Congratulations to UNP author Elliott West for being awarded the 2024 Bancroft Prize! West was one of two winners for his book Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion. It was described by the jury as “a … Continue reading Continental Reckoning Wins Bancroft Prize
Saturday, March 9 through Sunday, March 10, 2024, UNP will be at the Tucson Festival of Books. Come visit us at booth 202 to browse our books and meet our authors! Check out our virtual exhibit here for the same great books … Continue reading UNP at the Tucson Festival of Books
March is Women’s History Month. The National Women’s History Alliance has announced that the women’s history theme for 2024 is “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” The theme recognizes women throughout the country who understand that, for a positive … Continue reading Reading List: Women’s History Month
Wednesday, March 6 through Saturday, March 9, UNP will be at the 2024 NINE Spring Training Conference. The Spring Training Conference is a multi-disciplinary academic conference, featuring presentations on a wide range of baseball topics, including history, analytics, law, media … Continue reading UNP at the NINE Spring Training Conference
Jim Leeke is a former news journalist, a retired copywriter and creative director, and a U.S. Navy veteran. He is the author of several books, including The Turtle and the Dreamboat (Potomac Books, 2022), The Best Team Over There (Nebraska, … Continue reading Excerpt: The Gas and Flame Men
To celebrate Read an Ebook week, we are excited to announce that the University of Nebraska Press (UNP) is partnering with Glassboxx and Longleaf to roll out a seamless e-reader solution: the Leaf e-reader app. With more than 2,500 UNP … Continue reading UNP announces new e-reader app: Leaf
“We’d never have got through it if I hadn’t been so strong.” —Ántonia Shimerda in My Ántonia by Willa Cather The National Women’s History Alliance, which spearheaded the movement to declare March National Women’s History Month, has announced that the women’s history theme … Continue reading Women’s History Month Sale
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. “I just finished One Woman Show. I’m a short story and museum … Continue reading February Staff Reading List
Melissa K. Byrnes is a professor of modern European and world history at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Her latest book, Making Space: Neighbors, Officials, and North African Migrants in the Suburbs of Paris and Lyon was published in January. Since … Continue reading Excerpt: Making Space
Reviews A New Deal for Quilts Review in The Literate Quilter: “In her Preface, Smucker connects Pandemic quilt making to the past and in the last chapter includes examples of Pandemic quilts, demonstrating how quilters respond to current events and … Continue reading News & Reviews
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