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7th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
With Hurricane Issac blowing through southeastern Louisiana, many are remembering the devastation that Hurricane Katrina caused in 2005. Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster edited by Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker is an original collection of essays examining the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the lives of African- Americans in the social, cultural, political and legal spheres. Continue reading 7th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Mogen interview
David Mogen, author of Honyocker Dreams: Montana Memories, was interviewed by the Billings Gazette. Read how Mogen explores his family history here. Honyocker Dreams is a finalist in the High Plains Book Awards, which will be awarded on Oct. 20 in Billings, Mont. Continue reading Mogen interview
The Dakota War remembered
Events across the country continue to honor the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota war of 1862. If you’re in Minnesota, check out the Minnesota Historical Society today. There are tours, dedications, and an exhibit open house all day. Two UNP books offer an insight into this important time in American History. A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity is a new annotated edition of a mixed-race couple's experiences while held captive during the 1862 Dakota War in Minnesota. The War in Words is a detailed study of the captivity narratives generated and inspired by the Dakota Conflict of 1862. Continue reading The Dakota War remembered
HBO’s Deadwood: historical fiction?
Anne Hyde, author of award-winning book Empires, Nations, and Families, recently wrote about the HBO series Deadwood for ForeignAffairs.com. She discussed what the show got right and what it missed. Hyde said, "In taking creative liberties with the past, the show's creators intend no offense against history." Read the full article here. Continue reading HBO’s Deadwood: historical fiction?
Alexander Payne to film in Nebraska
Director Alexander Payne will begin filming his next feature film in Nebraska according to the Norfolk Daily News. Payne and Executive Producer George Parra will be in the Norfolk area for the next four months filming “Nebraska,” a story about a father and son who travel from Billings, Mont. to Lincoln, Neb. Payne is orginally from Omaha. Find out how you can be casted as an extra from the Omaha World-Herald. To get in the Nebraska state-of-mind, UNP has tons of titles dedicated to this great state, like Forever Red by Steve Smith, Nebraska Moments by Donald R. Hickey and … Continue reading Alexander Payne to film in Nebraska
Words from Joy Castro
Joy Castro was in the Small Press Spotlight on the National Book Critics Circle Board of directors blog, Critical Mass. Castro's words from Island of Bones also fell into the "lines we live by" category on the Poets & Writers blog. Continue reading Words from Joy Castro
Baseball news
Last night, Felix Hernandez almost did it. He almost pitched another perfect game. It may have not been “perfect” but Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners still won their seventh straight game. The average pitcher has about a .000645 chance of throwing a no-hitter, a near impossible feat to accomplish. In the spring of 1938, Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Johnny Vander Meer pitched two, back to back. New this year, Double No-Hit by James W. Johnson offers an inning-by-inning account of that historic second consecutive no-hitter accomplished during the first night game in New York City against the Brooklyn Dodgers in … Continue reading Baseball news
M&C review
We Monks and Soldiers by Lutz Bassman, translated by Jordan Stump, is a collection of stories, with the overarching theme that humanity is fading away; the members of the shadowy Organization are doing their best to accompany those in their last moments, but with no great success. Sandy Amazeen from Monsters and Critics said, “This is an unusual collection worth searching out.” Continue reading M&C review
Nancy Plain uncut
Forthcoming from UNP is Light on the Prairie, the biography and photographic works of Solomon Butcher. The ReadWest Foundation, Inc. chose the author, Nancy Plain, as one of three featured authors for 2012. Check out the author video here and learn more about Plain and Light on the Prairie. Continue reading Nancy Plain uncut
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