Friday Night Fighter: a Look Back to the Golden Age of TV Boxing
Troy Rondinone’s new book Friday Night Fighter tells the story of Gaspar “Indio” Ortega, who was a hero for many Latin Americans as one of the first Mexicans to appear […]
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Q&A with Fighting from a Distance author Jose Fuentecilla
During February of 1986, a grassroots revolution overthrew the dictatorship of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos. Jose V. Fuentecilla was involved in the anti-Marcos movement in the United States. Fuentecilla answered […]
George Jones and WSM
Rest in Peace, country legend George Jones. As Craig Havighurst writes in the introduction of his book Air Castle of the South, Jones was one of the members of Nashville […]
Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass book trailer
In May 2013 we will publish Murphy Henry’s new book Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass, which documents the musical lives of more than seventy women including Sally Ann […]
Coming Attractions: Fred Ho documentary
This week musician and activist Fred Ho will be celebrated at events featuring both signings of the new University of Illinois Press book Yellow Power Yellow Soul and also some […]
Open Access Research Bill Advances to Illinois Senate
From Urbana-Champaign’s local newspaper, The News-Gazette: Legislation that would set up task forces at each of Illinois’ nine public universities to establish policies for open access to research articles published […]
David Levering Lewis on MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Fifty years ago today Martin Luther King Jr. completed his open letter from Birmingham Jail. David Levering Lewis, writes in his book King: A Biography (recently released in a new […]
Annette Insdorf helps honor Philip Kaufman at San Francisco Film Festival
Filmmaker Philip Kaufman will be honored with the Founder’s Directing Award by the San Francisco Film Society. Annette Insdorf will lead a Q&A with director Philip Kaufman at the San Francisco International Film Festival […]
Book trailer for Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934
Thomas Leslie’s forthcoming book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934, highlights architectural progress in the skyscraper’s birthplace from the Great Fire to the Great Depression. During this time, such iconic landmarks as the Chicago Tribune Tower, the […]
Stephen Wade on WGN-TV
Stephen Wade, author the recent book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience, was a guest on the April 8, 2013, edition of WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
The “Nikkei” path breaker with the St. Louis Cardinals
As the St. Louis Cardinals play their 2013 home opener today, Japanese or Japanese American players are no unusual site in Major League ballparks. But that wasn’t always the case. Samuel […]
Q&A with Rob White, author of Contemporary Film Directors book Todd Haynes
The Contemporary Film Directors series presents engagingly written commentaries on the work of living directors from around the world. Todd Haynes author Rob White was Commissioning Editor of Books at […]