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March 18, 2013

The University of Illinois Press hosts AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show

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The University of Illinois Press hosts the annual Book, Jacket and Journal Show, April 1-12, 2013.  Sponsored by the Association of American University Presses, nearly 100 books and jackets—the best of university press publishing—are on display for public viewing during … Continue reading →

March 5, 2013

Q & A with Advertising at War author Inger Stole

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Inger L. Stole is an associate professor of communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She answered our questions about her book Advertising at War: Business, Consumers, and Government in the 1940s. Q: What is the Wheeler-Lea Amendment that was … Continue reading →

February 27, 2013

Q & A with author L. Andrew Cooper on horror film director Dario Argento

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L. Andrew Cooper is an assistant professor of film and digital media at the University of Louisville and the author of the new book in the University of Illinois Press Contemporary Film Directors Series, Dario Argento. Q: How does Dario … Continue reading →

February 25, 2013

The South Asian invasion of the Oscars

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Life of Pi was a big winner at last night’s Oscars, as the film was awarded in four categories including Best Director. Shilpa Davé, author of the forthcoming University of Illinois Press book Indian Accents: Brown Voice and Racial Performance … Continue reading →

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 14, 2012

Picturing Illinois in U of I holiday gift guide

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Our books make great holiday gifts, and Dusty Rhodes at the University of Illinois News Bureau agrees. She’s included John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle’s Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo in the annual campus holiday gift … Continue reading →

December 13, 2012

Beethoven’s Creativity

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Was Beethoven the creator of masterpieces defined by a strict text or musical blueprint? New research into his creativity shows that Beethoven explored a range of artistic options, and as a tireless improviser he was hardly ever completely satisfied by … 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 →

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 →