Nina Ayoub’s February 22nd Nota Bene column in The Chronicle of Higher Education features Laura Hobgood-Oster’s Holy Dogs and Asses: Animals in the Christian Tradition. “While the Bible includes exemplary […]
Mark Smith, editor of the forthcoming University of Illinois Press series Studies in Sensory History, is interviewed by The Chronicle of Higher Education. “Especially exciting is a new Series in Sensory History, which will […]
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS CELEBRATES 90 YEARS OF PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE The University of Illinois Press reaches a new milestone in 2008, marking ninety years of supporting the mission of […]
Randi Storch’s recent book Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35 was reviewed by Ron Grossman in the February 16th edition of the Chicago Tribune. “[Storch’s] book engagingly […]
This morning’s Providence Journal reports that University of Illinois Press poet Michael S. Harper has been awarded the Frost Medal. Harper’s many books include, Dear John, Dear Coltrane, Songlines in Michaeltree: […]
University of Illinois Press Director Willis Regier recounts his search for the best translation of an Aesop fable in the February 15th issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. […]
Three new books recently landed on my desk: The Revival of Labor Liberalism by Andrew Battista (March 10, 2008) Pulling the Right Threads: The Ethnographic Life and Legacy of Jane […]
On February 12th, Ernest “Pop” Stoneman, father of University of Illinois Press author Roni Stoneman, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. CMT.com reports, “Stoneman blazed the trail for […]
One of these weeks I am going to come up with a This Week in History post that will include links to a bunch of University of Illinois Press books, […]
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I have visited the NYRB but never met with Mr. Silvers. (Thanks to AAUP, which thanks Gary Kramer.) […]