The following is an excerpt from Citizen Akoy: Basketball and the Making of a South Sudanese American by Steve Marantz (February 2019). From Chapter 6: Trust Eric Behrens called basketball a “trust game.” By that he meant that its flow—spontaneous and … Continue reading EXCERPT: Citizen Akoy
Golf writer and author Bill Kilpatrick died on Saturday, February 17 at the age of ninety-two according to the Charlotte County Florida Weekly. Kilpatrick wrote articles for magazines such as Parade, Popular Mechanics, Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Field & Stream, Esquire, Fly Fishing, and True. Before … Continue reading Remembering Bill Kilpatrick
The following is from James W. Johnson, author of The Black Bruins: The Remarkable Lives of UCLA’S Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett (February 2018). Johnson is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Great … Continue reading From the Desk of James Johnson: Great Reads Begin with Great Research
The following contribution comes from Michael Oriard, author of The Art of Football: The Early Game in the Gold Age of Illustration (August 2017). Oriard played football for the University of Notre Dame and the Kansas City Chiefs and is Distinguished Professor … Continue reading From the Desk of Michael Oriard: An Aesthetic of Excess
The following excerpt comes from Before Jackie Robinson: The Transcendent Role of Black Sporting Pioneers by Gerald R. Gems (February 2017). From Chapter 3: When Great Wasn’t Good Enough Sam Ransom’s Journey from Athlete to Activist The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, … Continue reading Excerpt: Before Jackie Robinson
As the year comes to a close, many of our books are being recognized as some of the best in 2016. Even a few of our forthcoming 2017 books are receiving attention. Buzz Books of 2016 Cannibal by Safiya … Continue reading Best of 2016 and a Look Ahead
Awards Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair Longlisted for the 2017 PEN/Open Book Award Books Flock Together by B. J. Hollars Praise from Kirkus: “An insightful memoir on one man’s quest to know living birds by examining those birds that have ceased to … Continue reading News and Reviews
Erica Corwin is the University of Nebraska Press’s Electronic Marketing Coordinator. I don’t know why it happened (it might have something to do with my age or maybe it coincided with my first NPR contribution) but at some point I … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: A Diamond Documentary
It’s Opening Day and we’re saying “PLAY BALL!” Celebrate the new season with a selection of UNP’s baseball books. Greatness in the Shadows by Douglas M. Branson The Black Prince of Baseball by Donald Dewey and Nicholas Acocella Dodgerland by Michael Fallon (June 2016) … Continue reading Reading List: Opening Day
The October 13 issue of Publishers Weekly included an article on the perils and possibilities of publishing sports books. Bob Minzesheimer’s article focused on the apparent disconnect between the popularity of sport in this country and the relatively small number of sports titles published and the even smaller number of those books that achieve great sales. What Minzesheimer had to say certainly caught my attention; the University of Nebraska Press has long published a relatively large number of titles in this genre. In spite of the cautious tale spun in that article, our sports titles are regularly some of the … Continue reading Doc Martyn’s Soul: An Athletic Book?
