The tragic death of 29 miners at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine on April 5th, along with President Obama’s call for better federal oversight over mine safety, should remind […]
Fanelli’s findings
On first blush, the results of the PLoS ONE study by Daniele Fanelli don’t seem so surprising: Researcher productivity positively correlates with experimental finds that support a given hypothesis. What […]
“Serving Genius” in the Chicago Tribune
Thomas Saler’s new book Serving Genius: Carlo Maria Giulini was featured today in John von Rhein’s column in the Chicago Tribune. “He was the last great conductor of his generation, […]
Spirit of Rebellion at OAH
Jarod Roll, author of the new book Spirit of Rebellion: Labor and Religion in the New Cotton South, attended this year’s annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians the […]
UIP author wins Guggenheim Fellowship
The UIUC News Bureau reports that Antoinette Burton, co-editor of the recent University of Illinois Press book Moving Subjects: Gender, Mobility, and Intimacy in an Age of Global Empire, has […]
John Broven on WNYC’s Soundcheck
John Broven, author of the new paperback Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers, was interviewed by John Schaefer on today’s edition of WNYC’s Soundcheck. […]
Lady Gaga’s New Clothes
Thanks to Tony over at the Penn State Press blog for bringing this video, apparently from a Dorling Kindersley sales conference, to my attention. Perfect food for thought late on a Friday afternoon […]
Local Self-Publishing
If you stand in the UIP parking lot and face northwest, the first thing you are likely to see, there beyond the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad tracks, is the latest […]
“Beauty Shop Politics” in The Chronicle
The April 11, 2010, edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes a review of Tiffany Gill’s new book Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry. […]
Borders Blues
Steve Cushing, author of Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews, and Lincoln T. Beauchamp, Jr., author BluesSpeak: The Best of the Original Chicago Blues Annual, will appear together for a […]
Remembering Staley
Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? and other books, discusses Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor in today’s Tilting the Yard column (subscription required) in […]
UIP at OAH
Cherry blossoms! It’s springtime in Washington, D.C. From April 7-10 the Press attended the Organization of American Historians’ 2010 annual meeting at the Hilton Washington in D.C. (more than one acquaintance reminded […]