They Meet Again by Gene Rochberg
Composer George Rochberg’s new memoir, Five Lines, Four Spaces published by the University of Illinois Press, comes out at almost the same time as Montclair State University in New Jersey […]
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It’s Morel Season by Joe McFarland
It’s finally morel mushroom season in southern Illinois where I live, which means, for these few weeks, I will be everybody’s total best friend. By August, I will be that […]
The only comic book I’ve read this year
The Unshelved comic has posted its new BookExpo edition featuring “frank feedback for publishers from librarians, booksellers, and readers.” My favorites: -“Put dust jackets on library-bound books.” -“In the book, tell us […]
Ebert-a-looza
University of Illinois alum Roger Ebert and his wife, Chaz, have given the UI a sizeable gift to benefit the film program. Ebertfest is in full swing, with several UI staffers […]
Archie Green tribute
The Labor Archives and Research Center in San Francisco will host a musical tribute to Archie Green on June 21, 2009, in the McKenna Theatre at San Francisco State University. Hazel […]
Brutally Honest
The Brutally Honest blog comments on Brian McLaren’s endorsement of Richard Hughes’s forthcoming book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. […]
First Morel by Jennifer Reichlin
I was clearing a brush pile in my yard a few days ago when I spotted–surely that’s a morel? I’d never seen one in person. I ran inside to grab […]
Moneyball, the movie?
I loved Michael Lewis’s Moneyball. In the book, Lewis profiled Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane who used player statistics to find undervalued players which he could acquire on a small budget (what, […]
Brian D. McLaren on Christian America
Brian D. McLaren endorses Richard Hughes’s forthcoming book Christian America and the Kingdom of God in a Washington Post On Faith forum. […]
Richard Hughes on Christian America
In September we will publish Christian America and the Kingdom of God by Richard T. Hughes, distinguished professor of religion at Messiah College. Howard Zinn calls the book “an eloquent critique […]
A random walk down university press row
-A contributor to the Penn State University Press Blog relates a personal story about the fallout of selling a lesbian themed book to a nine year old. -UNC Press Blog […]
Publicists vs. reviewers?
Thanks to my colleague Lisa S. for pointing me to the “What book publicists need to know about reviewers” piece on The Book Publicity Blog. So far so good. However, it […]