Alexander Payne to film in Nebraska

August 23, 2012 univnebpress

Director Alexander Payne will begin filming his next feature film in Nebraska according to the Norfolk Daily News. Payne and Executive Producer George Parra will be in the Norfolk area for the next four months filming “Nebraska,” a story about a father and son who travel from Billings, Mont. to Lincoln, Neb. Payne is orginally from Omaha. Find out how you can be casted as an extra from the Omaha World-Herald. To get in the Nebraska state-of-mind, UNP has tons of titles dedicated to this great state, like Forever Red by Steve Smith, Nebraska Moments by Donald R. Hickey and … Continue reading Alexander Payne to film in Nebraska

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Words from Joy Castro

August 23, 2012June 16, 2014 univnebpress

Joy Castro was in the Small Press Spotlight on the National Book Critics Circle Board of directors blog, Critical Mass. Castro's words from Island of Bones also fell into the "lines we live by" category on the Poets & Writers blog. Continue reading Words from Joy Castro

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Baseball news

August 22, 2012June 16, 2014 univnebpress

Last night, Felix Hernandez almost did it. He almost pitched another perfect game. It may have not been “perfect” but Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners still won their seventh straight game. The average pitcher has about a .000645 chance of throwing a no-hitter, a near impossible feat to accomplish. In the spring of 1938, Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Johnny Vander Meer pitched two, back to back. New this year, Double No-Hit by James W. Johnson offers an inning-by-inning account of that historic second consecutive no-hitter accomplished during the first night game in New York City against the Brooklyn Dodgers in … Continue reading Baseball news

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Johnsgard wins conservation award

August 22, 2012June 16, 2014 univnebpress

UNP author, Paul Johnsgard, was named the 2012 winner of the Ralph Schreiber Conservation Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union. Read more about the award here. Continue reading Johnsgard wins conservation award

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M&C review

August 21, 2012June 16, 2014 univnebpress

We Monks and Soldiers by Lutz Bassman, translated by Jordan Stump, is a collection of stories, with the overarching theme that humanity is fading away; the members of the shadowy Organization are doing their best to accompany those in their last moments, but with no great success. Sandy Amazeen from Monsters and Critics said, “This is an unusual collection worth searching out.” Continue reading M&C review

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Review in Indian Country Today

August 20, 2012June 16, 2014 univnebpress

Murder State by Brendan C. Lindsey was called “transformative” by Steven Newcomb with Indian Country Today Media Network. Read the full review here. Continue reading Review in Indian Country Today

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Nancy Plain uncut

August 17, 2012June 16, 2014 univnebpress

Forthcoming from UNP is Light on the Prairie, the biography and photographic works of Solomon Butcher. The ReadWest Foundation, Inc. chose the author, Nancy Plain, as one of three featured authors for 2012. Check out the author video here and learn more about Plain and Light on the Prairie. Continue reading Nancy Plain uncut

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A Nebraska television event

August 16, 2012June 16, 2014 univnebpress

Tonight make sure to turn your TV sets to NET television at 8 p.m. to watch “Faces and Places in Nebraska” hosted by Ron Hull. For more information, click here. Hull is the author of forthcoming UNP title, Backstage, where he tells stories of working in public television. Continue reading A Nebraska television event

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Buford wins the gold!

August 15, 2012 univnebpress

Congrats to Kate Buford and her book, Native American Son, for winning the "gold" in the CBC Books Summer Sports Showdown! See the other books that medaled here. Continue reading Buford wins the gold!

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Happy Birthday to Julia Child!

August 15, 2012June 16, 2014 univnebpress

Today Julia Child would be celebrating her 100th birthday! Learn more about great chefs in Masters of American Cookery by noted food writer Betty Fussell. It's a book that demonstrates vividly how Julia Child, Craig Claiborne, James Beard, and M. F. K. Fisher have made a unique and invaluable contribution to the American way of cooking and eating. Fussell is also the author of My Kitchen Wars, her memoir of her childhood, marriage, and introduction to the culinary arts. Continue reading Happy Birthday to Julia Child!