Charles D. Thompson Jr, author of the new book Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World, will sign copies at Book […]
New manifesto of 343 by Sandra Reineke
Beauvoir and Her Sisters examines how French women developed a sense of political engagement, or “sisterhood,” through the act of public reading and writing in the 1970s and 1980s. Amongst […]
Larry Kanfer at the Illini Union Bookstore
Looking for that perfect gift for your UIUC graduate? Larry Kanfer will sign copies of his new photography book Illini Loyalty: The University of Illinois during graduation weekend. Visit him at […]
No Depression reviews Sacred Steel
There are many No Depression fans here at the Press so we’re always pleased when the roots music authority highlights one of our titles. This month Grant Alden discusses Robert […]
Restless Giant wins Country Music Book of the Year Award
Bar Biszick-Lockwood’s book Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs will receive the Country Music Book of the Year Award by the International Country Music […]
A historian’s perspective on the 2011 Missouri spillway flood by Jarod Roll
Right now a man-made flood is inundating part of Missouri after the US Army Corps of Engineers ‘activated’ the Bird’s Point-New Madrid Spillway by dynamiting the riverfront levee guarding parts […]
The Guardian reviews Disappearing Tricks
Following Disappearing Tricks‘ recent win of the Kraszna-Krausz Best Moving Image Book Award, prize judge Peter Bradshaw raves about the book on the Guardian Film Blog. Solomon’s excellent book shows how the […]
David Gerstner on Sirius XM’s OUTQ
On April 20, 2011, David Gerstner appeared on Sirius XM’s OUTQ channel with host Michelangelo Signorile to discuss his new book Queer Pollen: White Seduction, Black Male Homosexuality, and the Cinematic. […]
Journal of Animal Ethics and the UK press
Last week, the following press release about the first issue of the Journal of Animal Ethics caught the attention of the UK press: Animal Language Sends Wrong Message A call for […]
Disappearing Tricks wins Kraszna-Krausz Book Award
Matthew Solomon’s recent University of Illinois Press book Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century was announced the winner the Kraszna-Krausz Best Moving Image […]
BEA, please meet Hollywood
For the past few years, as Book Expo has grappled with how to best sustain the show (host it in New York for the foreseeable future, keep the public out, cut the […]
The Weekly Standard reviews “Red Conspirator”
Thomas Sakmyster’s new book, Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground, received an excellent review (subscription required) from Harvey Klehr in the April 25-May 2, 2011, issue of […]