Sean Burns’s recent biography of folklorist Archie Green is the subject of an extended review in Daily Yonder. “Fascinating and insightful. . . . Burns provides an absorbing account of Archie’s […]
Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
The University of Illinois Press will host the annual Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, March 28–April 4, 2012. Sponsored by the Association of American University Presses, nearly 100 books and […]
Gillum Ferguson on WGN-TV’s Midday News
Gillum Ferguson, author the new book Illinois in the War of 1812, was a guest on the March 8, 2012, edition of WGN-TV’s Midday News. Today at noon, Ferguson will […]
Simine Short on WGN-TV
The March 6, 2012, edition of WGN-TV’s Midday News program featured an interview with Simine Short, author of the recent book Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution. […]
The Haymarket Conspiracy author vs. Wikipedia
In September 2012 we will publish The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks by Bowling Green State University professor Timothy Messer-Kruse. BGSU issued a press release yesterday relaying details of Dr. Messer-Kruse’s recent […]
Elsevier and The Cost of Knowledge Boycott
In January, an international group of mathematicians started a boycott against Dutch publishing behemoth Elsevier over high journal subscription prices as well as policies preventing free access to research. Since […]
The Catholic Church vs. Birth Control: The Sanger Papers Feature Early Rounds in this Epic Battle by Peter C. Engelman
The current debate over the mandate for employers to cover contraception in health insurance plans harks back to earlier confrontations between the Catholic Church and family planning advocates. From the early […]
Q&A with Jacques Rivette author Mary Wiles
Mary Wiles, a lecturer in cinema studies at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, is the author of Jacques Rivette, the latest volume in our Contemporary Film Directors series. […]
The Wall Street Journal reviews Henry Mancini
The February 18, 2012, issue of the The Wall Street Journal features a review of John Caps’s new book Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music. “As a composer of scores for television and […]
Good Times for Equal Time
Finished copies of Aniko Bodroghkozy’s book Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement just arrived from the printer and will be officially published on March 12, 2012. Equal Time […]
Pete Daniel in PBS program Slavery by Another Name
Pete Daniel, author of the University of Illinois Press book The Shadow of Slavery: Peonage in the South, 1901-1969, explains in the documentary Slavery by Another Name why the 13th […]
The Christian Science Monitor examines Woody’s influence at 100
The Christian Science Monitor appraises Woody Guthrie’s place in American culture. “Guthrie derived his songs from the downtrodden lives of those he encountered on road journeys during the nation’s roughest […]