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 Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul (Nebraska, 2024) by Sue William … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Acetylene Torch Songs
Reviews The Boy Who Promised Me Horses Review in Big Sky Journal: “As much a personal quest to find himself as a haunting portrait of Prairie Chief’s too-short life—in all its joy and tragedy, pain and hope, freedom and sorrow—The … Continue reading News & Reviews
Oriol Ambrogio Gali is a research fellow at the University of Nottingham. His latest book Indigenous Sacraments: Christian Rituals and Local Responses at the Fringes of Spanish America, 1529–1800 was published by Nebraska in December. Indigenous Sacraments provides the first study of … Continue reading Excerpt: Indigenous Sacraments
To help spread the word about new UNP books, our publicity team launched the UNP Influencer Partnership in 2023. As part of the partnership, influencers can request and receive galleys (physical or e-book) or finished books of their choice. We … Continue reading UNP Influencer Partnership: Spring/Summer 2025 titles available
The University of Nebraska Press is the proud publisher of over thirty journals, and today we’re highlighting five to subscribe to in the New Year. Covering the latest scholarship in Women and Gender Studies, Native American and Indigenous studies, Environmental … Continue reading Five Journals to Subscribe to in the New Year
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
On December 29, 2024, James Earl Carter, Jr., thirty-ninth President of the United States passed away. President Biden has proclaimed today, January 9, 2025, a National Day of Mourning. To remember and honor the former president, we are sharing an … Continue reading Remembering Jimmy Carter: An excerpt from The Presidents and the Pastime
Reviews Under Prairie Skies Review in American Indian Culture and Research Journal: “Shay makes visible the role Native cultural traditions played in shaping the Northern Plains. This text should be used as a point of departure for general readers interested … Continue reading News & Reviews
Since 2006, the University of Nebraska Press has worked to publish The Complete Letters of Henry James, an acclaimed series that fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists … Continue reading From the Desk of Henry James: Jan 7, 1889
We’re pleased to share our new Spring/Summer 2025 seasonal catalog! Browse the online version to see forthcoming titles from Nebraska, Bison Books, Potomac Books, the Backwaters Press, and the Jewish Publication Society. Visit our NetGalley page for a select list … Continue reading Introducing the Spring/Summer 2025 Seasonal Catalog
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