Samantha Ege, author of South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago’s Classical Music Scene, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
Q&A with the author of SOUTH SIDE IMPRESARIOS
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Q&A with the author of THE DALEY SHOW
Forrest Claypool, author of The Daley Show: Inside the Transformative Reign of Chicago’s Richard M. Daley, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with the author of WHEN FRIENDS COME FROM AFAR
Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago’s Chinese American Service League, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did […]
Q&A with the author of INK
Clifford R. Murphy, the author of Ink: The Indelible J. Mayo Williams, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I felt that […]
Q&A with the editors of CHICAGO’S MODERN MAYORS
Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy, editors of Chicago’s Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Siobhan Moroney, author of CHICAGOLAND DREAM HOUSES
Siobhan Moroney, author of Chicagoland Dream Houses: How a Mid-Century Architecture Competition Reimagined the American Home, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Patrick Wohl, author of DOWN BALLOT
Patrick Wohl, author of Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Hal Higdon, author of LEOPOLD & LOEB: THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY
Hal Higdon, author of Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century, Centenary Edition, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I […]
Q&A with Thomas Leslie, author of CHICAGO SKYSCRAPERS, 1934-1986
Thomas Leslie, author of Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Monica Eng and David Hammond, editors of MADE IN CHICAGO
Monica Eng and David Hammond, authors of Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites, answer questions on their new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
A HOUSE FOR STRUGGLE Receives Honorable Mention for the 2021-22 RSAP Book Prize
We are pleased to announce that A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago by E. James West has received Honorable Mention for the 2021-22 RSAP […]
UIP at 2022 Printers Row Lit Fest
Visit University of Illinois Press at tent D (circled in dark blue on the map below) at Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, IL on Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, […]