The New Yorker on University Press logos
The Book Bench column in The New Yorker online has a short feature, with graphics, on university press logos. The University of Illinois Press logo is above. […]
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Heavy shelves
Scott McLemee, writing in today’s Inside Higher Ed, ruminates on personal and institutional book collections. A few months ago, I was happy to be able to acquire an obscure volume of […]
The Oprah question
Many, many authors have suggested that I send a review copy of his/her book to Oprah. I am 0-for-50 (or so) at this point. And though my batting average will […]
Star of stage & screen
If I had read the following media heat item from Shelf Awareness this morning before my meetings instead of tonight after my meetings, I would have known what to expect when I […]
Kindle boycott!
Inside Higher Ed reports today that our university is boycotting institutional use of the Kindle. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is joining Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin […]
New bathroom reading from UIP
No Depression tips a cap to two of our recent music titles, Jon Fox’s King of the Queen City and Stephen Calt’s Barrelhouse Words. I’m tickled to note that on […]
Captain Kirk and the Split Infinitive
Salon reviews The Lexicographer’s Dilemma by Rutgers English professor Jack Lynch. Which brings us back to those split infinitives, the most famous of which is spoken by William Shatner in […]
Amazon woos literary agents
Crain’s New York Business reports that Amazon recently hosted a group of literary agents to explain how the online behemoth doesn’t plan to destroy the publishing world. According to one participant, the aim […]
Jerry Lewis film retrospective
Anthology Film Archives in New York is hosting a Jerry Lewis film retrospective to celebrate the publication of Chris Fujiwara’s book Jerry Lewis. Read about it on NBC New York and […]
“Laboring to Learn” wins Cyril O. Houle Award
Lorna Rivera’s recent book, Laboring to Learn: Women’s Literacy and Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era, has received the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education. It is […]
Jamming in the archives
In today’s Dream Job category, we have the University Library at California Santa Cruz seeking to fill the Grateful Dead Archivist position. So: perfect opportunity to sport your Jerry tie, […]
The New Yorker online lauds “Jerry Lewis”
On November 6, 2009, The New Yorker online posted a mini-review of Jerry Lewis, Chris Fujiwara’s new book in our Contemporary Film Directors series. Chris Fujiwara’s study of Jerry Lewis’s films, […]