I work on a number of journals here, journals covering diverse topics, and the variety is really interesting. Some articles stick with me for a long time. Yesterday I had […]
Goodbye, Will!
Will Ridenour’s been the Press’s programmer for most of the past eleven years. “Programmer” doesn’t completely describe the variety of his duties, nor his wit and literary bonhomie. From Paul: […]
Q&A with Mark Lause, author of A Secret Society History of the Civil War
On December 26, 2011, we will publish Mark Lause’s A Secret Society History of the Civil War, which unravels the influence and power of antebellum secret societies. Dr. Lause, a professor […]
The Root and Foreword Reviews review From Jim Crow to Jay-Z
Miles White’s From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity has picked up some recent endorsements. The book examines how representations of black masculinity in musical and cultural […]
Q&A with We Are the Union author Dana Cloud
On December 5, 2011, we published We ARE the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing by Dana Cloud, an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Texas, […]
Season’s Greetings from the Journals Department
After such a trying and tumultuous year, we in Journals thought we would lighten the mood a bit by showing you how we truly embody the holiday spirit (faces blurred […]
University of Illinois Press: Best of 2011
Yes! It’s time for my personal favorite post of the year. The Best of 2011 list is in alphabetical order by staff member’s last name. Feel free to post your list in […]
Interviews with author Koritha Mitchell
Koritha Mitchell, author of Living with Lynching, gives two very different interviews. “It’s our success that beckons the mob.” Professor Mitchell argues that there is a need to move beyond […]
Q&A with Carla Bley author Amy Beal
In November 2011 we published Carla Bley, the first extended treatment of this innovative composer. Author Amy Beal, a professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz, explains her approach […]
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Hey there, check out UIP‘s winter wonderland decorations. It’s getting cold outside, and word is that there will be a dusting of snow tonight in our neck of the woods. […]
Cuban Zarzuela wins AMS award
Cuban Zarzuela: Performing Race and Gender on Havanna’s Lyric Stage by Susan Thomas was awarded the Robert M. Stevenson Award presented by the American Musicological Society (AMS) for outstanding scholarship […]
Becoming Ray Bradbury in Illinois Issues
The December 2011 edition of Illinois Issues magazine includes a feature on Jonathan Eller’s new book Becoming Ray Bradbury. “Eller, who has known Bradbury since the 1980s, focused his book […]