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 […]
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 […]