The critically acclaimed and widely popular Black Elk Speaks has now sold over one million copies. This cements the book as the number one bestseller on the University of Nebraska Press backlist. Since its original publication, there have been numerous … Continue reading Black Elk Speaks Sells Over One Million Copies
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 I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain … Continue reading August Staff Reading List
Pete Carril, Princeton’s Hall of Fame basketball coach, passed away on August 15, 2022 at the age of 92. During Carril’s time at Princeton, his team won the National Invitational Tournament in 1975, won 13 Ivy League titles, and earned … Continue reading Remembering Pete Carril
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2022: Laura Reece Hogan of Los Angeles, California, and her manuscript Butterfly Nebula. Hogan will be awarded $2,000 for her winning … Continue reading Announcing the 2022 Backwaters Prize in Poetry Winner
With the fall semester starting soon we have prepared a list of titles to help you brush up on something familiar or take a dive into a new fascinating subject. Pursue our mini-course catalog of subjects to find those new … Continue reading Back to School Reading List
Nafis Sadik, a champion of women’s health and rights around the world, passed away on August 15, 2022 at the age of 92. Sadik began her career working in women’s and children’s wards in Pakistani armed forces hospitals after receiving … Continue reading Remembering Nafis Sadik
The Professional Golfer’s Association of America (P.G.A.) founded the first National Golf Month in August 1993 to promote golf as a family-friendly and inclusive sport that could be accessible to all ages, genders, and skill levels. With the 2022 FedEx … Continue reading National Golf Month Reading List
Reviews The Turtle and the Dreamboat Review in Travel for Aircraft: “Jim Leeke’s The Turtle and the Dreamboat slips readers into the world just after World War II (WW II) ended, in 1946, with the race inspired by competition for not losing … Continue reading News & Reviews
Alicia Gutierrez-Romine is an assistant professor of history at La Sierra University. She is the author of From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969 (Nebraska, 2020). In 2015, on the first major research trip for my doctoral … Continue reading From the Desk of Alicia Gutierrez-Romine: What the History of Abortion Should Teach Us
Vin Scully, longtime broadcaster for the Dodgers, passed away on August, 2 2022 at the age of 94. Scully began his broadcasting career in 1949 after attending Fordham University, where he studied journalism and was a student broadcaster. He joined … Continue reading Remembering Vin Scully
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