Joanie Schirm is the author of Adventurers Against Their Will (PeliPress, 2013). Her book, My Dear Boy: A World War II Story of Escape, Exile, and Revelation, is forthcoming from Potomac Books in March 2019. This post originally appeared on the author’s blog … Continue reading From the Desk of Joanie Schirm: Why Truth Matters
Rosemary Sekora is publicity manager for UNP and book festival coordinator. The festival is held to celebrate Nebraska’s literary heritage and contemporary authors and to stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the written word. The 2018 Nebraska Book Festival is … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: ‘Twas the Night Before the Festival
Awards The January Children Safia Elhillo Winner of the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award in the 2018 Arab American Book Awards: “The January Children depicts displacement and longing while also questioning accepted truths about geography, history, nationhood, and home. [. . … Continue reading News and Reviews
Char Miller is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College and author of several books, including Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream. Perceiving Past and Present How do historians perceive the past? For John … Continue reading From the Desk of Char Miller: Perceiving Past and Present
Mark Spitzer loves fish and he loves to fish. As a nationally known author (Seasons of the Gar, Return of the Gar), writing about fish and their issues is what he does best. In this blog series, Spitzer shares his experiences … Continue reading Where in the West is Mark Spitzer?
Last month, author Hank H. Cox discussed his new book, The General Who Wore Six Stars: The Inside Story of John C.H. Lee (Potomac Books, 2018), before a group of thirty senior officers representing the different branches of service at … Continue reading Author Discusses New Book Before Senior Military Officers
From the prairies of the Great Plains to the towering dunes of the Sandhills, the state of Nebraska will celebrate its great literary heritage later this month in Lincoln. The Nebraska Book Festival on August 25 will gather contemporary writing talent from … Continue reading Nebraska Book Sale!
Books Better Times: Short Stories Sara Batkie Starred review from Publishers Weekly: “In this remarkable collection, Batkie creates strong, evocative imagery with economy and precision. She elevates both the common and uncommon experiences of her characters, resulting in something quite extraordinary.” … Continue reading News and Reviews
Roger Gilles is a writing professor at Grand Valley State University and the author of Women on the Move: The Forgotten Era of Women’s Bicycle Racing (October 2018). At this year’s Tour de France, women cyclists were once more doing … Continue reading Women’s Bicycling from 1896 to today: Still Fighting to Ride
The 2018 Nebraska Book Festival is one month away! This year’s festival will be on Saturday, August 25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus Union. The day-long festival will feature hands-on activities for children (and adults), writing panels, and … Continue reading 2018 Nebraska Book Festival
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