Pamela Carter Joern is the author of four works of fiction: Toby’s Last Resort, In Reach, The Plain Sense of Things, and The Floor of the Sky, all published by the University of Nebraska Press. She has written six plays … Continue reading From the Desk of Pamela Carter Joern: The Psychic Was Right, After All
Fred Haefele is a writer, teacher, and retired arborist. He is the author of the award-winning motorcycle memoir Rebuilding the Indian (Bison Books, 2005) and the nonfiction collection Extremophilia. Haefele’s work has appeared in Outside, Wired, the New York Times … Continue reading From the Desk of Fred Haefele: The Truth About Vehicular Memoir
Paul Schullery is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than fifty books on history, nature, and outdoor sport, including The Bear Doesn’t Know: Life and Wonder in Bear Country (Bison Books, 2021) and Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness. … Continue reading From the Desk of Paul Schullery: Theodore Roosevelt’s literary trail through the wild country
Eva-Maria Maggi, PhD, is a writer, social scientist, and packer and teaches courses on wilderness issues at the University of Montana. She is coauthor of Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness with Arnold “Smoke” Elser, … Continue reading From the Desk of Eva-Maria Maggi: Notes from the “Hush of the Land” tour bus
As CAST OUT OF EDEN rolls off the press, keep in mind that commonplace saying, “You can’t tell a book by its cover.” Like a lot of things we’ve been told, that’s just plain wrong. Continue reading From the Desk of Robert Aquinas McNally: On Judging a Book by Its Cover
Philip Burnham is a retired associate professor of composition at George Mason University, a former reporter for Indian Country Today, and a freelance writer. He is the author of Indian Country, God’s Country: Native Americans and the National Parks and Song of Dewey Beard: Last … Continue reading From the Desk of Philip Burnham: Behind The Education of Clarence Three Stars
Tim Manners is a writer, communications consultant, and baseball fan. He is the coauthor of the memoir Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero (Nebraska, 2024). To learn more visit: https://schoolboyhoyt.com/ or follow the author on Facebook. Waite Hoyt’s life … Continue reading From the Desk of Tim Manners: A Ghostwriter’s Journey
Laura Reece Hogan is the author of I Live, No Longer I, O Garden-Dweller, and Litany of Flights. Her most recent book Butterfly Nebula was published this month by Backwaters Press. The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in late 2021, has provided the world … Continue reading From the Desk of Laura Reece Hogan: On Stars and Sea Creatures
Rafael Medoff’s new book The Jews Should Keep Quiet (Jewish Publication Society, 2019) is receiving wonderful media attention. Below read more about the book, its reviews, and additional articles written by the author. About the Book: Based on recently discovered … Continue reading The Jewish Publication Society’s Rafael Medoff in the Media
Books America’s Digital Army: Games At Work and War Robertson Allen Review from Michigan War Studies Review: “Robertson Allen convincingly demonstrates that America’s Army has blurred the old, neat margins between local and global, real and virtual, in a new ‘globital’ era … Continue reading News and Reviews
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