Laurie Matheson has been named Editor-in-Chief of the University of Illinois Press. Her publishing career began in New York City as an editorial assistant at Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1984. She […]
Gillum Ferguson on the road
Gillum Ferguson is visiting bookstores, libraries, historical societies, and museums throughout the State of Illinois to discuss and sign copies of his new book Illinois in the War of 1812. […]
Marty Robbins bio book events
March features two book events to celebrate the publication of Diane Diekman’s new biography of country superstar Marty Robbins, Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins. Saturday, March 17 – […]
Daily Yonder reviews Archie Green
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 […]