The New York Times covers an experiment in family ties taking place in Rantoul, our neighbor to the north. Rantoul has suffered some hard times since the closing of Chanute […]
Category: Illinois / regional
Publishing neighbor close to sale
PW Daily reports this morning that Sports Publishing LLC, based in our hometown, has had financial difficulties lately and is being sold to a Chicago company. […]
Book launch for “Life along the Illinois River” set
David Zalaznik, author of the forthcoming photography collection Life along the Illinois River, will sign copies of his book at the Peoria Art Guild on Friday, November 7, 2008, 4:00-7:00 p.m. See […]
Time Out Chicago profiles “The Hayloft Gang”
Chad Berry’s new edited collection, The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance, was profiled by Robert Loerzel in the August 7-13, 2008, issue of Time Out Chicago. […]
John Hallwas on Chicago Public Radio
On August 6, 2008, Chicago Public Radio’s 848 aired an interview with John Hallwas about his book Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers. “Ed and Lon Maxwell were two […]
The straight and flat road
Sir Paul was just passing through Springfield, Illinois, over the weekend? […]
UIP 90th anniversary video
In celebration of the University of Illinois Press’s 90th anniversary, VideoWorks at the University of Illinois produced a 5:00 minute video that traces the history and accomplishments of our Press. Updated August 5, 2008: The […]
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 […]
Go Cubs, Go! by Elliott Gorn
Of course I want the Cubs to win the World Series. This year, 2008, would be great—exactly one hundred years after their last World Championship. But secretly, in my heart-of-hearts, […]
Bloody Williamson Revisited
When I was a kid, I spent countless hours seeking out familiar places and unspeakable acts in the soldiers of local history standing at attention on my grandmother’s bookshelf: Gallatin […]