Author Michael Hicks will be signing copies of his book The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography at BookExpo America on Thursday, May 28 at 11am EDT. BookExpo America (BEA) is […]
Category: authors
Q&A with City of Noise author Aimee Boutin
Aimée Boutin teaches French literature and culture in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University. She answered some questions about her book City of Noise: Sound and […]
Authors speak and sign at Printers Row
For the tenth consecutive year, the University of Illinois Press will have a large presence at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest. Festival goers can visit the University of […]
Obsession and olfaction
Jonathan Reinarz, author of Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell, recently wrote a piece on his love of books and his work in sensory history for Books Combined, the blog […]
Carla Bley: a jazz master examined
Amy C. Beal’s Carla Bley is an in-depth look at a the innovative jazz icon know for, among other things, her involvement in the Free Jazz movement. As Amy Beal writes […]
Workers in Hard Times awarded by ILHA
The International Labor History Association (ILHA) has announced that Workers in Hard Times, edited by Leon Fink, Joseph McCartin, and Joan Sangster has been awarded as the ILHA Book of […]
Chicago River Bridges on WTTW TV
Chicago is a city of bridges. Second only to Amsterdam in the number of drawbridges, the city is connected–and in some cased divided–by the engineering that channels foot, wheeled and […]
Q&A with authors of The Real Cyber War
Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski are the authors of The Real Cyber War: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom. Q: When the phrase “cyber war” is used, is the rhetoric designed to describe […]
Q&A with Kiss the Blood Off My Hands editor Robert Miklitsch
Robert Miklitsch is a professor in the department of English language and literature at Ohio University. He recently answered some questions about the the Edgar Award-nominated book Kiss the Blood […]
The revolving door in Corrupt Illinois
Jesse Jackson Jr. gained his Congressional seat by winning a special election to replace Rep. Mel Reynolds. Reynolds resigned after being convicted of sexual misconduct. Jackson himself resigned as the […]
Global Homophobia editors awarded by LGBTQA Caucus
Meredith L. Weiss and Michael J. Bosia, editors of Global Homophobia: States, Movements, and the Politics of Oppression, were awarded the Scholar Award by the LGBTQA Caucus of the International […]
Appalachian Dance by Susan Eike Spalding awarded
We are pleased to announce that Appalachian Dance: Creativity and Continuity in Six Communities by Susan Eike Spalding has been awarded the Weatherford Award in non-fiction by Berea College and […]