Ray Bradbury, author, Illinois native, and subject of Becoming Ray Bradbury, has died. Jonathan Eller, his biographer, had this to say about him in an article last year in New […]
Diane Diekman interviewed by Cowboys & Indians
The Telegraph blog of Cowboys & Indians magazine recently interviewed one of our authors. From the post: “In Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins, Diane Diekman offers a […]
PBS in Chicago explores Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland
On May 30, 2012, WTTW’s Chicago Tonight program interviewed Janine MacLachlan, author of the new book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland. […]
Things I didn’t know, pt. 2 – Mountains in Illinois
In September 2012 we will publish Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo, an illustrated history of Illinois postcards edited by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. […]
I love Annette Insdorf
Yesterday, The Jewish Daily Forward‘s Arty Semite column by Michael Kaminer featured a Q&A with director Philip Kaufman. A sample: Michael Kaminer: There’s a bright spotlight on you, 48 years […]
Things I didn’t know, pt. 1
From the forthcoming University of Illinois Press book The Story Within Us: Women Prisoners Reflect on Reading (September 2012) edited by Megan Sweeney: “While allowing Ku Klux Klan publications such […]
Q&A with Bean Blossom author Thomas A. Adler
The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival begins June 9 and runs through June 16. We spoke with Thomas A. Adler, author of the recent book Bean Blossom: The Brown […]
Banjos and Bluegrass
The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, “The oldest, continuous running bluegrass festival in the world,” is less than a month away. We have a robust selection of […]
Great infographic about publishing
Last week, Mariah Bear of Weldon Owen Publishing posted the following infographic, explaining how a book comes to be published. Link to the original post. […]
Book trailer for The Beautiful Music All Around Us
Stephen Wade’s forthcoming book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience will be published in September 2012. Visit Stephen’s information page for details on his […]
John Miles Foley
The University of Illinois Press mourns the passing of John Miles Foley, who died on May 3 at the age of 65. Our Press had the privilege of publishing his […]
The Boston Globe reviews A People’s History of Baseball
The May 13, 2012, edition of the The Boston Globe includes a review of Mitchell Nathanson’s new book A People’s History of Baseball. “The most enjoyable moment in A People’s History of […]