Samantha M. Williams is a writer and historian who focuses on the history of the Native American boarding school system. She earned a PhD in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and served as a research consultant for the … Continue reading Excerpt: Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival
The San Antonio Book Festival celebrates national and local authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination. The festival takes place all day on Saturday, May 21, located downtown at the Central Library (600 Soledad Street) … Continue reading UNP Authors at the San Antonio Book Festival
Alan Knight is emeritus professor of the history of Latin America at the University of Oxford. He is a renowned scholar of Mexican history, and his books have won awards such as the American Historical Association’s Beveridge Prize and the Bolton … Continue reading Excerpt: Bandits and Liberals, Rebels and Saints
Congratulations to Brenda Child on her Guggenheim fellowship! From the University of Minnesota news release: “I am truly honored to have received the Guggenheim Fellowship. Not just for myself, but because it acknowledges the significance of my field, which is … Continue reading UNP Author Brenda Child Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Mike Stark is the author of Chasing the Ghost Bear: On the Trail of America’s Lost Super Beast from Bison Books. Recently, he caught up with himself over a beer at his home in Tucson, Arizona. With jazz on the … Continue reading Mike Stark interviews Mike Stark
UNP is proud to celebrate Women’s History Month with a reading list on women who are writing their own stories. Save 50% off a selection of books during Women’s History Month! Enter the code 6WHM22 in the promotion code field … Continue reading Women Writing Their Own Stories: Women’s History Month Reading List
Katherine Todrys, author of Black Snake (Bison Books 2021), will be moderating a free virtual event Thursday March 10, 2022, through Brooklyn Public Library. The event will be a conversation on Five Years After Standing Rock, featuring several of the activists … Continue reading CBH Talk on March 10: Five Years After Standing Rock
MONDAY, 7 MARCH 2022 at 5 PM MICHAEL MACCAMBRIDGE & NEIL ATKINSON IN CONVERSATION WITH GRANT WAHL Rakestraw Books will be hosting a discussion between Michael MacCambridge and Neil Atkinson on Monday, 7 March 2022 at 5:00 p.m. PST. They … Continue reading Upcoming Virtual Event: Red Letters Discussion
Suzanne Roberts is the author of Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (Nebraska, 2020), Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Bison Books, 2012), and four collections of poetry. Visit her website: suzanneroberts.net. Her latest book Animal Bodies is now available. I … Continue reading From the Desk of Suzanne Roberts: Boogie Boarding, the Beginner’s Mind, and the Writing Life
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2021 Newsletter, i.e. The University of Nebraska Press lost two of its most renowned scholars this spring with the passing of both Raymond J. DeMallie (October 16, 1946– April 25, … Continue reading UNP Mourns the Loss of Scholars DeMallie and Parks
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