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Interview roundup

UNP’s authors are talking up a storm! See what they had to say about their writing process, their books, and banana pudding.

Roger Welsch explains the title and more when discussing, Embracing Fry Bread on NET’s program “All About Books.”

Liz Stephens had a conversation with Girls Like Giants about her experiences living in Utah and all of her inspiration for The Days Are Gods.

Jaime-Alexis Fowler with Pathfinder talks with Nafis Sadik to, “learn more about her career, inspiration, and her take on what being ‘daring’ really means.” Sadik is the subject of the biography, Champion of Choice: The Life and Legacy of Women's Advocate Nafis Sadik by Professor Cathleen Miller.

Mark Liebenow discusses his journey from childhood to writing Mountains of Light and the bumps along the way in Chautauqua Literary Journal.

Dan Daly, author of The National Forgotten League appeared on The John Murphy Show (Buffalobills.com) to talk about “the first 50 years of the NFL and how in many ways the game was better then.”

Mardell Hogan Plainfeather, co-author of The Woman Who Loved Mankind: Lillian Bullshows Hogan, read from her book and discussed it with KUFM - Montana Public Radio. Listen at prx.org.  

B.J. Hollars's interview with Essay Daily starts by explaining how banana pudding contributed to  the idea for Blurring the Boundaries and then dives in to an in-depth discussion of the book. Hollar’s wonderful sense of humor is also evident in an interview with TriQuarterly’s Jill Tabot.

Review roundup for International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day! In a White House press release, President Obama said “empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s the smart thing to do.”

One way to empower women is to publish their books! Check out a few of UNP’s talented women and their books:

Cathleen Miller’s Champion of Choice celebrates the life of women’s advocate Nafis Sadik. Her book was recently reviewed in the New York Journal of Books and Dad of Divas. Nafis Sadik was also interviewed on Pathfinder’s blog.

Body Geographic by Barrie Jean Borich chronicles one woman's relationship with herself, her sexuality, and the midwestern people and places she has called home. Borich’s book was reviewed in Booklist and you can listen to Borich discuss her book on New Books in Literature.

Booklist  also reviewed Ladette Randolph’s new book, Haven’s Wake, the story of a Mennonite Nebraska family dealing with death, a tragic family secret and the emotions left behind.

We Wanted to Be Writers reviewed The Days Are Gods by Liz Stephens which is a memoir of the West from the point of view of a newcomer, an L.A. transplant, who finds home in a northern Utah town.

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 Publishers Weekly said Cousin K by Yasmina Khadra was “atmospheric" and that "...the writing is tense and lyrical.”

 

 

Sandy Amazeen of Monsters and Critics describes Encounters as, “This excellent assemblage of over one hundred photos of primarily black and white and sepia pieces strives to show a multinational world in transition, a goal it meets and exceeds. This volume will delight photography buffs, design students and anyone with an eye for art.”

 

Andrew Wagenhoffer  wrote, “Standing by the Flag: Nebraska Territory and the Civil War, 1861-1867 deserves a great deal of credit for taking on a subject previously unexamined. In effectively doing so, it significantly enhances our knowledge and understanding the Civil War west of the Mississippi. Other works have investigated the conflicts on the western plains of Nebraska with various Indian tribes, but Potter's book offers context and background not found elsewhere (at least not in one place)” on his blog Civil War Books and Authors

Kirkus called The Gods are Broken by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin “an earnest exegesis of a powerful legend of the first Jew, designed for the faithful…”

 

 

Kirkus also reviewed So Far, So Good by Ralph Salisbury and said “From birth to adolescence to war and back again, Salisbury hones in on the quieter moments of life. Steering clear of melodrama, he depicts a world captured in sepia tones, in which understated prose and humble observations best reflect the world that passed him by. ‘Whatever is here I offer to the world,’ he writes, ‘knowing that my life is but one of a multitude of lives, all doomed to undergo change and, I believe, to go on and on, in the Great Plan, which, perhaps, we humans can, in our best moments, somewhat sense.’ Stylistically simple yet structurally complex, Salisbury’s latest installment reads as a final chapter to a long, lauded literary life.” 

 

 

 

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Jason C. Anthony, author of Hoosh, discussed the book in the Portland News. 

Lawrence Baldassaro and his book Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball were in MLB’s blog.

Susan Hall with H-Net said Journeys West by Virginia Kerns "...offers an opportunity to learn about the trials and tribulations of early scholars 'in the field' while simultaneously reflecting on our own roles as anthropologists and historians.” 

Susan Blackwell Ramsey spoke with ForeWord Reviews. A blogger for NW Book Lovers praised Ramsey and made her an honorary Northwest author.

Almost Somewhere by Susan Roberts was recommended by The Gypsy Art Show, Book Talk, and Planning Your Thru-Hike of the John Muir Trail.

Brandon R. Schrand’s Works Cited was sited in Shelf Unbound, The Odyssey Issue.

From Ambivalence to Betrayal author Robert Wistrich was interviewed on NPR’s WKNO 91.1.

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Mr. Wrigley’s Ball Club by Roberts Ehrgott earned a Kirkus star! Shrink by Lawrence R. Samuel and Traveling the Power Line by Julianne Couch also received reviews from Kirkus.

Barrie Jean Borich’s Body Geographic was reviewed by Publishers Weekly.

Jason Anthony, author of Hoosh, was interviewed on Maine Public Radio.

Alan Wilkinson discussed Backstage by Ron Hull on his blog.

Tim Boxer of 15 Minutes Magazine called Culture and Customs of the Sioux Indians by Gregory O. Gagnon an “insightful” account of history.

The Rumpus reviewed Descanso for My Father by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher.

David Luhrssen reviewed American Naval History, 1607-1865 on ExpressMilwaukee.com. 

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We’ve started off the New Year right! Body Geographic by Barrie Jean Borich received a Kirkus star. The following titles were also reviewed by Kirkus:

Champion of Choice by Cathleen Miller

The Days Are Gods by Liz Stephens

Works Cited by Brandon R. Schrand

Also in the news:

Larry Ruttman’s American Jews and America’s Game was in Boston.com

The National Forgotten League by Dan Daly and Intercepted  by Michael McKnight were in the Boston Globe

North Lake Tahoe Bonanza reviewed Almost Somewhere by Suzanne Roberts

Double No-Hit by James W. Johnson was on azstarnet.com

Up from These Hills by Leonard Carson Lambert Jr.and Wink of the Zenith by Floyd Skloot were reviewed by Tennessee Libraries

New Books in Russia and Eurasian Studies highlighted Opposing Jim Crow by Meredith Roman

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Colonial Metropolis by Jennifer Anne Boittin was called “… an example of the value of bringing together histories imperial and metropolitan, political and cultural” by the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History.

Rebecca Berens Matzke’s Deterrence through Strength was reviewed on strategypage.com.

Dad of Divas reviewed From Gods to God by Avigdor Shinan.

In the New York Times, Cheryl Strayed said she hopes to receive Almost Somewhere by Suzanne Roberts in her stocking this Christmas.

And Hoosh by Jason C. Anthony was shortlisted for the André Simon Food and Drink book awards.

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The New York Times said Jason C. Anthony was a “…fine, visceral writer and a witty observer” in a review of his book Hoosh.

Roger Welsch’s Embracing Fry Bread was in the Grand Island Independent.

Suzanne Roberts won the National Outdoor Book Award Literature Category and was featured on KOLO-TV.

Bluegrass Baseball by Katya Cengel was on the East Bay Express best of 2012 list. 

Light on the Prairie by Nancy Plain was reviewed on TusconCitizen.com.

On the Dark Side of the Moon by Mike Medberry was on the Idaho Statesman blog. 

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Embracing Fry Bread was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.

Intercepted was in “Farther Off the Wall” with Tom Hoffarth.

Backstage was in the Sunday edition of the Omaha World-Herald.

Competitive Struggle was reviewed in Dad of Divas blog.

Pot Farm was in Third Coast Magazine’s recommended books section and reviewed in High Country News.

Descanso for My Father was also reviewed in High Country News.

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Jason Anthony, author of Hoosh, was interviewed by the Portland Press Herald.

The Future of the Jewish People in Five Photographs by Peter S. Temes was reviewed in Shelf Awareness.

Civil War Books and Authors reviewed The Enemy Never Came by Scott McArthur.

Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People complied by Alan Lomax was reviewed on expressmilwaukee.com.

Florida Weekly reviewed Connie Mack by Norman Macht.

Eric Goodman’s Twelfth and Race was called a “fascinating” novel in Jewinverse.