University of Nebraska Press

01/24/2025

🎉Happy : fiction edition!

From the latest issue of North Dakota Quarterly, "Pennies From Heaven" is a short story following a mysterious inn and its many spooky myths.

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01/24/2025

"With Emily Carney, Blogger and Author and [Bruce] McCandless’s breezy style, this enthusiastic and accessible history will engage the curiosity of both general readers and seasoned space enthusiasts alike," writes Donna Marie Smith for Library Journal.

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01/20/2025

A hearty congratulations to Romeo Oriogun! His book THE GATHERING OF BASTARDS (African Poetry Book Fund) is a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award!

Winners to be announced February 1st. https://bit.ly/4hmdJMv

01/15/2025

"[STAR BOUND] digs impressively deep to place the growth of America’s space program in context...[Emily Carney, Blogger and Author and Bruce McCandless are] a writing marriage made in heaven’s starry skies," writes Rebecca Coffey for Forbes.

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A history of America’s space program, STAR BOUND is a vividly depicted, comprehensive telling that digs impressively deep — and is occasionally a whole lot of fun.

01/14/2025

Sherrie Flick, author of HOMING, joins the Laurel Review for an interview about living in Pittsburgh, essay crafting, and more:

01/09/2025

STAR BOUND by Emily Carney, Blogger and Author and Bruce McCandless III was featured in the American Scientist's Books About Space That Are Out of this World.

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01/06/2025

"A well-organized, well-told, often fascinating story of a life," writes Harlan Hague of THE SUGAR KING OF CALIFORNIA for Roundup Magazine (Western Writers of America, Inc.).

Read The Latest Roundup Page Title December 2024 Issue Western Writers - Western Actors & World War II Western Writers & World War II By Johnny D. Boggs Hillerman Got 'More Out of the War Than My Scars' By Johnny D. Boggs Fathers and Sons By David Morrell ASE Paperbacks and the Fight Against Book Ba...

01/02/2025

"This is a national history about the very contingent making of modern America: how the continent became connected and reordered in the middle of the nineteenth century. . . A tremendous interpretive and narrative accomplishment, CONTINENTAL RECKONING is a must-read book," writes Alexandra E. Stern for H-Net. https://bit.ly/3ZGdMf7

01/02/2025

Introducing the Spring / Summer 2025 Seasonal Catalog! https://unpblog.com/2025/01/02/introducing-the-spring-summer-2025-seasonal-catalog/

01/01/2025

"SHIFT [by Penny Guisinger] has something to offer to anyone who has ever realized, midway through the drive, that it’s time to scrap the roadmap. It’s for anyone who has ever taken stock of life’s twists and turns, marveling at how it’s possible to come so far and still be yourself," writes Genanne Walsh for the Portland Press Herald.

Mainer Penny Guisinger's new memoir, 'Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions,' is 'searching, forthright and witty' – and important.

12/31/2024

Today is the last day to save 50% on thousands of UNP titles across our imprints (including The Backwaters Press, Bison Books, Potomac Books, and Nebraska).

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12/30/2024

Yolonda Youngs joins KJZZ Phoenix to discuss FRAMING NATURE and how the Grand Canyon went from "valueless" to a national treasure.

In her new book “Framing Nature,” Yolonda Youngs looks at maps, artifacts, postcards, photographs and more to find out how visual interpretations of the Grand Canyon have shaped the American West.

12/27/2024

MARICAS by Javier Fernández-Galeano traces the erotic lives and legal battles of Argentine and Spanish q***r people, who despite state repression and sexual violence, carved out their own spaces in metropolitan and rural cultures between the 1940s and the 1980s.

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12/25/2024

Publishers Weekly sits down with former U.S. Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser to discuss his new books (THE WINDFLOWER HOME ALMANAC OF POETRY and RAFT), his writing process for both poetry and picture books, and how he keeps so busy well into his 80s. https://bit.ly/3ZHZxqa

12/25/2024

In SHIFT, a personal inquiry into midlife lesbianism, Penny Guisinger examines sexual and romantic fluidity while wrestling with the ways past and present intermingle rather than staying in linear narratives.

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12/20/2024

PERFECT ELOQUENCE, edited by Tom Hoffarth, is a celebration of Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully for his sixty-seven years calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and for his values, actions, and contributions away from the game.

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12/18/2024

Winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, THANKS FOR THIS RIOT by Janelle Bassett explores the limits of kindness, the weight of being needed, and the fear of being misunderstood.

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12/17/2024

Still looking for the perfect gift? AirTalk (LAist) Host Larry Mantle shares his favorite LA books of 2024, including PERFECT ELOQUENCE:

Each book on this list offers insight into Southern California.