Steve Fishell, author of Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]
Category: biography
Q&A with Wanda A. Hendricks, Author of The Life of Madie Hall Xuma
Wanda A. Hendricks, author of The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Global Activism during Jim Crow and Apartheid, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways […]
Q&A with Paul Kincaid, Author of Brian W. Aldiss
Paul Kincaid, author of Brian W. Aldiss, answers questions on his book influences, editorial discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
Q&A With Patrick Moser, Author of Surf and Rescue
Patrick Moser, author of Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture, answers questions on his other book influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. […]
Free Ebook Giveaway: The Heart of a Woman
Celebrate Women’s History Month with March’s free ebook The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price by Rae Linda Brown. The giveaway ends at the […]
Q&A With Larry Starr, Author of Listening to Bob Dylan
Larry Starr, author of Listening to Bob Dylan, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
Q&A with Tammy L. Kernodle, Author of Soul on Soul
Author, Tammy L. Kernodle, of Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams answers questions about her inspirations, discoveries, and reader takeaways. Q: Why did you decide […]
Q&A with Lydia R. Hamessley, Author of Unlikely Angel
Lydia R. Hamessley, author of Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton, answers questions about her inspirations, Appalachian music, songwriting, and, of course, music legend Dolly Parton. Q: Why did […]
Q&A with Jonathan R. Eller, author of Bradbury Beyond Apollo
Jonathan R. Eller, author of Bradbury Beyond Apollo, the final book in his trilogy biography of Ray Bradbury, answers questions about his reasoning for writing a trilogy, academic and literary […]
Ray Bradbury Birthday Bundle Sale
Happy 100th birthday, Ray Bradbury! The Press is excited to announce that today, on the Bradbury Centennial, we are releasing the final addition to Jonathon Eller’s Ray Bradbury trilogy, Bradbury […]
African Americans in Chicago
African American figures and subjects continue to play a central role in the stories and scholarship offered by the Press. A number of recent releases highlight our commitment to publishing […]
Five Things You Should Know About Florence Price
Florence B. Price was a composer whose career spanned both the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, and the first African American woman to gain national recognition for her works. This June, […]