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The University of Nebraska Press disseminates books and journals of enduring intellectual and cultural significance. http://unpblog.com | http://bit.ly/UNPmuse

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"Fitts' interviews reveal a wealth of insights into the Japanese game . . . an excellent addition to sports collections," writes Alan Moores in a starred review for @ala-booklist.bsky.social.

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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today's UP Week blog tour asks "WHERE does your press #TeamUP?"

On the blog, we're highlighting the Nebraska Celebration of Books (N.COB) which takes place in Lincoln tomorrow on the second floor of the UNL Union. Join us there!
UP Week: WHERE does your press #TeamUp?
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 10-14. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses. This year's theme for UP Week is "Team UP." This theme examines ways that university presses and their authors Team UP with a vast network of reviewers, booksellers, freelancers, translators, librarians, teachers, and students to advance knowledge and understanding globally.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
MESSIANIC FULFILLMENTS by Hayes Peter Mauro explores ethnohistorical encounters in colonial and nineteenth-century America through the lens of artistic works by evangelically inspired Anglo American artists and photographers.

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November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Wilder's stirring consideration of an often overlooked subject has great emotional resonance," writes Colleen Mondor in a starred @ala-booklist.bsky.social review.

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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today's UP Week blog tour asks "WHEN does your press #TeamUP?"

On the blog, we're observing the 60th and 50th anniversaries of WESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE and @frontiersjournal.bsky.social, respectively!
UP Week: WHEN does your press #TeamUp?
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 10-14. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses. This year's theme for UP Week is "Team UP," to celebrate the ways that university presses and their authors Team UP with a vast network of reviewers, booksellers, freelancers, translators, librarians, teachers, and students to advance knowledge and understanding.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In COLONIZED THROUGH ART, Marinella Lentis explores how American Indian schools taught children to abandon their cultural heritage and produce artificially “native” crafts that were exhibited at local and international fairs.

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November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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For #UPWeek2025, we’re excited to share a recent panel celebrating 20 years of Harry Frankfurt’s bestselling #OnBullshit:

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November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Aiello's decision to focus on a specific fight is interesting and makes for a compelling story...even die-hard Ali fans will learn something from this book," writes Stephanie Howes for @ala-booklist.bsky.social. bit.ly/3JNnicm
Return of the King - Nebraska Press
Return of the King tells the story of Muhammad Ali’s return to the ring in 1970, after a more than three-year suspension for refusing his draft notice as a...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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How do university presses #TeamUP to flip more backlist content to #OpenAccess? By collaborating on special projects like Big Ten Open Books! Learn more in today's blog post: press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/11... #UPWeek @bigtenacademic.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
Big Ten Open Books Publishers #TeamUP to Unlock Vital Subject Collections
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November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today's UP Week blog tour asks "WHAT does your press do to #TeamUP?"

On the blog, Lead Senior Designer Lindsey Welch discusses UNP's collaboration with UNL's Love Library to host the 2024 @aupresses.bsky.social Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.
UP Week: WHAT Does your Press do to #TeamUP?
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 10-14. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses. The theme for this year's UP Week is "Team UP," to celebrate the ways that university presses and their authors Team UP with a vast network of reviewers, booksellers, freelancers, translators, librarians, teachers, and students to advance knowledge and understanding.
unpblog.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thank you to those who attended the book launch of GLOBAL APPROACHES TO THE HOLOCAUST this weekend in NYC! Weren't able to make it? View the editors' conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3d...
“Global Approaches to the Holocaust” Book Launch
The field of contemporary Holocaust studies is increasingly international in perspective. These approaches do not detach themselves from European history; ra...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Anthropologist Robert Jarvenpa examines how the energy and extraction industries in Canada’s subarctic north threatens destruction of traditional southern Denesułiné cultural practices.

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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"This book is beautifully written and argued . . . It is a page-turner for anyone interested in the history of Catholicism," writes Ramón A. Gutiérrez about OF CORN AND CATHOLICISM. bit.ly/43kbvZF
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Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Encountering Palestine sits at the intersection of cultural and political geographies, offering reflections on colonialism, and anti-colonialism in contemporary Palestine and Israel.

Available in person at #HMLondon2025 or online ⬇️
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November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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In Search of Virginia Faulkner. How I came to write my first book, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts, coming in January from the @univnebpress.bsky.social. It all began 17 years ago on NeglectedBooks.com.

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November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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A quick shout-out to the @univnebpress.bsky.social for #UPWeek! I had the benefit of a stellar team for my book—thanks to @bridgetrbarry.bsky.social and @emilykcasillas.bsky.social (editorial), Sara Springsteen (project management), Lindsey Welch (design), and Madison Wigley (marketing).
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Today's UP Week blog tour asks "WHY does your press #TeamUP?"

On the blog, @jacobflaws.bsky.social, author of SPACES OF TREBLINKA, discusses the importance of accessible scholarly work in our current media ecosystem.
UP Week: WHY does your press #TeamUp?
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 10-14. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses. This year's theme for UP Week is "Team UP," to celebrate the ways that university presses and their authors Team UP with a vast network of reviewers, booksellers, freelancers, translators, librarians, teachers, and students to advance knowledge and understanding.
unpblog.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
'NAZIS AT THE WATERCOOLER by @tcraigpetty.bsky.social has both intellectual and emotional resonance and stands as a meaningful contribution to the expanding body of scholarship on the enduring legacies of the Third Reich," writes Mikkel Dack for @hnetreviews.bsky.social. bit.ly/43WdfII
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy University Press Week! Each year, we take a tour of the blogs in our larger community with a series that daily addresses different aspects of the UP Week theme.

The #UPweek blog tour today asks "WHO TeamsUP for your Press?"
UP Week: WHO #TeamsUP for your Press?
Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 10-14. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses. This year's theme for UP Week is "Team UP," to celebrate the ways that university presses and their authors Team UP with a vast network of reviewers, booksellers, freelancers, translators, librarians, teachers, and students to advance knowledge and understanding.
unpblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
From the Desk of Kathryn Wilder: Rain 'n' Books

Wilder is author of THE LAST COWS which explores the joys, challenges, heartbreaks, and qualms of contemporary ranching in the American West.
From the Desk of Kathryn Wilder: Rain ’n’ Books
Kathryn Wilder is a writer and rancher in Dolores and Disappointment Valley, Colorado. She is the winner of a 2025 Western Heritage Award and the author of Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West, coauthor of Forbidden Talent, with Redwing T. Nez, and editor of Walking the Twilight: Women Writers of the Southwest, volumes 1 and 2.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
POSITIVE POLLUTIONS AND CULTURAL TOXINS by John Blair Gamber examines urbanity and the results of urban living, arguing for a recognition of all forms of human detritus as part of the world.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
OUR PEOPLE BELIEVE IN EDUCATION is the story of a tribe and university—with almost nothing in common aside from a shared name—that collaborated to support Indigenous language and cultural revitalization.

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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Adesina runs through one genre and narrative angle after another in his studies of his life’s most pressing absences," writes @literaryhub.bsky.social of DEATH DOES NOT END AT SEA. bit.ly/3WC5aoF

 
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM