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Announcing the New Voices Prize in Home Front Studies! @HomeFrontSt, published by @UnivNebPress, invites submissions from emerging / non-tenured scholars whose work examines the experience of the wartime home front, broadly considered. See details here: networks.h-net.org/system/files/a

Today is Give to Lincoln Day! A gift to the University of Nebraska Press celebrates 85 years of impact while helping open doors for the next generation of thinkers, creators, and publishing professionals. bit.ly/GivetoLNK

Jay Gallentine's BORN TO EXPLORE started off as a book about robots exploring Mars, but his interviews with former JPL manager John Casani were so compelling that he transformed it into a biography. Gallentine joins This Week in Space (@TWiT) to discuss: twit.tv/shows/this-wee…

Very glad @UnivNebPress asked me to read this memoir by Natalie Oceanheart on the war in Ukraine. Also glad I met @bowlga and @YelenaFurman at a reading on post Soviet writers thanks to @SashaVasilyuk Now you can read an interview with Natalie here puncturedlines.com/2026/05/20/wai…

New book on ice fishing by @james__card @UnivNebPress

New book about South Dakota artist Terry Redlin @UnivNebPress

New to my Translation Shelf! Language/Translators: French/Betsy Wing, Christopher Beach, Dawn M. Cornelio, Carrie Noland, Martin Munro Publisher: @UnivNebPress

I'm very pleased to announce that I will be giving an Author Talk at @ChicagoMuseum on Thursday, August 6, at 6:30 pm about my @UnivNebPress book "Eckie: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports." Hope to see you there! chicagohistory.org/event/author-t…

Give to Lincoln Day is next Thursday, but if you give online now there's a chance to make your gift go father! LCF is sponsoring daily drawings through 5/27. The selected donation will receive an additional $250 for their designated nonprofit. Support UNP: bit.ly/GivetoLNK

Booknotes: "Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville: A Battlefield Guide" cwba.blogspot.com/2026/05/bookno… @UnivNebPress

As we celebrate our 85th anniversary, our Give to Lincoln focus is on the future: expanding student experiential learning opportunities. This giving day, we invite the Lincoln community to support hands-on learning at the press. bit.ly/4dMBVss

World Baseball Network’s @LeifSkodnick is joined by @michaelsclair, to discuss the 2026 World Baseball Classic, the 2026 Baseball Champions League, and Clair’s new book, WE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO BASEBALL. worldbaseball.com/baseball-witho…

Out now with @UnivNebPress nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/97814… and profiled on @NewBooksNetwork newbooksnetwork.com/treaty-ground @artsatbham @LeverhulmeTrust @ahrcpress

#RIPTedTurner Turner saved MLB and the NBA for #Atlanta and the Southeast when he purchased the #Braves and #Hawks Here's a reflection on Ted Turner's significance to baseball in Atlanta that I wrote after the Braves won the World Series in 2021 for @UnivNebPress unpblog.com/2021/11/03/fro…

Outward Odyssey Authors: Reflections on Artemis II Outward Odyssey provides a popular history of spaceflight from the rocket scientists of the 1930s to today, focusing on the lives of astronauts, cosmonauts, technicians, scientists, and their families. wp.me/p4J9AE-jkc

Thank you for everyone who came out last night to @francieandfinch — with folks from @UnivNebPress and the great Tyler Maun making an appearance, too! They should have a few extra signed copies if you want to grab one!

And a reminder for those in Nebraska: Tomorrow I’ll be at the @francieandfinch bookshop at 4:30 pm to talk about WE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO BASEBALL, Baseball Czech, and the WBC. Then on Sunday I’ll be at the Czechs of Lincoln annual festival. See you there! @UnivNebPress

Today is the LAST DAY to save 40% on all poetry titles, including those from the Backwater's Press, Prairie Schooner, and the African Poetry series. Use code 6PM26 at checkout. This offer is good for U.S. and Canadian shipments only: bit.ly/4bV4UIK

Today's Feature: "The BBC Explains the Country’s Challenges to the Cyborg in Sixty Seconds" by @bakronline from Leaked Footages published by @UnivNebPress Read here: poems.com/poem/the-bbc-e…

The Center for Western Studies just released a new history of the Missouri River: "America's Longest River" @AugieCWS Copies available via @UnivNebPress nebraskapress.unl.edu/the-center-for… @WhaHistory @newterritorymag @Missouri_Review @americanrivers @MTHist @brim006 @SoDakHistorian