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Helen Hunt Jackson: A Literary Life by Kate Phillips. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003, 370 pp., $34.95 hardcover. Thanks to the unflagging work of feminist historians, we have [...]

Sally Zanjani, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2001, 366 pp., $29.95 hardcover. Srah Winnemucca was on of the most visible and complicated Native American intellectuals of the nineteenth century. [...]

This article discusses the concerns surrounding the use of educational technology in higher education. It highlights a lawsuit against a librarian who criticized a remote-proctoring vendor for infringing on academic freedom and violating student privacy. The article also raises questions about the proliferation of enterprise-software companies in colleges and universities, their impact on faculty workload and academic freedom, and the potential for digital surveillance to be used against faculty and staff. It emphasizes the need for transparency and critical thinking about the technologies being used in education and calls for collective action to resist the negative effects of educational technology. [Extracted from the article]

The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman By Margot Mifflin Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009, 304 pp., $24.95, hardcover Indian captivity narratives are melodramatic stories of trembling, innocent [...]