This morning’s Providence Journal reports that University of Illinois Press poet Michael S. Harper has been awarded the Frost Medal. Harper’s many books include, Dear John, Dear Coltrane, Songlines in Michaeltree: […]
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Roni Stoneman’s pop inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
On February 12th, Ernest “Pop” Stoneman, father of University of Illinois Press author Roni Stoneman, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. CMT.com reports, “Stoneman blazed the trail for […]
“Lincoln the Lawyer” wins the Barondess/Lincoln Award
Brian Dirck’s Lincoln the Lawyer was recently awarded the Barondess/Lincoln Award of The Civil War Round Table of New York. The book, which focuses on Lincoln’s legal career prior to his presidency, has been praised […]
Rick Kuhn wins the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize for his biography of Henryk Grossman
The biography of the organizer of down-trodden Jewish workers in Poland who later developed a powerful account of how economic crises occur has won a prestigious international award for […]