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Category Archives: biography
SymphonyNOW has posted an excerpt from Mary Sue Welsh’s book about trailblazing harpist Edna Phillips, One Woman in a Hundred. Phillips was the first woman to hold a principal chair in any major American orchestra when she was chosen by … Continue reading
An introduction from the editor
in biography, interviews, music
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Last week we released Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir, by Josh Graves, and edited by Fred Bartenstein, a new book in our series Music in American Life. The book was a long time to press–the interviews took place in 1994, and … Continue reading
Ray Bradbury, author, Illinois native, and subject of Becoming Ray Bradbury, has died. Jonathan Eller, his biographer, had this to say about him in an article last year in New Scientist: “RAY BRADBURY, the science fiction and fantasy author behind … Continue reading
Jane Bernstein at the Cleveland International Film Festival
in author events, biography
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Jane Bernstein is in Cleveland this week for the showing of Rachel Is in the Cleveland International Film Festival. The film, directed by daughter Charlotte Glynn, follows a year in the life of Jane’s daughter (Charlotte’s sister) Rachel, who is … Continue reading
On inauguration day, Aretha Franklin gave President Barack Obama a collection of her dad’s sermons, along with a biography of her late father. Is it possible that she gifted Obama a University of Illinois Press book? If so, then she … Continue reading
