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Always wanted to explore more literary fiction from UNP but not sure where to start? We're so proud to partner with Revolving Books to launch our first ever book club. February's pick is THE LAST SUMMER OF REASON by Tahar Djaout.
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"People coming to this book are here for the baseball, and on that count, Wolf delivers. His narrative is clean and crisp throughout," writes Mitchell Nathanson for the Missouri Historical Review.
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February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"People coming to this book are here for the baseball, and on that count, Wolf delivers. His narrative is clean and crisp throughout," writes Mitchell Nathanson for the Missouri Historical Review.
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My first book of translations is appearing January 1 and available for pre-order!!!!
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The first English translation of one of Germany’s most inventive and celebrated poets, Portolan, by Daniela Danz, follows the routes of container shipping that,
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The first English translation of one of Germany’s most inventive and celebrated poets, Portolan, by Daniela Danz, follows the routes of container shipping that,
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
My first book of translations is appearing January 1 and available for pre-order!!!!
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The first English translation of one of Germany’s most inventive and celebrated poets, Portolan, by Daniela Danz, follows the routes of container shipping that,
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
The first English translation of one of Germany’s most inventive and celebrated poets, Portolan, by Daniela Danz, follows the routes of container shipping that,
#GlowBigRed is almost here! From noon to noon today through February 12, UNP will celebrate our campus and raise vital funding to support unique experiential learning opportunites for students.
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Glow Big Red—24 Hours of Husker Giving is almost here, and we are counting on your participation to support the University of Nebraska Press and our amazing student workers, today and in the future. We are a distinctive nonprofit publisher, committed to supporting the University of Nebraska’s mission of teaching, research, and service. UNP is steadfast in its mission to publish books that contribute to Nebraska, the nation, and the world, as well as developing the next generation of talented publishing professionals.
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#GlowBigRed is almost here! From noon to noon today through February 12, UNP will celebrate our campus and raise vital funding to support unique experiential learning opportunites for students.
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Submissions are open until March 15 for the 2026 Prairie Schooner Raz/Shumaker Book Prize in Fiction and Poetry! Two winners will receive $3000 and publication through @univnebpress.bsky.social.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Submissions are open until March 15 for the 2026 Prairie Schooner Raz/Shumaker Book Prize in Fiction and Poetry! Two winners will receive $3000 and publication through @univnebpress.bsky.social.
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In this essential collection, Sergei Kan and Michael E. Harkin have assembled Raymond D. Fogelson's pioneering articles as a resource for ethnohistorians in the twenty-first century.
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In this essential collection, Sergei Kan and Michael E. Harkin have assembled Raymond D. Fogelson's pioneering articles as a resource for ethnohistorians in the twenty-first century.
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#GlowBigRed is tomorrow! Support University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, faculty and staff during this year’s 24hrs of Husker giving, from noon to noon Feb 11-12. bit.ly/GlowBR26
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"Morrell examines numerous interrelated topics...the impact of a prison on a community's self-image and economic health, the dismal existence of being a prison guard, and the goodness of volunteers who help humanize visitors' experiences," writes R. D. McCrie for CHOICE. bit.ly/4keaWYq
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"Morrell examines numerous interrelated topics...the impact of a prison on a community's self-image and economic health, the dismal existence of being a prison guard, and the goodness of volunteers who help humanize visitors' experiences," writes R. D. McCrie for CHOICE. bit.ly/4keaWYq
"A beautifully written tribute to the long-standing Pueblo traditions, this book should be read by anyone who desires a more complete understanding of Eastern Pueblo history," writes American Archaeology. bit.ly/3ZfPGIm
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"A beautifully written tribute to the long-standing Pueblo traditions, this book should be read by anyone who desires a more complete understanding of Eastern Pueblo history," writes American Archaeology. bit.ly/3ZfPGIm
This year marks the centenniel of Black History Month celebrations! We're celebrating with a reading list that highlights the impact of black lives throughout history.
Celebrating a Century of Black History Month
We have never had more need to examine the role of Black History Month than we do when forces weary of democracy seek to use legislative means and book bans to excise Black history from America’s schools and public culture. Black history’s value is not its contribution to mainstream historical narratives, but its resonance in the lives of Black people. —ASALH…
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February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
This year marks the centenniel of Black History Month celebrations! We're celebrating with a reading list that highlights the impact of black lives throughout history.
THE GREAT UPHEAVAL seeks to challenge the periodization employed by most Anglophone scholars of colonial North America and to better integrate scholarship of North America and the Atlantic world with broader early modern histories.
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THE GREAT UPHEAVAL seeks to challenge the periodization employed by most Anglophone scholars of colonial North America and to better integrate scholarship of North America and the Atlantic world with broader early modern histories.
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"The editors reveal a genre that is not merely a record of growth but a dynamic, non-linear site of survival and resistance" writes Seveket Sarper Dorter in @globalsouthls.bsky.social. bit.ly/4bEDY1q
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"The editors reveal a genre that is not merely a record of growth but a dynamic, non-linear site of survival and resistance" writes Seveket Sarper Dorter in @globalsouthls.bsky.social. bit.ly/4bEDY1q
Excerpt: PLAYING TO THE END by Steve Bialostok
PLAYING TO THE END explores the lively nightly gatherings of older Black men at Denver’s Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation Center, a hub steeped in history within a neighborhood undergoing gentrification.
PLAYING TO THE END explores the lively nightly gatherings of older Black men at Denver’s Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation Center, a hub steeped in history within a neighborhood undergoing gentrification.
Excerpt: Playing to the End
Steve Bialostok is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming. He is the coeditor of Education and the Risk Society: Theories, Discourse, and Risk Identities in Education Contexts. His most recent book Playing to the End: Elder Black Men, Placemaking, and Dominoes in Denver (Nebraska, 2026) was published in January. In Playing to the End, Steve Bialostok immerses readers in the vibrant world of the card room at Denver’s Hiawatha Davis Jr.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Excerpt: PLAYING TO THE END by Steve Bialostok
PLAYING TO THE END explores the lively nightly gatherings of older Black men at Denver’s Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation Center, a hub steeped in history within a neighborhood undergoing gentrification.
PLAYING TO THE END explores the lively nightly gatherings of older Black men at Denver’s Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation Center, a hub steeped in history within a neighborhood undergoing gentrification.
THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN AND THE CHARACTER OF PLACE edited by @arnabdr.bsky.social et al. emphasizes matters of space, place, and environment—concepts intrinsically linked to the bildungsroman's processes of meaning-making and critique.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN AND THE CHARACTER OF PLACE edited by @arnabdr.bsky.social et al. emphasizes matters of space, place, and environment—concepts intrinsically linked to the bildungsroman's processes of meaning-making and critique.
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"With PERILS OF GIRLHOOD, @mfraterrigo.bsky.social delivers a collection of personal essays about what it means to grow up female. As much as this book lives up to its title, it’s also infused with resilience," writes Patricia Martin for @riverteeth.bsky.social. bit.ly/49T7E8c
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"With PERILS OF GIRLHOOD, @mfraterrigo.bsky.social delivers a collection of personal essays about what it means to grow up female. As much as this book lives up to its title, it’s also infused with resilience," writes Patricia Martin for @riverteeth.bsky.social. bit.ly/49T7E8c
Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and... Ghostwriter?
Read an excerpt from VIRGINIA FAULKNER by Brad Bigelow (@neglectedbooks.com) in @literaryhub.bsky.social: bit.ly/3NTLHi4
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Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and... Ghostwriter?
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New books are available to request 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: The Heart Folds Early JILL CHRISTMAN…
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What better way to kick off Super Bowl weekend than to hear me talk about "Walter Eckersall: Chicago's Original High School Superstar"? This Saturday, 3pm, at 57th Street Books in Hyde Park! @rogersparkman.bsky.social @pmorse.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
What better way to kick off Super Bowl weekend than to hear me talk about "Walter Eckersall: Chicago's Original High School Superstar"? This Saturday, 3pm, at 57th Street Books in Hyde Park! @rogersparkman.bsky.social @pmorse.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social
The second volume in THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES: 1888–1891 contains 131 letters, of which 80 are published for the first time, written from April 23, 1890, to January 3, 1891.
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The second volume in THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES: 1888–1891 contains 131 letters, of which 80 are published for the first time, written from April 23, 1890, to January 3, 1891.
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"Eayrs's work is an eye-opening account...that will appeal to general readers as well as scholars interested in agriculture, food, environmental, and legal history," writes Daniel T. Greshman in Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. bit.ly/45DNOg3
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"Eayrs's work is an eye-opening account...that will appeal to general readers as well as scholars interested in agriculture, food, environmental, and legal history," writes Daniel T. Greshman in Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. bit.ly/45DNOg3
"FORD FRICK is a genuine gem of biographical interpretation of Frick’s baseball work life," writes Charlie Bevis.
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"FORD FRICK is a genuine gem of biographical interpretation of Frick’s baseball work life," writes Charlie Bevis.
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Discover what teaching weird westerns could look like from @univnebpress.bsky.social
Teaching Weird Westerns
Kerry Fine is an instructor in the Department of English at Arizona State University. Michael K. Johnson is professor of American literature at the University of Maine-Farmington. Rebecca M. Lush i…
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February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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"Silverman handles the memories and the 'emotional misdemeanors' of her former self with a razor-sharp clarity but one without shame," writes Aurora Bonner for the Colorado Review. bit.ly/4a1KDzZ
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"Silverman handles the memories and the 'emotional misdemeanors' of her former self with a razor-sharp clarity but one without shame," writes Aurora Bonner for the Colorado Review. bit.ly/4a1KDzZ