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Women’s History Month sale begins today

March 1, 2022February 24, 2022 univnebpress

Save 50% off a selection of books during Women’s History Month! Enter the code 6WHM22 in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “Add Promotion Code.” Offer expires March 31, 2022 and is good on U.S. and … Continue reading Women’s History Month sale begins today

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Six UNP Books Featured in Esquire’s Top 100 Baseball Books

December 10, 2021December 8, 2021 univnebpress

We’re excited to see several of our baseball books on Alex Belth’s list of “100 Best Baseball Books” ever written for Esquire magazine. Read the excerpts below to see what they said about each book. The Summer Game by Roger … Continue reading Six UNP Books Featured in Esquire’s Top 100 Baseball Books

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September Staff Reading List

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 univnebpress

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. “I’m finishing up Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell. If I ever plan … Continue reading September Staff Reading List

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News and Reviews

September 24, 2021September 21, 2021 univnebpress

Books The Forgotten Botanist in Publishers Weekly: “Brown is so successful in facilitating engagement with a forgotten figure that many will be deeply saddened by Lemmon’s last years; the energetic woman, for whom idleness was akin to death, suffered from … Continue reading News and Reviews

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Silverman wins 2021 Clara Johnson Award

September 10, 2021September 9, 2021 univnebpress

Jane’s Stories Press Foundation is proud to name Sue William Silverman the winner of the 2021 Clara Johnson Award for her memoir How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences (Nebraska, 2020), a brutally honest account of surviving sexual assault that … Continue reading Silverman wins 2021 Clara Johnson Award

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August Staff Reading List

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 univnebpress

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. “I just finished Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and … Continue reading August Staff Reading List

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News and Reviews

August 27, 2021August 26, 2021 univnebpress

Book Disparates Review in Lit Pub: “If you love the personal essay, or are open to learning to love it, the freewheeling, luminous, disparate Patrick Madden is well worth the time.” Bad Tourist Review in Tahoe Mountain News: “Raw and … Continue reading News and Reviews

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Pride Month Reading List

June 16, 2021June 14, 2021 univnebpress

June is Pride Month, and there’s no better way to celebrate it than picking up one of our many books delving into LGBTQIA+ topics or written by LGBTQIA+ authors. Throughout this month, you can also enjoy these books and thousands … Continue reading Pride Month Reading List

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May Staff Reading List

May 31, 2021May 27, 2021 univnebpress

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. “I’m currently reading Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie. … Continue reading May Staff Reading List

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From the Desk of Greg Larson: A Cub and His Cubs

April 1, 2021March 30, 2021 univnebpress

Greg Larson is an editor, stand-up comedian, and author of the newly released book Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir (Nebraska, 2021). He spent two years as a clubhouse attendant for Cal Ripken Jr.’s Aberdeen IronBirds, the short-season single-A affiliate for … Continue reading From the Desk of Greg Larson: A Cub and His Cubs

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