Ronald A. Smith, author of the recent book Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform and professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University, supplied the […]
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Q&A with Matt Carlson, author of On the Condition of Anonymity
On May 2, 2011, we published Matt Carlson’s On the Condition of Anonymity: Unnamed Sources and the Battle for Journalism, which illustrates how unattributed information can be both an effective tool in uncovering necessary information about vital […]
Q&A with Sean Burns, author of Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero
On November 7, 2011, we will publish Sean Burns’s Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero, which celebrates one of the most revered folklorists and labor historians of the twentieth century. […]
Spirits of Just Men on location
A Reading from Spirits of Just Men by Charles Thompson from Charles D. Thompson on Vimeo. See how you can help fund, via a Kickstarter campaign, the documentary film project […]
Q&A with Compañeros author Jesus Ramirez-Valles
On November 7, 2011, we will officially publish Jesus Ramirez-Valles’s new book Compañeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS, which details how eighty gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino […]
Octave Chanute biographer speaks with Smile Politely
The former Chanute Air Force Base is just fifteen miles down the road in Rantoul, Illinois, so the Chanute name has strong name recognition in this area. Our local online entertainment magazine Smile […]
NPR affiliate WFIU runs Becoming Ray Bradbury segment
Bloomington, Indiana’s NPR affiliate WFIU recently aired a piece on Jonathan Eller’s new book Becoming Ray Bradbury. […]
Q&A with Gerald Danzer, author of Illinois: A History in Pictures
On May 16, 2011, we published Gerald Danzer’s book Illinois: A History in Pictures, which gathers drawings, engravings, photographs, maps, and other illustrations to illuminate the growth and changes in […]
Reasserting the Arts in Education by Jill P. May and Robert E. May
As we listen to Republican presidential candidates parry about education and consider President Obama’s call for funds to rebuild our crumbling schools, keep successful teachers on the job and hire […]
Jonathan Eller on Bradbury in New Scientist
Jonathan Eller, author of the new book Becoming Ray Bradbury, contributed an original piece to New Scientist on how science influenced Bradbury. The early years of the so-called atomic age that followed the first […]
The Guardian profiles Woody Guthrie, American Radical author Will Kaufman
UK’s The Guardian recently profiled Woody Guthrie, American Radical author Will Kaufman. Will Kaufman kicks back in the Presidential Inn on the edge of the tiny town of West Branch, […]
Interview with The Gospel of the Working Class authors
Religion in American History has published a three part interview with Erik Gellman and Jarod Roll, authors of the new book The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor’s Southern Prophets […]