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May 11, 2011

Spirits of Just Men book signing at BEA

american history author events reviews southern history

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 […]

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May 9, 2011 (May 9, 2011)

New manifesto of 343 by Sandra Reineke

author commentary women's history

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 […]

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May 6, 2011 (May 6, 2011)

Larry Kanfer at the Illini Union Bookstore

author events higher education Illinois / regional

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 […]

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May 4, 2011

No Depression reviews Sacred Steel

music reviews

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 […]

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May 4, 2011

Restless Giant wins Country Music Book of the Year Award

awards music

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 […]

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May 3, 2011 (May 4, 2011)

A historian’s perspective on the 2011 Missouri spillway flood by Jarod Roll

american history author commentary Illinois / regional religion southern history

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 […]

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May 3, 2011

The Guardian reviews Disappearing Tricks

film reviews

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 […]

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May 2, 2011

David Gerstner on Sirius XM’s OUTQ

author commentary interviews

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. […]

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May 2, 2011 (May 2, 2011)

Journal of Animal Ethics and the UK press

journals

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 […]

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April 29, 2011

Disappearing Tricks wins Kraszna-Krausz Book Award

awards film

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 […]

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April 28, 2011 (April 28, 2011)

BEA, please meet Hollywood

publishing

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 […]

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April 26, 2011

The Weekly Standard reviews “Red Conspirator”

american history radical studies reviews

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 […]

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