The University of Illinois Press is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Music in American Life book series with the publication of two new titles: Stephen Wade’s The Beautiful Music […]
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Southern Gospel Music
On May 21, 2012, we published Then Sings My Soul: The Culture of Southern Gospel Music. Author Douglas Harrison, an associate professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University, answered our […]
Publishers Weekly reviews The Beautiful Music All Around Us
On September 10, 2012, we will officially publish Stephen Wade’s book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience, which reveals the backstories of thirteen iconic […]
A look at rare Guthrie photos
A month following Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday, I am catching up on a gallery of rare photos featured on NPR’s website. University of Illinois Press author Rich Remsberg (Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music Photographs […]
New in paperback: Hands on the Freedom Plow
On August 27, 2012, we will publish a paperback edition of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, edited by Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, […]
Woody at 100 wrap-up
This past Saturday, July 14, marked 100 years since the birth of Woody Guthrie. Will Kaufman, author of the University of Illinois Press book Woody Guthrie, American Radical, was interviewed and […]
Q&A with Bean Blossom author Thomas A. Adler
The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival begins June 9 and runs through June 16. We spoke with Thomas A. Adler, author of the recent book Bean Blossom: The Brown […]
Book trailer for The Beautiful Music All Around Us
Stephen Wade’s forthcoming book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience will be published in September 2012. Visit Stephen’s information page for details on his […]
The Boston Globe reviews A People’s History of Baseball
The May 13, 2012, edition of the The Boston Globe includes a review of Mitchell Nathanson’s new book A People’s History of Baseball. “The most enjoyable moment in A People’s History of […]
Working Class Studies Association award for Archie Green
The Working Class Studies Association has awarded Sean Burns’s Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero a 2012 CLR James Award for Best Book. Archie Green celebrates one of the most revered folklorists and labor historians […]
Q&A with Child Care in Black & White author Jessie B. Ramey
Jessie B. Ramey is an ACLS New Faculty Fellow in Women’s Studies and History at the University of Pittsburgh. Her study, Childcare in Black and White: Working Parents and the […]
Stephen Wade: Banjo Diary and The Beautiful Music All Around Us
In September 2012 musician and author Stephen Wade will simultaneously publish his latest projects: an hour-long CD titled Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition (Smithsonian Folkways) and the book The Beautiful Music All […]