Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish, Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West (Bison … Continue reading Where in the Monster Fish World is Mark Spitzer?
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a books life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to From Sadat to Saddam: The Decline of American Diplomacy in the Middle East (Potomac Books, 2019) by … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to David J. Dunford’s Memoir
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2020 Newsletter, i.e. Can’t travel because of the pandemic? Tour the American and Canadian Wests and the Mexico borderlands from anywhere with Virtually Bison Books. UNP has developed an electronic portal … Continue reading “Virtually Bison Books” Tours Encourage Readership of Iconic Works
Chris Petty is a space and aviation enthusiast and author of Beyond Blue Skies: The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age as well as The High Frontier blog. His articles have appeared on Adam Savage’s Tested site and the Space Review. Chuck Yeager, … Continue reading From the Desk of Chris Petty: Remembering Chuck Yeager
Books The Speed Game: My Fast Times in Baseball Praise from The Guy Who Reviews Sports Books: “This is the second memoir by a basketball coach that I read over the long Thanksgiving weekend and it lived up to what … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following was originally published on Joanne Leedom-Ackerman’s website. She is the editor of The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate (Potomac Books, 2020). PEN International marks the ten-year anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to writer, … Continue reading Ten-Year Anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Liu Xiaobo
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2020 Newsletter, i.e. Suzanne Roberts is the author of Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (Nebraska 2020), Almost Somewhere: Twenty Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Nebraska, 2012), and … Continue reading Why I Write: Suzanne Roberts
Congratulations to Jacqueline Saper, whose memoir From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran (Potomac Books, 2019) was named the 2020 Book of the Year in Traditional Nonfiction by the Chicago Writers Association! Jacqueline Saper, named after Jacqueline Kennedy, was … Continue reading “From Miniskirt to Hijab” Named a Book of the Year by the Chicago Writers Association
James H. Johnston is a lawyer, writer, and historian in Washington, DC. His latest book is Murder, Inc.: The CIA under John F. Kenney (Potomac Books, 2019). Moses “Moe” Aleman passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. … Continue reading From the Desk of James H. Johnston: Remembering Moses Aleman
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2020 Newsletter, i.e. Scott D. Seligman is a writer and historian. He is the author of several books, including the award-winning The Third Degree: The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed … Continue reading Behind the Book with Scott D. Seligman
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