“George Gershwin” reviewed in the TLS
The March 26, 2010, issue of the Times Literary Supplement includes a laudatory review of Walter Rimler’s recent book George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait. “Compact in length and voluminous in […]
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“Staley” wins award
Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement by Steven K. Ashby and C.J. Hawking, has tied for Best Book related to the field of Labor Studies published in […]
Steven Ashby and C.J. Hawking in DC
On Tuesday April 6, 2010, Steven K. Ashby and C. J. Hawking will discuss their recent book Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement at Busboys & Poets (5th […]
Spring 2010 APQ
The April issue of American Philosophical Quarterly ships this week, and as usual the contents list is top shelf: Clare Batty: “Scents and Sensibilia” Andrew Cullison: “Two Solutions to the […]
“The last song played was provided for free by the record company, which I also met for lunch…”
In October of 2009 I linked to a Galley Cat story about a new FTC rule that required book bloggers to disclose that reviewed books were provided for free by a publisher. In […]
Light from the Prince of Darkness by David C. Dougherty
Of the many interviews that constituted the most exciting research for Shouting Down the Silence: A Biography of Stanley Elkin, none came close to a conversation with Robert Novak (1931-2009) […]
“African or American?” wins award
African or American?: Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861 by Leslie M. Alexander, has been awarded the Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the […]
Mary Beth Raycraft on (blog) tour
Mary Beth Raycraft, translator of the new book A Parisienne in Chicago: Impressions of the World’s Columbian Exposition, will be on cybertour beginning this week: April 1-2 — Exurbanis April […]
“Freeing Charles” in The Wall Street Journal
The March 26, 2010, edition of The Wall Street Journal featured a review of the new University of Illinois Press book Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on […]
Alberta Hunter, the audio
In February we published Steve Cushing’s Blues Before Sunrise which features interviews with prominent blues players, producers, and deejays. Below is an excerpt from the introduction to Cushing’s chapter on Alberta […]
Thomas Saler on WGN-TV
Thomas Saler, author of the new book Serving Genius: Carlo Maria Giulini, was interviewed March 24, 2010, on WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
The Battle for Guadalcanal
Sometimes a backlist title gains new relevance. HBO’s new mega miniseries The Pacific, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, focuses on the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, including […]