This week is the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Fall Discovery Show in Denver, Colorado. UNP will be displaying must-have Fall books, new giveaways, exciting show specials for booksellers, and free advanced reader copies! Below are just a few … Continue reading 2018 Fall Discovery Show Preview
Timothy B. Spears is the vice president for academic development and a professor of American studies at Middlebury College. He is the author of 100 Years on the Road: The Traveling Salesman in American Culture and Chicago Dreaming: Midwesterners and the City, 1871–1929. … Continue reading From the Desk of Tim Spears: Finding the “I” in Team
The 2018 Nebraska Library Association/Nebraska School Library Association Joint Conference is in Lincoln this week. UNP will have books for sale as well as new giveaway items available with a purchase. Below is a brief preview of some of the … Continue reading 2018 NLA/NSLA Joint Conference Preview
Awards Black Jesus and Other Superheroes: Stories Venita Blackburn Winner of the 2018 PEN Los Angeles Literary Award in Fiction Siberian Exile: Blood, War, and a Granddaughter’s Reckoning Julija Šukys Shortlisted for the 2018 Vine Awards for Canadian … Continue reading News and 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. September Staff Reading List Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Micah McCrary’s work has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Rumpus, Midwestern Gothic, Identity Theory, and Third Coast. He is an assistant editor at Hotel Amerika, a contributing editor at Assay, and a founding coeditor of con•text. In my essay “Two Cities,” I wrote … Continue reading From the Desk of Micah McCrary: Growing Pains
This fall Potomac Books is publishing thirteen new books, with topics ranging from bourbon and military history to world and national affairs. Here is a look at the newest offerings from Potomac Books. Problematic: How Toxic Callout Culture Is Destroying Feminism (September) by … Continue reading New from Potomac Books
The South Dakota Festival of Books is Sept. 20-23 in Brookings and Sioux Falls. UNP will be showcasing books that celebrate the Midwest, Native stories and history and Bison Books favorites. Stop by the table for great deals on books … Continue reading 2018 South Dakota Festival of Books Preview
Books The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet: A Memoir Kim Adrian Praise from Shelf Awareness: “The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet is a feat on many levels. Adrian tells a harrowing story, surprisingly redeemed by her own sweet family, but in many ways … Continue reading News and Reviews
Rosemary Sekora is the publicity manager at UNP and proudly wears Nike soccer cleats. Soon after the launch of Nike’s new ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the Washington Post published an article by Jesse Berrett reminding us that history does in … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Out of Their League
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