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Why Sports Matter

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Welcome sports fans to the exciting and colorful world of the University of Nebraska Press Sports Blog. I’m looking forward to a lively discussion of anything related to sports, and I do mean anything, because the term "sports" means so many different things to different people, including those among us whose very identities are wrapped up in the fortunes of a particular team or player, or who mark seasons and life’s rhythms not by the changing winds but by opening days, all-star games, playoffs, and championships. I live in Lincoln, a writer by profession. I have a master’s degree in … Continue reading Why Sports Matter

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Good morning Lincolnites, Nebraskans, and citizens of this lovely state/country/world.  Wherever you are, I hope you are as excited as I am to be a part of the University of Nebraska Press blog project.  I actually keep a personal blog already, but it tends to be populated mainly with anecdotes about my bad first dates and bad haircuts, so I will endeavor to keep this one a bit more highbrow. A bit about me… I’m a native Lincoln kid, and a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  While there, in an effort to diversify my cornfed pedigree, I spent some … Continue reading

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E.E. ‘Doc’ Smith’s Triplanetary

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Leave all feminist thought at the door.  For that matter, leave all modern thought at the door.  This is not a book for that.  This is a book from a simpler time.  A time when good was good, bad was bad, men were men, and women were emotional and threw themselves at the men, exclaiming, “Oh, Ted!” or whatever the current hero’s name is.  I conducted an informal poll and so far no woman I talked to has ever thrown herself on a man exclaiming, “Oh, Whatsyerface!”.  No man has had this done to him.  And no one has ever … Continue reading E.E. ‘Doc’ Smith’s Triplanetary

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Firsts

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Greetings!  Welcome to my first post on the UN Press blog.  My name is Jason McIntosh and I’m here to write about sci-fi, dark fantasy, speculative fiction and other fantastic stuff.  There’s another sci-fi blogger around here somewhere, probably above or below this post.  Hi Leigh!  Hopefully we’ll get some cross-talk going. So who am I and why am here?  Well, I’m a PhD candidate in the English department here at UNL.  I’m a teacher and writer, but not of science fiction.  Nope, I’m a fan, just like you.  My love of fantastic stories began on Saturday afternoons during the … Continue reading Firsts

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Cassoulet

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I made cassoulet this week. The creation of cassoulet, the regional peasant dish of southwestern France is not something to be undertaken lightly. Most recipes recommend a two-day composition period. It is said that Anatole France’s favorite version tasted as if it had been cooking for twenty years—which I’m not so sure is a good thing. Cassoulet includes five kinds of meat, white beans, and a sauce rich in tomatoes, onion, garlic, and herbs. A duck and a pork shoulder are roasted; lamb, salt pork, and sausage are browned. (This is not a dish for vegetarians.) Then the whole thing … Continue reading Cassoulet

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Most Beautiful Man in the World

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Greetings to the blog world. I (Janis Londraville) am the co-author of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN THE WORLD: PAUL SWAN, FROM WILDE TO WARHOL and am happy to entertain comments and questions about the book or Paul Swan, the man or the movie. Additionally, I am beginning work on the biography of American artist Jon Corbino, called A MAN MADE MAD BY PAINTING: JON CORBINO, FROM RUBENS TO RINGLING. (More than one critic focused on Corbino’s ability to draw the perfect horse, posterior highlighted.) Anyone having information about him, please feel free to get in touch with me. Continue reading Most Beautiful Man in the World

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UNP hosts literary salon for organic farming book

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You are cordially invited to participate in a literary salon hosted by the University of Nebraska Press. Jim Bender, Nebraska organic farmer and author of Future Harvest: Pesticide-free Farming, and Chuck Hassebrook, University of Nebraska Regent and Executive Director of the Center for Rural Affairs, will lead a lively discussion of the recent book, Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works by Leslie A. Duram. Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:30-6:30 p.m. Lincoln Woman’s Club 407 South 14th Street (SW corner of 14th and L) Off-street parking behind the Woman’s Club and in the adjoining church lot For more information, visit: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/featureTopics/salonFeature.jsp Continue reading UNP hosts literary salon for organic farming book

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New in March from the University of Nebraska Press

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New from the University of Nebraska Press: an accessible writing guide by U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser and lifelong editor and publisher Steve Cox, a Shiloh Civil War battlefield guide, a study on the lives of the wives and girlfriends of NFL players and coaches by Shannon O’Toole (an NFL wife), a Sports Illustrated top 100 sports book of all time covering the 1908 National League pennant race, an account of Jackie Robinson’s first spring training available for the first time in paperback, plus much more. Browse our new March books here: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/special/newThisMonth.jsp Continue reading New in March from the University of Nebraska Press

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Speaking to the Rose by Robert Walser "Middleton translates to perfection both the text and the spirit. . . . Walser’s central themes of self-effacement, the primacy of the imagination, the liberating aim of creative play are richly displayed in the new volume. You’ll find both the Walser deadpan . . . and his pratfall. Walser’s lightness is lighter than light, buoyant up to and beyond belief, terrifyingly light. . . . At times, he seems closer to writers like the French poet Francis Ponge than to his ‘weightier’ peers such as Musil, Broch, or Mann. Both Ponge and Walser, … Continue reading

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New Books from the University of Nebraska Press

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New from the University of Nebraska Press this month: a catalog featuring a selection of the most influential pieces in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery’s sculpture collection, a biography of baseball legend Tris Speaker, paperback editions of American and French cookbooks, a new edition of Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State, plus much more. Browse our new January books here: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/special/newThisMonth.jsp Continue reading New Books from the University of Nebraska Press