ICYMI UNP named INDIE Publisher of the Year by Foreword Magazine! Reviews Dear Diaspora Review in Verbatim: “One cannot help but empathize with the young Suzi of the beginning—she is in all parts true, heartfelt, and honest, and she succeeds in painting a … Continue reading News & Reviews
Marzia Babakarkhail was a judge in Afghanistan for seven years before becoming a member of the board and chair of the Women’s Committee of the Afghan NGO’s Coordination Bureau. Now living in the UK, she is a caseworker for a … Continue reading Excerpt: Marzia
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
ICYMI Death Does Not End at the Sea (Nebraska, 2025) was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Winners to be announced June 3. Adesina’s collection was also selected as the winner for the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards in Poetry. Jennifer … 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. “This month I started reading Special Places, Sacred Circles: A Memoir by … Continue reading May Staff Reading List
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 The Essential Book of Pickup Trucks (Bison Books, 2025) by Fred Haefele. About the Book: … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to The Essential Book of Pickup Trucks
ICYMI Robert K. Fitt’s In The Japanese Ballpark was featured in the New Yorker! Reviews The Last Cows Review in Terrain: “Wilder has carved her place as a woman rancher over a lifetime, in many contexts, but the toughness required … Continue reading News & Reviews
Marzia Babakarkhail was a judge in Afghanistan for seven years before becoming a member of the board and chair of the Women’s Committee of the Afghan NGO’s Coordination Bureau. Now living in the UK, she is a caseworker for a … Continue reading Letter from a Former Student: Khatima Emami on “Marzia”
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
Reviews They Are Dead and Yet They Live Review in Emerging Civil War: “They Are Dead and Yet They Live extends our understanding of what we consider Civil War Memory, especially in a time in our nation’s history when Americans … Continue reading News & Reviews
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