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 Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize (Nebraska, 2024) by Jerry … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Big Cat
R. F. McEwen was born in Chicago, Illinois. Since 1962 he has been a professional logger and tree trimmer, and he has taught English in Chadron, Nebraska, since 1972. McEwen is the author of several books, most recently The Big Sandy, Bill’s Boys … Continue reading Excerpt: Old Rags and Iron
Reviews Baseball Review in Journal of Sport History: “It is rare to find a book that condenses hundreds of scholarly monographs and journal articles, adds a few new or underutilized primary sources, and tells a familiar story with a level … Continue reading News & Reviews
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 74th National Jewish Book Awards The National Jewish Book Awards were established in 1950 by the Jewish Book Council as a way to honor exceptional works of Jewish … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Saturday, March 15 through Sunday March 16, UNP will be at the Tucson Festival of Books. Come visit us at booth #245 to browse our books and meet our authors! Check out our virtual exhibit here for the same great books and conference … Continue reading UNP at the Tucson Festival of Books
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to participate in Project MUSE’s new Subscribe to Open (S2O) initiative. Just launched in 2025, Subscribe to Open (S2O) is an equitable open access model for scholarly journals that enables subscription journals to … Continue reading UNP Journals joins Project MUSE’s Subscribe to Open (S2O)
Today, March 5 through Saturday, March 8, UNP will be at the 32nd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference! The Spring Training Conference is a multi-disciplinary academic conference, featuring presentations on a wide range of baseball topics, including history, analytics, law, … Continue reading UNP at the 32nd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference
Glow Big Red is the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s annual 24-hour day of giving. UNP’s effort this year will raise vital funding to support a unique experiential learning opportunity for students at UNL: working at the university press and gaining hands-on … Continue reading Glow Big Red 2025
The following is a letter from Jane Ferreyra, director of the University of Nebraska Press. Happy fall from the University of Nebraska Press! As we move toward the year-end, we reflect with pride on the ways the University of Nebraska … Continue reading A Word from UNP’s Director: The FY23-24 Annual Report
UNP’s running (and walking) team, Footnotes, participated in the 24th annual Lincoln Track Club Holiday Run at Pioneers Park on Saturday, December 8. All proceeds went to the Capital Humane Society! #RunForBowWowsAndMeowsMeows We all signed up for the 5k this year, … Continue reading People Make Publishing: Footnotes at the 2024 Holiday Run
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