The December 26, 2009, edition of The Wall Street Journal included an enthusiastic review of Stephen Calt’s new book Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary. An impeccably scholarly, irresistibly […]
Category: reviews
Fujiwara’s “Excellent!!!” monograph and how movie blurbs work
When high profile reviews of UIP books are published, I am responsible for pulling key quotes from the reviews and entering them in our database for future dissemination. This duty was […]
The New York Times on Breadwinners
The November 29, 2009, edition of The New York Times includes a review of Lara Vapnek’s new book Breadwinners: Working Women and Economic Independence, 1865-1920. Ms. Vapnek, who teaches history at […]
New bathroom reading from UIP
No Depression tips a cap to two of our recent music titles, Jon Fox’s King of the Queen City and Stephen Calt’s Barrelhouse Words. I’m tickled to note that on […]
The New Yorker online lauds “Jerry Lewis”
On November 6, 2009, The New Yorker online posted a mini-review of Jerry Lewis, Chris Fujiwara’s new book in our Contemporary Film Directors series. Chris Fujiwara’s study of Jerry Lewis’s films, […]
George Gershwin in The Jerusalem Post
Last week, The Jerusalem Post newspaper featured a review of Walter Rimler’s George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait. “Rimler shines in weaving together anecdotes, correspondence and a wealth of interviews with […]
Times Higher Education reviews “Atom Egoyan”
Times Higher Education recently reviewed Emma Wilson’s new book on Canadian-bred filmmaker Atom Egoyan. This persuasive book brings Egoyan’s films vibrantly alive, while at the same time offering compelling, […]
The Wall Street Journal recommends “George Gershwin”
The September 5, 2009, issue of The Wall Street Journal featured a glowing review of Walter Rimler’s George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait. “More thorough biographies than Mr. Rimler’s slender Âvolume […]
Mushrooms in the Chicago Tribune
The September 2, 2009, issue of the Chicago Tribune includes a profile of Joe McFarland and Gregory Mueller’s new book Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States. If you […]
Inside Higher Ed profiles “College Football”
Kurt Edward Kemper, author of the new book College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era, was interviewed in today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed. Q: At institutions like Louisiana […]
The New York Times reviews “Cafe Society”
The Metropolitan section of the August 16, 2009, issue of The New York Times includes a review of Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People. Mr. Josephson’s voice […]
NPR features “College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era”
Kurt Edward Kemper, author of the new book College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era, was interviewed by Bill Littlefield on the August 15 edition of NPR’s […]