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Cobb Named New Editor of American Indian Quarterly

Amanda J. Cobb, Associate Professor of American Studies and director of the Institute for American Indian Research at the University of New Mexico, has been named the new editor of the American Indian Quarterly.

Cobb, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Oklahoma in 1997. Specializing in Native American Studies, Cobb is the author of Listening to Our Grandmothers’ Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949 (University of Nebraska Press, 2000) which was selected as a winner of the 2001 American Book Award as well as the 1998 North American Indian Prose Award. She is a board member of Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), a national non-profit advocacy organization for American Indians and has participated in AIO’s leadership initiative, the Ambassadors Program. Cobb’s teaching and research deal with Native American cultural production, representation, identity, policy, and sovereignty and self-determination.

American Indian Quarterly (AIQ) is an interdisciplinary journal of the anthropologies, histories, literatures, religions, and arts of Native North Americans. Published by the University of Nebraska Press, AIQ provides wide-ranging coverage of issues and topics through scholarly articles, commentaries, interviews, book reviews, and poetry.

UNP Hosts Literary Salon for Unicameral Book

Join the University of Nebraska Press for a literary salon hosted by State Senator Chris Beutler and lobbyist Richard A. Lombardi. Charlyne Berens, UNL professor of journalism, will lead participants in a lively discussion of her new book, One House: The Unicameral's Progressive Vision for Nebraska.

Thursday, November 3, 2005
10:30--11:30 a.m.
Nebraska State Capitol, Room 1126

One House examines the magnetic and driven personalities at work behind the unicameral’s creation and chronicles the lawmakers’ struggles to remain true to the populist, progressive vision of its founders and the people of Nebraska. Garnering a great deal of support and some criticism from the citizens of Nebraska, the one-house legislature remains a unique experiment in American democracy as well as a powerful symbol of Nebraskans’ identity.

For more information, contact Erika Kuebler Rippeteau at the University of Nebraska Press, erippeteau1@unl.edu, 402-472-1660.

Bleed into Me by Stephen Graham Jones

“The concluding story, 'Discovering America,' brilliantly encapsulates the whole collection. . . . Jones' sardonic tale reveals the sort of casual stereotyping and prejudice that never seems to disappear.”
— Booklist

Carrying the Torch by Brock Clarke

“Be prepared to be surprised on every page of Clarke's collection of brilliant short stories. . . . Clarke's literary bombshells are . . . of the appreciatively hushed 'wow!' and 'whoa!' variety that accompany a sublimely crafted sentence or a distinctive turn of phrase that comes seemingly out of nowhere, with its unexpected ability to render large truths in such a pithily appropriate way that even the most critical reader will sit up and take notice.”
— Booklist

A World of Light by Floyd Skloot

“Skloot . . . write[s] an engaging and powerful essay. . . . The author is a talented writer for whom literary creativity is clearly an essential part of how he navigates life with his own memory impairment. . . . The book is recommended for medical humanities courses, especially those for which writings on the experience of neurologic devastation would be worthwhile. The essays are well written and at times quite amusing, despite the seriousness of the topic.”

*Starred Review* “This collection of brilliant essays bears witness to the astonishing strength, spirit, and sense of humor with which [Skloot] has reconstructed his life and personal history.”
— Booklist

Next Hurt Book Sale October 13th and 14th, 2006

The Friends of the University of Nebraska Press will sponsor a Hurt Book Sale Friday, October 13 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, October 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Press warehouse. The warehouse is located on R Street between 8th and 9th in the historic Haymarket district in Lincoln. A large selection of books on history, including the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Civil War and western American; sports; science fiction; and classic Nebraska authors such as Willa Cather, Mari Sandoz, John G. Neihardt, and Wright Morris will be available for sale at greatly reduced prices. Featured in this sale will be titles from the popular line of Bison Books. Paperbacks will be $2 each, hardcovers will be $4 each, or fill a bag for $12. For further information on the book sale call 402-472-9658.