The UIUC libraries have generously allowed the University of Illinois Press to close our 90th anniversary celebrations with an exhibit in the Main North-South Hallway of the Main Library. The […]
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Happy Halloween from the University of Illinois Press
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Time to go
Professor “John Smith” expresses frustration with today’s college students in Inside Higher Ed: “After too many years at this job (I am in my mid-40s), I have grown to question […]
IN-N-OUT
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CBGB (Carol Betts, Goodbye)
From guest blogger Mary Giles. Carol Bolton Betts retired on Tuesday. As good copy editors do, she knew what to look for in a manuscript, saw things that most do […]
Even more cowbell!
Very Short List recommends a vital new time-waster. “Eight years ago on SNL, [Christopher] Walken played a producer tasked with pushing ‘more cowbell’ onto Blue Oyster Cult’s already-anthemic ‘(Don’t Fear) […]
Word Obsessions by Heather
One thing I always admire in a person is playfulness with the English language. It’s no surprise, coming from a recovering English major who works in the publishing business, I suppose, […]
In Our Own Backyard
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 […]
David Foster Wallace
To continue the blog’s thread on books we’ve started but never finished: I was sitting in our family room this past weekend eyeballing the varying spines on our bookshelves. Infinite Jest […]
of or pertaining to exegesis
This morning, John Updike’s new piece in The New Yorker had me surfing over to dictionary.com to look up “exegetical,” as in “… Barbara Burkhardt’s stately, exegetical William Maxwell: A Literary […]
Analog or Digital? by Joe
My latest Amazon purchase (burning a Coinstar gift coupon) included three CDs, all released in 2007 or 2008. I could have downloaded the MP3 version more cheaply, but surprisingly I also […]
Old Age Isn’t for Sissies
The following is Lisa S.’s way of saying Happy Friday to all. Working in the journals department, I correspond with a wide range of people from all over the world. […]