Anyone who's spent five minutes with Ted Kooser knows that he's an outrageously talented storyteller. With luminous detail, folksy humor, and deep insight, Local Wonders, his new book from the University of Nebraska Press, captures his voice precisely. And more. It's a book of memories, a book of tall tales, and a book of keen insight into a special corner of Nebraska. Local Wonders is the first in the Press's new American Lives series, edited by Tobias Wolff, and has been chosen as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers title.

Ted Kooser is a visiting professor of English at the University of Nebraska and a retired insurance executive. His published work includes nine special collections and eight books, among them Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison. and Weather Central.

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