June is Pride Month, and there’s no better way to celebrate it than picking up one of our many books delving into LGBTQIA+ topics or written by LGBTQIA+ authors. Throughout this month, you can also enjoy these books and thousands … Continue reading Pride Month Reading List
Olivia Schmitz is now a Marketing Assistant for the Catholic University of America Press. Previously she was a marketing intern, turned publicity assistant, at the University of Nebraska Press. Change is one of life’s few constants. It’s also one of … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Good Stories Require Change
The following letter was written by Donna A. Shear, UNP Director, for the Spring 2021 newsletter, i.e. Few people can look back at the expanse of their careers and say they’ve been blessed with such a meaningful and fulfilling one—whether … Continue reading Director’s View
Steven Wingate is an associate professor of English at South Dakota State University and the author of several books, including Of Fathers and Fire (Nebraska, 2019), the award-winning Wifeshopping, and Thirty-One Octets: Incantations and Meditations. His forthcoming book, The Leave-Takers will be available March … Continue reading From the Desk of Steven Wingate: Writing to Reconcile Place
Robert Darcy is a professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the author of Misanthropoetics: Social Flight and Literary Form in Early Modern England (Nebraska, 2021). My book talks about why Renaissance literature was interested in … Continue reading From the Desk of Robert Darcy: A Look at Misanthropy in Renaissance Literature
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Fall 2020 Newsletter, i.e. Can’t travel because of the pandemic? Tour the American and Canadian Wests and the Mexico borderlands from anywhere with Virtually Bison Books. UNP has developed an electronic portal … Continue reading “Virtually Bison Books” Tours Encourage Readership of Iconic Works
November is Native American Heritage Month, and there’s no better way to celebrate it than picking up one of our many books that is sure to enlighten, entertain, and educate us all on the past for a better future. And … Continue reading Reading List for Native American Heritage Month
Books My Omaha Obsession: Searching for the City Miss Cassette Review in Shelf Awareness: “No familiarity with Omaha is needed to enjoy this charming book—it’s for any reader who delights in old houses, faded newspaper clippings, family stories, memories of … Continue reading News and Reviews
Throughout the month of November we will feature books and authors from our list to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Denise Low teaches in the School of Graduate Studies at Baker University. She is the author of the memoir The Turtle’s Beating Heart: One … Continue reading From the Desk of Denise Low
BOOKS Some Are Always Hungry by Jihyun Yun Praise from Publishers Weekly: “In this excellent debut, Yun lingers over descriptions in precise and evocative language.” The Spanish Craze: America’s Fascination with the Hispanic World, 1779-1939 by Richard L. Kagan Review … Continue reading News and Reviews
