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Category Archives: Christmas
“What I Want for Christmas,” an excerpt from Christmas in Illinois
in Christmas, Illinois / regional
Tagged Christmas in Illinois, holidays, James Ballowe
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With hopes for peaceful holiday celebrations everywhere, here is “What I Want for Christmas,” by Robert Green Ingersoll, from Christmas in Illinois, along with the introduction by editor James Ballowe: “Adults have also used the holiday to make known to … Continue reading
Holiday Gift Guide 2017
in Christmas, food, holiday sale, music, nature, sports history, Uncategorized, women, women's history
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Everyone knows that books make the best gifts. Especially for yourself! Stock up on these books for all your gift giving needs this holiday season. Now through December 1, 2017, use code WINTER17 on our site to get 30% off! For … Continue reading
Christmas in the Land of Milk and (Uncle) Honey
in author commentary, authors, biography, Christmas, Illinois / regional, local authors
Tagged agriculture, Alan Guebert, Christmas, holidays, The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey
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Alan Guebert’s book The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey may have been inspired by a little homemade wine. Guebert, has been writing his nationally syndicated column “The Farm and Food File” since 1993. The first seed of what would become … Continue reading
Christmas in Illinois: Dear Santa
in Christmas, Illinois / regional
Tagged Christmas in Illinois, holidays, James Ballowe
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From the UIP release Christmas in Illinois, edited by James Ballowe: Before sitting on Santa’s lap in department stores became the way children let Santa and their parents know what they wanted for Christmas, letter writing was common, and often … Continue reading
The World of Soy, edited by Christine M. Du Bois, Chee-Beng Tan, and Sidney Mintz It’s the happy season when we feast on all the high-calorie favorites we feel too guilty to eat to excess the rest of the year. … Continue reading
Happy Holidays from the UIP
in Christmas, food, Illinois / regional, journals, press events, winter
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Hope your celebrations are as joyful as ours…
Picturing Illinois in U of I holiday gift guide
in Christmas, Illinois / regional, local authors, Uncategorized
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Our books make great holiday gifts, and Dusty Rhodes at the University of Illinois News Bureau agrees. She’s included John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle’s Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo in the annual campus holiday gift … Continue reading
After such a trying and tumultuous year, we in Journals thought we would lighten the mood a bit by showing you how we truly embody the holiday spirit (faces blurred to protect the innocent).* Best wishes to you and yours … Continue reading
James Ballowe on WGN-TV
in author commentary, Chicago, Christmas, Illinois / regional, interviews
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James Ballowe, author of the new book Christmas in Illinois, was interviewed November 26, 2010, on WGN-TV’s Midday News.
Christmas in Champaign, Illinois
in author events, Christmas, Illinois / regional
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Calling all prospective East Central Illinois Black Friday survivors. This coming Sunday, November 28, the Champaign Public Library will host an event for the new anthology Christmas in Illinois. At 2:00 p.m., The Temperley Singers will welcome attendees with traditional carols and editor James … Continue reading