Bridget Barry
bridgetrbarry.bsky.social
Bridget Barry
@bridgetrbarry.bsky.social
Editor in Chief at the University of Nebraska Press (@univnebpress.bsky.social). All opinions my own.
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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.
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…
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December 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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 👇
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…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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.

www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
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 ...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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@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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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...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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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.
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!
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November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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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November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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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.

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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.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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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!
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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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:
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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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
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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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
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...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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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...
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A look at my previous project, The Gas and Flame Men, available from Potomac Books and @univnebpress.bsky.social. (Cover image: US National Archives)
October 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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#OTD in 1946 the US Navy P2V Neptune "Truculent Turtle" landed at Port Columbus (Ohio, USA) airport after an 11,236-mile nonstop flight from Perth, Western Australia. For more on this flight, see my 2022 book, The Turtle and the Dreamboat, from Potomac Books / @univnebpress.bsky.social. — #avgeeks
October 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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The long-awaited day is here! My new book "Eckie: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports" is officially published! Thanks to all who helped me in this five-plus year journey, especially my wife and daughters for their support and patience! www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
October 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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DINOSAUR DREAMS is going on the road this week; Join BJ Hollars along the stops of his Western Book Tour!

In DINOSAUR DREAMS B.J. Hollars recounts his and his daughter's exploration of Montana’s legendary Dinosaur Trail.
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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If you are at Colorado State University—I am going to join some savvy university press editors - @bridgetrbarry.bsky.social, @mickodopolous.bsky.social, @mallums.bsky.social, and Nicole Solano - for a day of publishing panels and 1-on-1 author/editor sessions this Thursday, 9/18.

Link below w/info!
September 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Now available: the 2024 winners of the Raz-Shumaker Book Prize in Fiction and Poetry, published by @univnebpress.bsky.social!

Invitation: Stories by Mi Jin Kim: prairieschooner.unl.edu/book-prize/i...

Death Does Not End at the Sea by Gbenga Adesina: prairieschooner.unl.edu/book-prize/d...
September 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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I’ve been talking a lot this summer about Big Loosh. Thanks to the various podcasts and interviewers! The bio is available now from @univnebpress.bsky.social. #baseball #biography
August 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Many thanks to Ed Randall and Kevin Kennedy for chatting with me today about Big Loosh, from @univnebpress.bsky.social. Listen to it on MLB Network Radio / SiriusXM.
August 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Guest judges, Eric Wat and DeMisty Bellinger, praises @micahdeanhicks.com's Vulture Gold, winner of the 2025 Raz/Shumaker Book Prize in fiction, which @univnebpress.bsky.social will publish.

Visit the Schooner Blog to read more on the winning manuscript: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...
August 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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If you are in New York City, consider coming to meet me and hear me read from All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere, 11am tomorrow, August 12th, at Astoria Bookshop: www.astoriabookshop.com/events/32816...
"Story Time" for Parents and Caregivers: DeMisty Bellinger | Astoria Bookshop
Books of all kinds for readers of all ages, located in central Astoria, Queens. Established 2013.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM