E-profit
Inside Higher Ed reports today on the use of e-textbooks at for-profit universities. E-textbooks might be the most-talked about and least-used learning tools in traditional higher education. Campus libraries and […]
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Revisiting the Tailor’s Wife by Danke Li
On my last trip back to China in late December 2009, I managed to squeeze in three days to try to visit some of the women whom I interviewed for […]
Chicago Blues in the News
The June 6, 2010, issue of The Chicago Tribune previewed this coming weekend’s blues panel at the Printers Row Lit Fest. The June 12, 12:00 panel is located at Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court, […]
TLS reviews “Golf in America”
The May 21 issue of the Times Literary Supplement includes David Goldblatt’s favorable review of George Kirsch’s recent book Golf in America. “Kirsch delivers excellent pen portraits of the great, good […]
UIP at Printers Row
For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Illinois Press will have a large presence at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest. Festival goers can visit the University of […]
A Which Hunt?
Below are snippets of an e-mail conversation I recently had with a philosophy journal author regarding the copyedited version of his article. Author: Here are my responses regarding the editorial […]
UIP author Jazz Broadcaster of the Year
Jazzwise Magazine reports that Alyn Shipton, author of the recent book I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh, won the jazz broadcaster of the year award during […]
JAEH: Homoerotic, Lesbian, and Gay Ethnic and Immigrant Histories
The Summer issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History presents a special feature on “Homoerotic, Lesbian, and Gay Ethnic and Immigrant Histories.” Guest Editor Horacio Roque RamÃrez writes in […]
“The Taste for Civilization” in The New York Review of Books
The June 10, 2010, issue of The New York Review of Books features an essay by Michael Pollan titled “The Food Movement, Rising.” The piece touches on food safety, animal welfare, the environment, […]
Normative Theories of the Media wins award
Normative Theories of the Media: Journalism in Democratic Societies by Clifford G. Christians, Theodore L. Glasser, Denis McQuail, Kaarle Nordenstreng and Robert A. White is the winner of this year’s Frank […]
Staley hat trick
Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement by Steven K. Ashby and C.J. Hawking has received an Award of Superior Achievement from The Illinois State Historical Society. This is […]
Fashion & Feminism by Linda Layne
One of the questions raised by the discussion with my students regarding the virtues and vices of making birth control packs look like compacts is the relationship of fashion with […]