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All About Books

All About Books

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 A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach. Updated on Thursdays.048168 Art
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  • An interview with UNL Cather scholar Dr. Melissa Holmstead.

    An interview with UNL Cather scholar Dr. Melissa Holmstead.
    Apr 22 2026
    This 1925 novel deals with topics very relevant today: the value of a university education, and the costs of war. “The Professor’s House” by Willa Cather has been released for the Oxford World Classics series, authored by Cather scholar Dr. Melissa Holmstead of UNL. Dr. Holmstead will be the guest on this week's All About Books.
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    15 mins
  • Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin

    Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
    Apr 15 2026
    Smith is a queer Black Stanford graduate arrested for cocaine possession. In the novel “Great Black Hope”, author Rob Franklin shows a young man protected by his class but betrayed by his race.
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    8 mins
  • Ravelings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder by Lisa Knopp

    Ravelings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder by Lisa Knopp
    Apr 8 2026
    In her new collection of personal essays, UNL Professor of English Lisa Knopp uses an older meaning of the verb ravel- to entangle. In Ravelings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder, she contemplates loss, change as well as connection and joy.
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    19 mins
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