Willis Regier, Director Best Book: John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society & Other Writings, 1952-1967, Library of America. I read Galbraith’s The New Industrial State when everybody was reading it […]
Category: best of lists
Easy Listening
It’s been 60+ degrees this week so I haven’t been thinking much about the upcoming holidays. However, my favorite post every year is the Press’ end-of-the-year collection of staff favorites. Spoiler alert: Joanna […]
Best of 2010, midyear report part 2
Best PSA of the year: “Embrace Life” by the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership. The orange octopus, the hallucinatory wallpaper, the looks of grief, dread, shame. Regard the man’s pose of […]
Best of 2010, midyear report
Michael Roux, Publicity Manager Favorite CD: Joanna Newsom–Have One On Me Favorite Song: Joanna Newsom-’81 Favorite Cover Version: The Angry Whistler–’81 […]
University of Illinois Press: Best of 2009
Willis Regier, Director Favorite Book: THE 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS, translated by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons. Penguin 2008, three volumes. I had always wanted to read the NIGHTS straight […]
More, Lists, more lists!!
Following my first stab at remembering 50 Bands I’ve Seen, I obsessed for 24 hours to come up with the bands that I had forgotten. I have finally compiled the […]
Lists, more lists!
It’s not time for our 2009 end-of-the-year favorites yet but blogs at the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s All Songs Considered have me thinking. LA Times posted a list yesterday titled The 46 […]
University of Illinois Press: Best of 2008
Willis Regier, Director Favorite Book: Julian Barnes – Nothing to Be Frightened Of Barnes’s book looks at old questions about how to live with death and dying. He has short narratives […]
University of Illinois Press’s Best of 2007
Willis Regier, Director Favorite Book: Joe Sacco, PALESTINE: THE SPECIAL EDITION Favorite CD: Arcade Fire: NEON BIBLE Favorite Movie: CASINO ROYALE Favorite Live Performance: Moises Kaufman, DIABELLI VARIATIONS, University of […]