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 Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body (Nebraska, 2024) by Lory Bedikian. About the Book: Jagadakeer: Apology … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body
Eric C. Wat is the author of Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles, winner of the 2023 Outstanding Achievement in History Award from the Association of Asian American Studies; the novel SWIM, a Los Angeles Times bestseller; and The Making of a Gay … Continue reading Excerpt: Daddy Issues
Congratulations to the following UNP authors who were Nebraska Book Award Winners! Winners will be honored at the Nebraska Celebration of Books (N.COB) literary festival on November 15 at the UNL City Campus Union. The awards ceremony will feature readings by some … Continue reading The 2025 Nebraska Book Award Winners
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 and coincides with the independence days of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Chile. Originally introduced as a weeklong celebration under President Lyndon Johnson, the holiday … Continue reading Hispanic Heritage Month reading list
María Teresa Fernández Aceves is a professor of social anthropology at Centro de Investigaciones en Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social–Occidente in Jalisco, Mexico. She is the author of a book in Spanish about women in twentieth-century Mexico. Her newest book, Freethinkers … Continue reading Excerpt: Freethinkers and Labor Leaders
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 Homing: Instincts of a Rustbelt Feminist (Nebraska, 2024) by Sherrie Flick. About the Book: Homing traces … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Homing
Reviews The Perils of Girlhood Starred Review in Booklist: “Yes, there are dangers in being a girl and becoming a woman, but Fraterrigo assures there are delights, too.” In the Japanese Ballpark Review in Kirkus: “The author offers a clear … Continue reading News & Reviews
The Frontiers Editorial Collective is composed of Sarita Gaytán, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Utah; Debjani Chakravarty, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Utah; Kimberly M. Jew, Ph.D., Associate … Continue reading Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies Turns Fifty!
Sue William Silverman is an award-winning memoirist, essayist, and poet of eight previous books, including How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences (Nebraska, 2020) and Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul (Nebraska, 2024). She is co-chair of the MFA in Writing … Continue reading Small Box, Big Contents: The Flash Essay
Hannah Kim is an associate professor of history and a co-coordinator of the social studies education program at the University of Delaware, Newark. Kim is the author of Ties that Bind: People and Perception in U.S. and Korean Transnational Relations, 1905–1965 … Continue reading Excerpt: Ties that Bind
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