Micah McCrary’s work has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Rumpus, Midwestern Gothic, Identity Theory, and Third Coast. He is an assistant editor at Hotel Amerika, a contributing editor at Assay, and a founding coeditor of con•text. In my essay “Two Cities,” I wrote … Continue reading From the Desk of Micah McCrary: Growing Pains
Nicholas Hirshon is an assistant professor of communication at William Paterson University and author of We Want Fish Sticks: The Bizarre and Infamous Rebranding of the New York Islanders, forthcoming this December and available now for pre-order. Try as they … Continue reading From the Desk of Nicholas Hirshon: NHL Mascots and Fan Criticism
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 Glory Days (Nebraska, 2017). About the Book: The small plains town of Ingleside, Nebraska, is populated by down-on-their-luck ranchers and … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Glory Days
The following is an excerpt from Indians in the United States and Canada: A Comparative History, Second Edition (Nebraska, 2018) by Roger L. Nichols. This book is 30% off for a limited time. Enter 6NUC in the promotion code field of your … Continue reading Excerpt: Indians in the United States and Canada
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
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 Dream Like a Champion: Wins, Losses, and Leadership the Nebraska Volleyball Way (Nebraska, 2017). About the Book: Since becoming the Nebraska … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Dream Like a Champion
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
From fan confessions to championship reflections, two new editions highlight the ups and downs of being a Husker fan. Steve Smith immerses readers in the mad, mad world of Husker football fandom in Forever Red: More Confessions of a Husker … Continue reading New Books Give Husker Fans More from their Favorite Teams
As the 2018 Fall/Winter season begins, let’s take a moment to see what UNP was publishing fifty years ago. Compared to the more contemporary catalogs of recent years, the 1968 catalog is slim—only thirty-three pages of books—many of the titles … Continue reading Throwback to the Fall of 1968
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
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