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Summer Reading Sale 2025

June 17, 2025June 11, 2025 univnebpress

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by. —Jennette Walls Whether you’re interested in history, poetry, sports, memoir, or want to find that perfect gift—save 50% on thousands of our books, including our … Continue reading Summer Reading Sale 2025

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Excerpt: Silence in the Quagmire

June 16, 2025June 4, 2025 univnebpress

Harriet E. H. Earle is a senior lecturer of English at Sheffield Hallam University and a research fellow at the Centre for War, Atrocity, and Genocide at Nipissing University in Canada. She is the author of Comics: An Introduction and Comics, Trauma, and the … Continue reading Excerpt: Silence in the Quagmire

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News & Reviews

June 11, 2025June 4, 2025 univnebpress

Reviews The Spring Before Obergefell Review in The Gay & Lesbian Review: “Grossberg’s novel excels in portraying the banality of smalltown life and the fractured focus of the digital age . . . this is very much a novel about … Continue reading News & Reviews

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Reading List: Father’s Day

June 10, 2025June 3, 2025 univnebpress

Father’s Day is this weekend! Whether you’re looking for a gift for a father figure in your life, or are one yourself, this reading list has got you covered. From chronicles of pickup trucks and road trips to searching memoirs … Continue reading Reading List: Father’s Day

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Excerpt: Baseball’s First Superstar

June 9, 2025June 3, 2025 univnebpress

Alan D. Gaff is an independent scholar and the author of many books, including Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir, Bayonets in the Wilderness, Blood in the Argonne, and On Many a Bloody Field. He lives in Indiana. Baseball’s First Superstar: The Lost Life Story of … Continue reading Excerpt: Baseball’s First Superstar

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UNP Books on NetGalley

June 5, 2025June 3, 2025 univnebpress

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley

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Happy Book Birthday to Framing Nature

June 4, 2025May 29, 2025 univnebpress

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon (Nebraska, 2024) by … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Framing Nature

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Excerpt: Memories from the Jungle

June 2, 2025May 29, 2025 univnebpress

Tristan Garcia is a rising star of the French intellectual and literary world, having published several books of philosophy—including the influential Form and Object—as well as eight works of fiction. His first novel won the Prix de Flore and was translated into … Continue reading Excerpt: Memories from the Jungle

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May Staff Reading List

May 30, 2025May 29, 2025 univnebpress

UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried.  “I picked up a copy of Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda and translated … Continue reading May Staff Reading List

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Terra Trevor at Bay Area Book Festival

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 univnebpress

Terra Trevor, author of We Who Walk the Seven Ways: A Memoir (Nebraska, 2023) will speak at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley. The festival takes place from May 31-June 1, 2025. Trevor will participate in the panel “Living … Continue reading Terra Trevor at Bay Area Book Festival

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