Notes for My Body Double by Paul Guest “[A]ppealingly conversational poems. . . . It’s a book concerned with imagined futures and closed doors, with the lives we might be living if we weren’t living this one. . . . Guest knows how way leads on to way—how digressive life itself can be.”—Eric McHenry, New York Times Book Review Continue reading Praise for Notes for My Body Double
The Living by Pascale Kramer, translated by Tamsin Black
“The Living [is] an almost perfect example of the depth a ‘small’ novel can encompass. . . . [It is] translated with great acuity by Tamsin Black. . . . The physical specificity and ‘smallness’ of The Living actually makes it, in many senses, a very large novel.”—Britt Peterson, Washington City Paper
To read earlier praise for The Living, please visit http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/10/praise-for-the-.html.
From blizzards to the Beatles, lunar missions to rock sensations, today’s TWIH is a big, blog adventure. Enjoy! This Week in History January 6th, 1811: Charles Sumner, an American Civil War statesman, was born.In case you missed yesterday’s posting, this is a fine time to remind you to check out the newest addition to the University of Nebraska Press’ Great Campaigns of the Civil War series: Counter-Thrust: From the Peninsula to the Antietam by Benjamin Franklin Cooling. January 7th, 1996: The Eastern United States was hit by a major blizzard, which claimed more than 100 lives. The Great Plains were … Continue reading This Week in History: January 6th-11th, 2008
University of Nebraska Press author Andy Brumer believes that golf is, quite literally, poetry in motion. His book, The Poetics of Golf, considers the game from unexpected and often surprising angles. At once contemplative and compelling, it explores the links between golf and life by way of art and literature, philosophy and psychology. Think making the case for golf as an art form is a, eh hem, “long shot?” Well, Andy Brumer would like to convince you otherwise, so he’s written a guest spot for our blog. Here are his musings on art, life, and his love of golf (yes, … Continue reading Would Pablo Neruda Have Played at Putting?
Linking to Lee (that’s General Lee to you, soldier!) New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is Benjamin Franklin Cooling’s Counter-Thrust: From the Peninsula to the Antietam. In its pages, Cooling tells the story of the summer of 1862, when a Confederate resurgence threatened to turn the tide of the Civil War. Counter-Thrust recounts in harrowing detail Robert E. Lee’s flouting of his antagonist George B. McClellan’s drive to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond and describes the Confederate hero’s long-dreamt-of offensive to reclaim central and northern Virginia before crossing the Potomac. Here in all its gritty detail … Continue reading Linking in Lincoln: January 10, 2008
The University of Nebraska Press is pleased to announce that Ilana M. Blumberg is runner-up for the Jewish Book Council’s 2007 National Jewish Book Award in Women’s Studies for Houses of Study: A Jewish Woman among Books. Congratulations to Professor Blumberg on this impressive achievement! Read more about Houses of Study on the book’s page on the University of Nebraska Press Web site. Continue reading Houses of Study Named 2007 National Jewish Book Award Runner-Up
Looking for a fun, indoor diversion during this cold, cold start to the New Year? Well, look no further because here are our local author events for January and early February. Get out of the cold and warm up with a good book. From delicious recipes to melodious love poetry, we have you covered in early 2008! Dueling Chefs by Maggie Pleskac and Sean Carmichael January 13, 20082:00PM-4:00PMBarnes and Noble2910 Pine Lake RoadSouthPointe PavilionsLincoln, NE 68516Author appearance and book signing. Valentines by Ted Kooser, with an introduction by the poet, illustrated by Robert Hanna January 18, 20087:30PMLee BooksellersEdgewood Center5500 South … Continue reading Local Author Events for January/early February 2008
Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida will host an event featuring acclaimed artist Enrique Martínez Celaya today, January 9th, at 8:00pm. Two of Celaya’s books, Martínez Celaya: Early Work and Nomad were published in 2007 by Whale and Star Press and are being distributed by the University of Nebraska Press. Books & Books265 Aragon AvenueCoral Gables, FL(305) 442-4408 Please view the attached flyer at the bottom of this posting for more information. Enrique Martínez Celaya is a visiting Presidential Professor at the University of Nebraska. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the … Continue reading Books & Books Event Featuring Artist Enrique Martínez Celaya
On the Winter 2007 Issue… So the cover of my Prairie Schooner, Winter ’07 issue is already gone—I sliced it off with an X-acto knife so I could frame Chris Ware’s fantastic image of Nebraska for my wall. Chicago may try to claim Ware and the dark, comic vision of his graphic novels for themselves, but his roots are undeniably Nebraskan, and this cover is destined to be a classic. Of course the inside of the issue holds up as well. Highlights for me are: Leslie Lawrence’s stirring essay on the death of her partner of more than twenty years, … Continue reading A Word from Kate Flaherty on Prairie Schooner
A Very Whit-y Installment of “Tuesday Trivia” “To have great poets, there must be great audiences.”—Walt Whitman Walt Whitman knew the value of an intelligent and careful reader—a reader not unlike you, fellow blogger. So reward yourself for your devotion to the literary life with a healthy helping of “Tuesday Trivia.” This week’s theme is…you guessed it…Mr. “Leaves of Grass” himself. If you’re a fan of Mr. Whitman, you won’t want to miss Leaves of Grass: The Sesquicentennial Essays, edited and with an introduction by Susan Belasco, Ed Folsom, and Kenneth M. Price, a new volume from the University of … Continue reading Tuesday Trivia: January 8, 2008
