A persistent myth concerning southern workers was the assertion that even in the hardest of times, they were impervious to the force of radicalism that affected urban labor in the […]
SMU Press’ operations put on hold
Inside Higher Ed reported on May 7, 2010, that Southern Methodist University has suspended the operations of its Press. A statement for the senators from the faculty advisory committee for […]
Thomas Saler book signing at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
We just confirmed a book signing for Thomas Saler, author of Serving Genius: Carlo Maria Giulini, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Saler will appear at the CSO retail kiosk on May […]
May I offer you a piece of honey candy?
Every year at Book Expo we give away a tchotchke at our booth that is somehow related to a current or upcoming book. I am amazed at how many appointment bound people […]
Viva baseball, just not in Arizona
Two years ago this month we published the Third Edition of Samuel O. Regalado’s book Viva Baseball! Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger, which chronicles the struggles of Latin American […]
TLS reviews “The Uncanny Gaze”
On February 1, 2010, we published the first English translation of Heide Schlüpmann’s book The Uncanny Gaze: The Drama of Early German Cinema, which was translated by Inga Pollmann. The book (Unheimlichkeit […]
“Staley” wins another award
Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement by Steven K. Ashby and C.J. Hawking has been awarded the C.L.R. James Prize for Best Book in Working-Class Studies by […]
Finally! An answer to the e-book!
Those of you who are worried about the future of print publishing–well, stop! I found, via the awesome MobyLives blog, the perfect solution to those who say you can’t travel […]
Who does Spike Lee think he is?
Daina Berry, author of “Swing the Sickle for the Harvest Is Ripe”: Gender and Slavery in Antebellum Georgia, and Mark Schultz, author of The Rural Face of White Supremacy: Beyond […]
SNCC Way!
In October 2010 we are publishing Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, in which fifty-two women—northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, […]
Sacred steel
Grammy nominee Robert Randolph graciously provided an endorsement for Robert Stone’s forthcoming book Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition. “This book honors the legacy of the men who paved […]
Four UIP books nominated for ARSC awards
Four University of Illinois Press books published in 2009 were announced as award finalists by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC). Best Research in Recorded Rock and Pop Music John […]