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UNP at AWP26 UNP will be exhibiting at the AWP Conference & Bookfair March 4-7 in Baltimore, Maryland. The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Visit us at booths 1069/1071 to browse our books and journals! Attending the conference virtually or can’t make it? Check out our virtual book exhibit 

Next week, UNP will be exhibiting at AWP 2026 (March 4-7) in Baltimore, Maryland! View our author's events or peruse the virtual exhibit below.

Baseball Sale 2026 “For baseball fans, the University of Nebraska Press is a perennial MVP—most valuable publisher.” —George F. Will Steal some savings and save 40% on these baseball books! Enter coupon code 6BAB26 in the discount code field of your shopping cart and click “Apply.” Offer expires June 12, 2026 and is good for U.S. and Canadian shipments only. Shop Now!

Save 40% on all baseball books now through June 12, 2026 with promo code 6BAB26!

The Heart Folds Early University of Nebraska Press

Can't wait until March 1st? Read an excerpt from THE HEART FOLDS EARLY in THE WRITER'S CHRONICLE. Thank you, @awpwriter.org! This is getting real, isn't it?!

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Civil War Memories in a Polarized America (with Jen Murray and John Kinder) Podcast Episode · Emerging Civil War · 02/03/2026 · 58m

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!

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Flyer for book debut of They Are Dead and Yet They Live on Feb 26 at 7 pm

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

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A dear, kind, brilliant former student sent me this photo of my recently arrived shiny new memoir THE HEART FOLDS EARLY sitting happily on a super cute couch with her sister books--so I guess if you pre-order you won't have to wait long?! *SAVE 40% with code 6AS26 at nebraskapress.unl.edu

Jen Murray and I just had a great time recording an episode of the Cross Word Books podcast (out soon).

If anyone wants to chat about our new book on #CivilWar memory and American polarization, just hit us up.

Attending #AHA26? Find UNP in the Exhibitor's Hall at booth 325 for your next read! @historians.org

If you’re at #AHA26, stop by the exhibit hall to visit the @univnebpress.bsky.social booth! We’ll be here through noon on Sunday!

Very excited to get my hands on this brilliant new edited collection, in which I have a chapter about the Republican Party and the Lost Cause.

This Thursday I will be having a Substack live chat with @civilwarmemory.bsky.social about this chapter and my wider research. Do come along! 🗃️

Crude Nation - Nebraska Press Beneath Venezuelan soil lies an ocean of crude—the world’s largest reserves—an oil patch that shaped the nature of the global energy business. Unfortun...

For those looking to know more about the history of oil in Venezuela, no look further than CRUDE NATION (Potomac Books, 2016) by Raúl Gallegos. @univnebpress.bsky.social published a new edition in 2019: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-book...

Congratulations, John and Jen! We're proud to be your publisher!

We're always happy to offer a 40% discount on new titles - just use code 6AF25 on our website. Supporting university presses and their authors is a great way to start 2026!

We’re kicking off the new year with a new #callforpapers! “Conservative Feminisms in the Americas” is an upcoming special issue of Frontiers that investigates how feminism, even as a discourse of resistance, participates in hegemonic projects. Read the full call: frontiers.utah.edu/conservative...

Image featuring a cat standing next to two books on display. The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics, and Aesthetic Reinventions (with University of Alberta Press) and The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place (with University of Nebraska Press).

Hello friends, the postcolonial bildungsroman volumes are out now. Please consider checking them out, using them in your research, courses, reviewing them, ordering them for your personal or university libraries, and spreading the word. @ualbertapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social

Staff Reading Wrapped Sarah Kee is the Publicity Assistant at UNP and compiles the Staff Reading List every month. Rebecca Jefferson is the Marketing Associate at UNP, editor of the Behind the Book blog, and has never taken a statistics class. As the year comes to a close, we're excited to share our staff reading wrapped containing fun highlights pulled from our monthly staff reading list, spanning December 2024 to November 2025.

As the year comes to a close, we're excited to share our Staff Reading Wrapped, which compiles stats from every Staff Reading List this past year.

#readingwrapped #booklist #booksky #2025reads

The Marketeers Club: A 2025 Retrospective Rosemary Sekora is the Marketing and Sales Manager for UNP. Our books and journals were read, cited, reviewed, circulated, purchased, borrowed, and shared across platforms this year. And not just in the traditional outlets! One was made into a documentary, one celebrated a 50th anniversary, one was displayed in Times Square in New York, one was seen onscreen…

The Marketeers Club: A 2025 Retrospective

On the blog, Marketing and Sales Manager @rasekora.bsky.social reflects on another year of UNP books and publicity.

UNP Hosts Books in the Barrel Room Looking for holiday gifts or want to add to your own library? Come shop UNP’s office overstock at Books in the Barrel Room! Bring your own shopping bag and enjoy $4 pints from White Elm Brewing Company while you shop. Advance ticket: $25 a bag + 30 minute early entry At the door: $5 a book or $30 a bag…

Looking for holiday gifts or want to add to your own library? Shop UNP's office overstock at Books in the Barrel Room this Saturday!

Fill a tote bag with books for $30 and enjoy $4 pints while you shop. More details and 🎫 below 👇

The Heart Folds Early - Nebraska Press The Heart Folds Early is a story of transformation through tragedy, and an examination of the way in which great loss can make us simultaneously fearful and ...

So, yeah, I guess I should share that my new memoir (coming out March 1 2026 from @univnebpress.bsky.social) has a cover & a pre-order link & y'all should mash that button.

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In the Shadow of El Tajín - Nebraska Press Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and n...

@univnebpress.bsky.social is having a whole-catalog holiday sale! Use discount code 6HLW25 for 50% off through the end of the year! That's $15 for paperback/ebook editions of my book. ICYMI: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

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Holiday Sale Happy Holidays from the University of Nebraska Press! Great books make great gifts, so for the rest of the year, until December 31, 2025, our entire catalog is available for 50% OFF. This sale includes over 4,000 books, so there’s something for everyone. Just enter 6HLW25 in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click Add Promotion Code when making your purchase. Shop Now!

Happy Holidays from the University of Nebraska Press! Great books make great gifts, so until December 31, 2025, our entire catalog is available for 50% OFF.

bookfomerical time!!! order In the Shadow of El Tajín from @univnebpress.bsky.social NOW w/ discount code 𝟔𝐀𝐅𝟐𝟓 and get S I X BODY CHAPTERS, 20+ figures, and 700+ endnotes for JUST $18 (+ shipping and taxes)!!! now THAT’s what i call 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺!!!

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Thank you, Sam! We so enjoyed working with you, and we're proud to be your publisher!

Native American and Indigenous Studies Sale 2025 The University of Nebraska Press is the proud publisher of one of the most distinguished lists in Native American and Indigenous Studies. Spanning deft explorations of oral literatures and languages, bracing memoirs and firsthand accounts, and groundbreaking studies of native rituals and beliefs, the books presented here are all 50% OFF and represent our most recent offerings in this ever-expanding discipline.

The press' annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Sale has begun! Throughout November, get 50% off all Native Studies titles from Nebraska and Bison Books using code 6NAT25.

Learn more 👇

Black-and-white logo of the CASEY Award from Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine.

My book Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano, from @univnebpress.bsky.social, is a finalist for the 2025 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. I'm on a list with @ballgirl.bsky.social, @jmjournalist.bsky.social, and other very fast company. Thank you, Spitball Magazine!

50 years of Frontiers means 50 years of cover art. We commemorate Frontiers’ many amazing visual artists who have contributed their work to our issues with 5 special posters featuring different covers across each decade. These designs were created by Amy Lage at @univnebpress.bsky.social:

Join me on Saturday, November 8, at the Albuquerque Library Special Collections branch on Edith and Central at 10:30 am. I'll talk about my book, and have copies available for purchase.
#mexicanhistory #borderlandshistory #panchovilla

Shortlist for 2026 One Book One Nebraska Announced | Country 96.5 - KRGI-FM What book will all Nebraskans be encouraged to read in 2026? We will all find out on November 15th at the Nebraska Celebration of Books (N.COB) literary festival. A mesmerizing...

Congratulations to Joel Sartore, his book NEBRASKA: UNDER A BIG RED SKY is a finalist for the 2026 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program!

The final pick will be announced on November 15th during the Nebraska Celebration of Books (N.COB). bit.ly/4mX4V2f

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...

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

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