Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 American Folklore Society annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
AFS 2024 Virtual Exhibit

Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 American Folklore Society annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Jason Palmer, the author of Forever Familias: Race, Gender, and Indigeneity in Peruvian Mormonism, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? My […]
Tony Perman and Stefan Fiol, the editors of Music Making Community, answer questions on their new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? We wrote this book […]
Carole Pegg, author of Drones, Tones, and Timbres: Sounding Place among Nomads of the Inner Asian Mountain-Steppes, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]
Paul A. Shackel, author of The Ruined Anthracite: Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Over a […]
Lauren Miller Griffith, author of Graceful Resistance: How Capoeiristas Use Their Art for Activism and Community Engagement, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]
Linda J. Seligmann, author of Quinoa: Food Politics and Agrarian Life in the Andean Highlands answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her new book. Q: […]
October’s free e-book is here! Check out Storytelling in Siberia: The Olonkho Epic in a Changing World by Robin P. Harris before the month is over! Olonkho, the epic narrative […]
Kelli D. Zaytoun, author of Shapeshifting Subjects: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Naguala and Border Arte, answers questions on why she decided to write this book and what media she consumes for fun. […]
The University of Illinois Press joins family and colleagues of Billie Jean Isbell, Professor Emerita at Cornell University, in mourning her passing on June 26. Her novel, Finding Cholita, a […]
The following is an excerpt from Alisha R. Winn’s chapter “Ira E. Harrison: Activist, Scholar, and Visionary Pioneer” in The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology edited by […]
The following is an excerpt from Erica Lorraine Williams’s chapter “Niara Sudarkasa: Inspiring Black Women’s Leadership” in The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology edited by Ira E. Harrison, […]