The Chicago Reader reminisces while reading Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo. “Postcards used to be a common form of communication. Particularly with those of a certain era. […]
Postcard of the Day, Part 6
Yesterday the Chicago Bears demolished the Tennessee Titans 51-20 in Nashville. Next week Da Bears come home to Soldier Field to play the Houston Texans. Here’s a postcard of that […]
Postcard of the Day, Part 5
It’s the last weekend before the 2012 presidential election and neither candidate has spent much time campaigning in the State of Illinois, much less in the Press’ hometown of Champaign. 100 years ago William […]
Postcard of the Day, Part 4
Main Street, Galena, ca. 1960. Color-View Inc. (#63769-B), Rockford, Ill.; Ektachrome by Joe E. Clark; Dexter Press, West Nyack, N.Y. Taken from Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to […]
Postcard of the Day, Part 3
The West Street business district, Rockford, ca. 1960. Color View, Inc. (#6275-C), Rockford, Ill.; photo by H. Bruechner; printed by Dexter Press, West Nyack, N.Y. Taken from Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century […]
Author Megan Sweeney discusses what women read in prison (and why)
Megan Sweeney is an associate professor of English Language & Literature and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan. She answered our questions about her new book The […]
Postcard of the Day, Part 2
Yesterday’s Picturing Illinois feature started with the northern part of the state. Today we reach far south to Cairo, Illinois. Ohio Street, Cairo, ca. 1910. International Post Card Co. (#550), […]
Postcard of the Day, Part 1
Today, October 29, 2012, is the official publication date of Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo, by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. Providing rich historical and […]
Say goodbye to farmers’ markets with a sale on Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland
As a farewell to the farmers’ market season here in the Midwest, we are having a sale on Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland by Janine MacLachlan. Get the book for […]
The Wall Street Journal reviews Bluegrass Bluesman
The October 27, 2012, issue of The Wall Street Journal includes a review of the new book, Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir by Josh Graves, edited by Fred Bartenstein. “Graves’s name […]
Finding One’s Space in DH
Yesterday Lee Bessette posted about the benefits and pitfalls of doing and defining digital humanities (DH) in Inside Higher Ed’s Blog U: College Ready Writing, “Why I Support an Open […]
Join Illinois at the American Folklore Society’s Annual Meeting
Visit us at the exhibit tables of the Amercan Folklore Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans, LA beginning today. We will feature discounts of 30% on paperbacks and 40% on […]