Friday, August 1, was Managing Editor Rebecca Crist’s last day at the University of Illinois Press. Best wishes. I’ll miss talking with you about local music shows as we pass in the […]
Month: August 2008
The straight and flat road
Sir Paul was just passing through Springfield, Illinois, over the weekend? […]
Just Landed: New books on soy, cinema studies, and women journalists
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past week: –Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South by Michelle R. Scott (August 25, […]
UIP 90th anniversary video
In celebration of the University of Illinois Press’s 90th anniversary, VideoWorks at the University of Illinois produced a 5:00 minute video that traces the history and accomplishments of our Press. Updated August 5, 2008: The […]
Pickin’ the banjer
Roni Stoneman, co-author of the recent memoir Pressing On: The Roni Stoneman Story, performed with Mona Jo Griffin at the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Someone in the audience filmed the event and uploaded footage to Youtube. […]
Raised eyebrows
Tony’s a bit vulgar at the Penn State University Press blog. […]