In today’s Shelf Awareness touring author Michael Perry hits upon key reasons for scheduling author events: The reading is primarily a peg upon which to hang radio interviews, newspaper pieces, face-to-face interaction […]
My favorite story of the last couple of weeks is about Watson, the I.B.M. supercomputer who’s been working out on pro-grade Jeopardy players in real-time test matches. The idea is […]
On July 5, 2010, we will publish Kathleen Pfeiffer’s new book Brother Mine: The Correspondence of Jean Toomer and Waldo Frank, which presents for the first time their entire correspondence in chronological […]
James Nowlan and Richard Winkel, co-authors of the new book Illinois Politics: A Citizens Guide, will participate in the Illini Union Bookstore’s summer literary fest in Champaign. On Tuesday, July […]
Radio’s Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States by Hugh Richard Slotten is the winner of the 2009 Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given […]
In September 2010 we will publish Robert Stone’s book Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, which delves into the history of this inspired musical genre. The best known […]
The local newspaper, The News-Gazette, has a feature story this morning on the University’s pursuit of an open source textbook model. The leader of the initiative, Charles Evans, is considering […]
A recent story on MSNBC referenced Janet Flammang’s The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society and Michael Pollan’s review of the book in NYRB. “Working women are too busy to […]
Chicago Public Radio’s 848 recently interviewed Steve Cushing about his long-running radio program and the new book Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews. “Thirty years ago this month, on these […]
The June 14, 2010, issue of Publishers Weekly includes a long piece on the university press suit of Georgia State University. The case, known as Cambridge University Press, et al. […]
Sad news. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Peter Brunette, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Michael Haneke, died today in Italy. He was on assignment covering the Taormina […]
James Nowlan, co-author of the new book Illinois Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, was interviewed live on C-Span’s Book-TV at the Printers Row Lit Fest. […]