In case you missed it yesterday, Epistolophilia by Julija Šukys is on the longlist for the 2013 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. You can see the announcement here. The shortlist for the prize will be announced Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Congrats again, Julija! Continue reading Longlist for the Charles Taylor Prize announced
In 2006 a colleague at a leading university press told me “searchability is a fad.” His comment has been on my mind ever since. Much of the discussion about electronic publishing, at least in scholarly circles, cycles back to searchability – the idea that our books will be more useful if readers can immediately home in on key words or phrases, either within a book or across many books. I spend a good part of my day with a search engine, so it’s not like I’m opposed to searching and searchability altogether. I’m not against electronic publishing either, although I’ve long … Continue reading Krissed Off: The Searchability fetish
I don't know about you, but I love reading through all of the end of the year "best of" lists. First up, Publishers Weekly "Even without hurricanes, assembling the Best Books issue is tough. To decide on our top 10, we went back to our tavern annex this year, editor after editor making their case for what should and shouldn't make it. In 2011 we all rallied around a popular novel; this time we threw that love at Chris Ware, who designed and hand-lettered our cover (featuring the first alteration of the PW logo in the company's history) based on … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany
Nicole Tonkovich is the author of newly released, The Allotment Plot: Alice C. Fletcher, E. Jane Gay, and Nez Perce Survivance. Tonkovich recently began a blog where she will transcribe field diaries kept by Alice Fletcher during
her allotment work. Click here for the first entry. Below she discusses how she discovered her book's topic.
I became aware of E. Jane Gay and Alice C. Fletcher while
watching Ken Burns’s PBS series The West.
I was immediately intrigued–both by the clarity and beauty of Gay’s
photographs and by the fact that these two women were well into their middle
age when they went West, where Fletcher supervised the allotment of lands to
the Nez Perce Indians from 1889 to 1892.
As I delved into the story I was initially attracted to Gay’s
work. In addition to her photographs, she documented the pair’s adventures in a
series of witty and sometimes-acerbic columns published in reform periodicals
of the era. What she was telling the readers of these newspapers differed in
detail and in intent from the reports her friend Fletcher was sending to the
Indian Bureau. Somewhat reluctantly, I began to read Fletcher’s records, as
well. She was in many ways Gay’s opposite: where Gay was acerbic and witty,
Fletcher was earnest and hectoring. Gay had a lively sense of irony; Fletcher
lacked that sense entirely. Yet together they were part of the conception and
administration of a major federal program that impacted not only the Nez Perces
but nearly every Indian tribe in the nation, decimating their lands and
endeavoring to erase tribal identities altogether.
In honor of Hanukkah, save 25% off on select books, like The Kids' Catalog of Hanukkah by David A. Adler. Click here for the promotion code and other sale books. Offer expires Dec.12, 2012. A Hanukkah book chock full of history, stories, activities, music, riddles, games, mazes, cartoons, puzzles, recipes, crafts, songs, and so much more. In this activity-packed, fact-filled new title in the enormously successful JPS Kids’ Catalog series, Adler provides just the right balance of education and entertainment. This is a book that children and their families will enjoy again and again, year after year. "Part of the [JPS] … Continue reading Hanukkah sale
Embracing Fry Bread was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews. Intercepted was in “Farther Off the Wall” with Tom Hoffarth. Backstage was in the Sunday edition of the Omaha World-Herald. Competitive Struggle was reviewed in Dad of Divas blog. Pot Farm was in Third Coast Magazine’s recommended books section and reviewed in High Country News. Descanso for My Father was also reviewed in High Country News. Continue reading Review roundup
The University of Nebraska Press is closed today and tomorrow for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen Monday, Nov. 26. Continue reading Closed
UNP is proud to offer a limited-time special discount on Jewish Publication Society Bibles. Save 25% on Bibles and Torahs until Dec. 16, 2012. Click here for the promotion code. Visit jps.org for upcoming news and projects from The Jewish Publication Society. Continue reading JPS Bible Promotion
In no particular order . . . O Pioneers! Chosen for 2013 One Book One Nebraska The One Book One Nebraska reading program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, is now in its ninth year. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss one book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A committee of the Nebraska Center for the Book selected the finalists from a list of twelve titles nominated by sixty Nebraskans from across the state. National Book Award Reading 2012 Finalists in the categories … Continue reading Bookish Links and Delightful Miscellany
Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine has announced the finalists for the 2012 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. UNP’s Connie Mack by Norman L. Macht and Banzai Babe Ruth by Robert K. Fitts were among the finalists. The CASEY Award started in 1983 as a way to honor the authors and publishers of outstanding baseball books. See the other CASEY Award finalists here. Connie Mack: The Turbulent and Triumphant Years, 1915-1931 was one of the UNP’s Spring 2012 season releases. The novel describes a rough period in the life of the Philadelphia Athletics founder and manager, Connie … Continue reading Two finalists from UNP for Best Baseball Book of the Year
