It’s 1946 in Clear River, Nebraska, where 10-year-old Addie (Lucas) lives with her grandmother (Natwick), Sarah, and her father, James (Robards), an embittered widower who lost his wife just after Addie was born—and who’s shuttered himself away from any source of joy, including his...
I recently submitted the manuscript of my book, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts, to the University of Nebraska Press, and that left me little time and energy for Neglected Books. And second, I’ll apology in advance for the fact that there will be a fair number of posts about ...
I suspect Riesenberg’s work might have fared between if he’d lived in Nebraska or Georgia or Texas, where he might at least have earned some recognition as a regional novelist. Although I wouldn’t claim masterpiece status for either version of Tangerman’s tale, I do think it deserves...
[Fun fact: Bruce Springsteen was next door recording his own stuff when Suicide was in the studio recording their second album. He loved the band, and noted their influence on his classic albumNebraska] One might be tempted to characterize Twitter’s response as Orwellian or Kafkaesque, but th...
Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, California, South Carolina, Nebraska, and even New York (spe- cifically, Staten Island) were among the largest hemp producers, with Kentucky being the leader in production. During that time, however, they were using the plant for its fibers, not for medicinal ...
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Nebraska-02: Morning showers, then clearing. Highs in the mid 50s. Nevada: Sunny and cool. Highs near 70 in Las Vegas (average high is 72), in the upper 50s in Reno. North Carolina: Cloudier west, with slight shower chances. Sunny to the east. Highs in...
We’ll be back tomorrow with another ad for your radar. On Friday, we looked at independent candidate Dan Osborn’s latest ad in the Nebraska Senate race. Lead Art: The narrator in the ad charges that Rep. Henry Cuellar “used your office to enri...
Beyond the impact of the presidential election, Bacon and Vargas have been sparing over abortion — an issue on which Nebraska has two competing referendums on the ballot — the border and immigration, and trying to sell themselves as the real bipartisan dealma...
The video closes with Vice President Kamala Harris saying that “only in America” is it possible that “two middle-class kids,”“one the daughter of Oakland, California” and the other “a son of the Nebraska Plains,” can make it “all the way to the White House.” Elena Sc...