"I found even more newspaper columns, legislative notes, speeches, and arguments written about the girls by the adults around them. Once I began looking, newsgirls seemed to shout at me from everywhere. Extra! Extra! is the result."

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A 2026 Editor's Choice by NewPages, 52 Writing Prompts by Suzanne Roberts draws from more than thirty years of creative writing teaching experience

For more than sixty years, Bison Books has helped sustain the intrigue of the West by serving as the living literature of western lands and people. The Bison Books sale starts now!

September Staff Reading List

The University of Nebraska Press is pleased to announce the selection of the next book in the fiction series, Zero Street. Open Wounds by Sam Moe will be published on May 1, 2027.

Big Red Boost starts today! Now through 10/16, you can help make an impact at UNL by supporting projects that are creating opportunities for students across campus. We're proud to share that we are one of this year's featured projects.

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From the Desk of Daniel H. Usner: Tracking Down Baskets and Letters

From the Desk of poet Adam O. Davis: Death was everywhere and, suddenly, so were birds

"While writing Frontier Comrades, six accounts of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender lives in the American frontier, a reader wondered why I was including the gunfight at the O.K. Corral..."

"...we are deeply invested in studying, preserving, and sharing the stories that make Oklahoma with broad public audiences."

New books available on NetGalley this month! Request and review today

In honor of our 85th anniversary, we asked staff to share their favorite books. Which one do you have on your shelf?

The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2026: Ayling Dominguez and the manuscript Be Obsidian.

UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried.

From the Desk of David Benac: What the Rainforest Action Network's First Two Decades Teach Us Today