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 […]
Sean Burns discusses Archie Green on Berkeley’s KPFA radio
Sean Burns, author of the new book Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero, was a guest on KPFA radio’s Against the Grain program. Hear Sean’s hour-long interview with co-host Sasha […]
Plaudits for Carla Bley
On November 21, 2011, we published Carla Bley, the latest edition in our American Composers series. Author Amy Beal has received praise from a variety of review outlets for capturing Bley’s […]
Q&A with Daughter of the Empire State author Jacqueline A. McLeod
On December 5, 2011, we will publish Daughter of the Empire State: The Life of Judge Jane Bolin, a biography of the nation’s first African American woman judge. Author Jacqueline A. […]
Spiritualizing Commodities: Can Media and Market Guide us to an Improved Sustainability? by Monica M. Emerich
How are we to live? This deeply spiritual, moral, and ethical question of the ages is the heartbeat of the LOHAS—the Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability—marketplace, estimated to appeal to […]
NBC’s Nightly News interviews Ronald Smith
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On November 20, 2011, NBC’s Nightly News interviewed Ronald A. Smith, professor emeritus of sports history at Penn […]
Ronald Smith on Penn State and college presidents in The Washington Post online
Ronald A. Smith, author of the recent book Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform, and professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University, contributed a […]
The Jew & the Carrot reviews From the Jewish Heartland
The Jew & the Carrot, a food blog administered by Forward, reviewed Ellen Steinberg and Jack Prost’s recent book From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways. “Even if […]