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Excerpt: The Bower Atmosphere

April 3, 2024March 27, 2024 univnebpress

Victoria Lamont is a professor of English at the University of Waterloo. She is the author of Westerns: A Women’s History (Nebraska, 2016) and coauthor of Judith Merril: A Critical Study. Her most recent book is The Bower Atmosphere: A Biography of B. M. … Continue reading Excerpt: The Bower Atmosphere

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Excerpt: Wallace Stegner’s Unsettled Country

March 22, 2024March 13, 2024 univnebpress

Mark Fiege is a professor of history and Wallace Stegner Chair in Western American Studies at Montana State University. He is the author of The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States. Michael J. Lansing is a professor of history at … Continue reading Excerpt: Wallace Stegner’s Unsettled Country

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Excerpt: The Gas and Flame Men

March 5, 2024March 1, 2024 univnebpress

Jim Leeke is a former news journalist, a retired copywriter and creative director, and a U.S. Navy veteran. He is the author of several books, including The Turtle and the Dreamboat (Potomac Books, 2022), The Best Team Over There (Nebraska, … Continue reading Excerpt: The Gas and Flame Men

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Excerpt: Making Space

February 28, 2024February 26, 2024 univnebpress

Melissa K. Byrnes is a professor of modern European and world history at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Her latest book, Making Space: Neighbors, Officials, and North African Migrants in the Suburbs of Paris and Lyon was published in January. Since … Continue reading Excerpt: Making Space

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Excerpt: Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver

February 23, 2024February 13, 2024 univnebpress

Rebecca M. Valette is professor emerita of Romance languages at Boston College and an internationally recognized expert in language methodology, testing, and applied linguistics. She and her husband, Jean-Paul Valette, have curated several exhibitions of Navajo textiles. They are coauthors of Weaving … Continue reading Excerpt: Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver

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Excerpt: Antillia

February 6, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

This week UNP will be at AWP! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a sneak peek of the UNP books you can grab there. Henrietta Goodman’s … Continue reading Excerpt: Antillia

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Excerpt: Inside the Mirror

February 2, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

In 1 week UNP will be exhibiting at AWP2024! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a sneak peek of the UNP books you can grab there. … Continue reading Excerpt: Inside the Mirror

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Excerpt: Shift

January 26, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

In a week and a half UNP will be exhibiting at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) annual conference! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. … Continue reading Excerpt: Shift

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Excerpt: Where Are You From

January 24, 2024April 10, 2025 univnebpress

In 2 weeks UNP will be exhibiting at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) annual conference! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a sneak … Continue reading Excerpt: Where Are You From

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Excerpt: Acetylene Torch Songs

January 19, 2024January 30, 2024 univnebpress

In less than 3 weeks UNP will be exhibiting at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) conference! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a … Continue reading Excerpt: Acetylene Torch Songs

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