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Recent Award Winners

November 27, 2024November 27, 2024 univnebpress

Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 2023 Julie Suk Book Award The Gathering of Bastards (Nebraska, 2023) by Romeo Oriogun is the winner of the Julie Suk Book Award, given to books published by … Continue reading Recent Award Winners

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Excerpt: Between Black and Brown

November 25, 2024November 14, 2024 univnebpress

Rebecca Romo is an associate professor of sociology at Santa Monica College. G. Reginald Daniel (1949–2022) was a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was the cofounding editor and editor in chief of the Journal … Continue reading Excerpt: Between Black and Brown

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News & Reviews

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 univnebpress

Reviews All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere Review in Motherhood, Literature, & Art: “What is most striking about All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere is the tenderness and care DeMisty shows for the women, girls, and daughters. Lines like, ‘Their hair was uncombed, … Continue reading News & Reviews

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Holiday Book Sale 2024

November 18, 2024November 12, 2024 univnebpress

Happy Holidays from the University of Nebraska Press! For the rest of the year, until December 31, 2024, our entire catalog is available for 50% OFF! This sale includes over 4,000 books, so there’s something for everyone. Once you’ve found the … Continue reading Holiday Book Sale 2024

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News & Reviews

November 7, 2024November 1, 2024 univnebpress

Reviews Wallace Stegner’s Unsettled Country Review in H-Environment: “Wallace Stegner’s Unsettled Country does good work in illustrating the contemporary West in all its nuance through the lens of Stegner, and should have broad, interdisciplinary appeal among historians, literary and cultural studies … Continue reading News & Reviews

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Excerpt: Abortion in Mexico

November 4, 2024November 1, 2024 univnebpress

Nora E. Jaffary is a professor of history at Concordia University. She is the author of Reproduction and Its Discontents in Mexico: Childbirth and Contraception from 1750 to 1905 and False Mystics: Deviant Orthodoxy in Colonial Mexico (Nebraska, 2008). Her … Continue reading Excerpt: Abortion in Mexico

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Native American and Indigenous Studies Sale 2024

November 1, 2024October 24, 2024 univnebpress

The University of Nebraska Press is the proud publisher of one of the most distinguished lists in Native American and Indigenous Studies. Spanning deft explorations of oral literatures and languages, bracing memoirs and firsthand accounts, and groundbreaking studies of native … Continue reading Native American and Indigenous Studies Sale 2024

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The 2024 Western History Association Award Winners

October 24, 2024November 19, 2024 univnebpress

Congratulations to the following UNP authors who were WHA Award Winners! Each year the WHA presents over 30 awards, fellowships, and scholarships to scholars, public historians, graduate students, and members of the historical profession. Winners will be honored at an award … Continue reading The 2024 Western History Association Award Winners

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News & Reviews

October 24, 2024October 16, 2024 univnebpress

Reviews The Dreamcatcher in the Wry Review in Publishers Weekly: “It’s in the 20 essays comprising the book’s final third that Midge’s righteous ferocity burns brightest . . . Readers will be dazzled by Midge’s abrasive wit.” The Boy Who … Continue reading News & Reviews

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From the Desk of Carol Bradley: On Hollywood Falling Horses

October 23, 2024October 23, 2024 univnebpress

Carol Bradley is the author of Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills (Wiley, 2010) and Last Chain on Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top (St. Martin’s Press, 2014). Her latest book … Continue reading From the Desk of Carol Bradley: On Hollywood Falling Horses

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