The University of Nebraska Press is happy to announce that Christine Stewart-Nuñez, the 2019-2021 Poet Laureate of South Dakota, will be the judge for the 2022 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry competition. Submissions will be accepted April 1 through May 1. The … Continue reading Announcing the Judge for the 2022 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry
The following was written by Matt Bokovoy, UNP Senior Acquisitions Editor and is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2021 Newsletter, i.e. Mark Scherer has spent his twenty-two-year career at the University of Nebraska–Omaha’s Department of History enjoying the … Continue reading UNP PAB Member Mark Scherer Exemplifies Commitment to Teaching, Research, and Service
Fred Luebke, founding director of the Center for Great Plain Studies at UNL and founding editor of Great Plains Quarterly, passed away on November 27, 2021 at the age of 94. After earning his degree in 1968, he became a … Continue reading Remembering Fred Luebke
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2021 Newsletter, i.e. Paul A. Johnsgard, an internationally respected naturalist and UNP author, passed away on May 28, 2021, at the age of eighty-nine. Johnsgard was a professor emeritus of … Continue reading In Memoriam: Paul A. Johnsgard, 1931-2021
Ronald C. Naugle, professor and author, passed away on October 26, 2021 at the age of 79. He was the Huge-Kinne professor of history for 19 years at Wesleyan University, their department chair from 1980-2001, their graduate program chairman from … Continue reading Remembering Ronald Naugle
Check out the list of books under the Nebraska imprint that are available in paperback for the first time! The Chalmers Race by Rick Huhn “This book goes beyond baseball, also giving readers an understanding of America itself after the … Continue reading New in Paperback this Fall
Erin Flanagan is a professor at Wright State University. She is the author of two short story collections, The Usual Mistakes (Nebraska, 2005) and It’s Not Going to Kill You, and Other Stories (Bison Books, 2013). Her book, Deer Season (Nebraska, 2021), is now available. … Continue reading From the Desk of Erin Flanagan: This Isn’t the Life I Signed Up For
The University of Nebraska Press is pleased to announce the hire of Jane Ferreyra as its next Director effective September 7. Ferreyra has an extensive publishing background that includes fifteen years as director of Wayne State University Press. Most recently … Continue reading UNP hires Jane Ferreyra as new Director
Olivia Schmitz is now a Marketing Assistant for the Catholic University of America Press. Previously she was a marketing intern, turned publicity assistant, at the University of Nebraska Press. Change is one of life’s few constants. It’s also one of … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Good Stories Require Change
After fifteen years in our Lincoln Mall offices the University of Nebraska Press is moving into a newdowntown Lincoln location in the Centre Terrace. Effective June 1, 2021 our new address will be: University of Nebraska Press1225 L Street, Suite … Continue reading We’re on the Move!
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