Category Archives: authors

October 28, 2019

Mascot Nation Awarded Best Book Award from American Studies Division of NCA

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We are pleased to announce that Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports by Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black has won the Best Book Award from the American Studies Division of the National Communication Association. … Continue reading →

October 21, 2019

Q&A with Sonja Lynn Downing, author of Gamelan Girls

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Sonja Lynn Downing is an an associate professor of ethnomusicology at Lawrence University. She recently answered some questions about her book, Gamelan Girls: Gender, Childhood, and Politics in Balinese Music Ensembles. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I wanted … Continue reading →

October 4, 2019

Remembering Winton Solberg

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July saw the passing of Winton U. Solberg, professor emeritus of history at UIUC and author of multiple books published by UI Press. Wint’s books, all published with the UI Press, include two volumes on the history of the University … Continue reading →

September 23, 2019

Your Foggy Mountain Breakdown Playlist

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This month we’re publishing Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making of An American Classic by Thomas Goldsmith. It’s a deep dive into the origins and influence of “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” against the backdrop of Scruggs’s musical career. Recorded in … Continue reading →

September 11, 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 shape the field and still exercise a powerful influence in … Continue reading →

August 29, 2019

Q&A with Richa Nagar, author of “Hungry Translations”

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Richa Nagar is Professor of the College in the College of Liberal Arts and a core faculty member in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Muddying the Waters: Coauthoring … Continue reading →

July 15, 2019

Q&A with Robert Lemon, author of “The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street Food Is Transforming the American City”

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Robert Lemon is an urban and social researcher and documentary filmmaker. His films include Transfusión (2014), a series of vignettes on the cultural implications of taco trucks. He recently answered some questions about his new book The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street … Continue reading →

July 9, 2019

Karen E. Whedbee on “Reverend Billy Goes to Main Street: Free Speech, Trespassing, and Activist Documentary Film”

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Karen E. Whedbee is an associate professor in the media studies program in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. She has published widely on topics related to free speech, communication ethics, and the history of participatory democracy. Among … Continue reading →

July 8, 2019

Q&A with Jake Johnson, author of Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America

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Jake Johnson is an assistant professor of musicology in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. He recently answered some questions about his new book, Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America. Q: Why did you decide to … Continue reading →

June 19, 2019

Peter Cole wins Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for “Dockworker Power”

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We are pleased to announce that Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area by Peter Cole was a co-winner of the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, awarded by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and … Continue reading →