{"id":5776,"date":"2025-12-01T22:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/?p=5776"},"modified":"2025-12-01T22:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:36:20","slug":"one-book-one-nebraska-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/2025\/12\/01\/one-book-one-nebraska-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"One Book One Nebraska 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People across Nebraska are encouraged to read the work set in Nebraska\u2014and then talk about
it with their friends and neighbors. The Antidote: A Novel<\/em><\/strong> (Knopf, 2025) by Karen Russell is the 2026 One Book One Nebraska<\/strong> selection. The Central Plains Library System has a Book Set which includes 10 copies of this title.<\/strong>

Karen Russell\u2019s The Antidote<\/em><\/strong> is a haunting Dust Bowl epic that blends historical fiction with
magical realism. Set in 1930s Nebraska, the novel follows Antonina Rossi\u2014known as \u201cthe Antidote,\u201d a prairie witch who stores memories\u2014and the Oletsky family as they endure the
devastation of Black Sunday\u2019s dust storm and the catastrophic flooding of the Republican
River. Through interwoven narratives, Russell explores themes of memory, resilience, and
survival amid environmental collapse, crafting a lyrical meditation on how communities confront trauma and corruption while clinging to hope.

Karen Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia!<\/em><\/strong> and Vampires in the Lemon Grove<\/em><\/strong>. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has received two National Magazine Awards for Fiction, the Shirley Jackson Award, the 2023 Bottari Lattes Grinzane
Prize, and the 2024 Mary McCarthy Prize. The Antidote<\/em><\/strong> is a finalist for the National Book Award and a national bestseller. She serves on the board of Street Books, a mobile library for people living outdoors. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, son, and daughter.

Libraries across Nebraska will join other literary and cultural organizations in planning book discussions, activities, and events that will encourage Nebraskans to read and discuss this book. Support materials to assist with local reading\/discussion activities will be available after January 1, 2026, at http:\/\/onebook.nebraska.gov<\/a>. Updates and activity listings will be posted on the One Book One Nebraska<\/strong> Facebook page at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onebookonenebraska<\/a>.

2026 marks the twenty-second year of the One Book One Nebraska <\/strong>reading program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss one book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. The Nebraska Center for the Book invites recommendations for One Book One Nebraska<\/strong> book selection year-round at http:\/\/centerforthebook.nebraska.gov\/obon-nomination.asp<\/a>.

One Book One Nebraska<\/strong> is sponsored by Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, and Nebraska Library Commission. The Nebraska Center for the Book brings together the state\u2019s readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers, educators, and scholars to build the community of the book, supporting programs to celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the written word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People across Nebraska are encouraged to read the work set in Nebraska\u2014and then talk aboutit with their friends and neighbors. The Antidote: A Novel (Knopf, 2025) by Karen Russell is the 2026 One Book One Nebraska selection. The Central Plains Continue reading One Book One Nebraska 2026<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5778,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776\/revisions\/5778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/cpls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}