Set up, pt. 2
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Don’t byup
There’s a street sign at 43rd St. and 8th Ave. that says “Don’t Honk.” Five blocks north I didn’t hear any honking at 7:00 a.m., but I did hear occasional siren […]
Style points, the prequel
A while back I whined about a Harper’s piece in which the writer described people attending a publishing trade show in devastating detail. Our forthcoming book Oscar Wilde in America: The […]
Penny wise
I’m about halfway through Jon Hartley Fox’s forthcoming book on the King record label titled King of the Queen City. In one of the chapters on King’s country artists there’s […]
The Sun-Times recommends Mushrooms
The Chicago Sun-Times suggests that you attend the launch party for Joe McFarland and Gregory Mueller’s new book Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States at the Chicago Botanic […]
Birds at 3,000 feet
Those of you traveling to New York next week for BEA may want to wait until after the expo to read William Langewieche’s new Vanity Fair column on bird strikes near La […]
In These Times features “Staley”
In These Times just launched a web only feature on Steven Ashby and C. J. Hawking’s new book Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement. On December 22, […]
PW and jazz and what?
The May 11, 2009, issue of Publishers Weekly includes a “Soapbox” piece by a music professor who wrote a book on jazz music that he self-published. The story’s handle is, “Although […]
Eastern Washington University Press to shut down
A message on the AAUP listserve reports that Eastern Washington University Press will be closed. […]
Golf Digest reviews “Golf in America”
The current issue of Golf Digest includes George Kirsch’s Golf in America as one of six new notable books writing, “Kirsch traces golf’s path in the United States, hitting the high […]
E-selfpublish
Sunday’s New York Times included a story on Scribd’s new electronic publishing program. (via Shelf Awareness) […]
The University of Illinois Press at Printers Row
Though we’re still waiting for the final schedule for this year’s Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6-7 in Chicago, we know that the authors of eleven UIP books will be included on panels […]