Hastings College Titles

Hastings College titles are produced for and by members of the Hastings College community. Many titles are available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

New Titles (2022-2023)

Best Nebraska Teen Writing, Volume 2 (2023)

Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2023 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in Volume 2 showcases the creativity of our Honorable Mention award recipients.


Olivia Achtemeier • Eve Bishop • Anastasia Brock-Ondresky • Addison Bryant • Allie Bunjer • Ana Carson • Siri Doddapaneni • Nathan Ertzner • Rebecca Ford • Grace Genoways • Semhar Hailesellassie • Haley Holzfaster • Morgan Lahm • Megan Lambert • Emma Marten • Thomas McCarthy • Magnolia MoriartyAden Niebuhr • Braelynn Schlenger • Ashmiza ShaikCalvin SnyderLogan Sylliaasen • Lydia Vlcek • Hannah Wooldridge

ISBN 978-1-942885-89-4 | paperback | 206 pages | $15.00 

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Best Nebraska Teen Writing (2023)

Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2023 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our 25 Silver Key and Gold Key award recipients.


Olivia Achtemeier • Vaishvika BalamuruganEve BishopKatie Bough •  Gabrielle BurnsJalyssa CaldwellAna CarsonRebekah DailyRebecca FordMiah FoxCamila GomezAutumn HallAlice JonesMegan LambertCarmen MarleyMagnolia MoriartyAden NiebuhrKatelyn OmerGrace PengAshmiza ShaikCalvin SnyderLogan SylliaasenHannah TangCharlie YaleDaniel Yoo

ISBN 978-1-942885-88-7 | paperback | 316 pages | $20.00 

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Conversations That Transition to Community (2022)

Lisa K. Smith and Maggie Rogers

A community is a place where people bring their best selves, find the resources they need to thrive, and collaborate with others. Through conversations, activities, and guided self-reflections, Conversations That Transition to Community helps individuals come together and build community.

Lisa K. Smith, EdD, is Dean of Student Engagement at Hastings College and an educational consultant.

Maggie Rogers is Head Community Living Coordinator, Second Year Experience Coordinator, and CORE 100 Coordinator at Hastings College.

ISBN 978-1-942885-87-0 | paperback | 86 pages | $20.00

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Letters to an Aspiring Scholar (2022)

Christopher M. Strickland

Part artistic memoir and part academic memoir, Letters to an Aspiring Scholar is an invaluable source for graduate students and other young scholars. Drawing from his background as an artist-educator and his own experiences writing a PhD dissertation, Dr. Christopher M. Strickland gives young scholars practical advice for creating daily routines and generating ideas for completing a long research project.

Christopher M. Strickland, PhD, is an artist, educator, autoethnographic and arts-based researcher, and creativity and educational consultant. His work encompasses the arts and creativity, visual literacy, interdisciplinary curriculum design, and culturally responsive teaching. Prior to moving to Nebraska and joining the faculty at Hastings College, he lived in New England and taught K–12 visual arts education in New Hampshire.

ISBN 978-1-942885-83-2 | paperback | 168 pages | $23.99

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Best Nebraska Teen Writing (2022)

Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2022 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our 24 award recipients. 

Award winners: Olivia Achtemeier • Tanya Bachu • Ashley Binstock • Mary Blankenship • Ivy Block • Victoria Bogatz • Katie Bough • Anastasia Brock-Ondresky • Gabrielle Burns • Ana Carson • Tyler Catlin • Charlotte Coughlin • Megan Lambert • Sky Lambrecht • Kelley Lebahn • Tristan McGill • Aryanna Petty • Anna Rogers • Sam Rogers • Logan Sylliaasen • Clarissa Tan • Benjamin VanDiest • Lydia Vlcek • Chloe Waters

ISBN 978-1-942885-86-3 | paperback | 252 pages | $15.00 

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Best Nebraska Teen Writing (2021)

Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2021 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our 19 award recipients. 

Award winners: Olivia Achtemeier • Norah Armstrong • Ciara Basch • Anvitha Boosani • Tess Bowler • Daisy Friedman • Megan Lambert • Andrew Lawler • Zoey Lewis • Rachel Lunt • Reed McFadden • Tyson (Harley) Pappas • Joslyn Smith • Daniel Stein • Hannah Stromer • Logan Sylliaasen • Clarissa Tan • Lydia Vlcek • Jingming Yu

ISBN 978-1-942885-82-5 | paperback | 234 pages | $15.00

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Best Nebraska Teen Writing (2020)

Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2020 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our 18 award recipients. 

Award winners: Olivia Achtemeier • Landon Boettcher • Tess Bowler • Daisy Friedman • Malik Gillespie • Elizabeth Grantham • Aila Hirsbrunner • Kylie Ketelsen • Jayden Leonard • Emma Mirnics • Maryam Muayad • Ellen Pan • Alora Schneider • Eddie Schweikert • Jenna Smith • Clarissa Tan • Elise Vahle • Jingming Yu

ISBN 978-1-942885-74-0 | paperback | 186 pages | $15.00 

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Faces of Hastings (2019)

Faces of Hastings celebrates difference and diversity in a small town at the heart of America—Hastings, Nebraska. Collected by students at Hastings College, the oral histories in this volume reveal the complexity and richness of rural American life in the 21st c.

ISBN 978-1-942885-66-5 | paperback | 308 pages | $20.00  

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Circle in the Classroom: Field Book 1 (2016)

Lisa K. Smith

A field book is defined as a collection of primary source documents and observations made during field research. The structure of Circle in the Classroom: Field Book 1 is similar, in that it extends an invitation to come to circle, to consider the practice, and to respond as an observer of learning while actively changing the shape of classroom culture. This book is an interactive instrument designed to encourage students of circle methodology to be explorers of their own experiences - first, as learners, and always, as growing educators.

ISBN 978-1-942885-55-9 | paperback | 72 pages | $15.00   

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Plumbing the Depths: Hastings College’s Introduction to the Liberal Arts, 2016–2017

The primary readings of this book exemplify Hastings College’s mission by encouraging students to think in interdisciplinary ways about issues that affect both local and global communities. The theme for this year’s reader is “Water.” Readings, from a variety of authors and genres, ask students to consider water in its literal and symbolic forms:

Such questions can be addressed only by using an interdisciplinary approach that values the contributions of all academic disciplines.

ISBN 978-1-942885-48-1 | paperback | 370 pages | $35.00

Limited edition for use in First-Year Seminars at Hastings College.

How We See: Hastings College’s Introduction to the Liberal Arts, 2015–2016

A cornerstone of the First-Year Experience at Hastings College, How We See includes readings from a variety of authors and genres on this year’s theme—Image. The readings, from a variety of authors and genres, ask students to consider complex questions that do not have easy solutions:

Such questions can be addressed only by using an interdisciplinary approach that values the contributions of all academic disciplines.

ISBN 978-1-942885-20-7 | paperback | 306 pages | $30.00

Limited edition for use in First-Year Seminars at Hastings College.

Brain Food: Hastings College’s Introduction to the Liberal Arts, 2014–2015

A cornerstone of the First-Year Experience at Hastings College, Brain Food includes readings from a variety of authors and genres on this year’s theme—Food. The readings ask students to consider complex questions that do not have easy solutions:

Such questions can be addressed only by using an interdisciplinary approach that values the contributions of all academic disciplines.

paperback | 285 pages | $30.00

Limited edition for use in First-Year Seminars at Hastings College.