Woo hoo! Retired University of Illinois Press acquisitions editor Judy McCulloh will be one of 18 artists to receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. […]
PBS’ History Detectives investigate the Theremin
Albert Glinsky, author of the University of Illinois Press book Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, will appear on the PBS series History Detectives on Monday, June 28, 2010. From the […]
Small author readings, in context
In today’s Shelf Awareness touring author Michael Perry hits upon key reasons for scheduling author events: The reading is primarily a peg upon which to hang radio interviews, newspaper pieces, face-to-face interaction […]
What Is Angel Falls?
My favorite story of the last couple of weeks is about Watson, the I.B.M. supercomputer who’s been working out on pro-grade Jeopardy players in real-time test matches. The idea is […]
Brother Mine, letter 107
On July 5, 2010, we will publish Kathleen Pfeiffer’s new book Brother Mine: The Correspondence of Jean Toomer and Waldo Frank, which presents for the first time their entire correspondence in chronological […]
“Illinois Politics” authors at IUB literary fest
James Nowlan and Richard Winkel, co-authors of the new book Illinois Politics: A Citizens Guide, will participate in the Illini Union Bookstore’s summer literary fest in Champaign. On Tuesday, July […]
“Radio’s Hidden Voice” wins AEJMC award
Radio’s Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States by Hugh Richard Slotten is the winner of the 2009 Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given […]
The Lee Boys
In September 2010 we will publish Robert Stone’s book Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, which delves into the history of this inspired musical genre. The best known […]
Open source textbooks at U of I?
The local newspaper, The News-Gazette, has a feature story this morning on the University’s pursuit of an open source textbook model. The leader of the initiative, Charles Evans, is considering […]
The Taste for Civilization on MSNBC
A recent story on MSNBC referenced Janet Flammang’s The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society and Michael Pollan’s review of the book in NYRB. “Working women are too busy to […]
Steve Cushing on Chicago Public Radio
Chicago Public Radio’s 848 recently interviewed Steve Cushing about his long-running radio program and the new book Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews. “Thirty years ago this month, on these […]
Academic presses vs. academic libraries
The June 14, 2010, issue of Publishers Weekly includes a long piece on the university press suit of Georgia State University. The case, known as Cambridge University Press, et al. […]