As we come to a close on this year, we’re excited to share a preview of some of our forthcoming 2024 books. Inside the Mirror by Parul Kapur Visionary twin sisters aspire to become artists in 1950s India in Parul … Continue reading Books to Watch out for in 2024
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. “I’ve been reading some UNP books this month to celebrate … Continue reading November Staff Reading List
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 13-17. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses. Following the example of the first University Press week, proclaimed by US President Jimmy … Continue reading UP Week: HOW does your press #SpeakUP?
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 13-17. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses. Following the example of the first University Press week, proclaimed by US President Jimmy … Continue reading UP Week: WHO does your press help #SpeakUP?
Join the University of Nebraska Press and UNL’s English department in celebrating the first publication in our Zero Street Fiction series with some events celebrating the series later today! Zero Street is committed to LGBTQ+ literary fiction of all kinds, … Continue reading Upcoming Events for Zero Street Fiction
ICYMI UNP Nebraska Book Award Winners Reviews Life in the G Review in Booklist: “This is an unforgettable view of an aspect of the NBA that most of us don’t see, in which the glitz and glamour we’re used to … Continue reading News & Reviews
The University of Nebraska Press is pleased to announce the selection of the next book in the fiction series, Zero Street. I Make Envy on Your Disco by Eric Schnall will be published May 1, 2024. In Berlin, the past … Continue reading Announcing the second book in the Zero Street Fiction series
Timothy Schaffert is the author of numerous books, including The Perfume Thief (Knopf Doubleday, 2021) and The Swan Gondola (Riverhead, January 2014). He is a series editor of Zero Street Fiction which is committed to LGBTQ+ literary fiction with commercial potential. The … Continue reading Remembering Louis Crompton: The Inspiration for Zero Street Fiction
Hilary Zaid is the author of the award-winning novel Paper is White. Her short works have appeared in Mother Jones, Ecotone, Day One, Southwest Review, and Utne Reader, and have been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her newest book, Forget I Told You This, is the … Continue reading From the Desk of Hilary Zaid: The Necessary Edit, the Necessary Project
We are extending the submission period for the Zero Street Fiction Series to April 1st and changing the submission period going forward. It will now be open November 1 through April 1. The series seeks LGBTQ+ literary fiction of all kinds, from … Continue reading New submission period for Zero Street Fiction Series
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