Catherine Russell, author of The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Catherine Russell, author of THE CINEMA OF BARBARA STANWYCK

Catherine Russell, author of The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Gregory J. Kaliss, author of Beyond the Black Power Salute: Athlete Activism in an Era of Change, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]
Emek Ergun, author of Virgin Crossing Borders: Feminist Resistance and Solidarity in Translation, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? This book, […]
April’s free e-book is here! Check out Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema by Melanie Bell before the month is over! After the advent of sound, women in […]
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton by Lydia R. Hamessley before the month is over! Dolly Parton’s success as a performer and […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 National Women’s Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
Kelli D. Zaytoun, author of Shapeshifting Subjects: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Naguala and Border Arte, answers questions on why she decided to write this book and what media she consumes for fun. […]
Miriam Thaggert, author of Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad, answers questions on the significance of the time period she writes about, what she hopes readers […]
We are pleased to announce that Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund has awarded a grant to support publication of the book Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women’s […]
We are happy to announce that you will see new books coming from assistant acquisitions editor Mariah Schaefer in the near future. Mariah has been working on charting the future […]
In light of this week’s Supreme Court news, we’ve assembled a list of books and journals that provide insightful analysis into the history of reproductive rights in the United States. […]
May’s free ebook is here! Check out Sex Testing: Gender Policing in Women’s Sports by Lindsay Parks Pieper before the month is over! In 1968, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) […]