Greg Gordon is a professor of environmental studies at Gonzaga University. He is the author of When Money Grew on Trees: A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron and The Landscape of Desire: Identity and Nature in Utah’s Canyon Country. His … Continue reading Excerpt: Rewilding the Urban Frontier
Congratulations to the following UNP authors who were Nebraska Book Award Winners! Winners will be honored at the Nebraska Celebration of Books (NCOB) literary festival on October 12 at the UNL City Campus Union. The awards ceremony will feature readings … Continue reading The 2024 Nebraska Book Award Winners
Terra Trevor is an essayist and memoirist who draws from her Native roots and the natural world. Her stories are steeped in themes of place and belonging. She is the author of two memoirs and is a contributor to fifteen books … Continue reading Excerpt: We Who Walk the Seven Ways
Reviews Cast Out of Eden Review in Shepherd Express: “Cast Out of Eden is another chapter in the painful process of evaluating major historical figures, recognizing that the same people who made significant, positive contributions could also be guilty of … Continue reading News & Reviews
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “This month I’ve been reading Janelle Bassett’s short story collection, Thanks for … Continue reading August Staff Reading List
Brandon Morgan is a history instructor and an associate dean in the School of Liberal Arts at Central New Mexico Community College. His book Raid and Reconciliation: Pancho Villa, Modernization, and Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (Nebraska, 2024) was published this … Continue reading From the Desk of Brandon Morgan: Raid and Reconciliation
Reviews Cast Out of Eden Review in New York Journal of Books: “This is a well-written exploration of John Muir’s life and legacy. For anyone not familiar with the fraught and complicated history of American conservation, it will serve as … Continue reading News & Reviews
Nebraska has been catapulted into the national spotlight as news outlets profile the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Tim Walz, who was born and raised in West Point, Nebraska. A state in a geographical and cultural region of blurred lines; home of … Continue reading Understanding Nebraska: Reading List
Meredith L. McCoy (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe descent) is an assistant professor of American studies and history at Carleton College. Her new book, On Our Own Terms: Indigenous Histories of School Funding and Policy (Nebraska, 2024), was published in June. On Our … Continue reading Excerpt: On Our Own Terms
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2024: Kimberly Ann Priest and her manuscript Wolves in Shells. “Wolves in Shells carries a narrative that spanned over two decades of … Continue reading Announcing the 2024 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry Winner
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