NLHA’s Lunch at the Library

Wednesday, February 4, 2026
12:10 p.m.
Matt Steinhausen’s latest book, The Unauthorized Biography of Lincoln, Nebraska, explores the history of Nebraska’s capital city through photos, fascinating stories, and myth-busting insights. A sixth-generation Nebraskan, Steinhausen is a photographer and preservationist who earns his living conducting home and commercial property inspections. It is also reported that he has never used a smartphone or drunk a cup of coffee. His first book, The Least Interesting Place, is a coffee-table book with a tongue-in-cheek title that features beautiful — and genuinely interesting — photographs of Nebraska.

October 7, 2026
12:10 p.m.
Keith Ludden is a native of Nebraska. He lived in Maine for twenty years, where he worked for the Maine Arts Commission. In 1990 he served as Playwright in Residence at the Great Platte River Playwright’s Festival in Nebraska. Ludden worked as a journalist for Nebraska Public Radio, covering legislative and cultural topics. His stories, "The Man Who Had Nothing More To Say," and "Passion for Justice" were published in Little Fish, an online magazine, and The Writer’s Journal. He has also published in PentaCat, Doublespeak Magazine and Ariel Chart. Keith will discuss his book, It Makes the Bread Rise. 

November 4, 2026
12:10 p.m.
Don (D.D.) Davenport was born in Custer County, Nebraska, attended public schools in Callaway, and later graduated from Shelton High School and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. A lifelong learner, he also attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Metropolitan Community College of Omaha. During his career as an IT specialist, Don commuted for extended periods to Worcester, MA, Houston, and San Antonio, TX. He will discuss his latest book, Yosemite: William’s Corvette Summer. 

December 2, 2026
12:10 p.m.
Ryan T. Pozzi is a Council Bluffs-based nonfiction author. His creative career began in Lincoln in 2006 and grew through the founding of the No Coast Poetry Slam in 2007 and the Nebraska Writers Collective in 2008. He also served on the Nebraska Book Festival committee and represented Nebraska at the Library of Congress Center for the Book in 2012 before moving to Omaha to open an art gallery and performance space in 2013. His written work explores creativity, failure, cultural memory, reputation, and the complicated human realities behind lasting art. He will discuss his book, The Mess That Made Them: How History’s Greatest Artists Failed, Floundered, and Made Something Brilliant Anyway.