Author and firefighter Chris Serb joins Rick Kogan to talk about his book, ‘ECKIE: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports’. Chris dives in on Walter’s role as both an athlete and sports journalist and how it led to the growth of Chicago sports.

To help spread the word about new books, our publicity team launched the UNP Influencer Partnership in 2023. As part of the partnership, influencers can request and receive galleys (physical or e-book) or finished books of their choice. We are now accepting title requests for the Spring/Summer 2026 Season. Baseball fans won't want to miss We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball…

The winner of the 2023 Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry is Lory Bedikian for her manuscript "Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body," chosen by

Named a 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleLaura Ingalls Wilder, author of the well-known Little House series, wrote stories from her childhood because th...

In Thomas Aiello’s “Return of the King,” an immersive, behind-the-scenes account of the 1970 Ali-Quarry fight in Atlanta, politician Leroy Johnson steps up as an unsung hero.

Reviews Lost Synagogues of Europe Review in Kirkus: "A guide to missing pieces of European Jewish history, each building lovingly described and painted to bring readers inside." Review in Jewish Herald Voice of Houston: "The book is a portal into the lives of the European Jewish communities that created and sustained these synagogues." Coming to a Neighborhood Near You…

Today is Poetry at Work Day, so we invite you to uncover the subliminal in your typical day to day. Looking to one's environment, upbringing, and ancestorial ties for reinvention is what Chinụa Ezenwa-Ọhaeto does in his poetry collection The Naming (Nebraska, 2025). With these two poems as a guide, join Ọhaeto in his journey to explore the movements, excesses, and extremes of existing as a postmodern individual, connecting these experiences to ancestry.

Published in Global South Literary Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Major congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award Established by The Pattis Family Foundation in October 2023, The Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award honors fiction or nonfiction books that inspire, illuminate, or exemplify the creative process in fields such as creative writing, dance, film and new media, music, theatre, and visual arts.

Arnab Dutta Roy is an assistant professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University. Paul Ugor is a professor of English at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of Nollywood: Popular Cult…

The masterful second collection from Dzukogi (Your Crib, My Qibla) draws on the mythic and poetic traditions of northern Nigeria...

It all began on an electric day in Pittsburgh, December 27, 1975 when playoff football was at a fever pitch.Half a century later, it's now considered by many...