I was listening to NPR on Saturday morning and heard reporter Robert Krulwich introduce the University of Illinois’ May Berenbaum, author of our forthcoming Fall 2010 book Honey, I’m Homemade: […]
Wash his mouth out with soap
Bob Ostertag, author of the new book Creative Life, blogs at Huffington Post about recent student protests at his university in California. Governor Schwarzenegger should wash his mouth out with soap. Seriously. […]
Box Books
I recently came across an item from the University of Padova in Italy: a collection of 56 wooden books about trees. Rather than pages, each book contains physical evidence of […]
James T. Farrell pentalogy featured in the Chicago Tribune
The December 16, 2009, edition of the Chicago Tribune includes a feature story on James T. Farrell’s fiction and the recent reissue of the O’Neill pentalogy; A World I Never […]
Impressions of a Son by F. Geoffrey Samora
I was asked by the editors to respond to the essays written in the book, Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies. Julian’s former students recall […]
UIP First Annual Cookie Swap
I attended my first cookie exchange at a friend’s house just a few years ago. It was a modest affair–half a dozen of us getting together for snacks and drinks, […]
The Oxford Times features Shipton
Alyn Shipton, author of the new book I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh, was featured in the December 11, 2009, edition of The Oxford Times. […]
Tiger Woods and the evolution of Golf in America
George Kirsch, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Golf in America, comments on Tiger Woods and the history of golf in the Wall Street Journal‘s Speakeasy blog. […]
May I take your pledge?
On Monday, several gracious UIP employees volunteered to answer phones for WILL-TV‘s Winter Pledge Drive. As we answered phones and filled out pledge forms (on camera!), we listened to […]
Celebration of Richard Stamz
I had a good meeting yesterday at the Center for Black Music Research about a launch event for the forthcoming book Give ‘Em Soul, Richard! Race, Radio, and Rhythm and […]
Experience our “French Roots”
The Champaign Public Library is hosting an event this evening that looks like fun: “Ethnic Illinois: French Traditions in Music and Food:” Dennis Stroughmatt, an authority on French Creole music, […]
Dinner for Mr. Ringo
Four years ago at this time I had just started at the Press and was planning my first publicity trip to Chicago. My predecessor had provided a list of her […]