The 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony included two prominent film figures who happen to be the subjects of forthcoming books in our Contemporary Film Directors series. Jerry Lewis received the Jean Hersholt […]
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Just Landed: November & December titles
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader edited by Julie Malnig (November […]
Stephane Dunn on NPR’s News & Notes
Stephane Dunn, author of ‘Baad Bitches’ and Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films, will be a guest on NPR’s News & Notes today at 12:40PM Central Time. Stephane will discuss blacks in horror […]
Just Landed: A bevy of new books
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Terrence Malick by Lloyd Michaels (October 20, 2008) –Health Culture in the Heartland, 1880-1980: An Oral History […]
Just Landed: New books on soy, cinema studies, and women journalists
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past week: –Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South by Michelle R. Scott (August 25, […]
Just Landed: Books on Chicago sports, Hong Kong cinema, and Illinois outlaws
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past two weeks: –China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema edited by Poshek Fu (August 11, 2008) –“Baad […]
“You’re under arrest, Sugah!” Ms. features Stephane Dunn
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Out of the blue
Yesterday we received word of two positive events: The New York Post requested Karen McNally’s When Frankie Went to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra and American Male Identity for an April review date and […]
Getting to know Champaign-Urbana, Part 3
The schedule for Roger Ebert’s 10th (!!) annual film festival has just been announced. Founded by former Urbana resident Roger Ebert, this overlooked fest is a gem for the Champaign-Urbana-University of Illinois community. […]
Just Landed: An array of new books
Eight new books recently landed on my desk! –Veil and Burn Poems by Laurie Clements Lambeth (March 31, 2008) –Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity, and Nation, 1916-39 by Gabriela F. Arredondo […]