In May 2013 we will publish Murphy Henry’s new book Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass, which documents the musical lives of more than seventy women including Sally Ann […]
Coming Attractions: Fred Ho documentary
This week musician and activist Fred Ho will be celebrated at events featuring both signings of the new University of Illinois Press book Yellow Power Yellow Soul and also some […]
SynergiCity at the Chicago Architecture Foundation
If you’re looking for something to do in Chicago this month, the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) has an exhibit called SynergiCity: Reinventing the Postindustrial City which roughly coincides with our publication of […]
Open Access Research Bill Advances to Illinois Senate
From Urbana-Champaign’s local newspaper, The News-Gazette: Legislation that would set up task forces at each of Illinois’ nine public universities to establish policies for open access to research articles published […]
David Levering Lewis on MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Fifty years ago today Martin Luther King Jr. completed his open letter from Birmingham Jail. David Levering Lewis, writes in his book King: A Biography (recently released in a new […]
Annette Insdorf helps honor Philip Kaufman at San Francisco Film Festival
Filmmaker Philip Kaufman will be honored with the Founder’s Directing Award by the San Francisco Film Society. Annette Insdorf will lead a Q&A with director Philip Kaufman at the San Francisco International Film Festival […]
Excerpt from Charles Ives in the Mirror
Charles Ives in the Mirror just arrived from the printer, and it is bright! I think it conveys the mood of the book well. Here’s an excerpt so you can […]
Book trailer for Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934
Thomas Leslie’s forthcoming book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934, highlights architectural progress in the skyscraper’s birthplace from the Great Fire to the Great Depression. During this time, such iconic landmarks as the Chicago Tribune Tower, the […]
Stephen Wade on WGN-TV
Stephen Wade, author the recent book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience, was a guest on the April 8, 2013, edition of WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
The “Nikkei” path breaker with the St. Louis Cardinals
As the St. Louis Cardinals play their 2013 home opener today, Japanese or Japanese American players are no unusual site in Major League ballparks. But that wasn’t always the case. Samuel […]
Q&A with Rob White, author of Contemporary Film Directors book Todd Haynes
The Contemporary Film Directors series presents engagingly written commentaries on the work of living directors from around the world. Todd Haynes author Rob White was Commissioning Editor of Books at […]
The First to Fly Controversy
Recently the publication, Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft declared at that aviator Gustave Whitehead, instead of the Wright brothers, was the first to take to the air in the sustained operation of a […]