Author Brian Shellum will speak as a panel member at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) during its very first military history symposium titled: “Double Victory: The African American Military Experience.” The panel is called … Continue reading Author Brian Shellum at National Museum of African American History and Culture
The following is a post from Amy Helene Forss, author of Black Print with a White Carnation Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989 (Nebraska, 2014). Forss has a PhD in African American history and teaches at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. Her work has appeared in journals such as Nebraska History and Great Plains Quarterly. You can read about the first Scoop on Mildred D. Brown here. A Second Scoop of Mildred D. Brown: Newspapers and Butter Pecan Ice Cream As you know, I’ve been working on my children’s picture book manuscript for over three years. I’ve written a dozen revisions … Continue reading From the desk of Amy Forss: A Second Scoop of Mildred D. Brown
Books Fit for the Presidency? by Seymour Morris Jr Praise from Kirkus Reviews: “A timely, amusing, and occasionally eye-opening exercise.” Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair Recommendation from Lenny Letter: “…Sinclair is a force to be reckoned with. Her stanzas will … Continue reading News and Reviews
As we honor our 75th anniversary this year, we recall and celebrate some of the most influential people in the Press’s history. WILLIS REGIER Willis “Bill” Regier’s career seemed destined for a professorship in the English or Classics Department of a … Continue reading Remembering Bill Regier’s Years at Nebraska
The following is a post from C. Richard King, author of Redskins: Insult and Brand (Nebraska, 2016). King is a professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Team … Continue reading From the Desk of C. Richard King: This Is Not About Free Speech
The following is a post from Han F. Vermeulen, author of Before Boas: The Genesis of Ethnography and Ethnology in the German Enlightenment (Nebraska, 2015). Vermeulen is an alumnus of Leiden University, The Netherlands, and a research associate at the Max … Continue reading From the Desk of Han F. Vermeulen: The Origins of Ethnography
The following is an excerpt from Romance with Voluptuousness: Caribbean Women and Thick Bodies in the United States (Nebraska, 2016) by Kamille Gentles-Peart. From Chapter 1: The “Thick Black Woman”: Racialized Body Politics and the Marginalization of Black Women Reflections of a Mahgah Jamaican … Continue reading Excerpt: Romance with Voluptuousness
The following is a post from Joeth Zucco, Senior Project Editor at UNP. Was Forrest Gump the first ultra-marathoner? In the movie, he crisscrossed the United States numerous times during his three-year, two-month, fourteen-day, sixteen-hour run. In fiction, anything goes. … Continue reading People Make Publishing: A Reader on Running (and Walking!)
John W. Evans is a Jones Lecturer in creative writing at Stanford University. He is the author of Should I Still Wish: A Memoir (February 2017), Young Widower: A Memoir (Nebraska, 2014), winner of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize; The Consolations, … Continue reading From the desk of John W. Evans: Patton Oswalt’s Conan Appearance
Tayler Lord is a publicist at UNP. Her favorite flavor of La Croix is coconut (no seriously, you should try it). As one of UNP’s newest employees (I celebrated six months just two weeks ago), the South Dakota Festival of Books … Continue reading South Dakota Festival of Books Preview
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