ICYMI UNP named INDIE Publisher of the Year by Foreword Magazine! Reviews Dear Diaspora Review in Verbatim: “One cannot help but empathize with the young Suzi of the beginning—she is in all parts true, heartfelt, and honest, and she succeeds in painting a … Continue reading News & Reviews
ICYMI Death Does Not End at the Sea (Nebraska, 2025) was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Winners to be announced June 3. Adesina’s collection was also selected as the winner for the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards in Poetry. Jennifer … Continue reading News & Reviews
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. “This month I started reading Special Places, Sacred Circles: A Memoir by … Continue reading May Staff Reading List
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley
Teo Rivera-Dundas is a writer in western Massachusetts. His work has received support from the Wassaic Project, Anderson Center at Tower View, California Institute of the Arts, and the University of California, San Diego. His writing has appeared in Gulf … Continue reading Excerpt: Slow Guillotine
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. “This month I finished reading Slow Guillotine by Teo Rivera-Dundas, which follows … Continue reading April Staff Reading List
Reviews They Came but Could not Conquer Review in Western Historical Quarterly: “As Alaska Native peoples continue their sovereign resilience in the face of political and environmental colonialism, Purvis’s work provides an effective scholarly supplement to these ongoing struggles.” Royal … Continue reading News & Reviews
Reviews Thank You for Staying With Me Review in Hippocampus Magazine: “The title stands as both a request and a promise and reminds us that staying—with our pain, our questions, and each other—is a deeply courageous act.” The Great Christmas … Continue reading News & Reviews
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. “This month I’ve been reading The Midnight Shift, a vampire murder … Continue reading March Staff Reading List
“We’d never have got through it if I hadn’t been so strong.” Ántonia Shimerda in My Ántonia by Willa Cather Save 50% off these books and more during Women’s History Month! Enter the code 6WHM26 in the discount code field of your … Continue reading Women’s History Month Sale 2026
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