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’ve been reading a few UNP books from … Continue reading April Staff Reading List
Gail Shaffer Blankenau is a professional genealogist, historian, speaker, and author. She holds an MA degree in history from the University of Nebraska–Kearney, and in 2023 she received the James L. Sellers prize for her article about the Grayson sisters in … Continue reading Excerpt: Journey to Freedom
ICYMI An excerpt from Inside the Mirror by Parul Kapur was featured in LitHub! Reviews Without Destroying Ourselves Review in American Indian Quarterly: “Goodwin’s work allows us to look to the past to see the vision and impact that Indigenous … Continue reading News & Reviews
Richard Moves Camp (Oglala Lakota) is a fifth-generation Lakota healer, tribal historian, and spiritual leader. He teaches at Sinte Gleska University and lectures on Lakota history, culture, and traditions. In 2021 he was named a Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow. Simon J. Joseph is … Continue reading Excerpt: My Grandfather’s Altar
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
Mitchell Nathanson is a professor of law in the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at the Villanova University School of Law. He is the author of several books, including Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original (Nebraska, 2020), God … Continue reading Excerpt: Under Jackie’s Shadow
For baseball fans, the University of Nebraska Press is a perennial MVP—most valuable publisher. —George F. Will As the baseball season begins in earnest, we’ve compiled a list of ten home run reads that knock it out of the park. … Continue reading Reading List: 10 Home Run Reads
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! The 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Victoria Lamont is a professor of English at the University of Waterloo. She is the author of Westerns: A Women’s History (Nebraska, 2016) and coauthor of Judith Merril: A Critical Study. Her most recent book is The Bower Atmosphere: A Biography of B. M. … Continue reading Excerpt: The Bower Atmosphere
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’ve been reading Tom Gannon’s Birding While Indian, a memoir … Continue reading March Staff Reading List
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