This is the sixth post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 23-31, […]
Richard Hughes, HuffPost, and hostility toward Muslims
Richard Hughes, author of the book Christian America and the Kingdom of God, contributed a new piece to The Huffington Post titled Jesus and Strangers: What the Bible Teaches About Christian-Muslim […]
Book vs. Cloud
About the book again: I hardly ever keep books around unless I really plan to read or reread them, and I admit I don’t entirely understand the collector mentality. Books […]
Greta Redux by Fran Markowitz
This is the fifth post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 23-31, […]
Mississippi Sacred Steel by Robert Stone
I look forward to visiting Mississippi this winter to continue documenting musicians from the Jewell Dominion side of the sacred steel guitar tradition. Shown here, left to right, are Jamel […]
To Banja Luka and back again by Fran Markowitz
This is the fourth post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 23-31, […]
Recovering the Commons authors interviewed by Huffington Post
In March 2010 we published Herbert Reid & Betsy Taylor’s new book Recovering the Commons: Democracy, Place, and Global Justice, which culls key concepts from grassroots activism to hold critical […]
The New Lost City Ramblers
We just received finished copies of Ray Allen’s new book Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers & the Folk Music Revival. Formed in 1958 by Mike Seeger, […]
Book trailer for Bringing Aztlan to Mexican Chicago
On August 2, 2010, we published Bringing Aztlán to Mexican Chicago: My Life, My Work, My Art, the autobiography of José Gamaliel González. Born near Monterrey, Mexico, and eventually settling in […]
In the Bascarsija and beyond by Fran Markowitz
This is the third post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 23-31, […]
Book Titles: being the correct and timely story of Illinois’ venerable University Press and the man of marketing who assisted it in the construction of its latest monograph moniker
During our Internal meeting today we discussed prospective titles and subtitles for two upcoming books. -Though not biographies, should we include names of the books’ main subjects in the titles? -For the […]
More reunions by Fran Markowitz
This is the second post of a multi-part series by Fran Markowitz—author of the new book Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope—on her recent trip to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 23-31, […]