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Willa Cather Spring Conference starts May 31 in Red Cloud

"April Twilights," Willa Cather's first book, a poetry collection, will be the focus of the Willa Cather Spring Conference starting Thursday in Red Cloud, Neb.As an introduction to "April Twilights," see the article...

May 25, 1912: Willa Cather explains her first novel in an interview

The year 1912 was pivotal for the writer Willa Cather, who had lived in Nebraska from age 9 to 22 and was working as an editor in New York City. Her first published novel appeared in the spring in three...

Brent Spencer's memoir is a finalist for ForeWord Reviews book award

"Rattlesnake Daddy," a memoir by Creighton University English Professor Brent Spencer, and a great choice for summer reading, is a finalist for a book award given yearly by ForeWord Reviews. "Rattlesnake Daddy: A...

May 14 news: Twyla Hansen; Seven Doctors Project; Warren Buffett; Mitt Romney

Nebraska poet Twyla Hansen will read from her new book of poetry June 2 at the Bookworm bookstore in Omaha. "Dirt Songs: A Plains Duet," written by Hansen and Linda Hasselstrom, was published late last year by ...

For an easy intro to Warren Buffett and annual meeting, see Matthews' book

While long books about Warren Buffett (by Andrew Kilpatrick, who writes fun books, and Alice Schroeder, who wrote an elegant one) are well written and compellingly portray his annual meeting, a 2009 book by Jeff Matthews, "...

"Wicked Plants" author: the garden can harm children and pets

Horticulture writer Amy Stewart warned Omahans about a summer annual grown here, oleander, which is attractive to children for its pretty flowers but is "very poisonous" and can be lethal.Stewart, author of several bestselling books, said at...

Bestselling author Amy Stewart speaking at gardens tonight

"Wicked Plants," the 2009 New York Times bestseller by Amy Stewart, has many clues about what the author will likely talk about today at Lauritzen Gardens. Plants that intoxicate are one aspect of the book...

Despite author's activism, Nebraska considering alternative pipeline route

Nebraska lawmakers today approved a bill to authorize the state to find a new route for the Keystone XL Pipeline. Now hopes for preventing the pipeline crossing Nebraska reside in Governor Dave Heineman or President Barack Obama rejecting the plan...

Pipeline looks ominous in light of books about sandhills and tar sands oil

The more reading one does about Nebraska water and the dirty tar sands oil Canada is pushing, the more ominous the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline across Nebraska looks.Native Nebraskan author Lisa Dale Norton, for one, stated in...

Research indicates pipeline could badly pollute Nebraska water

Native Nebraskan author Lisa Dale Norton said in an email, regarding the proposed oil pipeline, that Canada and "Big Oil" are `polarizing opinions with hot point vocabulary like "Jobs!"'But read...

Willa Cather Spring Conference starts May 31 in Red Cloud

May 25, 1912: Willa Cather explains her first novel in an interview

Brent Spencer's memoir is a finalist for ForeWord Reviews book award

May 14 news: Twyla Hansen; Seven Doctors Project; Warren Buffett; Mitt Romney

For an easy intro to Warren Buffett and annual meeting, see Matthews' book

"Wicked Plants" author: the garden can harm children and pets

Bestselling author Amy Stewart speaking at gardens tonight

Despite author's activism, Nebraska considering alternative pipeline route

Pipeline looks ominous in light of books about sandhills and tar sands oil

Research indicates pipeline could badly pollute Nebraska water

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