This past Saturday, July 14, marked 100 years since the birth of Woody Guthrie. Will Kaufman, author of the University of Illinois Press book Woody Guthrie, American Radical, was interviewed and […]
The New Yorker on Philip Kaufman
The New Yorker‘s online Culture Desk column previews tonight’s screening of a director’s cut of Philip Kaufman’s The Wanderers and namechecks University of Illinois Press author Annette Insdorf. “Welcoming East Coast members of Wanderers Nation […]
Inside Higher Ed Q&A with John Timberman Newcomb
John Timberman Newcomb, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book How Did Poetry Survive? The Making of Modern American Verse, is featured in today’s edition of Inside Higher […]
Q&A with Blackness in Opera editors
On March 26, 2012, we published Blackness in Opera, which examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. The collection’s editors, Naomi André, Karen M. Bryan, […]
Hello, goodbye
The University of Illinois recently transitioned to a computer-based phone system, which made our desktop telephones obsolete. The collection cart made the rounds this morning. […]
George Szell biography featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition
On July 7, 2012, NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday featured a segment on Michael Charry’s recent biography of Cleveland Orchestra conductor George Szell. “Michael Charry was the ‘sorcerer’s apprentice’ to celebrated 20th-century […]
Q&A with Ghost of the Ozarks author Brooks Blevins
In 1929 a drifter named Connie Franklin was killed in the Arkansas Ozarks and his teenage fiancé was raped. Five local men were arrested for the crimes. On the eve […]
E-textbooks. Survey says…
Inside Higher Ed reported this morning on a recent survey of iPad and e-textbook use by college students on four-year campuses. “But even as iPad adoption appears to have stagnated, e-textbooks […]
Woody Guthrie, American Radical featured on Democracy Now!
The July 4, 2012, edition of Democracy Now! is dedicated to Woody Guthrie’s upcoming 100th birthday (July 14). Will Kaufman, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Woody […]
Book trailer for Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland
On June 4, 2012, we published Janine MacLachlan’s book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland. View the book trailer to learn more about Janine’s celebration of “change-the-world people.” […]
NPR’s All Things Considered to consider the fate of one university press
The June 29, 2012, edition of NPR’s All Things Considered will include a segment on the threatened closing of the University of Missouri Press. After it airs, I will update this […]
The TLS reviews Squeeze This!
The June 29, 2012, issue of The Times Literary Supplement includes an enthusiastic review of Marion Jacobson’s new book Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America. “Marion […]