Great Plains Literature

A tribute to the writing of Willa Cather and the prairie world of Webster County, Nebraska

A study of regional identity and a sense of place on the Great Plains

A memoir of Nebraska, and beyond.

A searing coming-of-age memoir set against the arid landscape of rural North Dakota, where homosexuality “seems akin to a ticking bomb.”

Calling for a Blanket Dance

The history of the greatest migration in the United States

Readers will delight in the story of Harriet as she searches for her father in the American West

A gripping history and account of black enslavement in Nebraska

Three women, decades apart from each other, fight for love and agency in a rural Kansas community seemingly frozen in time.

An exploration of influential literature of the Plains region in both the United States and Canada

An essential reference tool on Nebraska

A memoir set amidst the natural realm of the Great Plains.