Mary K. Stillwell is the author of the first-ever biography of Ted Kooser, available this September. Below she writes about Kooser receiving the Mark Twain Award. Ted Kooser, Nebraska’s Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. poet laureate, traveled to Michigan State in early … Continue reading From the desk of Mary K. Stillwell
Shall we? Book Expo America (BEA) is going on right now in New York. To learn more about it or find out what's hot and happening, check out Wikipedia, the official Facebook page, the Huffington Post, or Twitter (#bea13 or @UnivNebPress). Speaking of BEA, the winner of the Publishing Hackathon is scheduled to be announced today (May 31). I'm particularly intrigued by BookCity. In fact, I had a conversation with Richard Nash (Am I the only one who considers this name-dropping? I totally feel like I'm name-dropping.) at TOCCON a couple of years ago where we talked about how cool it would … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany
Body Geographic by Barrie Jean Borich in The Rumpus “In all, Body Geographic navigates fluidly between recovery narrative, travelogue, family legend (in both the literary and cartographic senses of the word), and coming-of-(middle)age story, and in so doing posits a new telling … Continue reading Review roundup
Bright lights, tall buildings,
and people bustling about: in the city that never sleeps, a small bison named
Benny left the familiar Great Plains in order to conquer the book publishing
world.
The
idea of sending Benny to New York first came up in early April. The University
of Nebraska Press (UNP) marketeers decided we needed to send a representative
to New York City to promote the Press along with our imprint, Bison Books. Benny
had dreamed of going to New York ever since he was a calf, and finally, here
was his chance.
Benny traveled
to New York City during the first week in May, to promote UNP’s new Fall titles
to various publications and clients. Benny was a little sad that he would be
missing the lovely Spring weather Nebraska usually has in May. However, as May 1
approached, Nebraska encountered cold temperatures and snow. Benny wasn’t so
reluctant to leave anymore, because the East Coast was being faced with a
forecast of sunshine and heat, which was his favorite kind of weather!
So off Benny
went, flying from one city to the next until he finally landed in the Big
Apple. There was so much he wanted to do and so much he wanted to see! His
first stop was at one of the most well-known spots in NYC, the place where all
tourists go: Times Square.
Continue reading “The Marketeers Club: Little Bison in the Big Apple”
Author Larry Ruttman describes his impressions about his book signing at the 92Y . I must be the luckiest man alive! Imagine having the most exciting night of your life at age eighty-two. Not that my fifty-year career as a … Continue reading From the desk of Larry Ruttman
Barbara Loeb is the co-editor of The Woman Who Loved Mankind by Lilian Bullshows Hogan, the fascinating life story of a 20th-century Crow woman elder. Loeb and Mardell Plainfeather set out to tell Hogan’s story in traditional Crow storytelling forms. When Mardell … Continue reading From the desk of Barbara Loeb
Let's hit it: 8-year-old's invention for keeping books dry in the bath Travel back in time with the WIRED Media Kit from 1992 Britain's most remote bookshop is for sale History of Typography Which Shakespeare Character are You? This is a Bookshop The Jacket Racket: Vintage Book Cover Design Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany
Ray A. March is the author of River in Ruin, which discusses the history of the Carmel River since the arrival of Europeans to the Monterey Peninsula in the 1700s, focusing on its uses, users, and the recent impact of development. … Continue reading From the desk of Ray A. March
Across the city of Lincoln, nonprofit organizations—including Friends of the University of Nebraska Press—are spreading the word about the upcoming Give to Lincoln Day on May 16. The Lincoln Community Foundation sponsors this 24-hour online fundraising event and offers $200,000 for a matching funds challenge. The UNP Friends are excited to be a part of this community effort and hope to jumpstart fundraising for a large e-book conversion project. There is good reason for excitement and hope because in 2012, the first time the event was held, $1.3 million was raised from 5,448 donors for Lincoln nonprofits in just 24 … Continue reading Give to Lincoln Day is May 16
Appetite for Books reviewer Claudia Kousoulas calls Jason Anthony’s Hoosh “…a departure from the adventurous tales of expeditioners, but a fascinating departure.” She mentions, “For those of us challenged by a weekly grocery list, Anthony’s description of planning Antarctic meals past and present is … Continue reading A Roundup of Reviews
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