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Back to the Future

Posted on February 16, 2010 by michael
in all things digital, higher education, publishing

On February 15, 2010, The Scholarly Kitchen blog reported on the newly released UC Berkeley Scholarly Communication Report.  728 pages! The reoccurring theme in the report is that academia is a […]

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Robert Lombardo to appear on WGN-TV

Posted on February 12, 2010 (February 16, 2010) by michael
in Chicago, Illinois / regional, interviews

Robert Lombardo, author of the new book The Black Hand: Terror by Letter in Chicago, will be interviewed on WGN-TV’s Midday News in the 11:00 a.m. hour, on Monday, February […]

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Oscar Wilde in San Francisco

Posted on February 12, 2010 (February 12, 2010) by michael
in reviews

The February 7, 2010, edition of the San Francisco Chronicle ran some excerpts from the new book Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews.  The following was originally published in the SF Chronicle […]

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Graduation day

Posted on February 10, 2010 (February 10, 2010) by michael
in music

The Crown Prince of Soul celebrates a new graduating class. […]

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LHFGAs

Posted on February 9, 2010 by michael
in para-publishing

Mammoth had a piece last week about the intersection between book design and architecture in the form of the Large Higgs Field Galactic Archive. Less a library than a holographic […]

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Hunting oyster mushrooms

Posted on February 8, 2010 (February 12, 2010) by michael
in author commentary, food

Carbondale’s PBS affiliate WSIU featured Joe McFarland, co-author of the recent book Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States:  A Field-to-Kitchen Guide, in a segment on hunting oyster mushrooms […]

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Just bloomed

Posted on February 8, 2010 (February 8, 2010) by michael
in journals, miscellaneous

The Press’ Journals department shows off its collective green thumb in advance of the coming snow storm. […]

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TLS on Bertram’s Nietzsche

Posted on February 5, 2010 (February 5, 2010) by michael
in reviews

The January 22, 2010, edition of the Times Literary Supplement includes a review of Robert E. Norton’s new English translation of Ernst Bertram’s classic Nietzsche: Attempt at a Mythology. Ernst Bertram’s seminal work […]

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Daily Show prep

Posted on February 3, 2010 by michael
in miscellaneous

Ethan Watters at The Rumpus on 10 Things You Should Know Before going on The Daily Show. 3. You will only see the set 30 seconds before you walk on. […]

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Patrick Roberts Chicago media blitz

Posted on February 1, 2010 by michael
in author commentary, black studies, Chicago, Illinois / regional, interviews, music

  Watch Patrick Roberts, co-author of the new book Give ‘Em Soul, Richard!  Race, Radio, and Rhythm and Blues in Chicago, on WGN-TV’s Midday News. Listen to Patrick Roberts on […]

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Book Piracy

Posted on January 29, 2010 by michael
in piracy

The Millions website has an interesting piece about book piracy plus an interview with someone who makes ebook files illegally and shares them across BitTorrent. According to the piece, book […]

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Stefan Bradley on C-Span’s Book-TV

Posted on January 29, 2010 by michael
in author commentary, black studies

Stefan Bradley, author of the recent book Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s, is scheduled to appear on C-Span’s Book-TV on Saturday, January 30, at 2:00 […]

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