Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! Chicago Writes Book of the Year If This Were Fiction (Nebraska, 2022) by Jill Christman is a Finalist in the Traditional Nonfiction category. The winner will be announced … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Reviews Portrait of a City Review in Publishers Weekly: “Though Pauley never turns a blind eye to the wrongs committed by residents of Lincoln, his portrait is a genuine labor of love. Midwest history buffs will enjoy this tremendously.” Truman … Continue reading News & Reviews
The National Willa Cather Center is celebrating acclaimed American novelist Willa Cather’s 150th birthday with a series of special events to mark the occasion! 2023 also marks the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, along with … Continue reading Willa Cather Reading List
Len Verwey is a South African poet who was born in Mozambique. He is the author of In a Language That You Know (Nebraska, 2017), and his poems have been published in numerous journals, including Transnational Literature and New Contrast. His newest poetry collection, Loving the … Continue reading Excerpt: Loving the Dying
This year Heartland Fall Forum is in Detroit, Michigan from Oct. 18-20. HFF is the premiere gathering place for those interested in independent bookstores throughout the Midwest. Hosted jointly by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. UNP … Continue reading Heartland Fall Forum 2023
What can we learn from the stories of bison and the Pawnee seed keepers? How can conservation be practiced today? Nebraska Public Media has put together a book club kit inspired by Ken Burns’s The American Buffalo (premiers today), which explores … Continue reading Nebraska Public Media Book Club Kit
Fall is the season of endings, but some moments stay behind to haunt–perhaps a dead brother who appears unspeaking in a dust storm. Or the snatches of sad piano heard in an empty room of the C.C. White Building. Now … Continue reading Reading List: Books That Haunt
Patrice Gopo is the author of All the Colors We Will See, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and All the Places We Call Home. She lives with her family in North Carolina, where she enjoys walks just after dawn … Continue reading Excerpt: Autumn Song
ICYMI UNP Nebraska Book Award Winners Reviews Life in the G Review in Booklist: “This is an unforgettable view of an aspect of the NBA that most of us don’t see, in which the glitz and glamour we’re used to … Continue reading News & Reviews
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 recently finished Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson. The … Continue reading September Staff Reading List
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