Category Archives: author events

May 9, 2013

Fred Ho brings Yellow Power to NYC Museum of Chinese in America

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On April 25, The Museum of Chinese in America hosted “A Night With the Dragon” honoring the life and work of Fred Ho. The musician and activist was on hand to sign copies of the University of Illinois Press book Yellow Power … Continue reading →

April 21, 2013

Coming Attractions: Fred Ho documentary

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This week musician and activist Fred Ho will be celebrated at events featuring both signings of the new University of Illinois Press book Yellow Power Yellow Soul and also some screenings of the new documentary Diary of the Dragon: The … Continue reading →

April 18, 2013

SynergiCity at the Chicago Architecture Foundation

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If you’re looking for something to do in Chicago this month, the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) has an exhibit called SynergiCity: Reinventing the Postindustrial City which roughly coincides with our publication of the book by the same name, edited by Paul Hardin Kapp … Continue reading →

April 15, 2013

Annette Insdorf helps honor Philip Kaufman at San Francisco Film Festival

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Filmmaker Philip Kaufman will be honored with the Founder’s Directing Award by the San Francisco Film Society. Annette Insdorf will lead a Q&A with director Philip Kaufman at the San Francisco International Film Festival on May 5. Insdorf will be signing copies of her … Continue reading →

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 →