This morning The Washington Times published Martin Rubin’s highly complimentary review of From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways. “Sometimes a book jacket has the perfect illustration and […]
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From the Jewish Heartland authors at Illini Union Bookstore, June 10
Ellen Steinberg & Jack Prost, authors of the new book From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways, will lead a discussion at the 2nd Annual Off the Page […]
WGN-TV hosts From the Jewish Heartland authors
Ellen Steinberg and Jack Prost discuss From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways on WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
University of Illinois Press at the Printers Row Lit Fest 2011
For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Illinois Press will have a large presence at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest. Festival goers can visit the University of […]
Not more than 500 ladies were present
In February 2012 we will publish Before the Curse: The Chicago Cub’s Glory Years, 1870-1945, which contains vintage newspaper accounts and historical essays on my favorite baseball team. I’ve been reading the […]
Larry Kanfer at the Illini Union Bookstore
Looking for that perfect gift for your UIUC graduate? Larry Kanfer will sign copies of his new photography book Illini Loyalty: The University of Illinois during graduation weekend. Visit him at […]
A historian’s perspective on the 2011 Missouri spillway flood by Jarod Roll
Right now a man-made flood is inundating part of Missouri after the US Army Corps of Engineers ‘activated’ the Bird’s Point-New Madrid Spillway by dynamiting the riverfront levee guarding parts […]
Books for Cooks looks at From the Jewish Heartland
This week’s food column in the Chicago Reader features mini-profiles of five new books including the inaugural volume in our Heartland Foodways series, From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of […]
“From the Jewish Heartland” on Chicago Public Radio
The April 19, 2011, edition of Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty-Eight program featured a conversation with Ellen Steinberg and Jack Prost, co-authors of the forthcoming book From the Jewish Heartland: […]
The New York Times quotes UIP author Rosemary Feurer
Rosemary Feurer, author of the University of Illinois Press book Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, was interviewed by The New York Times for a March 5, 2011, column on Wisconsin’s struggle […]
Illinois Books make Great Gifts!
Only 12 shopping days until Christmas. We’re sharing our email special with our blog readers. Free shipping on select Illinois-themed books until December 20 when ordered by web or by […]
James Ballowe on WGN-TV
James Ballowe, author of the new book Christmas in Illinois, was interviewed November 26, 2010, on WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]