The following is an excerpt from Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System (Nebraska, March 2017) by Sonya Huber. Huber is an associate professor of English at Fairfield University. She is the author of Opa Nobody (Nebraska, 2008), Cover Me: … Continue reading Excerpt: Pain Woman Takes Your Keys
The Modern Language Association has worked since 1883 to “strengthen the study and teaching of languages and literatures.” That effort is continued in the Committee on Scholarly Editions, which edits, critiques, awards, and promotes excellent scholarly works. One way the … Continue reading MLA Approves Henry James
Mark Spitzer loves fish and he loves to fish. As a nationally known author (Seasons of the Gar, Return of the Gar), writing about fish and their issues is what he does best. In this blog series, Spitzer shares his … Continue reading Where in the West is Mark Spitzer?
The following contribution comes from Jean Hastings Ardell, co-author of Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey (April 2017). Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, the first woman to win a men’s professional baseball game. Raw, open, and … Continue reading From the Desk of Jean Ardell: Writing Ila Borders’ Story
The following poems have been excerpted from The Woods Are On Fire: New and Selected Poems by Fleda Brown (March 2017). The Gospel Truth The Confederate soldiers came for the freed slaves. They had not thought to escape but had been freed … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Woods Are On Fire
Anna Weir is a publicist a little surprised at how quickly time flies when she spends all her time talking about books. Seems odd to think that a year ago I officially signed on as a full-time publicist with UNP. … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: A Year of Publicity
Books Cannibal Safiya Sinclair One of Literary Hub‘s “Oscar nominees” for best book of poetry. Before Boas by Han F. Vermeulen Praise from American Anthropologist: “To use words such as ‘magisterial’ and ‘compendious’ about this book may understate the case.” … Continue reading News and Reviews
Tayler Lord and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP who share a cubicle currently filled with paper coffee cups. Today they also share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion … Continue reading Publicist Picks: May Books
The following excerpt comes from Screening the System: Exposing Security Clearance Dangers (February 2017) by Martha Louise Deutscher. From Chapter 1: The Many Faces of a Threat Ethnicity, Nationality, and Other Threats When Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Franklin … Continue reading Excerpt: Screening the System
February Staff Reading List UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books where our noses have been buried. In Search of Buddha’s Daughters … Continue reading What We’re Reading
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