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University of Illinois Press Director Willis Regier was quoted in a Harvard Crimson story this week regarding the alleged false resume claims made by former Harvard student Adam B. Wheeler. On the […]
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Provocative publicist pitch
As a publicist, it irks me when a reviewer uses the publicity material that accompanies a book as a jumping off point for a book review. However, if the reviewer uses the publicity material […]
Are “Fashionable” Birth Control Packs Feminist or Antifeminist? by Linda Layne
The page proofs of Feminist Technology were ready in time for me to give the book a trial run in my spring course, Women Leaders/Feminist Entrepreneurs. As anticipated, the students […]
Sacred Harp 442 – Amherst, MA July 6, 2008
I’ve been reading some of our forthcoming book The Makers of the Sacred Harp and looked to Youtube to supply the soundtrack. My favorite so far is “Sacred Harp 442.” Wow. […]
Nashville’s flood
Craig Havighurst, author of Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City, filed a report for NPR’s All Things Considered on the recent flood’s impact on […]
Copyright Intrigue! by Joe
Maybe you’ve heard about the troubles that local Champaign-Urbana band Elsinore recently encountered with the cover artwork for their new album, Yes Yes Yes. The artwork is a painting by […]
Oxford American’s Hard Luck Blues
The “southern magazine of fine writing,” Oxford American, has a published a feature on Rich Remsberg’s new book Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music Photographs from the Great Depression. Published in conjunction with the […]
Revisiting the History of Southern Radicalism by James J. Lorence
A persistent myth concerning southern workers was the assertion that even in the hardest of times, they were impervious to the force of radicalism that affected urban labor in the […]
SMU Press’ operations put on hold
Inside Higher Ed reported on May 7, 2010, that Southern Methodist University has suspended the operations of its Press. A statement for the senators from the faculty advisory committee for […]
Thomas Saler book signing at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
We just confirmed a book signing for Thomas Saler, author of Serving Genius: Carlo Maria Giulini, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Saler will appear at the CSO retail kiosk on May […]
May I offer you a piece of honey candy?
Every year at Book Expo we give away a tchotchke at our booth that is somehow related to a current or upcoming book. I am amazed at how many appointment bound people […]
Viva baseball, just not in Arizona
Two years ago this month we published the Third Edition of Samuel O. Regalado’s book Viva Baseball! Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger, which chronicles the struggles of Latin American […]