Cheryl Ganz is author of the new book The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair: A Century of Progress. She will sign copies at the Old Orchard Barnes & Noble in Skokie on […]
Category: author commentary
William McKee Evans on “Open Wound” and the election
Following the election last week I contacted William McKee Evans, author of the forthcoming book Open Wound: The Long View of Race in America, to ask how Obama’s victory impacts the thesis of his […]
Indoctrination by Susan K. Freeman
Susan K. Freeman is author of the new book Sex Goes to School: Girls and Sex Education before the 1960s. ***** Virginity pledges and purity balls strike many of us […]
At Friml’s Dining Room Table by William Everett
William Everett is author of the latest volume in our American Composers series, Rudolf Friml. ***** Researching the life and music of Rudolf Friml for the new book was (and remains) […]
Laughter by Loyal Jones
When I received an advance copy of my book, I first thought of James “Goober” Buchanan, who had written me recently at age 100 to say he hoped to live to […]
Jane Bernstein on Sarah Palin
Jane Bernstein, author of Rachel in the World: A Memoir, posted Sarah Palin: No Friend to Children and Adults with Disabilities on the Beacon Broadside blog. “Sarah Palin loves Trig. She is […]
Twirling by Her Teeth by Janet Davis
Researching the life of Tiny Kline has been filled with unexpected pleasures and surprises. Although never nationally famous, Kline’s daring and graceful performances of speed and flight touched thousands (perhaps […]
Michelle’s Moment & Ours by Stephane Dunn
On my way to Denver on Tuesday, August 26, I talked to all kinds of excited folk headed to the Democratic National Convention—two sisters from Oakland who got here guerilla […]
Dowling on The Faith Middleton Show
Robert Dowling, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Slumming in New York: From the Waterfront to Mythic Harlem, was interviewed on the August 21, 2008, edition of Connecticut Public […]
Burnstein on Seattle’s new bag law
Daniel Burnstein, author of the University of Illinois Press book Next to Godliness: Confronting Dirt and Despair in Progressive Era New York City, wrote a guest column for the Seattle […]
Go Cubs, Go! by Elliott Gorn
Of course I want the Cubs to win the World Series. This year, 2008, would be great—exactly one hundred years after their last World Championship. But secretly, in my heart-of-hearts, […]
Some Houses by Maura Stanton
When I was a child growing up in the Midwest—in a suburb of Peoria, Illinois to be exact—my favorite time of week was Saturday morning. That’s when my father, a salesman […]