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200 Years of Illinois: Grange’s Ghost Story

Posted on October 18, 2016 (October 18, 2016) by rkcunningham
in Illinois / regional, sports history

On October 18, 1924, a streak of fire and breath of flame named Harold “Red” Grange had a game for the ages, scoring six touchdowns against a University of Michigan defense […]

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Tagged 200 Years of Illinois, football, Red Grange

Release Party: Bill Clifton

Posted on October 17, 2016 (October 17, 2016) by rkcunningham
in biography, bluegrass, music

The most atypical of bluegrass artists, Bill Clifton has enjoyed a long career as a recording artist, performer, and champion of old-time music. Bill C. Malone pens the story of […]

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Tagged Bill C. Malone, Bill Clifton, biography, bluegrass, music

Ask the Bolshevik: A Nobel confusion

Posted on October 14, 2016 (October 13, 2016) by rkcunningham
in music, radical studies

Dear Bolshevik, As a part of the highbrow academic publishing community, what do you think about Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in Literature? I know you’re not putting out […]

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Tagged Ask the Bolshevik, Bob Dylan, folk music, literature, Nobel Prize

Dylan the high-heeled marionette

Posted on October 13, 2016 (October 13, 2016) by rkcunningham
in film, music

Excerpted from Rob White‘s book Todd Haynes. The black-and-white poise of the re-created tour in I’m Not There softens the actual color footage of these 1966 performances, shot by Pennebaker […]

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Tagged Bob Dylan, Contemporary Film Directors Series, folk music, Todd Haynes

Bob Dylan Can’t Get In the Door

Posted on October 13, 2016 (October 13, 2016) by rkcunningham
in biography, music

Excerpted from Jim Rooney’s book In It for the Long Run. Occasionally we would make a weekend trip to New York to hang out with all the pickers down there. On […]

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Tagged Bob Dylan, folk music, Jim Rooney

Throwbacklist Thursday: Gutsy Reads

Posted on October 13, 2016 (October 12, 2016) by rkcunningham
in folklore, sexuality studies, women's history

Teach the controversy! Like any academic press, UIP delves into the taboo, the transgressive, and the fringe. Such books reflect our belief that a lot of topics go unseen, and […]

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Tagged marriage, menstruation, outsider art

200 Years of Illinois: White Squirrel Roundup

Posted on October 12, 2016 (October 12, 2016) by rkcunningham
in Illinois / regional, natural history

This weekend, citizens in Olney will begin the annual census of the town’s famous albino squirrel population, to see just how the white varmints have fared over the past year. […]

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Tagged 200 Years of Illinois, Olney

Release Party: Gendered Asylum

Posted on October 12, 2016 (August 30, 2016) by rkcunningham
in gay/lesbian, gender studies, immigration, law, women's history

Women filing gender-based asylum claims long faced skepticism and outright rejection within the U.S. immigration system. Despite erratic progress, the United States still fails to recognize gender as an established […]

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Tagged Gendered Asylum, migration, Sara L. McKinnon, sexuality, women's studies

Sa-lute! to Penny Parsons

Posted on October 10, 2016 (October 11, 2016) by rkcunningham
in biography, bluegrass, music

Last week, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) named UIP author Penny Parsons Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year. A tireless music journalist, Parsons also published Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The […]

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Tagged bluegrass, Curley Seckler, event, Music in American Life, Penny Parsons

Karmageddon II

Posted on October 7, 2016 (October 6, 2016) by rkcunningham
in Chicago, sports history

Tonight, the world once again courts apocalypse, as the Chicago Cubs put on their best woolens to embark on the long, untrod road to the World Series. Winners of over […]

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Tagged baseball, Before the Ivy, Chicago Cubs, Laurent Pernot, sports history

Throwbacklist Thursday: Boogie Woogie Kugel Boy

Posted on October 6, 2016 (October 5, 2016) by rkcunningham
in american history, labor history, sports history

Today marks National Noodle Day, an observance that simultaneously celebrates a food most beloved of preschoolers and college students while making you wonder if this national day trend has gone too […]

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Tagged coal mining, jewish, kugel, Labor, organized crime, sports

WPAQ interview with Penny Parsons on bluegrass icon Curly Seckler

Posted on October 5, 2016 (October 5, 2016) by rkcunningham
in biography, bluegrass, music

Penny Parsons’ acclaimed biography of bluegrass legend Curly Seckler keeps earning plaudits and getting attention. Recently, Penny sat down at WPAQ in Mt. Airy, North Carolina to discuss Mr. Seckler […]

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Tagged bluegrass, Curly Seckler, interviews, Penny Parsons
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