Last week, PEN America announced the finalists for the 2018 Literary Awards, revealing a diverse roster of authors and works to recognize today’s best literature and translation spanning genres and continents. For the first time, the finalist pool for the prestigious PEN/ Robert W. Bingham … Continue reading Venita Blackburn is a PEN finalist
This month, the Wilson Public Library launched its fourth One Book, One Cozad program. As the library continues to work with NASA throughout 2018 as part of a NASA @ My Library grant to engage audiences in lifelong learning about … Continue reading One Book One Cozad
Yesterday Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers tried to persuade fellow lawmakers to repeal a law that allows county officials to kill black-tailed prairie dogs on private property but the bill didn’t receive enough votes to pass. Black-tailed prairie dogs are native … Continue reading Prairie Dog Empire in Nebraska
The singular American life is a source of endless diversity, and the methods of telling the life are as important as the details themselves. The American Lives series, called “splendid” by Newsweek, features works of creative or literary memoir that, … Continue reading A Closer Look at the American Lives Series
Books A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux, 50th Anniversary Edition Drawings by Amos Bad Heart Bull Text by Helen H. Blish Featured in the Lincoln Journal Star: “…retain[s] the status of the “A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux” as … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following is by Mark Hollabaugh, author of The Spirit and the Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos (Nebraska, 2017). His book examines nineteenth-century Lakota astronomy and its connection to their spirituality. The cover art, Majestic Guardian by Lakota artist … Continue reading From the Desk of Mark Hollabaugh: Once in a Blue Moon
The following is an excerpt from Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River: A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in Conversation (January 2018), edited and with an introduction by Jennifer S. H. Brown. This is the newest book in the New Visions in … Continue reading Excerpt: Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we are sharing a few books that highlight the Civil Rights movement in America and across the world. You can find more Civil Rights titles here. Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: … Continue reading Reading List: Civil Rights
Save 50% on hundreds of recent titles! There’s something here for everyone, from sports, Native American studies, fiction, and poetry to history, anthropology, women’s studies, and world affairs—not to mention books about Nebraska and the Great Plains. Enter 6JHF in the promotion code … Continue reading Winter Sale!
The following has been excerpted from Producing Early modern London: A Comedy of Urban Space, 1598-1616 by Kelly J. Stage (January 2018). Introduction On a chilly winter night in London, I tucked myself into a tiny spot on a hard wooden … Continue reading Excerpt: Producing Early Modern London
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