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Mushroom hunting with Joe McFarland

Posted on May 6, 2009 by michael
in food

Claudette Roulo went mushroom hunting with Joe McFarland, co-author of Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States. […]

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Jennifer Ring at Book Soup

Posted on May 6, 2009 by michael
in author events

Jennifer Ring, author of the new book Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball, will sign copies at Book Soup in West Hollywood on May 17 at 12:00 noon.   […]

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Mama PhD ponders her narrative compass

Posted on May 6, 2009 (May 6, 2009) by michael
in reviews

Inside Higher Ed‘s Mama PhD just finished reading Betsy Hearne and Roberta Seelinger Trite’s new book A Narrative Compass: Stories that Guide Women’s Lives and considers her own bedrock stories. My own […]

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Cheryl Ganz’s 3 minutes

Posted on May 5, 2009 by michael
in interviews

The Washington Examiner spoke briefly with Cheryl Ganz, author of The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. […]

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Dalkey on the move

Posted on May 5, 2009 by michael
in publishing

PW reports that our friends at Dalkey have a new distribution agreement with W.W. Norton. […]

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Roni, 71

Posted on May 5, 2009 by michael
in miscellaneous

Happy birthday Roni Stoneman. […]

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Newspaper advertising

Posted on April 30, 2009 by michael
in publishing

This morning some communication bounced around internally regarding the possibility of an ad in a Chicago paper to be coordinated with an upcoming book fest. Perfect timing then to view this […]

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“The worst book about pop music I have ever read”

Posted on April 29, 2009 (April 29, 2009) by michael
in music, publishing

When I see a newspaper headline like the one above my heart immediately sinks with the publicist’s fear that the book in question is one of our titles. Whew! Thankfully, the focus of Jeff […]

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Sojourner Truth celebrated in the U.S. Capitol

Posted on April 28, 2009 (April 28, 2009) by michael
in black studies, women's history

CNN reports that a memorial bust of Sojourner Truth was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol today making Truth the first African-American woman to be so honored. To learn more about her life and times, […]

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The top 25 newspapers

Posted on April 28, 2009 (April 28, 2009) by michael
in publishing

Editor & Publisher has posted a list of the top 25 daily newspapers by circulation in the United States. Any surprises here? I didn’t realize that the Wall Street Journal has […]

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Hypochondria or prudence?

Posted on April 28, 2009 by michael
in Getting to know Champaign-Urbana

Today’s Inside Higher Ed includes a small item on preparing for a Swine Flu outbreak. “At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, more students than normal are seeking treatment for […]

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Terry Trilling-Josephson’s busy day

Posted on April 27, 2009 (April 27, 2009) by michael
in author events, music

Terry Trilling-Josephson will be speaking today about Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People, the book that she wrote with her husband Barney Josephson who died in 1988. Hear her […]

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