Following Scripting Hitchcock‘s nomination for an Edgar Award, authors Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick discuss their interest in Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie, and reveal their favorite Hitchcock films. Q: Scripting Hitchcock focuses on […]
BEA may open the gates
I was pleased to read in Shelf Awareness this morning that Book Expo America is considering adding a public component to the show in 2013. The general public’s access to the trade […]
Q&A with Illinois in the War of 1812 author Gillum Ferguson
On February 27, 2012, we will publish Gillum Ferguson’s book Illinois in the War of 1812. Throughout this bicentennial year Ferguson will travel to museums, libraries, bookstores, and historical societies across the […]
Scripting Hitchcock nominated for an Edgar
We are excited to announce that the recently published University of Illinois Press book Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie by Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick has been nominated […]
NYT on the Death of the Bookstore
This morning’s New York Times has sort of a scattered article on the prospects of a post-bookstore environment for readers and publishers. Just as indie book stores were decimated by […]
Q&A with Eugene Kinckle Jones author Felix Armfield
Eugene Kinckle Jones (1885–1954) is an underknown figure in American history, but he was instrumental in professionalizing black social work in America. Author Felix L. Armfield discusses his discovery of […]
Turner Classic Movies reviews Henry Mancini
The Turner Classic Movies site has published a sparkling review of John Caps’s forthcoming book Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music. “Caps traces Mancini’s collaborations with important directors and shows how he […]
New York Times Opinionator on Stephen Ramsay’s “Reading Machines”
In a January 23, 2012, New York Times Opinionator column on digital humanities, Stanley Fish explores Stephen Ramsay’s new book Reading Machines: Toward an Algorithmic Criticism. “At times [Ramsay] argues that […]
Praise for Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance
In December 2011 we published Steven Tracy’s edited volume Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance, which covers a vast collection of subjects, including many important writers such as Richard Wright, […]
iBooks and Textbooks
Apple released a new version of iBooks today and, as Dan Nosowitz at Popular Science notes, it’s designed to replace the textbook with the iPad: “The new version of iBooks […]
Choice Outstanding Academic Titles
Three University of Illinois Press books were selected for inclusion in Choice magazine’s annual Outstanding Academic Title list, which will appear in the January 2012 issue of Choice. Benching Jim Crow: […]
Gone to the Country wins ARSC award
Ray Allen’s book, Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival has been awarded a Certificate of Merit in the 2011 ARSC Awards in […]