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Many thanks to Marshall Garvey for the wonderful review of my book Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano, from @univnebpress.bsky.social.

Check out @henk-jandekker.bsky.social's review of Gonzalo Romero Sommer's "High Voltage: Hydroelectric Development and Political Power in Peru," published in 2025 by @univnebpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envtech #energy www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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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. Get your copy: bit.ly/4tp5ZR2

Please consider supporting @univnebpress.bsky.social through UNL's Glow Big Red campaign today. Funds raised go to future student interns! 💗

My first book of translations is appearing January 1 and available for pre-order!!!! 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.

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. Read our full guidelines and submit: prairieschooner.unl.edu/book-prize-g...

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. Save 40% when you order now: bit.ly/4qxyzgm

#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

"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

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. Save 40% when you order now: bit.ly/4r1BfE2

"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.

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. Save 40%: bit.ly/3ZUHS

#GlowBigRed is almost here, so spread the word! It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 to become a ME + 3 champion and aid your favorite University Press: 1️⃣Sign up 2️⃣Make a gift 3️⃣Recruit 3 friends Learn more glowbigred.unl.edu/info/be-a-ch...

"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

New books are available to request on #NetGalley!

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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

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. Save 40% when you order now: bit.ly/3LQWkBR

"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. bit.ly/3ZFFQzw

Discover what teaching weird westerns could look like from @univnebpress.bsky.social

"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

Have you decided what you’ll support during #GlowBigRed 2026? When you support the press you... ✅Create student experiential learning oportunities ✅Advance pioneering scholarship ✅Aid the publication of award-winning trade books bit.ly/GlowBR26

"With a poem, you take a half-hour or an hour and if it crashes and burns, who cares? But with a novel, the risk feels far higher. But I just started and wrote every day," shares Ben Grossberg, author of the AWP award-winning novel, THE SPRING BEFORE OBERGEFELL. Read more: bit.ly/46ka92m

#CallforPapers! Frontiers is seeking submissions for a new special issue titled “What Are Feminist Quantitative Methods? New Frontiers in the Field.” Read the full call & submission information: frontiers.utah.edu/what-are-fem...

Jen Murray and I are on the latest episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast. We talk about our new edited collection, They Are Dead and Yet They Live, from @univnebpress.bsky.social. Thanks to Chris Mackowski for having us! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Thank you to all who joined us at Oblong Books for Robert K. Fitts' reading! Weren't able to make it? Order your copy here: bit.ly/4tejNxl

🥊October 26, 1970: a bout that changed America. Muhammad Ali’s comeback in Atlanta wasn’t just about reclaiming a title - it was about redefining power, politics & pride. Historian Tom Aiello & the night Ali became more than "just" a champion. LISTEN NOW! https://tinyurl.com/372m624x

WHEN WE ONLY HAVE THE EARTH by @abdourahmanwaberi.bsky.social and BAKANDAMIYA by @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social were featured in PEN America's roundup of books by members in 2025. Read the full list: bit.ly/3NM2X

On @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, you're in for an enjoyable listen #skystorians! Tune into my chat with @sholleykline.bsky.social on his new book 📕 In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico @univnebpress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-shado...

Can't wait to talk to Jen Murray about why the American Civil War matters --now more than ever. @univnebpress.bsky.social

The editors (@saralspurgeon1.bsky.social) of WEIRD WESTERNS and HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER join the blog to discuss their experiences building a course around the "Weird Western."

Mark your calendars. #GlowBigRed returns for another 24 Hours of Husker giving on Feb 11-12! Learn more glowbigred.unl.edu/

"Highly suitable for academic and general audiences alike, it should be required reading for any course on Holocaust history, testimony, or genocide," writes J. Burzlaff for CHOICE about the SPACES OF TREBLINKA by @jacobflaws.bsky.social bit.ly/4rcICIc

"@mfraterrigo.bsky.social’s exploration of her own girlhood and that of her offspring encompasses family, societal pressure... and generally the struggle to be," writes Donald G. Evans for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. bit.ly/4k5EGXv

Check out Aran Ward Sell's review of Steven Swarbrick's "The Earth Is Evil," published in 2025 by @univnebpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhum #ecocrit #envhist www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

Excerpt: RETURN OF THE KING by Thomas Aiello In RETURN OF THE KING, Thomas Aiello examines the history of Muhammad Ali, Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson, and the city of Atlanta.

Really excited to share that my book Swarm is now up for pre-order. It’s about the rise of megaconstellations and what that means for power, conflict, and resilience in Low Earth Orbit. @univnebpress.bsky.social Potomac Books www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-book... #LEO #Megaconstellations #Space

"In many aspects this is a pioneering work that invites more scholarship on the subject," writes Fabian M. Rebolledo for Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. bit.ly/49X1J21

In INDIAN CHIEFS VS. GOVERNMENT AGENTS Robert J. Bigart examines the years of dramatic change that occurred between 1875 and 1910 for the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Save 40% when you order now: bit.ly/4t4VBh3

Check out the latest episode of the Cross Word Book podcast in which historian Jennifer Murray and I talk about living in the South, predictions of the "next" civil war, & our new edited collection on #CivilWar memory. @univnebpress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/c...

January Staff Reading List