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From the Desk of Edward H. Carpenter: How Effective is UN Peacekeeping?

March 19, 2025April 17, 2025 univnebpress

Edward H. Carpenter is the director of World Without War, an NGO focused on eliminating the root cause of the majority of human suffering in the 21st Century. His new book, Blue Helmet: My Year as a UN Peacekeeper in … Continue reading From the Desk of Edward H. Carpenter: How Effective is UN Peacekeeping?

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Excerpt: A Giant among Giants

March 17, 2025March 13, 2025 univnebpress

Chris Haft has spent nearly thirty years covering Major League Baseball, including fourteen seasons on the Giants beat: 2005–6, with the San Jose Mercury News, and 2007–18, for MLB.com. He is the author of If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the San … Continue reading Excerpt: A Giant among Giants

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UNP Books on NetGalley

March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 univnebpress

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley

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Excerpt: Unsettling Cather

March 10, 2025March 6, 2025 univnebpress

Marilee Lindemann is an associate professor of English and executive director of College Park Scholars at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Willa Cather: Queering America and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Willa Cather and editions … Continue reading Excerpt: Unsettling Cather

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Reading List: Women’s History Month

March 6, 2025February 28, 2025 univnebpress

This year’s theme for Women’s History Month is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations”. We are sharing a collection of books that highlight the contributions that women have made to the very fabric of our society. Thank You … Continue reading Reading List: Women’s History Month

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UNP at the 32nd Annual NINE Spring Training Conference

March 5, 2025February 28, 2025 univnebpress

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

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Cover of "How to Change History: A Salvage Project"

The Linked Essays Dilemma

March 4, 2025February 26, 2025 univnebpress

On titles, memoirs-in-essays, novels-in-stories, and a forthcoming book Continue reading The Linked Essays Dilemma

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News & Reviews

February 27, 2025February 19, 2025 univnebpress

Reviews All Roads Lead to Rome Review in Lincoln Journal Star: “Author Thorness’s descriptions of the long-forgotten battles involved are vivid and his depictions of the Italian landscape 70 years later serve as reminders of the war which changed so … Continue reading News & Reviews

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Cover of "Windflower Home Almanac of Poetry" edited by Ted Kooser

Excerpt: Windflower Home Almanac of Poetry

February 24, 2025February 14, 2025 univnebpress

Ted Kooser, U.S. poet laureate (2004–2006) and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, is a retired presidential professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of dozens of books, including Cotton Candy (Nebraska, 2022); Kindest Regards: Poems, … Continue reading Excerpt: Windflower Home Almanac of Poetry

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Excerpt: Public Land and Democracy in America

February 17, 2025February 14, 2025 univnebpress

Julie Brugger was previously a research social scientist at the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. Her book Public Land and Democracy in America: Understanding Conflict over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Nebraska, 2025) is the … Continue reading Excerpt: Public Land and Democracy in America

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