Anna Weir is a publicist who physically cannot stop bringing books into her tiny apartment. I decided early on that whatever my career wound up being, it had to involve books. Books were how I made friends and how I … Continue reading People Make Publishing: It Takes a Village
Anna Weir is one of the more recent additions to the press: Publicist, book hoarder, and needlework enthusiast. For the Press’ 75th anniversary—and out of her own curiosity—she is interviewing her more experienced co-workers to put a familiar face on one … Continue reading Staff Stories: An Interview with Ann Baker
Anna Stokely is one of the more recent additions to the press: Publicist, book hoarder, and needlework enthusiast. For the Press’ 75th anniversary—and out of her own curiosity—she is interviewing her more experienced co-workers to put a more familiar face … Continue reading Staff Stories: An interview with Rob Taylor
Jeanine Herman is the translator of Kettly Mars’ French novel, Savage Seasons (Nebraska, 2015). This book and the French Voices series are currently being featured at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore in Chicago. I’d just read “The Translation Paradox” in The New … Continue reading From the desk of Jeanine Herman
Ann Baker is the manager of EDP (Editorial, Design, and Production) and it has taken her more than twenty years of professional copyediting to overcome her own personal fear of the semi-colon. Raise your hand if you don’t know when … Continue reading The Mysterious Who vs. Whom . . . Isn’t!
Rosemary Vestal is the publicity manager for UNP and accepts praise in the form of coffee, wine, or gold stars. In an age of instant gratification and impersonal emails, is it too much to ask for a little common courtesy? My … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: The Secret to Publicity and Getting What You Want Out of Marketing
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