The following is an excerpt from Wildlife of Nebraska: A Natural History by Paul A. Johnsgard (Bison Books, 2020). From Chapter 2: Mammals Family Vespertilionidae (Vesper Bats) Townsend’s Big-earedBat. Corynorhinus townsendii .HL (NW), Ra Identification: This easily identified pale-brown bat … Continue reading Excerpt: Wildlife of Nebraska
Claire M. Wolnisty is an assistant professor of history at Austin College and the author of A Different Manifest Destiny: U.S. Southern Identity and Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century South America (Nebraska, 2020). When I began research in U.S. Civil War Era history, … Continue reading From the Desk of Claire M. Wolnisty: A Different Manifest Destiny
This year the Western History Association annual conference is online! View the full conference program here and take a look at our virtual book exhibit. We are offering our conference discount of 50% off and free shipping until October 31 … Continue reading Western History Association Virtual Book Exhibit
The American Astronautical Society recently announced the 2020 recipients for the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History, including the University of Nebraska Press for the Outward Odyssey series. The Ordway Award is named in memory of Frederick I. Ordway … Continue reading UNP receives the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History
This year the festival is virtual and almost every event is free to attend! Visit the website for the full schedule and our virtual book exhibit for great discounts on our books. Below are some highlights featuring UNP authors. Friday, … Continue reading South Dakota Festival of Books
Jennifer Sinor is a professor of English at Utah State University. She is the author of four books, including Sky Songs: Meditations on Loving a Broken World (Nebraska, 2020) and Letters Like the Day: On Reading Georgia O’Keeffe. Her essays have appeared … Continue reading From the Desk of Jennifer Sinor: To Be Broken
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. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary … Continue reading September Staff Reading List
This Wednesday, join us for a virtual reading with the Prairie Schooner Book Prize winners Jihyun Yun and Megan Cummins! Log onto Zoom by 5:30 p.m. CST and enjoy some new poetry and fiction. This event is emceed by Kwame … Continue reading Meet Prairie Schooner Book Prize Winners Jihyun Yun & Megan Cummins
Books How to Survive Death and Other Inceonveniences Sue William Silverman Praise from Lilith: “It’s both ironic and not that the title of the book mentions death, since if there was ever a guide for how to live, this is … Continue reading News and Reviews
Claudia B. Haake is a senior lecturer in history at La Trobe University. She is the author of Modernity through Letter Writing: Cherokee and Seneca Political Representations in Response to Removal, 1830–1857 (Nebraska, 2020) and coeditor (with Richard Bessel) of Removing Peoples: Forced Migration … Continue reading From the Desk of Claudia B. Haake: A Look at Letters, Memoranda, and Petitions by Native Americans
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