In April 2011 we will publish Will Kaufman’s book Woody Guthrie, American Radical. Utilizing a wealth of previously unseen archival materials such as letters, song lyrics, essays, personal reflections, photos, […]
Zora Neale Hurston for tweens!
We at the University of Illinois Press are proud of our historic connection to Zora Neale Hurston through Robert Hemenway’s groundbreaking work, Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography, and through […]
Celebrity appearances
NPR’s Melissa Block and Will Shortz (or their respective doppelgangers) at the University of Illinois Press halloween party. […]
Saturday at the Square
May Berenbaum and guest at the Honey, I’m Homemade book signing at Urbana’s Market at the Square, Saturday, October 30. Her next stop will be the University of Illinois Pollinatarium on Sunday, […]
Happy Halloween
The University of Illinois Press fun crew. […]
Stephen Calt, R.I.P.
We received the sad news, confirmed this week, that Stephen Calt passed away earlier this month. Stephen authored the recent University of Illinois Press title Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary, which […]
Two books honored by ARSC
Two University of Illinois Press titles, Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers by John Broven and King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records […]
WILL radio features May Berenbaum
NPR affiliate WILL AM 580 in Urbana, Illinois, interviewed May Berenbaum on October 25. She discussed her new cookbook Honey, I’m Homemade: Sweet Treats from the Beehive across the Centuries and […]
Marc Zimmerman at LASA
Marc Zimmerman attended the Latin American Studies Association‘s annual meeting in Toronto earlier this month. He is pictured here at the Scholarly Book Services booth where he signed copies of Bringing Aztlán […]
What a Family! by Nicholas Temperley
Samuel Sebastian Wesley was born two hundred years ago — to be exact, on August 14, 1810. I will never forget hearing his anthem, “Blessed be the God and Father,” […]
Robert Stone talks sacred steel in Miami’s New Times
Miami’s New Times interviewed Robert Stone, author of Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, in advance of his October 28 event at Books & Books in Coral […]
Through a Glass Darkly: Reflections on a Troubled Past by Claude A. Clegg III
In deciding to write a book on the history of my hometown (Salisbury, NC), I became keenly interested in family history. As a historian, I am perhaps naturally fascinated with […]