Pamela Smith Hill is a New York Times best-selling editor, author, educator, and expert on Laura Ingalls Wilder. She has taught young adult literature and creative and professional writing at universities in Washington, Oregon, and Colorado, as well as classes on Laura Ingalls … Continue reading Excerpt: Too Good to be Altogether Lost
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to An Endangered Species: A Novel (Bison Books, 2024) by Frances Washburn. About the Book: Tom … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to An Endangered Species
Happy National Go Birding Day! Observed tomorrow, the date celebrates more than 10,000 different bird species around the world and the joys of birdwatching. We’ve curated a reading list to help you go birding across the plains when you need … Continue reading Reading List: National Go Birding Day
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Back from the Collapse: American Prairie and the Restoration of Great Plains Wildlife (Bison Books, … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Back from the Collapse
Frances Washburn (Lakota) is emerita professor of American Indian studies and English at the University of Arizona. She is the author of Elsie’s Business (Nebraska, 2006), The Sacred White Turkey (Nebraska, 2010), and The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band. Her new book, An Endangered Species, was … Continue reading Excerpt: An Endangered Species
Reviews The Book of Revolutions Review in Catholic Biblical Quarterly: “In sum, F.’s exemplary reader-friendly work of critical biblical scholarship respects traditional approaches in demonstrating that pluralism, not singularity, better explains the origins of the Torah, its conflicting teachings, and … 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. “I recently finished Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson. The … Continue reading September Staff Reading List
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. “Earlier this year, I picked up copies of our Eberhart … Continue reading July Staff Reading List
The Great Plains Center’s 48th annual interdisciplinary conference, Plant to Table, is happening now until April 20. This year’s conference focuses on Indigenous food sovereignty movements; the long-standing significance of the meatpacking industry; related topics of labor, immigration, and health … Continue reading Reading List: The Great Plains Center’s Plant to Table Conference
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains (Bison Books, 2022) by Jennifer J. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Birthing the West
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