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?
Kat D. Williams is a professor of American history at Marshall University. She is board president of the International Women’s Baseball Center and the author of Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star (Nebraska, 2020). Like … Continue reading From the Desk of Kat D. Williams: The Real Strength of Baseball
The following is an excerpt from Rising from the Ashes edited by William Willard, Alan G. Marshall, and J. Diane Pearson (June 2020). Chapter 2: Nimiipuu Peoplehood, Survival, and the Indian TerritoryBy J. Diane Pearson On October 5, 1877, an estimated … Continue reading Excerpt: Rising from the Ashes
Chad L. Anderson is a visiting assistant professor of history at Hartwick College. His article “Rediscovering Native North America: Settlements, Maps, and Empires in the Eastern Woodlands” won the 2017 John Murrin Prize from the McNeil Center for Early American Studies … Continue reading From the Desk of Chad L. Anderson: A Storied Landscape
The following is an excerpt from Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption (Nebraska, 2018) by Susan Devan Harness. Harness (Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes) is a writer, lecturer, and oral historian, and has been a research associate for the Tri-Ethnic Center … Continue reading Excerpt: Bitterroot
Books If the Body Allows It Megan Cummins Reviewed by Publishers Weekly: “Cummins’s impressive debut, a novel in stories, follows Marie, a writer in her mid-30s with an auto-immune disease . . . Each story is riveting and climactic, and … Continue reading News and Reviews
On May 30—for the first time in history—NASA astronauts launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft to the International Space Station. Authors in our Outward Odyssey Series reflect on the history, emotions, and promise of that … Continue reading Outward Odyssey Authors Reflect on the SpaceX Launch
The following is an excerpt from Hearts of Lions: The History of American Bicycle Racing by Peter Joffre Nye (Nebraska, 2020). Chapter 4: John M. Chapman, Czar of Cycling Tis on Market Street away from all the cornfields Mistress Mihlon draws the amber … Continue reading Excerpt: Hearts of Lions
Hunter Howe Cates is a journalist, author, filmmaker, and creative marketing professional. He is principal and writer for Cates Creates, a copy and content marketing firm. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and is … Continue reading Hunter Cates At Home: On Writing and Integrity
The University of Nebraska Press is outraged at the murder of George Floyd, and countless other Black Americans, at the hands of law enforcement and stands in unity against all forms of racism and racial injustice. As a university press, … Continue reading Statement on Equity and Anti-Racism
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