Heinous crime was not a nightly television show—it was as real as dusk. It lingered in sharp shadows, under neighborhood street lights, between dark suburban houses, in police sketches on milk cartons, in slow vans and cars with tinted windows, … Continue reading Reading List: True Crime
With Halloween fast approaching, we’re excited to get into the spooky season by embracing all things that go bump in the night. If you’re looking for your next scare, we’ve got plenty of vampires, aliens, and other unsettling beings to … Continue reading UNP Books as Classic Halloween Movies
Happy Halloween, book lovers. Below, UNP Associate Acquisitions Editor Heather Stauffer shares a spooky tale of an office haunting. The steady hum of the breakroom fridge woke something in the molecules of the cultured Greek yogurt hidden behind the slightly … Continue reading An Office Haunting
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. October Staff Reading List The Old Maid by Edith Wharton. … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Join Executive Editor Clark Whitehorn as he invites UNP authors who have known the peculiar, unusual, or spiritual side of the afterlife to share their tales of hauntings, ghosts, or strange phenomena. Join the event on Facebook or visit Francie & … Continue reading A Bison Books Ghost Story (virtual) Campfire on Oct. 27
Introducing our fourth virtual book tour, the Haunted West! Who? Boo! Or boo hoo? The bold, experimental, and entertaining books from the University of Nebraska Press have the wonderful and exhilarating ability to haunt the imaginations of their readers long … Continue reading Virtually Bison Books: Haunted West
UNP staff members are always reading, both within our list and outside of what we publish. This Halloween, we’re remembering books that left us chilled, unnerved, spooked. This month’s staff reading list is composed of books that, whether ghoulish or … Continue reading Books That Frighten Us
UNP staff members are always reading, both within our list and outside of what we publish. This Halloween, we’re feeling especially haunted. For this month’s staff reading list, we’re discussing the books we can’t forget, whether because of its subject, … Continue reading Books That Haunt Us
October 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 books where our noses have been buried. Dracula Bram Stoker “I thought … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Anna Weir is a publicist at UNP and is, after nearly a year at it, unsure if she is still a new employee or not. In “Staff Stories,” she interviews her newest coworkers to introduce them to the rest of the … Continue reading Staff Stories: An Interview with Lacey Losh
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