Bridget Barry

Black-and-white photo of P2V Truculent Turtle in flight. (NavalHistory & Heritage Command)

Cover of THE TURTLE AND THE DREAMBOAT: The Cold War Flights that Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation, by JIM LEEKE.

#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

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...

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.

UNP at South Dakota Festival of Books UNP will be at the South Dakota Festival of Books! This year, the festival takes place from Friday, September 26, to Sunday, September 28, in Spearfish, SD. The festival is the state’s premier literary event, celebrating literature in South Dakota and beyond by connecting the very best regional and national writers with local readers for conversations, presentations, panel discussions, book signings, and special events.

Join UNP at the 2025 South Dakota Festival of Books! Find a full list of our author's events below.

A poster: Academic Book Publishing Information Day. See link in following post that includes all the details for those at Colorado State University that are interested in participating.

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!

Looking forward to a day of book and publishing talk!

cover of Invitation: Stories by Mi Jin Kim

cover of Death Does Not End at the Sea by Gbenga Adesina

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...

Announcing the next book in Zero Street Fiction The University of Nebraska Press is pleased to announce the selection of the next book in the fiction series, Zero Street. Slow Guillotine by Teo Rivera-Dundas will be published on March 1, 2026. Slow Guillotine follows three broke weirdos whose collective desire to make and think about art is constantly interrupted by their art industry-adjacent, minimum wage jobs. Throughout the novel, scenes at work—in a failing independent bookstore, a sterile gallery in downtown Manhattan, and miscellaneous living rooms across the Long Island birthday party clown circuit—interweave with the three friends’ attempts to come to terms with their precarity, gender-dysphoric embodiment, and the floating dream of collective liberation.

Announcing the next book in Zero Street Fiction: SLOW GUILLOTINE by Teo Rivera-Dundas

Cover of Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano, by Jim Leeke.

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

Color logo for the "Remember When" program on MLB Radio Network.

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.

Excerpts of Eric Wat and DeMisty Bellinger's praises for Micah Dean Hicks's Vulture Gold: “A collection of adult fairy tales, dark and childlike – often in the same story as good fairy tales should be ... I love this. The imagination is pure and delightful, unexpected.” - Eric Wat “Vulture Gold is a gratifying read, satisfying all the desires of good story collection. Modern fairy tales are nothing new, but the author still finds space to venture in new areas, challenging expectations and norms.” - DeMisty Bellinger

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...

"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.

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...

Downtown with Rich Kimball: Episode 28 (Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Satori Shakoor) Podcast Episode · Downtown with Rich Kimball · 08/07/2025 · 1h 25m

I enjoyed this second Sports Lit 101 segment about Big Loosh, my biography of umpire Ron Luciano. My chat with Rich Kimball and Bruce Pratt starts at the 1:11:30. mark. The book is available now from @univnebpress.bsky.social.

Introducing the Fall/Winter 2025 Seasonal Catalog We're pleased to share our new Fall/Winter 2025 seasonal catalog! Browse the online version to see forthcoming titles from Nebraska, Bison Books, Potomac Books, the Backwaters Press, and the Jewish Publication Society. Visit our NetGalley page for a select list of digital galleys or find us on Edelweiss.

Introducing the Fall/Winter 2025 Seasonal Catalog!

✨book update✨ I won an IPPY, which means I am equally parts humbled, shocked, and so excited that I will finally have a real-life gold medal I can wear nonchalantly in the privacy of my home.

Forever grateful to @univnebpress.bsky.social and @court8961.bsky.social for making this book a reality.

Fred Haefele (THE ESSENTIAL BOOK OF PICKUP TRUCKS), Donna L. Erickson (ROOTED AT THE EDGE), and Al Nyhart (THE MAN HIMSELF) will read from their books with wine pairings by Jill Roberts of The Hawthorn. Event is on Tuesday, June 20, 2025 at 6:30pm.

Next Tuesday, celebrate the beauty or landscape and literature with a few of Montana's most excellent writers at Montana Book Co.!

Each writers' work will be selectively paired with drinks selected by Blackfeet Brewing. Details and RSVP here: bit.ly/3Hh3pcd

So honored to be among such great company! Raid and Reconciliation is the co-winner of the Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá award from the Historical Society of New Mexico.
#borderlandshistory #MexicanRevolution #panchovilla @univnebpress.bsky.social

Excited to have sold a great new baseball book to @univnebpress.bsky.social, one of the very best publishers of sports books. "John McGraw: The Tumultuous Life and Times of Baseball's 'Little Napoleon'" by Daniel R. Levitt, will be the first full bio of the legendary player-manager in two decades.

Reading List: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month AAPI Heritage Month is celebrated throughout May to recognize the accomplishments of people of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent. Originally a weeklong celebration introduced by representatives Frank Horton (NY) and Norman Mineta (CA) and Hawaiian representatives Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga in the 70s, nearly twenty years later, President George H. W. Bush passed a bill to extend the celebration to encompass the entirety of May.

In this reading list, we're highlighting stories and experiences of people of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander descent to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month!

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 other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! Peruse the forthcoming titles that are available on the platform this month: 90 Seconds to Midnight CHARLOTTE JACOBS…

Book reviewers and ARC readers, check out the latest UNP titles on NetGalley!

Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process - AHA Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA and partner organizations are convening an Information Exchange about the N...

Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA, @modernlanguage.bsky.social, & @ach.bsky.social are convening an Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process on Wednesday, April 30th at 11am ET on Zoom. Register now 🗃️

If you've had an NEH grant terminated, join us tomorrow (4/30) at 11 a.m. ET for an information exchange about the NEH appeal process hosted by the MLA's @jasonrhody.bsky.social, @nolauren.bsky.social from @ach.bsky.social‬, and Sarah Weicksel from @historians.org: ach.org/news/2025/04...

Ron Luciano in jacket and tie, wearing microphone and headset in broadcast booth, pointing to his head.

MLB umpire Ron Luciano abruptly left the diamond in 1980 to become a color analyst for NBC Sports. "“I’ve been opening my mouth since the beginning of time," he said, "and now they’re gonna pay me for it.” Learn more in my bio Big Loosh, due in July from @univnebpress.bsky.social. (UPI photo)

In response to ongoing events related to the publication and dissemination of military history, The Society for Military History Council unanimously resolves as follows, dated April 25, 2025: www.smh-hq.org/publicstatem...

The next History Talks is at 7 PM CT Tuesday, May 20! To register for this free online event and to learn more, visit sdhsf.org/events/.

Professor Robert W. Galler Jr. will present on his new book, "Taking Charge, Making Change," published by
@univnebpress.bsky.social.

#historytalks

7:30 ET. Register to get your Zoom link (see below). You don’t want to miss this Hundred Pitchers of Honey reading I’m excited to be reading with this stellar crew: Stevie Edwards, Ben Kline, CD Eskilson, Todd Dillard, and Ruben Quesada.

‘Starlings’ Review: The Backyard Bird We Love to Hate Plus “A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever.”

Starlings reviewed in the Wall Street Journal: “This compelling book hits its stride with a ghastly chronicle of every tactic humans have employed in the battle against massive flocks and hopeless odds…”

#Books #Birds #Booksky #NatureWriting #Wildlife #Birding

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

The @univnebpress.bsky.social is at #ASEH2025! Come see me and all the books! (We’re tucked away in the basement, behind the registration tables)