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October 13, 2016 (October 13, 2016)

Bob Dylan Can’t Get In the Door

biography music

Excerpted from Jim Rooney’s book In It for the Long Run. Occasionally we would make a weekend trip to New York to hang out with all the pickers down there. On […]

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October 10, 2016 (October 11, 2016)

Sa-lute! to Penny Parsons

biography bluegrass music

Last week, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) named UIP author Penny Parsons Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year. A tireless music journalist, Parsons also published Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The […]

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October 5, 2016 (October 5, 2016)

WPAQ interview with Penny Parsons on bluegrass icon Curly Seckler

biography bluegrass music

Penny Parsons’ acclaimed biography of bluegrass legend Curly Seckler keeps earning plaudits and getting attention. Recently, Penny sat down at WPAQ in Mt. Airy, North Carolina to discuss Mr. Seckler […]

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September 29, 2016 (September 29, 2016)

Return of the Word Warrior

African American Studies american history biography

This past Sunday, Washington, D.C. radio station WAMU-FM went into the vaults to find a classic 1949 radio documentary on Ida B. Wells. Part of the classic Destination Freedom series, the […]

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September 26, 2016 (September 23, 2016)

Marty Robbins, El Paso, and Mr. Teardrop

biography music

In three decades as a singer and songwriter Robbins placed a staggering 94 songs on Billboard’s country music charts. His musical style ranged from rockabilly rave-ups to pop standards and […]

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September 8, 2016 (September 8, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Ready for some football

biography sports history

Tonight, the National Football League and the betting on same return to thrill America. Sure, you know the quarterback rating of all the miserable underperformers who have gone under center for […]

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September 8, 2016 (September 8, 2016)

Five quotes from Frederik Pohl

American literature biography science fiction

Today, UIP author Michael R. Page takes to the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast to discuss the work and legacy of science fiction master Frederik Pohl. In his seven-decade career, […]

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September 5, 2016 (September 1, 2016)

Release Party: Herndon’s Lincoln

biography Illinois / regional Lincoln

New in paperback, Herndon’s Lincoln offers today’s readers the most influential biography of the Railsplitter ever published. William H. Herndon aspired to write a faithful portrait of his friend and law […]

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September 1, 2016 (August 16, 2016)

Release Party: Blue Rhythm Fantasy

biography music

Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music’s unsung heroes: the arrangers. In this new entry in our acclaimed […]

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August 25, 2016 (August 25, 2016)

“Barnum of the Bigots”

american history biography

Not exactly the pride of Bloomington, Illinois, American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell was born into—of all things—a family of vaudeville performers. A former associate shot him to death on August […]

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August 22, 2016 (August 22, 2016)

Bradbury Trivia: Ray and Rod

American literature authors biography science fiction

Ray Bradbury, born on August 22, 1920, is known for his breakthrough novels such as Fahrenheit 451.  As Jonathan R. Eller writes in Ray Bradbury Unbound, the author also made an […]

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August 11, 2016 (August 11, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Seven Ring Circus

biography sports history

Whether you consider the Olympic Games a triumph of human endeavor and achievement, or an appalling cesspool of corruption and drug experimentation, it is that rare mega-event that always grabs the world’s attention. […]

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