Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Under My Bed and Other Essays (Nebraska, September 2022) by Jody Keisner. About the Book: In Under My Bed … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Under My Bed and Other Essays
Ruzana Liburkina is a cultural anthropologist and a research associate in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Her newest book, The Visible Hands That Feed: Responsibility and Growth in the Food Sector, was published last … Continue reading Excerpt: The Visible Hands That Feed
Michael J. Devine is an adjunct professor of history at the University of Wyoming. Previously he was the director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and a professor of history and director of the American Heritage Center at the University … Continue reading Excerpt: The Korean War Remembered
Alex Squadron is a sports journalist who has worked as an associate editor for SLAM, producing cover stories on NBA stars and reporting on numerous marquee events, including the NBA Finals, NBA All-Star Weekend, and FIBA World Cup in China. … Continue reading From the Desk of Alex Squadron: On Life in the G
ICYMI Teaser trailer for Lawmen: Bass Reeves, inspired by The Bass Reeves Trilogy in Dallas Morning News Reviews Who Are the Jews—And Who Can We Become? Review in Publishers Weekly: “Hartman adroitly argues that ‘as long as the story we … Continue reading News & Reviews
Save 40% off these books and more in honor of the Jewish New Year. Click “Add Coupon” in your shopping cart, enter 6HH23 then click “Apply.” Offer expires at the end of September and is good for U.S. and Canadian shipments only. … Continue reading High Holiday Sale with The Jewish Publication Society
Jared Harél’s Let Our Bodies Change the Subject (Nebraska, 2023) is officially out now. Be sure to mark your calendars for some upcoming events celebrating this new book. Let Our Bodies Change the Subject is a poetry collection that dives headlong … Continue reading Upcoming Events for Jared Harél’s Let Our Bodies Change the Subject
Patrice Gopo is an award-winning essayist who writes stories steeped in themes of place, belonging, and home. She is the author of two essay collections: the newly released Autumn Song: Essays on Absence (Nebraska, 2023) and All the Colors We … Continue reading From the Desk of Patrice Gopo: Words that Connect Us, Words that Help Us Feel Seen
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 am almost finished with Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I picked … Continue reading August Staff Reading List
John Mabry was the sports editor for the Lincoln Journal Star from 1997 to 2007. During that time he helped cover the Husker volleyball team at five NCAA Final Fours. He has written more than five hundred features for the Journal Star and its niche … Continue reading From the Desk of John Mabry: Nebraska Volleyball Day
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