Celebrate poet Michael S. Harper
CALL FOR PAPERS Michael S. Harper “Canon Maker: Poet, Editor, Teacher, Mentor, Scholar” Wednesday – Friday, March 13-15, 2013 The English Department at The University of Missouri – Columbia in […]
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Q&A with Quaker Brotherhood author Allan W. Austin
The abolitionist work of Quakers during the antebellum era has been well documented, and their contemporary anti-war and anti-racism work is familiar to activists around the world. Allan W. Austin, a […]
Cutting the birthday cake at World of Bluegrass
On Josh Graves’s 85th birthday we hosted a booksigning in our World of Bluegrass booth for Fred Bartenstein, editor of Josh’s new book Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir. Josh’s widow Evelyn Graves cut […]
The Haymarket Conspiracy author interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition
Timothy Messer-Kruse, author of the new University of Illinois Press book The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks, was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition about his struggle to change the Wikipedia […]
The Beauvoir Series Q&A
On August 6, 2012, we published Political Writings, the fifth volume in The Beauvoir Series. Co-editor Margaret Simons answered our questions about the new book. Q: The previous books in […]
An Open Letter to America’s Publishers from ALA President Maureen Sullivan
An Open Letter to America’s Publishers from ALA President Maureen Sullivan We librarians cannot stand by and do nothing while some publishers deepen the digital divide. We cannot wait passively […]
Television and the Civil Rights Movement
Henry Jenkins’s Confessions of an Aca-Fan blog features a multi-segment Q&A with Aniko Bodroghkozy, author of Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement. From Part Three: One of the surprising […]
Forthcoming book on Christian Petzold
In Fall 2013, the University of Illinois Press will publish the first book on German director Christian Petzold in English. Author Jaimey Fisher will introduce Petzold’s latest film, Barbara, the […]
Celebrate Josh Graves’s 85th birthday at IBMA
On September 27, 2012, Josh Graves’s 85th birthday, the University of Illinois will publish Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir, edited by Fred Bartenstein. We will celebrate the occasion at the International […]
The Wall Street Journal reviews The Beautiful Music All Around Us
The September 14, 2012, edition of The Wall Street Journal includes Terry Teachout’s enthusiastic review of Stephen Wade’s new book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the […]
Musical Journeys in Sumatra Q&A
Margaret Kartomi, a professor of music at Monash University in Australia, answered our questions about her new book Musical Journeys in Sumatra. Q: Where is Sumatra located? Kartomi: Sumatra, the 6th largest […]
LA Times reviews The Beautiful Music All Around Us
This week the Los Angeles Times published a sparkling review of Stephen Wade’s new book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience. “Musician and folklorist Stephen Wade dissects […]