The following is an excerpt from National Pastimes: Cinema, Sports, and Nation by Katharina Bonzel. The book is the newest title in the Sports, Media, and Society series, which investigates how and why the many different aspects of sports are … Continue reading Excerpt: National Pastimes
The following is an excerpt from Art from Trauma: Genocide and Healing beyond Rwanda (August 2019) edited by Rangira Béa Gallimore and Gerise Herndon. The excerpt is written by Natalia Ledford. I first met Chantal Kalisa in 2009 as I … Continue reading Excerpt: Art from Trauma
The following is an excerpt from Late Westerns: The Persistence of a Genre (December 2018) by Lee Clark Mitchell. From the Introduction Consider a handful of scenarios recently set in the American West: a corpse repeatedly buried and disinterred on its journey … Continue reading Excerpt: Late Westerns
Books Fit for the Presidency? by Seymour Morris Jr Praise from Kirkus Reviews: “A timely, amusing, and occasionally eye-opening exercise.” Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair Recommendation from Lenny Letter: “…Sinclair is a force to be reckoned with. Her stanzas will … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following is an excerpt from Culture on Two Wheels: The Bicycle in Literature and Film (Nebraska, 2016), edited and with an introduction by Jeremy Withers and Daniel P. Shea. Chapter 10 “I’ll Get You, My Pretty!”: Bicycle Horror and the Abject Cyclicity of History … Continue reading Excerpt: Culture on Two Wheels
Heather Stauffer is part of the Acquisitions Department at UNP. As the University of Nebraska Press celebrates our seventy-fifth anniversary with new publications, we are also revisiting books and authors that readers have enjoyed for decades. Bison Books includes several titles … Continue reading Celebrating Classics: Wallace Stegner
February Staff Reading List UNP staff members are always reading new books within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books our noses have been buried in. The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert “This … Continue reading What We’re Reading
The Revenant just received twelve Oscar nominations, on the back of success at the Golden Globes for the film and its star, Leonardo DiCaprio. Michael Punke’s book, upon which the movie is based, has rapidly climbed up the Amazon rankings—I … Continue reading Doc Martyn’s Soul: Riding the Wave of Movie Tie-ins
Rosemary Vestal is the publicity manager for UNP. She recently purchased this shirt. Ever heard of a little movie called The Revenant? Of course you have. Not only is the movie based on a book (most good ones are), it … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: UNP might as well publish Leonardo DiCaprio
The Western History Association’s 55th annual conference is in Portland, Oregon on October 21-24, 2015. Stop by booths 21 and 23 to find out more about these books and other forthcoming titles from UNP! Featured Books American Antiquities by Terry A. Barnhart Terry … Continue reading Reading List: Western History Association
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