Nebraska Presence:
An Anthology of Poetry
Edited by Greg Kosmicki and Mary K. Stillwell, Nebraska Presence includes poems by more than 80 contemporary Nebraska poets,
including Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Ted Kooser, Nebraska State Poet Twyla Hansen, former State Poet William Kloefkorn, and many others.
Source:
The Backwaters Press
The
One Book One Nebraska reading program
is entering its fourteenth year. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss one book, chosen from books written by
Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A committee of the Nebraska Center for the Book selected this book from a
list of twenty-seven titles nominated by Nebraskans from across the state. The Nebraska Center for the Book board announced the choice
for the 2018 One Book One Nebraska at the Celebration of Nebraska Books on October 21, 2017 in Lincoln.
Libraries across Nebraska will join other literary and cultural
organizations in planning book discussions, activities, and events that
will encourage Nebraskans to read and discuss this book. Support
materials to assist with local reading/discussion activities are
available on the Get Involved page. Updates and activity listings
are posted on the
One Book One Nebraska Facebook group.
One Book One Nebraska is sponsored by
Nebraska Center for the Book,
Humanities Nebraska,
The Backwaters Press,
and
Nebraska Library Commission.
The Nebraska Center for the Book is housed at and supported
by the Nebraska Library Commission and brings together the state's
readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers,
educators, and scholars to build the community of the book, supporting
programs to celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading,
and the written word.