New from the University of Nebraska Press: Yellowstone Autumn: A Season of Discovery in a Wondrous Land by W.D. Wetherell. Wetherell describes Yellowstone as “America’s least-known best-known place.” The author, arriving at the park on the eve of his fifty-fifth birthday, feels the need to examine where life’s mileage has brought him. In the encounter that follows, a writer entering late middle age confronts not only a magnificent corner of the vast American landscape but also the American experience itself. Detailed in the wise, humorous, and lyrical language that has long distinguished W. D. Wetherell’s award-winning fiction, this introspective journey … Continue reading Linking in Lincoln: February 26, 2009

Good Monday morning! How did you spend your weekend? I spent mine wishing it was warmer (what happened to the 50-degree Saturdays of earlier this month?) and, once I resigned myself to the temperature, I decided to stay inside and read most of Little Pancho: The Life of Tennis Legend Pancho Segura, by Caroline Seebohm. Prior to picking up the book, I had never heard of Segura, a poor kid from Ecuador who through a mixture of luck, charm and hard work became a tennis star who toured the world. Later, he was the tennis pro at an exclusive club … Continue reading Little Pancho and a NYT link

As I wrote on Monday, University of Nebraska Press author Robert Camuto is visiting from France, stopping in cities on both coasts to read from his book Corkscrewed: Adventures in the New French Wine Country (he also brought with him some of the wines described in the book, and those who attend his talks will get a taste). Robert is blogging from the road, and you can read what he has to say (and view pictures) at his web site. While we’re on the topic of UNP author blogs, Kurt Caswell, whose book An Inside Passage comes out in May, … Continue reading Our blog, our authors’ blogs, and a New York Times blog

New from the University of Nebraska Press: Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, edited by Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz. Queens and Power provides a forum for the underexamined, anomalous reigns of queens in history. These regimes, primarily regarded as interruptions to the “normal” male monarchy, have been examined largely as isolated cases. This interdisciplinary study of queens throughout history examines their connections to one another, their constituents’ perceptions of them, and the fallacies of their historical reputations. You’ve probably already guessed the topic of this week’s Tuesday Trivia….queens.  Our focus is a bit broader than just … Continue reading Tuesday Trivia: February 17, 2009