Author Archives: denise

January 25, 2013

Maestro Swap: Calm, reasoned anarchy meets vituperative order

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Mary Sue Welsh, author of One Woman in a Hundred: Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra, has commissioned a lovely website for her new book. It features three excerpts she chose to share with her audience. One of the excerpts describes events … Continue reading →

January 8, 2013

Choice Outstanding Academic Titles 2012

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The University of Illinois Press was honored with five books chosen as Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012. They are: “The Useless Mouths” and Other Literary Writings, by Simone de Beauvoir and edited by Margaret A. Simons and Marybeth Timmermann Making … Continue reading →

December 17, 2012

Music in American Life Anniversary Sale–Last Offer!

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There are just two weeks left in our Music in American Life Anniversary Sale! Use promo code MAL40 to get 40% off all in-print titles, including: Stephen Wade’s well-reviewed The Beautiful Music All Around Us is available for only $14.97 … Continue reading →

December 12, 2012

Congratulations, Bruno Nettl

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The University of Illinois News Bureau reports that UI Press author and U of I Professor Emeritus of Music and Anthropology, Bruno Nettl, has been awarded the 2014 Charles Homer Haskins Prize, presented annually to a distinguished humanist by the … Continue reading →

November 30, 2012

“What I Want for Christmas,” an excerpt from Christmas in Illinois

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With hopes for peaceful holiday celebrations everywhere, here is “What I Want for Christmas,” by Robert Green Ingersoll, from Christmas in Illinois, along with the introduction by editor James Ballowe: “Adults have also used the holiday to make known to … Continue reading →

November 12, 2012

It is University Press Week!

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As a founding member, we are proud to celebrate 75 years of the American Association of University Presses and the contributions University Presses make to culture, academia, and an informed society with the first annual University Press Week (November 11-17, 2012). … Continue reading →

October 27, 2012

Say goodbye to farmers’ markets with a sale on Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland

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As a farewell to the farmers’ market season here in the Midwest, we are having a sale on Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland by Janine MacLachlan. Get the book for only $14.97 (regularly $24.95) using promo code FARMER40. This price … Continue reading →

October 26, 2012

Finding One’s Space in DH

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Yesterday Lee Bessette posted about the benefits and pitfalls of doing and defining digital humanities (DH) in Inside Higher Ed’s Blog U: College Ready Writing, “Why I Support an Open Definition of DH“: “This is why I think the big … Continue reading →

October 24, 2012

Join Illinois at the American Folklore Society’s Annual Meeting

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Visit us at the exhibit tables of the Amercan Folklore Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans, LA beginning today. We will feature discounts of 30% on paperbacks and 40% on hardcover titles, with FREE domestic shipping on orders placed at … Continue reading →

October 19, 2012

An Interpretive Overview of Open Wound, part 2

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This is the second half of the “Interpretive Overview” by William McKee Evans, the author of Open Wound: The Long View of Race in America. It appears before the Preface in the book. The first half of the essay was … Continue reading →