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November 16, 2015 Nebraska Library Commission— Nebraska Writer’s Novel Chosen for 2016 One Book One Nebraska Karen Gettert Shoemaker’s The Meaning of Names, a Nebraska-set novel with a World War I backdrop, is Nebraska’s reading choice for the 2016 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The Meaning of Names follows a German-American woman... Read more...

October 13, 2015 Nebraska Library Commission— Finalists for 2016 One Book One Nebraska Announced Two nonfiction books, one poetry collection, and three novels—all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great Plains—are the finalists for the 2016 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are... Read more...

October 7, 2015 Nebraska Library Commission— Book Award Winners to be Honored at November 14 Celebration of Nebraska Books An awards presentation ceremony will highlight the Nebraska Center for the Book’s Celebration of Nebraska Books on November 14 at the Nebraska Library Commission, 1200 N Street, The Atrium, in downtown Lincoln. Winners of the 2015 Nebraska Book Awards will be honored and the celebration will include readings by some of the winning authors, designers and illustrators. And the winners are... Read more...

June 1, 2015 Nebraska Library Commission— 2016 One Book One Nebraska Book Suggestions Accepted until June 15 Nebraskans are reminded that there is still time to make recommendations for the 2016 One Book One Nebraska book selection. The Nebraska Center for the Book will consider books written by a Nebraska author (living or dead/with current or former residence in the state), or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. Books should have a broad appeal to readers across Nebraska and lend well to group book discussion. Books may be fiction, non-fiction, biography, memoir, or poetry. They must be in print and readily available... Read more...

May 5, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — Nominate Books Now for the 2015 Nebraska Book Awards The 2015 Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB) and Nebraska Library Commission, will recognize and honor books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska, or relate to Nebraska... Read more...

JANUARY 14, 2015 | Nebraska Library Commission — The 2015 One Book One Nebraska Proclamation Ceremony was held at the capitol on 1/14/2015. Attending the proclamation-signing ceremony were (l. to r.): Donna Kennedy Marvin, Erika Hamilton, Chris Sommerich, Rod Wagner, Gov. Pete Ricketts, Mary Ellen Ducey, Martyn Beeny, and Rebecca Faber, representing the Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Library Commission, Humanities Nebraska, and University of Nebraska Press. Also present representing the 40th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon Commemoration Committee was Nate Blum.

NOVEMBER 24, 2014 | Columbus Telegram / Banner-Press — War Memoir Selected for 2015 One Book One Nebraska — Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book One Nebraska selection is Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting (University of Nebraska Press, May 2013) by Beverly Deepe Keever, who was born and raised outside of Hebron, Neb. Read more...

NOVEMBER 21, 2014 | Scottsbluff Star-Herald — Nebraska Native’s Vietnam Memoir Chosen for 2015 One Book One Nebraska — Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book One Nebraska selection is Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting (University of Nebraska Press, May 2013) by Beverly Deepe Keever, who was born and raised outside of Hebron, Neb. Read more...

NOVEMBER 16, 2014 | Omaha World-Herald — Bookends — The 2015 One Book One Nebraska selection is "Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting" by Beverly Deepe Keever, who was born and raised outside Hebron, Nebraska. This is the 10th year of the One Book One Nebraska program. It is sponsored by Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska and Nebraska Library Commission. Read more...

NOVEMBER 10, 2014 | Nebraska Library Commission — Nebraska Native’s Vietnam Memoir Chosen for 2015 One Book One Nebraska — Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book One Nebraska selection is Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting (University of Nebraska Press, May 2013) by Beverly Deepe Keever, who was born and raised outside of Hebron, Neb. Read more...

NOVEMBER 10, 2014 | University of Nebraska Press — Nebraska Native’s Vietnam Memoir Chosen for 2015 One Book One Nebraska — Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book One Nebraska selection is Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting (University of Nebraska Press, May 2013) by Beverly Deepe Keever, who was born and raised outside of Hebron, Neb. Read more...

NOVEMBER 3, 2014 | University of Hawai'i System News — Beverly Keever's Vietnam Memoirs a Finalist in One Book One Nebraska — Death Zones and Darling Spies, the memoirs of American Vietnam War correspondent and University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Professor Emerita Beverly Deepe Keever, has been selected as a finalist for the One Book One Nebraska reading program. A native of Nebraska, Keever's memoir is one of four nonfiction books and three novels chosen for 2015. Keever sees programs such as One Book One Nebraska and partnering librarians playing "an increasingly valued role in this turbulent information age." Read more...

OCTOBER 15, 2014 | Lincoln Journal Star — One Book One Nebraska Announces 2015 Finalists — Four nonfiction books and three novels — all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great Plains — are the finalists for the 2015 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are.... Read more...

OCTOBER 14, 2014 | KRVN — One Book One Nebraska 2015 Finalists Announced — Finalists have been announced for the One Book One Nebraska program for 2015. Mary Jo Ryan, Nebraska Library Commission Communications Coordinator, says the program is a yearly event that gives Nebraskans the chance to collaborate on the same book. "One Book One Nebraska is this fantastic opportunity that the Nebraska Library Commission and Nebraska Center for the Book host every year." Read more...

OCTOBER 14, 2014 | Nebraska Library Commission — Finalists for 2015 One Book One Nebraska Announced — Four nonfiction books and three novels—all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great Plains—are the finalists for the 2015 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are: Benediction, by Kent Haruf; Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting, by Beverly Deepe Keever; Eagle Voice Remembers: An Authentic Tale of the Old Sioux World, by John G. Neihardt; The Floor of the Sky, by Pamela Carter Joern; Free Radical: Ernest Chambers, Black Power, and the Politics of Race, by Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson; Goodnight, Nebraska, by Tom McNeal; and The Loren Eiseley Reader, by Loren Eiseley. Read more...

AUGUST 20, 2014 | Omaha World-Herald — A Nebraska Farm-Girl-Turned-War Correspondent Reported about Vietnam’s 'Death Zones' — A Nebraska farm girl had traveled halfway around the world and waded into a war zone in search of a story. Now she felt certain she had found one. Read more...

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November 14, 2015 Nebraska Library Commission— Celebration of Nebraska Books at 1200 N Street, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Presentation of Nebraska Book Awards and Jane Geske Award. One Book One Nebraska Program by Thomas Berg, PhD, Dept. of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, on "Beverly Deepe Keever: An Unconventional Woman for An Unconventional War" at 2:45 p.m. Reception and Book Signing.

October 26, 2015 Keene Memorial Library— Beverly Deep Keever: An Unconventional Woman for an Unconventional War Fremont, NE. 7:00-8:30 P.M. This year's One Book One Nebraska selection, Thomas Berg from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln will speak about the author and her activities during this period.

August 11, 2015 Schuyler Public Library— One Book One Nebraska discussion at Schuyler Public Library. Tuesday, August 11th at 7:00 PM

June 4, 2015 City of Grand Island — Beverly Deepe Keever: An Unconventional Woman for an Unconventional War Grand Island, NE. One Book One Nebraska Book Discussion of Death Zones & Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting by Beverly Deepe Keever, led by History Lecturer Thomas Berg of University of Nebraska-Lincoln, at Grand Island Public Library at 5:30 p.m.

APRIL 15, 2015 | Beatrice Daily Sun — Beatrice Public Library Book Discussion will feature the One Book One Nebraska selection Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting by Beverly Deepe Keever on April 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Beatrice Public Library.

MARCH 9, 2015 | Hebron Public Library — Hebron Library Speaker Series The public is welcome to come and meet Beverly Deepe Keever, author of Death Zones & Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting, and listen to her presentation and slide show.

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