Richard Ravalli teaches history at William Jessup University. He is the author of Sea Otters: A History which is now available. Elakha—the Clatsop-Chinookan word for sea otter—has been … Continue reading From the Desk of Richard Ravalli: The Translocated Otter
The following is an excerpt from Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism by Malka Z. Simkovich (November 2018). The book will be launched at Sixth Street Community Synagogue tomorrow, November 29, at 7:00 p.m. Register … Continue reading EXCERPT: Discovering Second Temple Literature
The following is an excerpt from Courage and Grief: Women and Sweden’s Thirty Years’ War (January 2018) by Mary Elizabeth Ailes. Ailes is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She is the author of Military Migration and State Formation: The British … Continue reading Excerpt: Courage and Grief
The following has been excerpted from The Spirit and the Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos by Mark Hollabaugh (Nebraska 2017), in honor of the solar eclipse occurring today. From Chapter 7: Eclipses and the Aurora Borealis Although celestial displays that occur … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Spirit and the Sky
The following has been excerpted from From the Dugouts to the Trenches: Baseball During the Great War by Jim Leeke (May 2017). From Chapter 7: Work or Fight Nine days after Joe Jackson’s unexpected defection in Philadelphia, Provost Marshal General Enoch … Continue reading EXCERPT: From the Dugouts to the Trenches
The following has been excerpted from The Cult of the Modern: Trans-Mediterranean France and the Construction of French Modernity by Gavin Murray-Miller (Nebraska, 2017). From Chapter 5: Old Ends and New Means During the month of February 1853, the lawyer and … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Cult of the Modern
The following is an excerpt from Haters: Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online (Potomac Books, 2016) by Bailey Poland. Poland is a writer, feminist, and activist, as well as the creator of the literary journal Leaves and Flowers; she is a regular contributor to numerous print … Continue reading Excerpt: Haters
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 an excerpt from Holding On: African American Women Surviving HIV/AIDS (June 2016) by Alyson O’Daniel. Hidden in Plain Sight In 2009 I sat with Lady E. in an HIV/AIDS service organization’s conference room as she described a recent relapse … Continue reading Excerpt: Holding On
An excerpt from The Solace of Stones: Finding a Way through Wilderness (April 2016) by Julie Riddle. CHAPTER 13: THE SOLACE OF STONES The new year dawned listless and drizzling. I didn’t resolve to get my act together, turn over a new leaf, … Continue reading Excerpt: The Solace of Stones
