National Biographer’s Day commemorates the anniversary of the first meeting of Samuel Johnson, an English writer, and his biographer James Boswell in London, England on May 16, 1763. In celebration, […]
2026 National Biographer’s Day Reading List
Category: Reading List
National Poetry/Literature Month Reading List
Please enjoy this curated reading list that highlights some of our best and brightest poetry and literary published works. The Keloids We Heal: Trauma, Spirituality, and Black Modernity in Literature […]
2026 Women’s History Month Reading List: Women in Labor
For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman Cathryn J. Prince From her start as one of the youngest activists in US history, Pauline Newman helped shape the […]
2026 Women’s History Month Reading List: Women in Philosophy & Religion
When the Good Life Goes Bad: The US and Its Seven Deadly Sins Stacey M. Floyd-ThomasForeword by Michael Eric Dyson The Seven Deadly Sins have become the seven markers of […]
2026 Women’s History Month Reading List: Women in Music
Sallie Martin, Mother of Gospel Music Kay Norton Sallie Martin combined fame as a performer with a far-sighted business acumen that brought Black gospel music to a national audience and […]
2026 Women’s History Month Reading List: Women in Art
Black Women’s Art Ecosystems: Sites of Wellness and Self-Care Tanisha M. Jackson It is not an uncommon burden but rather a choice that Black women artists embrace creating art as […]
2026 World Day of Social Justice
Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place Lisa M. Fine Since the beginning of the twentieth century, communities in the Downriver region of the Detroit […]
2026 Black History Month
African American Studies is a cornerstone of the University of Illinois Press. While we honor Black history all year, this month we’re celebrating with some of our favorite and forthcoming […]
2026 International Day of Education Reading List
Arrows Tipped with Flowers: Threshold Theory for Transformative Learning Julie Geredien How can learning at the threshold change us and our world? Julie Geredien introduces an approach to transformative learning […]
2026 Martin Luther King, Jr Day: A Civil Rights Reading List
King: A Biography, Third Edition David Levering Lewis Acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this foundational biography […]
2025 National Immigrants Day Reading List
Let us use today to reflect on the immigrant experience, some of which are intuitively highlighted in these books and journal articles. Our full list of titles on the history […]
Celebrating the Archives Reading List
The Future of Memory: A History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive By Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic How archivists work with and against production industries to […]