Category Archives: author events

October 16, 2012

Denise Levertov event at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

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This week we officially published the new biography Denise Levertov: A Poet’s Life by Dana Greene.  Levertov was born in England (October 24, 1923), published her first book of poems at age twenty-three, and moved to the United States in 1948 … Continue reading →

October 12, 2012

Philip Kaufman Q&A at the Chicago Film Festival

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Annette Insdorf will lead a Q&A with director Philip Kaufman at the Chicago Film Festival on October 16. Her critically acclaimed book in our Contemporary Film Directors series was published earlier this year. “A thoughtful, scholarly study of one of America’s most underrated … Continue reading →

October 10, 2012

Celebrate poet Michael S. Harper

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CALL FOR PAPERS Michael S. Harper “Canon Maker: Poet, Editor, Teacher, Mentor, Scholar” Wednesday – Friday, March 13-15, 2013 The English Department at The University of Missouri – Columbia in conjunction with Cave Canem Foundation invites scholars, poets, and jazz … Continue reading →

September 25, 2012

Join us at ASALH and IBMA for booksignings and more

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It will be a be a busy week for University of Illinois Press staff and authors. We will be at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) meeting from September 26-30, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We … Continue reading →

August 16, 2012

SF Bay Guardian posts Marion Jacobson’s accordion picks

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Marion Jacobson, author of Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America, recommends her favorite accordion acts in a San Francisco Bay Guardian event preview. Alex Meixner makes the list.  

August 3, 2012

Tomorrow! Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland @ Urbana’s Market at the Square

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Like local food and farmers’ markets? Author Janine Maclaclan will be signing copies of Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland next to the NW entrance to the Market between 9:30-11:30 this Saturday. Don’t have a copy yet? She’ll have some for … Continue reading →

August 1, 2012

The American Theatre and Drama Society awards Living with Lynching

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The American Theatre and Drama Society has awarded its 2011/2012 Annual Book Award to Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930. This award recognizes outstanding works that expand and challenge the field of American theatre and … Continue reading →

July 27, 2012

Concert celebrates Nicholas Temperley’s 80th birthday

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Nicholas Temperley, author of two University of Illinois Press books, will be honored by the North American British Music Studies Association with a July 28 concert at the University of Illinois’ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The concert will feature the … Continue reading →

July 26, 2012

UIP author Dana Greene to speak at the National Portrait Gallery

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The Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery will host the exhibition Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets, which opens in October 2012. A portrait of poet Denise Levertov (1923-1997) will be included in the exhibit. In September 2012 the University of Illinois Press will publish the biography … Continue reading →

July 20, 2012

San Francisco area accordion events

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Marion Jacobson, author of the new University of Illinois Press book Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America, will travel to Northern California in mid-August for a series of music and signing events.  She will be joined at the San Francisco and … Continue reading →