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A Pedagogy of Questioning

Posted on November 14, 2008 by michael
in Uncategorized

The production editors in the Journals Department at UIP occasionally get to work with the famous as well as the thoughtful, and I couldn’t help but notice that among the […]

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A random walk down university press row

Posted on November 14, 2008 (November 14, 2008) by michael
in publishing

-Penn State U. Press has added new preview and sales services to its website. -Oxford University Press Blog discusses slow blogging. -Harvard University Press blog tells us how to say goodbye in […]

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All gone.

Posted on November 13, 2008 by michael
in miscellaneous

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The Adventures of Book Signing by Cheryl Ganz

Posted on November 12, 2008 (November 12, 2008) by michael
in author commentary, Chicago

Cheryl Ganz is author of the new book The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair: A Century of Progress. She will sign copies at the Old Orchard Barnes & Noble in Skokie on […]

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William McKee Evans on “Open Wound” and the election

Posted on November 10, 2008 (November 10, 2008) by michael
in author commentary, black studies

Following the election last week I contacted William McKee Evans, author of the forthcoming book Open Wound: The Long View of Race in America, to ask how Obama’s victory impacts the thesis of his […]

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David Zalaznik book launch photos

Posted on November 10, 2008 (November 10, 2008) by michael
in author events, Illinois / regional

The Peoria Art Guild hosted a party for David Zalaznik’s new book Life along the Illinois River on November 7. David spoke with attendees and signed books for three continuous hours, at […]

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Indoctrination by Susan K. Freeman

Posted on November 7, 2008 (November 7, 2008) by michael
in author commentary, women's history

Susan K. Freeman is author of the new book Sex Goes to School: Girls and Sex Education before the 1960s. ***** Virginity pledges and purity balls strike many of us […]

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UIP author to appear on Bill Moyers Journal

Posted on November 6, 2008 (November 10, 2008) by michael
in black studies, interviews

William P. Jones, author of The Tribe of Black Ulysses: African American Lumber Workers in the Jim Crow South, will be a guest of Bill Moyers Journal on Friday, November 7. The […]

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The Economics of College Football

Posted on November 6, 2008 by michael
in sports history

Michael Oriard contributed a column to today’s Slate comparing the economics of college football to professional football. “We’ve been hearing for years that big-time college football is becoming indistinguishable from the […]

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At Friml’s Dining Room Table by William Everett

Posted on November 5, 2008 (November 5, 2008) by michael
in author commentary, music

William Everett is author of the latest volume in our American Composers series, Rudolf Friml. ***** Researching the life and music of Rudolf Friml for the new book was (and remains) […]

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Erika Falk in the Baltimore Sun

Posted on November 5, 2008 by michael
in Women for President

Erika Falk, author of Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns, comments on women candidates in today’s Baltimore Sun. “Clinton’s campaign was covered much more seriously by the mainstream […]

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Just Landed: November & December titles

Posted on November 4, 2008 by michael
in black studies, film, Illinois / regional, music, new books

A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader edited by Julie Malnig (November […]

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