ICYMI Changing Woman by Venetia Hobson Lewis was nominated as a Semi-Finalist for the 2023 Laramie Book Awards. Salish and Kootenai Indian Chiefs Speak for Their People and Land, 1865-1909 was selected by the American Library Association as one of … Continue reading News & Reviews
Black History Month originates from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)’s national Negro History Week initially founded in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. The celebration was later officially proclaimed by President Gerald Ford as … Continue reading 10 Books for Black History Month
Reviews If This Were Fiction Review in Sweet Lit: “In your collection of essays, you deftly stretch and flex the delicate and injured tendons of memory to explore grief, love, and the relationship between the two. . .Your essays inspire … Continue reading News & Reviews
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 2024 titles available
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 … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley
ICYMI Liza Black (Picturing Indians) and Nancy Marie Mithlo (Knowing Native Arts) on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour to discuss Killers of the Flower Moon. Reviews Truman and the Bomb Review in Parameters: “Truman and the Bomb is relevant to today’s … Continue reading News & Reviews
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! WHA Awards We Are Not Animals (Nebraska, 2022) by Martin Rizzo-Martinez won the 2023 John C. Ewers Award which is given annually for the best published book on … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Rosemary Sekora is the Marketing and Sales Manager for UNP. This year Nebraska was in the national news quite a bit – and maybe not for the reasons you’d expect; a world record for women’s sporting event attendance, a mini-series … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: A Record Year for Records
As we come to a close on this year, we’re excited to share a preview of some of our forthcoming 2024 books. Inside the Mirror by Parul Kapur Visionary twin sisters aspire to become artists in 1950s India in Parul … Continue reading Books to Watch out for in 2024
Is there anything better than a good book? At UNP, the answer is most often ‘no,’ but a movie or TV show inspired by a book is a close second. November was an exciting month for tv-adaptions of UNP books, … Continue reading UNP Goes to Hollywood
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