Author Jeff Kurrus and photographer Michael Forsberg will discuss their book “Have You Seen Mary” at 7 p.m., March 7 at the University Bookstore. A fictional account of one Sandhill crane’s faithful search during spring migration for his lost mate, “Have You Seen Mary” is set on Nebraska’s Platte River. Kurrus crafts a tender story […]
Paul Johnsgard will discuss and sign copies of his new book, “Sandhill and Whooping Cranes: Ancient Voices Over America’s Wetlands,” at 7 p.m., Feb. 9 at the University Bookstore. Johnsgard is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in UNL’s School of Biological Sciences. Johnsgard has spent nearly half a century observing cranes. In this book he draws […]
Victoria Smith, associate professor of history, will read from and sign copies of her newest book, “Captive Arizona, 1851-1900,” starting at 7 p.m., April 28 at the University Bookstore. “Captive Arizona,” published by the University of Nebraska Press, tells the story of kidnapping endemic in Arizona from the end of the Mexican-American War through statehood […]
Author David Sedaris will read from his book, “When You Are Engulfed in Flames,” at 7 p.m. June 20 at the University Bookstore. Sedaris will sign copies of all his books after the reading. Also on June 20, the bookstore will also offer the stand-up comedy of Scott Muilenburg, Cody Hustak, Ryan Cownie, Joe Choi […]
The University Bookstore will host a reading by bestselling author Stephanie Kallos at 1 p.m. March 6 in the lower level of the Nebraska Union. Kallos will be reading from her new book, “Sing Them Home,” which is set in southeastern Nebraska. A native of Lincoln, Kallos worked as an actor and teacher, before turning […]
