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Bonus AWP Photos

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Last Saturday, UNP authors and editors participated in a panel, American Lives: Exploring the Modern Memoir, during the 2010 AWP conference. Kristen Elias Rowley, UNP Humanities Editor, fields a question during the panel. Seated from left to right: Fleda Brown, author of Driving with Dvorak, Aaron Raz Link, author of What Becomes You, Lee Martin, author of Turning Bones, and Sonya Huber, author of Opa Nobody. Fleda Brown and Kristen Elias Rowley, panelists.   A packed house attended the American Lives panel.   Aaron Raz Link talks to a conference attendee after the panel. Continue reading Bonus AWP Photos

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UNP author subject of new documentary, The Last Survivor, plus two new sales

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University of Nebraska Press author Hedi Fried is one of four genocide survivors profiled in the documentary, The Last Survivor, which will be screened at the Dallas International Film Festival today. The Last Survivor profiles Fried, a survivor of the Holocaust, as well as survivors of genocides in Darfur, Congo and Rwanda. All four have worked through the horrific things they experienced in part by becoming active in genocide prevention and education efforts. The film has garnered rave reviews, including several awards from the Oxford Film Festival. Fried is the author of The Road to Auschwitz, which the University of … Continue reading UNP author subject of new documentary, The Last Survivor, plus two new sales

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Congratulations Jonis Agee, winner of the 2010 AWP George Garrett Award!

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Like much of the writing world, the University of Nebraska Press is still processing all of the people, panels, parties, signings, conversations, and (naturally), the books of this year’s AWP conference. A great time was had by authors and publishers alike, but that is not the purpose of this post. No, the purpose of this post is to congratulate Jonis Agee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln creative writing professor, Bison Books author (Sweet Eyes, 2003), and winner of this year’s  George Garrett Award for Community Service, given each year by AWP. The award was given in recognition of Jonis’ teaching and mentoring … Continue reading Congratulations Jonis Agee, winner of the 2010 AWP George Garrett Award!

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Off the Shelf: Where the Rain Children Sleep by Michael Engelhard

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Read from "Skiing Walhalla" in Where the Rain Children Sleep: A Sacred Geography of the Colorado Plateau by Michael Engelhard with new essays and a new preface by the author:

"I awaken to dishwater light and the SHUSHing of snow sliding down the tent fly. Poking my head through the entrance I find our campsite muffled by cloudbanks. Already, Kate hovers near the canyon rim, eager to capture the sweet light of morning with her camera. By the time I’ve wriggled into my ski pants—condensation showering me from the domed ceiling—and coffee is steaming on the stove, there is movement in the abyss. Wet shrouds drag across ponderosa-clad slopes. Where the fabric thins, the sun bleeds through in an amorphous smear. Elsewhere, gashes reveal Toroweap ridges and pinnacles perched atop raw-boned Coconino scarps. To the northeast, a thick broth spills across the Painted Desert, barely contained by the glowing rim of Vermilion and Echo cliffs.

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Friday photos from AWP

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Several authors stopped by the University of Nebraska Press booth on Friday to visit with their fans and sign books during the 2010 AWP conference.  Peggy Shumaker, author of Just Breathe Normally, and Dinty W. Moore, new AWP president and author of Between Panic and Desire, pose with each other's books. Sherrie Flick, author of Reconsidering Happiness: A Novel, signs books.  Terese Svoboda, author of Trailer Girl and Other Stories, talks to a conference attendee during her book signing. Continue reading Friday photos from AWP

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Two mine disasters, six decades apart

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News of the mine explosion in Montcoal, West Virginia has dominated headlines all week. The explosion was on Monday. Four days later, several men trapped in the mine at the time of the explosion are still unaccounted for. UNP author Susan Resnick has been following the news of the disaster, rescue efforts, and stories of the victims and their families especially closely. Resnick is the author of Goodbye Wifes and Daughters, published in March, which tells the story of another mine disaster, in Bearcreek, Montana, in 1943. Seventy five miners died as a result of the explosion in Bearcreek’s Smith … Continue reading Two mine disasters, six decades apart

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Former Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller dies at 64

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  Wilma Mankiller was known for her contributions as first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. During her tenure she was able to triple Cherokee enrollment and build health care and educational resources for the tribe. From an interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, Gross said Mankiller's life "embodies many of the changes and continuing traditions of contemporary Native American culture…. Mankiller describes her job as 'part head of a small country, part CEO of a corporation, and part social worker.'" Mankiller is profiled in two University of Nebraska Press books, Red Power: The American Indians' Fight for Freedom, Second Edition  … Continue reading Former Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller dies at 64

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Off the Shelf: Things Seen by Annie Ernaux

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Things Seen cover image Read from "1993" in Things Seen by Annie Ernaux, translated by Jonathan Kaplansky, foreword by Brian Evenson:

"April 8

Condominium meeting. People talk about staircases, basements, etc. Every issue tackled becomes an opportunity for people to show their knowledge, “we need to install meters at such and such a place,” to tell an anecdote “in the building where I lived before,” a story “the other day, the tenant on the fifth floor.” Stories are a need to exist.

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