The following is an excerpt from Should I Still Wish: A Memoir (January 2017) by John W. Evans. Evans is a Jones Lecturer in creative writing at Stanford University and the author of Young Widower: A Memoir (Nebraska 2014). From Chapter 2: … Continue reading Excerpt: Should I Still Wish
Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cubicle currently filled with cardboard boxes. Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Mr. Feeny, Outstanding Poetry, and other March Books
Books Harry and Arthur by Lawrence J. Haas Listed as a defining 2016 book by the Wall Street Journal. The Turtle’s Beating Heart by Denise Low Praise from Booklist: “Remarkable.” Borderland Films by Dominique Brégent-Heald Review in Western American Literature: “This sprawling and … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following contribution is from Denise Low, author of The Turtle’s Beating Heart: One Family’s Story of Lenape Survival (January 2017). How Long Does It Take To Write a Memoir? People ask how long it took me to write The Turtle’s Beating … Continue reading From the Desk of Denise Low: How Long Does It Take To Write a Memoir?
Awards Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair Longlisted for the 2017 PEN/Open Book Award Books Flock Together by B. J. Hollars Praise from Kirkus: “An insightful memoir on one man’s quest to know living birds by examining those birds that have ceased to … Continue reading News and Reviews
Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cubicle currently filled with cardboard boxes. Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Birds, Assassinations, and other February books
Apollo Pilot: The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele (January 2017) is the newest book in the popular series, Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight. Francis French is the director of education at the San Diego Air and Space Museum and the coauthor of Into … Continue reading From the Desk of Francis French: Finding Apollo
Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cluttered cubicle (because of Anna). Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will all … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Presidents, Bison, and Other January Books
Anna Weir is a publicist at UNP. She is “that person” who brings her current craft-in-progress on flights. Just a few short weeks after the South Dakota Festival of Books (at which I gained a renewed respect for Great Plains … Continue reading Heartland Fall Forum 2016
John W. Evans is a Jones Lecturer in creative writing at Stanford University. He is the author of Should I Still Wish: A Memoir (February 2017), Young Widower: A Memoir (Nebraska, 2014), winner of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize; The Consolations, … Continue reading From the desk of John W. Evans: Patton Oswalt’s Conan Appearance
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