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
Miniature Books Redefining a Little Library is a recent article in the NYT about a miniature book collector. I love miniatures and, obviously, I love books so I find this irresistible. Wouldn’t you love to browse through his dollhouse library? Speaking of miniatures, did you know that UNL is home to The Kruger Collection of Miniature Furnishings and Decorative Arts? I wonder where they get the little stands that hold the dimes. #fridayreads My #fridayreads this week is Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. I’ve loved her books ever since my boss at the bookstore put Behind the Scenes at the … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany
Baseball’s New Frontier by Fran Zimnuich was in an article on Going 9 Baseball by Jerry Milani. Mr. Wrigley’s Ball Club by Roberts Ehrgott was reviewed by Scott Simon in the Chicago Tribune. American Jews & America’s Game by Larry Ruttman … Continue reading Covering the Bases: A baseball review roundup
Susan Blackwell Ramsey is the author of A Mind Like This, winner of the 2012 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Below she describes how she came to write the first poem titled “Pickled Heads, Saint Petersburg.” (Read the full poem here.) … Continue reading From the desk of Susan Blackwell Ramsey
Did you know that Saturday, April 13, was National Scrabble Day? GalleyCat alerted me to this great day by asking, “Will You Celebrate National Scrabble Day?” Immediately I wished I had my parents’ Scrabble board from circa 1984, pictured below. Author David Bukszpan gave GalleyCat a list of book-related words you can play in Scrabble. It includes suggestions like JAY GATS BY and LADY MIDDLE TON. The last time I played Scrabble I was sitting in a tent in Canada during a thunderstorm. My sister and I had barely claimed our camping spot when the skies let loose on a … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: National Scrabble Day
