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September 9, 2024 (August 21, 2024)

Q&A with the author of LINCOLN’S RISE TO ELOQUENCE

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D. Leigh Henson, author of Lincoln’s Rise to Eloquence: How He Gained the Presidential Nomination, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?  […]

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April 22, 2024 (March 19, 2024)

Q&A with the author of THUNDER ON THE STAGE

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Bruce Allen Dick, the author of Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard Wright, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]

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October 8, 2023 (October 6, 2023)

Q&A with Dana Greene, author of JANE KENYON

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Dana Greene, author of Jane Kenyon: The Making of a Poet, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?  I like Kenyon’s poetry. […]

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May 5, 2023 (May 3, 2023)

Special Issue on “Realisms in the Age of Reconstruction” in American Literary Realism

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“All the essays in the special issue contribute to this new mapping of realist practices in the era of Reconstruction.” American Literary Realism is proud to announce a new special […]

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October 7, 2021 (October 7, 2021)

ASA 2021 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press American Studies Association 2021 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our featured journals and books as well as […]

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May 11, 2021 (February 12, 2021)

Q&A with Jason Stacy, Author of Spoon River America

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Jason Stacy, author of Spoon River America: Edgar Lee Masters and the Myth of the American Small Town, answers questions about his inspirations and discoveries while writing his book. Q: […]

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December 8, 2020 (December 8, 2020)

AHA Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2021 American Historical Association extended conference! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journal […]

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September 7, 2020 (August 12, 2020)

Q&A with Jonathan R. Eller, author of Bradbury Beyond Apollo

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Jonathan R. Eller, author of Bradbury Beyond Apollo, the final book in his trilogy biography of Ray Bradbury, answers questions about his reasoning for writing a trilogy, academic and literary […]

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September 11, 2019 (September 4, 2019)

So You Want to Read Joanna Russ: Reading Guide by Gwyneth Jones

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Experimental, strange, and unabashedly feminist, Joanna Russ’s groundbreaking science fiction grew out of a belief that the genre was ideal for expressing radical thought. Her essays and criticism, meanwhile, helped […]

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May 22, 2019 (May 6, 2019)

Linda A. Morris on “What is Personal about Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc?”

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Linda A. Morris is a Professor of Emeritus at UC Davis. Her current research is on gender play in the works of Mark Twain. Her earlier published work focused primarily […]

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May 20, 2019 (May 13, 2019)

Rediscovering the Black Arts Movement, Jonathan Fenderson on Hoyt Fuller

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Jonathan Fenderson is an assistant professor of African and African American studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He recently answered some questions about his new book Building the Black Arts […]

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April 9, 2018

Q&A with Joseph Vogel, author of “James Baldwin and the 1980s”

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Joseph Vogel is an assistant professor of English at Merrimack College. He is the author of Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. He recently answered some […]

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