The Linked Essays Dilemma
On titles, memoirs-in-essays, novels-in-stories, and a forthcoming book Continue reading The Linked Essays Dilemma
Category: Guest blogs
Disco Balls and Baseballs: A Journey to 1978
David Krell is the author of 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK (Nebraska, 2021), Do You Believe in Magic? Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966, and The Fenway Effect: A Cultural History of the Boston Red Sox (Nebraska, 2024). His … Continue reading Disco Balls and Baseballs: A Journey to 1978
From the Desk of Edward Armston-Sheret: Was Shackleton Different?
Edward Armston-Sheret is a Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Studies, University of London. His new book On the Backs of Others: Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration (Nebraska, 2024) was published in December. I recently … Continue reading From the Desk of Edward Armston-Sheret: Was Shackleton Different?
From the Desk of Terrence C. Petty: Nazis at the Watercooler
Terrence C. Petty is a writer and retired journalist. He worked for the Associated Press for thirty-five years. Based in Bonn, Germany, from 1987 to 1997, he covered German and European affairs, the pro-democracy movement that toppled the Berlin Wall, … Continue reading From the Desk of Terrence C. Petty: Nazis at the Watercooler
From the Desk of Katya Cengel: Southeast Asian Refugees 50 Years Later
Katya Cengel is a freelance writer based in San Luis Obispo, California, and lectures in the Journalism Department of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Her work has appeared in New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. She is the … Continue reading From the Desk of Katya Cengel: Southeast Asian Refugees 50 Years Later
From the Desk of Henry James: Jan 7, 1889
Since 2006, the University of Nebraska Press has worked to publish The Complete Letters of Henry James, an acclaimed series that fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists … Continue reading From the Desk of Henry James: Jan 7, 1889
From the Desk of Bill Thorness: What the War Uncovered
Bill Thorness’s varied work as a journalist has spanned more than thirty-five years, from early work as editor of a national business magazine to current work as a freelance travel writer for the Seattle Times. He is the author of five … Continue reading From the Desk of Bill Thorness: What the War Uncovered
From the Desk of Leslie Patten: Searching for ‘One-Eye’
Leslie Patten has worked as a horticulturist, habitat specialist, and landscape designer. After moving to Wyoming, she has volunteered at the Buffalo Bill Museum of the West—preparing bird and mammal specimens and measuring wolf skulls for scientific research. Patten is the … Continue reading From the Desk of Leslie Patten: Searching for ‘One-Eye’
From the Desk of Lory Bedikian: Jagadakeer
Lory Bedikian is the author of The Book of Lamenting, winner of the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. Her poems have been published in multiple journals, including Tin House, the Adroit Journal, the Los Angeles Review, and Gulf Coast. She … Continue reading From the Desk of Lory Bedikian: Jagadakeer
UP Week: WHERE does your press #StepUp?
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 11-15. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses. This year’s theme for UP Week is “Step UP.” This is meant to … Continue reading UP Week: WHERE does your press #StepUp?
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