It’s 2018–What Are You Reading?

I have always loved book recommendations: the summer reading lists our teachers gave us each May, the books chosen for Oprah’s Book Club—remember those? And recommendations found in newspapers and magazines. So, each year when the Nebraska Center for the Book announces its “One Book, One Nebraska” selection, I pay attention.

This year, that “One Book” we are encouraged to read is Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry. It’s published by Backwaters Press of Omaha, edited by Mary K Stillwell and Greg Kosmicki, and contains poetry from over 80 Nebraska poets. These include former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Ted Kooser, former and current state poets, Bill Kloefkorn and Twyla Hansen. As well as award winning poets Marjorie Saiser and Don Welch, and many others.