Anna Weir is a publicist at UNP Monday through Friday. On Saturdays, she’s a level 12 war cleric. Of all the books of all subjects, genres, and sizes that I publicize for UNP (and the ones that I’ve read, am … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: The Patient Genre
Books The Cruft of Fiction David Letzler Praise from Heradas Review: “It’s all very well illustrated and argued, and the sections covering the handful of novels discussed that I haven’t read, were often more interesting to me than the ones covering … Continue reading News and Reviews
Summer is almost in full swing and these books are now all available in paperback editions. “This is an engaging, well-researched, often-original study of violent female speech in early modern English culture.”—Deborah Willis, Renaissance Quarterly “In his ground breaking … Continue reading Now available in paperback!
Books Russia’s Dead End Andrei A. Kovalev Review in Publishers Weekly: “Kovalev . . . unmasks the Russian body politic in all its Gogol-like grotesquery.” Cheated Jay M. Smith and Mary Willingham Book mentioned in the Chronicle of Higher Education. … Continue reading News and Reviews
Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cubicle currently filled with next season’s galleys. Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Willa Cather, Space Stations, and other August Books
The following contribution is from Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox, editors of Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World’s Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology (Nebraska, 2016). Hinsley is Regents’ Professor Emeritus of History and Comparative Cultural Studies at Northern … Continue reading From the Desks of Curtis Hinsley and David Wilcox: A Confrontation of Understanding
Ring Lardner will be inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame tonight at the Newberry Library. Ron Rapoport, editor and compiler of The Lost Journalism of Ring Larder (Nebraska, 2017), will give the keynote speech, and James Lardner will accept the award … Continue reading Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Honors Ring Lardner
The following contribution comes from Steven J. Hantzis, author of Rails of War: Supplying the Americans and Their Allies in China-Burma-India (May 2017). Steven Hantzis is the son of James Harry Hantzis, former staff sergeant of the World War II 721st Railway Operating Battalion. A retired Grand … Continue reading From the Desk of Steven J. Hantzis: Writing Rails of War
The following is a post from Amy Helene Forss, author of Black Print with a White Carnation Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989 (Nebraska, 2014). Forss has a PhD in African American history and teaches at Metropolitan Community … Continue reading From the desk of Amy Forss: A Triple Scoop of Mildred D. Brown
Books American English, Italian Chocolate Rick Bailey Starred review from Publishers Weekly: “The essays read like the best of short stories: their significance extends beyond what is on the page.” The Blind Man and the Loon Craig Mishler Praise from Cultural … Continue reading News and Reviews
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