UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “Currently I am reading My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty … Continue reading October Staff Reading List
Written by Caleb Wellum, Eva-Lynn Jagoe, Graeme Macdonald, Imre Szeman, Jennifer Wenzel, and Mark Simpson for the After Oil Collective. The After Oil Collective is a composite and collaborative assemblage, fluid in membership, that interrogates the social and cultural politics … Continue reading From the Desk of the After Oil Collective: The Renewable Normal
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in reviews, social media posts, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Twinless Twin: A Novel (Nebraska, 2025) by Dean Marshall Tuck. About the Book: Twinless Twin … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Twinless Twin
Jennifer Sinor is the author of several books, including The Yogic Writer: Uniting Breath, Body, and Page; Sky Songs: Meditations on Loving a Broken World (Nebraska, 2020); Letters Like the Day: On Reading Georgia O’Keeffe; and Ordinary Trauma: A Memoir. Her work has appeared in Best American … Continue reading From the Desk of Jennifer Sinor: Writing Inspiration from a Family Diary
The finish line is in sight! There is just one week left in Big Red Boost, and thanks to supporters like you, we’ve made great progress towards our goal! The University of Nebraska Press is raising $5,250 to support one … Continue reading Final Week to Give UNL a Big Red Boost 🚀
This year Heartland Fall Forum is in Minneapolis, Minnesota from October 7-9, 2026. Heartland Fall Forum is the premiere gathering place for those interested in independent bookstores throughout the Midwest. The event is hosted jointly by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and … Continue reading UNP at Heartland Fall Forum
Suzanne Roberts is the author of Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties (Nebraska, 2022), longlisted for the 2023 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award; Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (Nebraska, 2020); and Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir … Continue reading Excerpt: 52 Writing Prompts
The wait is over—Big Red Boost starts today! From now through October 16, you can help make a meaningful impact at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln by supporting projects that are creating opportunities for students, faculty, and staff across campus. We’re … Continue reading Big Red Boost Starts Today — Support Husker Students!
Sarah Eppler Janda is a professor of history at Cameron University. She is the author of Prairie Power: Student Activism, Counterculture, and Backlash in Oklahoma, 1962–1972 and the coeditor (with Patricia Loughlin) of This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s … Continue reading From the Desk of Sarah Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, which established the National Park Service. Today, we celebrate National Park Service Founders Day to recognize the conservation and preservation efforts of the National Parks System covering more than … Continue reading National Park Service Founders Day Reading List
