A book can be judged by its cover. AIGA and Design Observer’s 50 Books | 50 Covers competition, which reviews and awards the best of book and cover designs published within the past year, has just concluded its 94th cycle. UNP designer, Nathan … Continue reading University of Nebraska Press Designer receives Major Award Recognition
Ann Baker is the manager of EDP. In the world of scholarly publishing, just like all communication, precision is important. Countless books have been written on the subject, in an apparently futile effort to help humanity’s struggle with the need … Continue reading Appositives, Restrictives, and Commas: A Fairy Tale of Sorts
The 2017 Nebraska Book Festival will be held this Saturday, July 15, at Union Plaza from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Lincoln, Nebraska. This outdoor, day-long event will feature a hands-on activity with Nebraska 4-H and two performances by … Continue reading Nebraska Book Festival this Saturday
The following has been excerpted from The Native South: New Histories and Enduring Legacies, edited by Tim Alan Garrison and Greg O’Brien (July 2017). An Interview with Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green On July 11, 2012, Greg O’Brien conducted the following interview … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Native South
Baseball researcher and author David Vincent died on Sunday in Centreville, Virginia. He was sixty-seven years old. Vincent was a noted historian for the Society for American Baseball Research who specialized in the history of the home run. Nicknamed the … Continue reading Remembering David Vincent
Books Outside the Bible Edited by Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel, and Lawrence H. Schiffman Praise from Jewish Review of Books: “The fruit of an extraordinary collaboration… Outside the Bible will replace classic earlier anthologies as the premier compendium of primary texts … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following has been excerpted from American English, Italian Chocolate: Small Subjects of Great Importance by Rick Bailey (July 2017). Flip-Flops and the Leaning Tower of Pisa . . . Clogs and I were not made for each other. I … Continue reading EXCERPT: American English, Italian Chocolate
C. Richard King is a professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy (Nebraska, 2001) and Native Athletes in Sport and Society: A … Continue reading From the Desk of C. Richard King
Our history is filled with iconic moments and images that define us as a nation. Celebrate your independence and American-ness with these titles! Remembering America: How We Have Told Our Past By Lawrence R. Samuel Our interpretation and expression of … Continue reading Reading List: American History
Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cubicle and cannot stop talking about books (or caffeinated beverages, for that matter). Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Breast Milk Sharing, Theme Parks, and other September Books
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