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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 Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body (Nebraska, 2024) by Lory Bedikian. About the Book: Jagadakeer: Apology … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body
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The winner of the 2025 Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry is Adam O. Davis for “Pyrrhic Symphony,” chosen by guest judges Rowan Ricardo Phillips and Hilda Raz with Timothy Schaffert, Glenna Luschei Editor-in-Chief of Prairie Schooner. Davis will receive a $3,000 … Continue reading Adam O. Davis and Micah Dean Hicks win 2025 Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prizes
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2025: Sanam Sheriff and their manuscript Humہم. “Books are among the most sacred gifts I’ve received from the people I love. To … Continue reading Announcing the 2025 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry Winner
Reviews Too Good to Be Altogether Lost Review in The Wall Street Journal: “Ms. Hill not only discusses the woman’s life, artistry and place in American literature. She also solves a literary mystery that has long bedeviled Wilder’s legacy—and millions … Continue reading News & Reviews
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The Sealey Challenge is a community call to read one book of poetry a day for the month of August. For those looking to challenge themselves further, the organizers invite you to fill out the 2025 challenge bingo card to play for book giveaways, or share a “shelfie” online with the hashtag #SealeyChallenge. Need help planning your reading list? Start here! When We Only Have the Earth ABDOURAHMAN A. WABERI Waberi, a nomad at heart, takes us on a whirlwind tour across North America, Africa, and Europe, daring us to love the earth “beyond all rational thought” and to “turn … Continue reading Sealey Challenge 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 titles where our noses have been buried. “This month I finished reading Prophet Song by Paul Lynch after it … Continue reading July Staff Reading List
The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts through its book series, contests, workshops, and seminars and through its collaborations with publishers, festivals, booking agents, colleges, universities, conferences and all other … Continue reading Jedidiah Mugarura Wins 2025 Sillerman Prize
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