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?
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”
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
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
The following is by from Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi, author of Remembering World War I in America (March 2018). Lamay Licursi is an adjunct instructor of history at Siena College in New York. When I first began studying the United States in … Continue reading Marking the Centenary of World War I in America
The following is by Amanda Ottaway, author of The Rebounders: A Division I Basketball Journey (March 2018). Ottaway is a journalist in New York City. She attended Davidson College on a full athletic scholarship and majored in English. Her work has appeared in the Nation magazine, … Continue reading After the Last Buzzer
A version of this article originally appeared in an October 2017 issue of The Hill. Gregory J. Wallance is the author of The Woman Who Fought an Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring (Potomac Books, 2018) and a lawyer and writer … Continue reading From the Desk of Gregory J. Wallance: After a Century, End the Myth of Women In Espionage
Robertson Allen is an independent scholar and ethnographer who researches digital games, war and violence, and food cultures. His book America’s Digital Army: Games at Work and War (Nebraska, 2017) is an ethnographic study based on his years of behind-the-scenes ethnographic fieldwork within … Continue reading America’s Offerings to the Gun Deity
Jeffrey D. Anderson (PhD, University of Chicago) is Professor of Anthropology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. For the past thirty years he has conducted or collaborated fieldwork, archival studies, and applied research on the language, culture, and history of … Continue reading From the Desk of Jeffrey Anderson: Wind River and Cultural Representations
Ted Kooser, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and former U.S. poet laureate, is Presidential Professor of the University of Nebraska. Currently, he is hand-selecting books for his eponymous Contemporary Poetry series, which features poets he believes deserves greater recognition for their … Continue reading From the Desk of Ted Kooser
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