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Excerpt: Wolves in Shells

December 1, 2025November 25, 2025 univnebpress

Kimberly Ann Priest is an assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures at Michigan State University. She is the author of the poetry books Slaughter the One Bird and tether and lung. Her most recent book Wolves in Shells (Backwaters Press, … Continue reading Excerpt: Wolves in Shells

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Excerpt: Where Blackbirds Fly

November 3, 2025October 31, 2025 univnebpress

Shann Ray teaches leadership and forgiveness studies at Gonzaga University and poetry at Stanford University. He is the author of the story collection American Masculine, winner of numerous prizes including the American Book Award; the novel American Copper; and the poetry collection Atomic Theory … Continue reading Excerpt: Where Blackbirds Fly

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Excerpt: Out of Gaza

October 27, 2025October 23, 2025 univnebpress

Katharina Galor is the Hirschfield Senior Lecturer in Judaic Studies at Brown University. Born in Germany, where her parents had fled from communist Romania, Galor was educated in Germany, France, Israel, and the United States. She is the author or coauthor … Continue reading Excerpt: Out of Gaza

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Excerpt: Selected Misdemeanors

October 20, 2025October 13, 2025 univnebpress

Sue William Silverman is an award-winning memoirist, essayist, and poet of eight previous books, including How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences (Nebraska, 2020) and Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul (Nebraska, 2024). She is co-chair of the MFA in Writing … Continue reading Excerpt: Selected Misdemeanors

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Excerpt: Death Does Not End at the Sea

October 6, 2025October 1, 2025 univnebpress

Gbenga Adesina, a Nigerian poet and essayist, is the inaugural Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Black and Diasporic Poetry at the Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University. He received his Masters in Fine Arts from New York University, where … Continue reading Excerpt: Death Does Not End at the Sea

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The Memory Keeper: Tips for Writing Memoir

September 26, 2025September 23, 2025 univnebpress

Melissa Fraterrigo is the executive director of the Lafayette Writer’s Studio in Lafayette, Indiana, and teaches at Purdue University. She is the author of the novel Glory Days (Nebraska, 2017) and a collection of short fiction, The Longest Pregnancy: Stories. Her latest book is … Continue reading The Memory Keeper: Tips for Writing Memoir

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Excerpt: Daddy Issues

September 22, 2025September 16, 2025 univnebpress

Eric C. Wat is the author of Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles, winner of the 2023 Outstanding Achievement in History Award from the Association of Asian American Studies; the novel SWIM, a Los Angeles Times bestseller; and The Making of a Gay … Continue reading Excerpt: Daddy Issues

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Small Box, Big Contents: The Flash Essay

September 9, 2025September 4, 2025 univnebpress

Sue William Silverman is an award-winning memoirist, essayist, and poet of eight previous books, including How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences (Nebraska, 2020) and Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul (Nebraska, 2024). She is co-chair of the MFA in Writing … Continue reading Small Box, Big Contents: The Flash Essay

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Happy Book Birthday to Butterfly Nebula

November 22, 2024November 18, 2024 univnebpress

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Butterfly Nebula (Backwaters Press, 2023) by Laura Reece Hogan. About the Book: Winner of the … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Butterfly Nebula

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Summer Reading: Books for Creativity

July 2, 2024June 25, 2024 univnebpress

UNP is taking part in Lincoln City Libraries’ annual Summer Reading Challenge. Adult readers can win a 40% discount coupon code from UNP if they complete the program! One of the activities is to express yourself through art, so we’ve … Continue reading Summer Reading: Books for Creativity

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