Kim Hayden, writing for The Stranger‘s music blog, expresses her affection for the music of swoonworthy Faron Young and compliments Diane Diekman’s new biography, Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young […]
Category: reviews
More Pittsburgh attention for “Sweet William”
On January 6th the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published Roy McHugh’s review of Sweet William: The Life of Billy Conn. “Other than Ali, there was never a fighter as handsome. Warner Brothers asked […]
Sacramento News & Review highlights “Expectation Days”
Josh Fernandez, writing in the Sacramento News & Review, praises Sandra McPherson’s new book of poetry, Expectation Days. “In the completeness of her description—tender, shocking, hilarious—McPherson’s Expectation Days leaves […]
“Sweet William” featured in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review featured Sweet William, Andrew O’Toole’s biography of hometown boxing legend Billy Conn, in its December 30th edition. “Before Roberto Clemente, Terry Bradshaw or Mario Lemieux became household names, […]
NPR’s Morning Edition features “Air Castle of the South”
Craig Havighurst’s Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning in a piece narrated by John Ydstie. […]
SecondsOut.com recommends “Sweet William”
Thomas Hauser, writing for the boxing site SecondsOut.com, recommends four University of Illinois Press boxing titles for your holiday gift list, including Sweet William, Andrew O’Toole’s new biography of Billy […]
The Houston Chronicle lauds “Rachel in the World”
Michael Berryhill praises Jane Bernstein’s Rachel in the World: A Memoir in the Houston Chronicle: “I am not entirely sure how someone who is not raising a mentally retarded child will […]
Poetry Foundation Shout Out to Stephen Cramer
Rigoberto González gives a Poetry Foundation Wednesday Shout Out to Stephen Cramer’s new book of poetry, Tongue & Groove. “Last week I attended a New York City book party in celebration of […]
CMT.com praises “Air Castle of the South”
CMT.com’s Editorial Director Chet Flippo reviews Craig Havighurst’s new book Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City writing, “I just finished reading — and vastly enjoying […]
Slate.com discusses “Embargoed Science”
Jack Shafer, writing in Slate.com, takes on press embargoes supporting arguments made in Vincent Kiernan’s recent book Embargoed Science. “For all the reasons Kiernan cites, I’d add that embargoes dangerously cartelize […]
The Turkey: A Zagat Story
Zagat.com covered Andrew Smith’s November 20th appearance at the Astor Center in New York during which he discussed the Thanksgiving myths revealed in his University of Illinois Press book The Turkey: […]
J. Golden Kimball: Man AND Myth?
A Motley Vision ponders the contents of Eric Eliason’s new book The J. Golden Kimball Stories. “There was a time when I had my doubts about the existence of J. […]