Books The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet: A Memoir Kim Adrian Praise from Shelf Awareness: “The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet is a feat on many levels. Adrian tells a harrowing story, surprisingly redeemed by her own sweet family, but in many ways … Continue reading News and Reviews
Rosemary Sekora is the publicity manager at UNP and proudly wears Nike soccer cleats. Soon after the launch of Nike’s new ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the Washington Post published an article by Jesse Berrett reminding us that history does in … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Out of Their League
Joshua A. Claybourn is an attorney and editor of Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative, a forthcoming book from Potomac Books in 2019 and available for pre-order now. The bombshell New York Times op-ed by an … Continue reading From the Desk of Joshua A. Claybourn: Finding Our Sense of National Identity
Ron McDole played defense for Nebraska Cornhuskers football from 1958-1961, and is coming back to visit his alma mater this weekend. McDole tells his story in The Dancing Bear: My Eighteen Years in the Trenches of the AFL and NFL … Continue reading Former Husker Returns to Nebraska
Books Religious, Feminist, Activist Laurel Zwissler Review from Reading Religion: “Zwissler adds tremendous insight to the motivations and methods of religious feminist activists, including providing some explanation as to why Christian feminists don’t wield religious discourse in political realms … Continue reading News and Reviews
The U.S. Open has been the most prestigious American tennis tournament for five decades although its roots date back more than 130 years. Serving as the last of the Grand Slam tournaments, the U.S. Open celebrates its 50th Anniversary today … Continue reading 50 Years of the U.S. Open and the United States Tennis Association
Awards The January Children Safia Elhillo Winner of the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award in the 2018 Arab American Book Awards: “The January Children depicts displacement and longing while also questioning accepted truths about geography, history, nationhood, and home. [. . … Continue reading News and Reviews
The Israel-Palestine conflict in Gaza has escalated in recent weeks, with a level of violence not seen since the 2014 Gaza War. In the following excerpt from her revised and updated edition of Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizraḥi … Continue reading Excerpt: Wrapped in the Flag of Israel
The running of the women’s 3,000 meter Olympic race on August 11, 1984 in Los Angeles was always going to be historic athletic moment. Young American prodigy, Mary Decker was seeking to finally medal after setting world records and she … Continue reading The Olympic Budd-Decker collision happened 34 years ago today
Last month, author Hank H. Cox discussed his new book, The General Who Wore Six Stars: The Inside Story of John C.H. Lee (Potomac Books, 2018), before a group of thirty senior officers representing the different branches of service at … Continue reading Author Discusses New Book Before Senior Military Officers
