Regna Darnell is Distinguished University Professor of anthropology emerita at the University of Western Ontario. She is the author of History of Theory and Method in Anthropology (Nebraska, 2022), among other books. Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz is professor of communication emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside. She … Continue reading Excerpt: Invisible Contrarian
Reviews The Bower Atmosphere Review in Western American Literature: “Reading this rich chronicle of Bower’s life makes her literary art all the more poignant and impressive.” Inside the Mirror Review in Scroll.In: “[Inside the Mirror] bears the marks of careful … Continue reading News & Reviews
Margaret Crump describes some of the challenges faced while hunting down the man behind the science in her newly-published biography… Continue reading Archives and Attics: Reconstructing the Life of Early Victorian Scientist and Physician James Cowles Prichard
Reviews I Make Envy on Your Disco Review in GQ: “It’s a comforting, elegantly-written reminder that there’s life after twink death.” Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946–1975 Review in Comparativ: “[Women, Empires, and Body Politics at … Continue reading News & Reviews
Ted Kooser, U.S. poet laureate (2004–2006) and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, is a retired presidential professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of dozens of books, including Cotton Candy (Nebraska, 2022); Kindest Regards: Poems, … Continue reading Excerpt: Windflower Home Almanac of Poetry
Julie Brugger was previously a research social scientist at the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. Her book Public Land and Democracy in America: Understanding Conflict over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Nebraska, 2025) is the … Continue reading Excerpt: Public Land and Democracy in America
Rainer F. Buschmann is program chair and a professor of history at California State University, Channel Islands. He is the author of several books, including Iberian Visions of the Pacific Ocean, 1507–1899 and Anthropology’s Global Histories: The Ethnographic Frontier in German New Guinea, 1870–1935. … Continue reading Excerpt: Hoarding New Guinea
The following is an excerpt from Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss: Private Equity, Wealth, and Inequality by Daniel Scott Souleles. It is the newest book in the Anthropology of Contemporary North America series, which aims to publish teachable, empirically rich, … Continue reading Excerpt: Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss
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