Fair use of press clippings
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) recently sent subscribers of its clipping service a link to an article that appeared in PR Week on the photocopying and distribution of […]
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Sinatra stamp
As reported by the Associated Press via the Chicago Tribune, a postage stamp honoring Frank Sinatra goes on sale next week. This coincides with the ten-year anniversary of his death […]
Good information to have
Less than a decade ago I was handling publicity for a small New York based record label that would bring its recent signings to town for club performances. One day the label […]
“Follow Your Heart” reviewed in the Washington Times
William F. Gavin reviews the Joe Evans autobiography Follow Your Heart for the The Washington Times. “For every Armstrong or Ellington or Charlie Parker, there were countless musicians, their names […]
Who paid for that conference panelist to attend?
Inside Higher Ed published a story this morning about a company that might pay professors’ travel expenses to academic conferences to promote its product. “The company sent out an e-mail message this week to professors at colleges that […]
“Working Girl Blues” reviewed in Nashville’s City Paper
Ron Wynn gives Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens a quick read in the City Paper. “Working Girl Blues puts the spotlight on a magnificent performer whose […]
The Stonemans & the Country Music Hall of Fame
CMT.com has a wrap up of the induction ceremony for Pop Stoneman’s entry into the Country Music Hall of Fame. “The Stoneman daughters, backed by Cowboy Jack Clement on vocals […]
Marrying Into Office by Lois Duke Whitaker
Voting in free and fair elections is an important part of maintaining our democracy. Voters will make a choice in November 2008 to determine our next president. The current presidential […]
Peter Cole guest column in the Seattle-PI
Peter Cole, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia, contributed a guest column to today’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “On Thursday, […]
The Wisconsin State Journal catches up with Bill Malone
The Wisconsin State Journal catches up with local resident Bill Malone on his lifetime achievement award from the Society for American Music and new book with Hazel Dickens, Working Girl Blues: […]
Joe Evans and Christopher Brooks in Baltimore
Today’s Washington Post blurbs tomorrow’s Baltimore celebration of the release of Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues. Authors Joe Evans and Christopher […]
Utne Reader reviews “A Stranger Among Us”
The May-June 2008 issue of Utne Reader includes an enthusiastic review of Stacy Bierlein’s edited collection of short stories, A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection. “This anthology […]