Below are snippets of an e-mail conversation I recently had with a philosophy journal author regarding the copyedited version of his article. Author: Here are my responses regarding the editorial […]
UIP author Jazz Broadcaster of the Year
Jazzwise Magazine reports that Alyn Shipton, author of the recent book I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh, won the jazz broadcaster of the year award during […]
JAEH: Homoerotic, Lesbian, and Gay Ethnic and Immigrant Histories
The Summer issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History presents a special feature on “Homoerotic, Lesbian, and Gay Ethnic and Immigrant Histories.” Guest Editor Horacio Roque RamÃrez writes in […]
“The Taste for Civilization” in The New York Review of Books
The June 10, 2010, issue of The New York Review of Books features an essay by Michael Pollan titled “The Food Movement, Rising.” The piece touches on food safety, animal welfare, the environment, […]
Normative Theories of the Media wins award
Normative Theories of the Media: Journalism in Democratic Societies by Clifford G. Christians, Theodore L. Glasser, Denis McQuail, Kaarle Nordenstreng and Robert A. White is the winner of this year’s Frank […]
Staley hat trick
Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement by Steven K. Ashby and C.J. Hawking has received an Award of Superior Achievement from The Illinois State Historical Society. This is […]
Fashion & Feminism by Linda Layne
One of the questions raised by the discussion with my students regarding the virtues and vices of making birth control packs look like compacts is the relationship of fashion with […]
Follow the wampum
University of Illinois Press Director Willis Regier was quoted in a Harvard Crimson story this week regarding the alleged false resume claims made by former Harvard student Adam B. Wheeler. On the […]
Provocative publicist pitch
As a publicist, it irks me when a reviewer uses the publicity material that accompanies a book as a jumping off point for a book review. However, if the reviewer uses the publicity material […]
Are “Fashionable” Birth Control Packs Feminist or Antifeminist? by Linda Layne
The page proofs of Feminist Technology were ready in time for me to give the book a trial run in my spring course, Women Leaders/Feminist Entrepreneurs. As anticipated, the students […]
Sacred Harp 442 – Amherst, MA July 6, 2008
I’ve been reading some of our forthcoming book The Makers of the Sacred Harp and looked to Youtube to supply the soundtrack. My favorite so far is “Sacred Harp 442.” Wow. […]
Nashville’s flood
Craig Havighurst, author of Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City, filed a report for NPR’s All Things Considered on the recent flood’s impact on […]