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kelloggfireman.bsky.social @kelloggfireman.bsky.social · 1d

Some early publicity for my @univnebpress.bsky.social book, "Eckie!" Story by @robertloerzel.bsky.social and appearing in Chicago Magazine's November issue, which will be on newsstands around October 20. The online version went live this morning: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

Chicago’s Original Celebrity Athlete

The new book ‘Eckie’ spotlights Walter Eckersall, a bygone local sports pioneer. Here’s what we learned.

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Jim Leeke @jimleeke.bsky.social · 1d

A look at my previous project, The Gas and Flame Men, available from Potomac Books and @univnebpress.bsky.social. (Cover image: US National Archives)

Book lying on rocky soil. Cover image shows doughboys playing baseball while wearing gas masks.

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 1d

Next Friday at @powells.bsky.social, Shann Ray, author of WHERE BLACKBIRDS FLY, will be joined in conversation by Amy Baskin, author of SKULL, and Keya Mitra Lloyd, associate professor of English at Pacific University.

Learn more: www.powells.com/events/shann...

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 1d

UNP will be at Heartland Fall Forum next week! Find us at tables 121-122.

UNP at Heartland Fall Forum 2025

This year Heartland Fall Forum is in Indianapolis, Indiana from October 14-16, 2025. Heartland Fall Forum is the premiere gathering place for those interested in independent bookstores throughout the Midwest. The event is hosted jointly by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. Find UNP at tables 121-122 in the Exhibitor's Hall for your next read; we look forward to seeing you! Click here for the full schedule of events.

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 1d

Winner of the 2023 Nebraska Book Award, NOURISHING WATERS, COMFORTING SKY explores the natural and cultural history of the Nebraska Sandhills.

Save 50% during our Bison Books Sale: bit.ly/BisonBooksSa...

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 1d

"[THE EDUCATION OF CLARENCE THREE STARS] offers a raw and valuable perspective—one that explores the lives of the Lakota as individuals and as people navigating a profound cultural change," writes Rani-Henrik Andersson for the American Historical Review. bit.ly/4mPCDGO

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 2d

"Broad in both its subject matter and time frame, [MEN OF GOD] contributes to the foundation of the studies of manhood and masculinity and provides a multitude of starting points for more intricate and specific future works," writes Shayna Mehas for H-Net.

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Cover of "Men of God: Mendicant Orders in Colonial Mexico" by Asunción Lavrin

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 2d

This new PBS documentary, inspired by Peter Harnik's FROM RAILS TO TRAILS, explores the 60-year movement to convert abandoned railroads into public trails for cycling and walking.

Premieris October 15 on public television stations nationwide (check local listings). bit.ly/4mJIOvS

From Rails to Trails trailer

Coming to public television in October, 2025.

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 3d

"@jacobflaws.bsky.social is to be commended for producing an insightful and original perspective on Treblinka and its environs...the book is well written, amply illustrated, and compelling," writes Joshua Hagen for the American Historical Review. bit.ly/4o1ECsH

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 3d

News & Reviews featuring @paulknepper.bsky.social @tcraigpetty.bsky.social @baileygaylinmoore.bsky.social @mfraterrigo.bsky.social and more!

News & Reviews

Reviews Moses Malone Review in Publishers Weekly: "Sportswriter Knepper (The Knicks of the Nineties) gives Moses Malone, the first modern basketball player to jump to the pros straight from high school, his due in this insightful biography." Abortion in Mexico Review in American Historical Review: "The discussion is complex and compelling, and Jaffary does a masterful job in this beautifully written and thoroughly researched book."

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 3d

DINOSAUR DREAMS by B.J. Hollars is a father daughter time-traveling adventure that reminds us of what truly matters: the bonds we forge, the world we inherit, and the future we fight to protect.

Save 40% during our Bison Books Sale: bit.ly/BisonBooksSa...

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 3d

"Roger's book is first-rate in its scholarship, tone, and balance," writes William P. MacKinnon for @kshistoryjournal.bsky.social.

Order a copy of BUFFALO BILL AND THE MORMONS: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/...

Buffalo Bill and the Mormons - Nebraska Press

Winner of the 2025 Wyoming Historical Society Publication AwardIn this never-before-told history of Buffalo Bill and the Mormons, Brent M. Rogers presents th...

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 4d

Join @thomaswolf47.bsky.social tonight at the Burke Centre Library where he'll be discussing his new book BASEBALL IN THE ROARING TWENTIES. librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/15079972

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Katya Cengel @katyacengel.bsky.social · 6d

A week from today I’ll be talking about a subject I have been covering my entire journalism career (I won’t say how long that’s been) - refugees and migrants. Please join if you can, it’s free and they’ll be snacks. @univnebpress.bsky.social

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 5d

"Memoir is not just story telling. To do it well, the author is also discovering more about herself as she drafts," shares @mfraterrigo.bsky.social in an interview with the @highlightsfound.bsky.social.

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The Perils of Girlhood: Celebrating a Book Birthday With Melissa Fraterrigo - Highlights Foundation

We're welcoming memoirist Melissa Fraterrigoto the blog today, to celebrate the publication of The Perils of Girlhood. Melissa worked on this memoir while on a Personal Retreat at our Retreat Center-we're always happy to support and celebrate creatives writing for ANY audience with our Personal Retreats.

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 5d

Excerpt: DEATH DOES NOT END AT THE SEA by Gbenga Adesina

DEATH DOES NOT END AT THE SEA (@prairie-schooner.bsky.social) explores the complexity of elusive citizenship.

Excerpt: Death Does Not End at the Sea

Gbenga Adesina, a Nigerian poet and essayist, is the inaugural Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Black and Diasporic Poetry at the Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University. He received his Masters in Fine Arts from New York University, where he was mentored by Yusef Komunyakaa. He is the cofounder and editor of A Long House, a journal of diasporic art, thought, and literature.

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 7d

Next Tuesday, join @thomaswolf47.bsky.social, author of BASEBALL IN THE ROARING TWENTIES, at the Burke Centre Library from 7pm-9pm.

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 7d

MRS. COOK AND THE KLAN is a true crime investigation that sheds new light on Myrtle Underwood Cook’s 1925 unsolved killing while exploring the confluence of forces that brought the temperance movement together.

Save 50% during our Bison Books Sale: bit.ly/BisonBooksSa...

Cover of "Mrs. Cook and the Klan: Booze, Bloodshed, and Bigotry in America’s Heartland" by Tom Chorneau

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 8d

"[B.J. Hollars has] penned an enduring love letter that resonates through the mysteries of deep time and a world just as mysterious, beautiful, and challenged today," writes Simmons Buntin for @terrainorg.bsky.social.

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 8d

New UNP books are available on #NetGalley!

UNP Books on NetGalley

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! Peruse the forthcoming titles that are available on the platform this month: In the Japanese Ballpark ROBERT K. FITTS…

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 9d

Winner of the 2024 Nebraska Book Award, THE FIRST MIGRANTS, by Richard Edwards and @friefeld.bsky.social weaves together the narrative histories of the six most important Black homesteader communities.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely thrilled with the cover @univnebpress.bsky.social has designed for my book, The New Old Style: Anachronism in Contemporary Comics (coming August ‘26)! And special thanks to the wonderful and generous Cole Closser for allowing me to use their art.

Cover of a book titled The New Old Style: Anachronism in Contemporary Comics, by Matthew Levay. The cover features three vertically-arranged panels. The middle features the book’s title against a black background, while the top and bottom feature colorful drawings of a boy with white circles for eyes, done in a style clearly reminiscent of 1920s and 1930s-era newspaper comics and designed to appear as if they are printed on old newsprint.

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 9d

"FORWARD WITHOUT FEAR provides a critical bridge of Native Hawaiian cultural persistence across the territorial period, and Taira’s skillful, nuanced work has revealed a rich body of sources," writes Michelle M.K. Morgan for the American Historical Review. shorturl.at/KUl6i

Cover of "Forward without Fear: Native Hawaiians and American Education in Territorial Hawaiʻi, 1900–1941" by Derek Taira

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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 9d

From the Desk of B.J. Hollars: When Life Gives You a Climate Crisis, Write About Dinosaurs

B.J. Hollars is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. He is the author or editor of more than fifteen books, including Go West, Young Man: A Father and Son Rediscover America on the Oregon Trail (Bison Books, 2021) and Midwestern Strange: Hunting Monsters, Martians, and the Weird in Flyover Country (Nebraska, 2019). His book Dinosaur Dreams: A Father and Daughter in Search of America’s Prehistoric Past…

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Michael Clair @michaelclair.bsky.social · 9d

My copy of Rob Fitts’ new book (from the fine, FINE folks at @univnebpress.bsky.social) on the people and moments behind the scenes in the NPB arrived! Can’t wait to crack it open.

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