David K. Seitz is associate professor of Cultural Geography at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. He is the author of A Different ‘Trek’: Radical Geographies of ‘Deep Space Nine’ (Nebraska, 2023), and A House of Prayer for All People: … Continue reading From the Desk of David K. Seitz: On the Political Uses of ‘Star Trek’
Rob Goldman is the author of three baseball books, Once They Were Angels, Nolan Ryan: The Making of a Pitcher, and the novel Hauling Time. His book The Sisterhood: The 99ers and the Rise of U.S. Women’s Soccer was published in November … Continue reading From the Desk of Rob Goldman: “Are You with Me?”
Erik Hansson is a human geographer. He wrote The Begging Question (Nebraska, 2023) during his postdoctoral fellowship at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has also been stationed at Uppsala University, University of Gothenburg, and Mid Sweden University. The Begging … Continue reading From the Desk of Erik Hansson: The Symptom of Sweden’s Racial Crises
Timothy Schaffert is the author of numerous books, including The Perfume Thief (Knopf Doubleday, 2021) and The Swan Gondola (Riverhead, January 2014). He is a series editor of Zero Street Fiction which is committed to LGBTQ+ literary fiction with commercial potential. The … Continue reading Remembering Louis Crompton: The Inspiration for Zero Street Fiction
Hilary Zaid is the author of the award-winning novel Paper is White. Her short works have appeared in Mother Jones, Ecotone, Day One, Southwest Review, and Utne Reader, and have been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her newest book, Forget I Told You This, is the … Continue reading From the Desk of Hilary Zaid: The Necessary Edit, the Necessary Project
Venetia Hobson Lewis worked at several stock brokerages and for almost eighteen years as a corporate paralegal for a motion picture studio. She is the author of several award-winning Western short stories. Her newest book, Changing Woman: A Novel of … Continue reading From the Desk of Venetia Hobson Lewis: Finding the Women’s Voices Lost to Time
Jim Minick is the author or editor of seven books, including the award-winning Fire Is Your Water and The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Poets and Writers, Oxford American, Orion, and Shenandoah. His latest … Continue reading From the Desk of Jim Minick: The Tornado and the Flood
John Dechant is the author of several books, including Scoreless: Omaha Central, Creighton Prep, and Nebraska’s Greatest High School Football Game (Bison Books, 2016). His writing has appeared in a variety of magazines and the Golfer’s Journal. He is the president of the publishing … Continue reading From the Desk of John Dechant: Paul Runyan–A Pro’s Pro
Lawrence A. Dwyer is an attorney at law in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a member of the Nebraska Bar Association and served on the board of directors of the Douglas County Historical Society. He is the author of Standing Bear’s Quest … Continue reading From the Desk of Lawrence Dwyer: Honoring Standing Bear’s legacy with USPS Forever Stamp
Fredric Brandfon is the former chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Stockton University in New Jersey and founder of the Department of Religious Studies at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. He has published numerous articles on … Continue reading From the Desk of Fredric Brandfon: A Policy of Silence; the Vatican and the Holocaust
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