If you are a registered user of the Nebraska Talking Book and Braille Service (TBBS) and would like to order any of the books from the following list, please a) click the checkbox next to the books you would like to request, b) fill out the mailing information at the end, c) then click the send order button.

Former U.S. poet laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, Ted Kooser presents Valentine poems which he began writing in 1986 to fifty women friends. A new poem was printed on postcards and mailed each year. Twenty-two years later, an annual poem was being sent to over 2500 women throughout the United States. Narrated by Dick Shasteen.

Nebraska poet Charles Peek explores family, relationships, the passage of time, and the musical fabric of modern life in this collection of recent poems. Often-missed significant moments in everyday life are brought into the foreground in lyric and narrative passages that shine with a love of language. Narrated by Charles A. Peek. (0 hours, 43 minutes)

Nebraska Presence is an anthology documenting the wide range of contemporary poetry written by Nebraskans. Representing 82 poets of all ages and backgrounds, the poems address topics as varied as their authors, including personal insights, observations of life on the Plains, family and relationships, and impressions reaching out to many corners of the world. Included work by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, and Nebraska State Poets William Kloefkorn and Twyla Hansen. One Book One Nebraska selection for 2018. Narrated by Alice Timm. (6 hours, 3 minutes)

Nebraska poet captures the essence of country life through modern verse. Narrated by Zoya Zeeman. (0 hours, 35 minutes)

Poems about the land and people of the Great Plains by Nebraska's State Poet. Contains some strong language. Narrated by Laura Johnson. (1 hour, 30 minutes)

Includes some of the best essays that have appeared in UNL-Lincoln's Prairie Schooner literary magazine (est. 1926) since 1980. This anthology of works by poets, novelists and critics will delight readers who seek thought-provoking fiction and poetry. Strong language. 2000. Narrated by Kandra Hahn. (9 hours, 32 minutes)