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Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Editor of Prairie Schooner. Chancellor Professor of English at UNL, Kwame Dawes is the guest on this week’s “All About Books.” His new novel, “Bivouac” is set in the political turmoil of 1980’s Jamaica. He talks about his personal connection to this story and how it d...

Advances in technology have changed scientists understanding of how life forms evolve. The simple tree and branch analogy of evolution has become tangled. This week’s “All About Books” program reviews a well-written book on this complicated topic. “The Tangled Tree: a Radical New History of Life” by...

In the 1950’s, a federal relocation project introduced Native Americans into Oakland California. A new novel, “There, There” by Tommy Orange, follows these urban, modern people. This week’s All About Books welcomes guest reviewer Shirley Sneve Executive Director of Vision Maker Media, for a look at...

The community reading event “One Book – One Lincoln” has announced the three finalists to vote on. NET Radio’s “All About Books” invited David Smith, who serves on the “One Book - One Lincoln” selection committee to talk about two of the books: The Great Believers” and “The Far Away Brothers” The t...

Mary and Sara Pipher give their assessment of the challenges for girl's and their families going forward, and their hopes for the future.

25 years ago, Nebraska author Mary Pipher’s book “Reviving Ophelia” started a world-wide conversation about girls and their challenges. From conversations with today’s young women, an updated version of the book has been written by Mary Pipher and Sara Pipher Gilliam. "All About Books" host Pat Leac...

He’s an award-winning author who also teaches literature and creative writing at UNL. This week’s “All About Books” features an interview with Chigozie Obioma who talks about his new novel, “An Orchestra of Minorities.”

Eloquent and painfully honest- a very personal story of a man who grew up in the deep South, became a professor, and dealt with complex issues involving race, abuse and food. “Heavy: An American Memoir” by Kiese Laymon

For a while, the small town of Royal Nebraska had a tourist attraction that helped the local economy. The road side zoo started with hopes of being a primate research center, but that dream turned out differently. On this week’s “All About Books”, an interview with the author, Nebraska-native, Carso...

Two books explore race and justice in America- one a novel and the other a work of non-fiction. “Beneath a Ruthless Sun” depicts actual events in 1950’s Florida and “An American Marriage” is set in the contemporary South.

It’s a coming-of-age story of a young man whose mother lied about who his father was. Set in Colorado and Nebraska in 1980, “Of Fathers and Fire” is the latest novel from the University of Nebraska Press “Flyover Fiction” series. Hear an interview with the author Steven Wingate.

In 1945, a British brother and sister are left with friends while their parents move overseas for work. But the people that look after them are probably criminals and their parents are not where they said. It’s the latest novel from the author of “The English Patient”, Michael Ondaatje. “Warlight” i...

Last week’s Nebraska Football Spring Game has fans looking forward to Fall and the excitement of football Saturdays. A new book explores the colorful history of the Nebraska game day traditions. "All About Books" host Pat Leach talked with author Debra Kleve White about her new book, “The Spirit of...

Why would a young classical musician break into a British museum and make off with rare, dead birds specimens? This week on “All About Books” a review of “The Feather Thief” by Kirk Wallace Johnson. A true story of crime, history and fly fishing.

What are the limits of technology pushing the earth’s resources? That’s the subject of this week’s selection on “All About Books.” “The Wizard and the Prophet” by Charles C. Mann looks at two little-known twentieth-century scientists who held diametrically opposed views central to our environmental...