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Recent Award Winners

October 14, 2025October 9, 2025 univnebpress

Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! National Book Awards Established in 1950, the National Book Awards are American literary prizes administered by the National Book Foundation honoring the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, … Continue reading Recent Award Winners

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News & Reviews

October 8, 2025October 3, 2025 univnebpress

Reviews Moses Malone Review in Publishers Weekly: “Sportswriter Knepper (The Knicks of the Nineties) gives Moses Malone, the first modern basketball player to jump to the pros straight from high school, his due in this insightful biography.” Abortion in Mexico … Continue reading News & Reviews

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Excerpt: Daddy Issues

September 22, 2025September 16, 2025 univnebpress

Eric C. Wat is the author of Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles, winner of the 2023 Outstanding Achievement in History Award from the Association of Asian American Studies; the novel SWIM, a Los Angeles Times bestseller; and The Making of a Gay … Continue reading Excerpt: Daddy Issues

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Pride Month Reading List

June 18, 2025June 11, 2025 univnebpress

June is Pride Month! We’re celebrating with a reading list that explores all aspects of queer life through scholarship, poetry, and fiction. These works investigate the history and futurities of queer identity and experience. Save 50% on all books during … Continue reading Pride Month Reading List

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UNP Books on NetGalley

July 3, 2024July 1, 2024 univnebpress

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley

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Excerpt: Maricas

June 24, 2024June 18, 2024 univnebpress

Javier Fernández-Galeano is a Ramón y Cajal Fellow at the University of València. His most recent book is Maricas: Queer Cultures and State Violence in Argentina and Spain, 1942–1982, which was published by Nebraska this month. Maricas traces the erotic lives … Continue reading Excerpt: Maricas

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UNP Books on NetGalley

June 14, 2024June 10, 2024 univnebpress

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley

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Excerpt: I Make Envy On Your Disco

June 7, 2024June 5, 2024 univnebpress

Eric Schnall has worked on and off Broadway as a producer and marketing director for more than twenty-five years. He won a Tony Award for the Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and a Lucille Lortel Award for … Continue reading Excerpt: I Make Envy On Your Disco

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Celebrate Audiobook Appreciation Month with Forget I Told You This

June 5, 2024May 30, 2024 univnebpress

“This is a novel about art, about making it and sharing it, a love letter to art in a world that has forgotten how much we need it. —Rachel Hall, Lilith Magazine Coinciding with Audiobook Appreciation Month, the first title in … Continue reading Celebrate Audiobook Appreciation Month with Forget I Told You This

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UNP Books on NetGalley

May 15, 2024May 14, 2024 univnebpress

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley

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