On Josh Graves’s 85th birthday we hosted a booksigning in our World of Bluegrass booth for Fred Bartenstein, editor of Josh’s new book Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir. Josh’s widow Evelyn Graves cut […]
An introduction from the editor
Last week we released Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir, by Josh Graves, and edited by Fred Bartenstein, a new book in our series Music in American Life. The book was a […]
The Haymarket Conspiracy author interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition
Timothy Messer-Kruse, author of the new University of Illinois Press book The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks, was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition about his struggle to change the Wikipedia […]
The Beauvoir Series Q&A
On August 6, 2012, we published Political Writings, the fifth volume in The Beauvoir Series. Co-editor Margaret Simons answered our questions about the new book. Q: The previous books in […]
An Open Letter to America’s Publishers from ALA President Maureen Sullivan
An Open Letter to America’s Publishers from ALA President Maureen Sullivan We librarians cannot stand by and do nothing while some publishers deepen the digital divide. We cannot wait passively […]
Television and the Civil Rights Movement
Henry Jenkins’s Confessions of an Aca-Fan blog features a multi-segment Q&A with Aniko Bodroghkozy, author of Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement. From Part Three: One of the surprising […]
Author Stephen K. Ashby Talks about the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
Stephen K. Ashby, co-author of Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement, has spoken out strongly over the past several weeks about the Chicago Public Schools teachers’ strike. […]
Join us at ASALH and IBMA for booksignings and more
It will be a be a busy week for University of Illinois Press staff and authors. We will be at the Association for the Study of African American Life and […]
Forthcoming book on Christian Petzold
In Fall 2013, the University of Illinois Press will publish the first book on German director Christian Petzold in English. Author Jaimey Fisher will introduce Petzold’s latest film, Barbara, the […]
Publicity Manager Search Open
The University of Illinois Press seeks a Publicity Coordinator to develop publicity campaigns and implement publicity efforts for the Press’s entire book list (trade, scholarly, regional), focusing primarily on newly […]
Celebrate Josh Graves’s 85th birthday at IBMA
On September 27, 2012, Josh Graves’s 85th birthday, the University of Illinois will publish Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir, edited by Fred Bartenstein. We will celebrate the occasion at the International […]
An Emphasis on Conspiracy, Less on the Trial
Last week Timothy Messer-Kruse, author of The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks, published a post on his own blog in response to a negative review in Dissent. While tacitly acknowledging […]