This morning The Washington Times published Martin Rubin’s highly complimentary review of From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways. “Sometimes a book jacket has the perfect illustration and […]
Woody Guthrie, American Radical On Tour
Will Kaufman, author of the new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical, is starting his cross-country U.S. tour in two weeks in Los Angeles. Most of Kaufman’s presentations will include performances of Woody […]
E-book rentals from University Presses
Inside Higher Ed reported today on how some university presses are incorporating e-book rentals into marketing plans. Rental options might not catalyze a full-fledged e-book boom, press officials say. But they might […]
An Alternate Universe of E-publishing
Last week, Physorg presented details about a breakthrough at our very own Research I university here in Urbana-Champaign: a ball-point pen that can draw working circuits on standard paper. What’s […]
Spirits of Just Men excerpt
This morning Berfrois—Intellectual Jousting in the Republic of Letters—is featuring an excerpt from Charles Thompson’s new book Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital […]
Don’t Forget You Vote by Lisa Kemmerer
More and more we read and hear about the treachery of the corn-based biofuel, ethanol. Authors and commentators report that ethanol production is stealing corn from the mouths of the […]
“Breaking News”
We had an author interview canceled today by WGN-TV due to “breaking news.” Our former governor just doesn’t know when to stop making my life difficult. […]
Key Concepts in Critical Cultural Studies wins James W. Carey Research Award
Key Concepts in Critical Cultural Studies, edited by Linda Steiner and Clifford Christians, has been awarded the James W. Carey Research Award from the Carl Couch Center. The award recognizes […]
Today in Labor History
Union Communication Services, Inc., points out that today is the anniversary of the 1993 lockout in Decatur, IL, as told in our book, Staley: The Fight for a New American […]
Charles Thompson on C-Span’s Book-TV
During Charles Thompson’s book signing at Book Expo, C-Span’s Book-TV stopped by to interview the author about his new book Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in […]
What Would Gompers Say? by Grace Palladino
For the first time since 1981—the year President Ronald Reagan famously broke the Professional Air Traffic Controllers strike—organized labor is back in the news. And this time the headlines are […]
Montague’s magnificent collection
In November 2003, the University of Illinois Press published Burn, Baby! BURN!, the autobiography of famed R&B deejay Magnificent Montague. The June 19, 2011, issue of the Las Vegas Review-Journal features an […]