Blake Allmendinger is a professor of English at the University of California–Los Angeles. He is the author of several books, including Geographic Personas: Self-Transformation and Performance in the American West (Nebraska, 2021), The Melon Capital of the World (Nebraska, 2015), Imagining the African American West (Nebraska, 2008), … Continue reading Excerpt: Tongues of Settlement
Reviews Fuji Fire Review in the Wall Street Journal: “The complexity of this story makes it exceedingly difficult to tell. Till now it has been little remembered and infrequently taught in our military academies. Mr. Henry’s scholarly rigor, knowledge of the … Continue reading News & Reviews
Jim Wilke is a former curator of technology at the Autry Museum of the American West and is a consulting historian on railroad and Western history for numerous organizations. He is the coauthor of Stagecoach! The Romantic Western Vehicle. His … Continue reading From the Desk of Jim Wilke: Frontier Comrades
The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins tomorrow in Texas and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes featured speakers from around the baseball world, innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, … Continue reading UNP at SABR53
Liza Bennett is a full-time writer and former advertising executive. She has published ten novels, including Local Knowledge, So Near, A Place for Us, and Bleeding Heart under the name Liza Gyllenhaal. She divides her time between New York City and the Berkshire Hills in Massachusetts. … Continue reading Excerpt: Georgia and Anita
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to The Wizard of College Baseball: How Ron Fraser Elevated Miami and an Entire Sport to … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to The Wizard of College Baseball
Pamela Carter Joern is the author of four works of fiction: Toby’s Last Resort, In Reach, The Plain Sense of Things, and The Floor of the Sky, all published by the University of Nebraska Press. She has written six plays … Continue reading From the Desk of Pamela Carter Joern: The Psychic Was Right, After All
June is Pride Month! We’re celebrating with a reading list that explores all aspects of queer life through scholarship, poetry, and fiction. These works investigate the history and futurities of queer identity and experience. Save 50% on all books during … Continue reading Pride Month Reading List
One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by. —Jennette Walls Whether you’re interested in history, poetry, sports, memoir, or want to find that perfect gift—save 50% on thousands of our books, including our … Continue reading Summer Reading Sale 2025
Harriet E. H. Earle is a senior lecturer of English at Sheffield Hallam University and a research fellow at the Centre for War, Atrocity, and Genocide at Nipissing University in Canada. She is the author of Comics: An Introduction and Comics, Trauma, and the … Continue reading Excerpt: Silence in the Quagmire
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