The following was originally published in the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2019 Newsletter, i.e. Lise Funderburg is a writer, editor, and a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania. Funderburg’s collection of oral histories, Black, White, Other: … Continue reading Behind the Book: A Q&A with Lise Funderburg
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in January. Anna Weir: Such Splendid Prisons tells the story of five diplomatic representatives … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Diplomatic Detainment, Germ Warfare, and Other January Books
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Standing Up to Colonial Power: The Lives of Henry Roe and Elizabeth Bender Cloud by Renya K. Ramirez! About … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday Standing Up to Colonial Power!
The following is an excerpt from The Greatest Upset Never Seen by Jack Danilewicz (Nebraska, 2019). Chapter 7: Miracle on Ward Avenue December 23, 1982. Not yet half past 6:00 p.m., but already darkness has arrived in the tourist district … Continue reading Excerpt: The Greatest Upset Never Seen
Books Nebraska Kwame Dawes On NPR‘s “A Book Of Poetry For Everyone.” All I Feel is Rivers by Robert Vivian Out of the Crazywoods by Cheryl Savageau Exodus by ‘Gbenga Adeoba Mentioned in Publishers Weekly Spring 2020 Announcements for Essays … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following is a book trailer and an excerpt from The Mysterious Sofía by Stephen J. C. Andes (December 2019), the newest addition of the The Mexican Experience series. Chapter 6: Sofía’s Belle Époque As the Mexican Revolution developed, Sofía … Continue reading Excerpt: The Mysterious Sofía
The following is an excerpt from Brand Jamaica edited by Hume Johnson and Kamille Gentles-Peart (December 2019). Chapter 1 Between Fame and Infamy: The Dialetical Tension in Jamaica’s Nation Brand Jamaica’s “Claim to Fame”—An Overview Despite its inescapable status as … Continue reading Excerpt: Brand Jamaica
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2019 Newsletter, i.e. Timothy J. Hillegonds has published work in the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Rumpus, Brevity, and other publications. He lives in Chicago with his wife and … Continue reading Why I Write: By Timothy J. Hillegonds
The following is an excerpt from Chaucer’s Losers, Nintendo’s Children, and Other Forays in Queer Ludonarratology by Tison Pugh (Nebraska, 2019), the latest book in the Frontiers of Narrative Series. From Chapter 6: Rules Pregame: May the Better Player Lose! … Continue reading Excerpt: Chaucer’s Loser’s, Nintendo’s Children, & Other Forays in Queer Ludonarratology
Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish, Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West … Continue reading Where in the Monster Fish World is Mark Spitzer?
