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Just how tall can a tree grow? The answer, at least for the moment, is a little over 381 feet. Maybe, just maybe, it can reach even higher. No wonder it carries the name of a Greek god known as a primal force of nature.

Read all about it in my latest Substack.

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Happy Masters Week! ⛳

The Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition is now open The 2026 Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition is accepting submissions now through May 1. The winner will be awarded a $2,000 cash prize and the honorable mention will be awarded a $1,000 cash pr…

Poets! Submit your unpublished manuscripts to @univnebpress.bsky.social's Backwaters Prize in Poetry! Closes May 1:

A happy Opening Day reminder that you can snag some bookmarks and get the book for 40% off from @univnebpress.bsky.social with code 6AS26! www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

Support University of Nebraska Press | Glow Big Red 2026 I’m ready to support University of Nebraska Press on February 11, 2026 during Glow Big Red 2026. Learn more about University of Nebraska Press and all the other areas participating in Glow Big Red...

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Teaching Weird Westerns Kerry Fine is an instructor in the Department of English at Arizona State University. Michael K. Johnson is professor of American literature at the University of Maine-Farmington. Rebecca M. Lush i…

Discover what teaching weird westerns could look like from @univnebpress.bsky.social

Always wanted to explore more literary fiction from UNP but not sure where to start? We're so proud to partner with Revolving Books to launch our first ever book club. February's pick is THE LAST SUMMER OF REASON by Tahar Djaout.

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Opening Soon 2026 Raz/Shumaker Book Prize in Fiction and Poetry Manuscripts will be accepted between January 15 and March 15. Winners receive $3000 and publication through the University of Nebraska Press. Prairie Schooner prairieschooner.unl.edu

Get your manuscripts ready! The 2026 Raz/Shumaker Book Prize in Fiction and Poetry opens January 15. Winners receive $3000 and publication through @univnebpress.bsky.social.

For full guidelines, visit prairieschooner.unl.edu/book-prize-g...

A Steelers Story: The Terrible Towel | Pittsburgh Steelers 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...

In 'The Terrible Towel: A Steelers Story,' @myronyoi.bsky.social and Elizabeth Cope, the authors of BEHIND THE YOI, share exclusive insights about the most iconic sports item ever made, conceived by Pittsburgh Radio and TV legend Myron Cope.

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...

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.

Charley Rosen, Basketball Lifer With a Prolific Pen, Dies at 84

Honored to have five books on the @univnebpress.bsky.social backlist by Charley Rosen

Moses Malone: The Life of a Basketball Prophet by Paul Knepper Sportswriter Knepper (The Knicks of the Nineties) gives Moses Malone, the first modern basketball player to jump to the pros str...

New from @univnebpress.bsky.social! The first biography of #NBA great Moses Malone. @publisherswkly.bsky.social calls it "a balanced portrait of a trailblazing athlete."

Reading List: National Go Birding Day Happy National Go Birding Day! Observed tomorrow, the date celebrates more than 10,000 different bird species around the world and the joys of birdwatching. We’ve curated a reading list to he…

Reading List: National Go Birding Day 🐦 unpblog.com/2025/04/25/r... via @UnivNebPress

Spring training is underway and so is our baseball book sale! (PSA: Father's Day is June 15 this year)

Support University of Nebraska Press | Glow Big Red - 24 Hours of Husker Giving 2025 I’m ready to support University of Nebraska Press on February 12, 2025 during Glow Big Red - 24 Hours of Husker Giving 2025. Learn more about University of Nebraska Press and all the other areas p...

Support your favorite university press in the next 24 hours and show UNL just how much we mean to you 😌 #GlowBigRed

We love to see it! Thanks @unlincoln.bsky.social for sharing @univnebpress.bsky.social success in baseball publishing

Finally diving in here ... Bird lovers and the Starling Curious: My book on the strange history of starlings is heading into world, the product of a minor obsession the past few years. @univnebpress.bsky.social #Books #Birds #Booksky #Birdnerd #Nature #Wildlife #Birding

CAST OUT OF EDEN heads next to Martinez, Calif., where I'll be talking to the Martinez Rotary Club at their 5 p.m. meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Martinez Campbell Theater, 636 Ward St. Free & open to all, no advance registration required.

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Great Books Make Great Gifts

Our office will be closed from noon today, December 20, through January 1, 2025, for the holidays. See you in the New Year!

Don't forget to take advantage of UNP's Holiday Sale. Save 50% on thousands of titles with code 6HLW24; good through Dec. 31, 2024. bit.ly/UNPholiday2024

The Twenty-first Century’s Best Works of Native American History Ned Blackhawk, who won the 2023 National Book Award for his groundbreaking reappraisal of U.S. history, discusses some of the best recent books about Native America.

Ned Blackhawk considers the best books on Native American history published (so far) in the 21st century. https://buff.ly/3BgYzZP

UNP Books on NetGalley The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and …

#Bookreviewers, looking for your next read over the holidays? Peruse the latest UNP titles available for request on #NetGalley!

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Holiday Book Sale 2024 Happy Holidays from the University of Nebraska Press! For the rest of the year, until December 31, 2024, our entire catalog is available for 50% OFF! This sale includes over 4,000 books, so there’s…

Happy Holidays from the University of Nebraska Press! From now until the end of the year, save 50% on our entire catalog with code 6HLW24. #booksale #booksky

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