Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux, 50th Anniversary Edition (Nebraska, 2017). About the Book: Originally published in 1967, … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux!
The Word Sender Award from the John G. Neihardt Foundation is given annually to someone dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the life and works of Neihardt. For the first time it was given to an organization this year. … Continue reading UNP honored for supporting works of John G. Neihardt
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in December. Jackson Adams: I, like many people who spend entirely too much time … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Hockey, A Game of Clue, and other December Books
Save 30% on your book order during our Holiday Book Sale! Enter 6HLW8 in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “Add Promotion Code.” Offer expires December 21! Need gift ideas? Browse the books featured below or … Continue reading Holiday Book Sale
The following is an excerpt from the introduction of A Revolution Unfinished: The Chegomista Rebellion and the Limits of Revolutionary Democracy in Juchitán, Oaxaca (November 2018) by Colby Ristow. This is the latest book in the Mexican Experience Series which explores the … Continue reading Excerpt: A Revolution Unfinished
Happy University Press Week! Today the UP Week Blog Tour’s theme is history and makes a stop at our blog with a post from Jon K. Lauck, adjunct professor of history and political science at the University of South Dakota and … Continue reading University Press Week: History
This week UNP will be at two conferences in the same city, all at once! Atlanta, Georgia is the host city for the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) annual conference. It’s theme is “Just Imagine. Imagining Justice: Feminist visions of freedom, dream … Continue reading 2018 ASA and NWSA Preview
Marjorie Worthington is a professor of English and in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Eastern Illinois University. Worthington is the author of The Story of “Me”: Contemporary American Autofiction (November 2018). I define an autofiction* as a novel that … Continue reading From the Desk of Marjorie Worthington: Real People Are Boring
Roger Welsch is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is a former essayist for CBS News Sunday Morning and the author of more than forty books, and wrote the introduction to Dance Lodges of the Omaha People: Building … Continue reading From the Desk of Roger Welsch: The Importance of the Omaha Language
The following is a brief excerpt from the introduction of I’m Not Like Everybody Else: Biopolitics, Neoliberalism, and American Popular Music (October 2018) by Jeffrey T. Nealon. This is the latest book in the Provocations Series which takes a strong stand on contemporary … Continue reading Excerpt: I’m Not Like Everybody Else
