Desk of Mimi Schwartz: Why I Write

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 univnebpress

The following is by Mimi Schwartz, award-winning author of numerous books including When History is Personal (March 2018). Her essays have been widely anthologized, and ten of them have been listed as Notables in the Best American Series. This piece will also be featured … Continue reading From the Desk of Mimi Schwartz: Why I Write

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