Reviews The Golden Land Review in Vol.1 Brooklyn: “What makes The Golden Land a superb novel is the sheer facility of Shick’s storytelling. The book smoothly carries us along the story lines that run from Boston to Myanmar over fateful periods in … Continue reading News & Reviews
Reviews Race and Resistance in Boston Review in The Boston Globe: “Overall, Race and Resistance in Boston has something for every local sports lover who is also conscious about justice. These compelling stories about race, class, and sexuality add to … Continue reading News & Reviews
Congratulations to the following UNP authors who were finalists for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! “This year’s submissions have truly impressed me with their depth and diversity. Each finalist stands as a testament to the remarkable … Continue reading Announcing the 2024 Foreword INDIES Finalists
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
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)
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
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “This month I read Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, which tells the … Continue reading February Staff Reading List
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
David Krell is the author of 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK (Nebraska, 2021), Do You Believe in Magic? Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966, and The Fenway Effect: A Cultural History of the Boston Red Sox (Nebraska, 2024). His … Continue reading Disco Balls and Baseballs: A Journey to 1978
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 The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to The Gas and Flame Men
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