The University of Michigan Library announces MPublishing, the new uber-publishing initiative that includes the University of Michigan Press alongside other campus units devoted to scholarly communication. The focus of MPublishing will be […]
Gary Cialdella on WGN-TV
Gary Cialdella discusses his new book The Calumet Region: An American Place on WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
On the Banks of the Queen City by Jon Hartley Fox
As a first-time author, the whole meeting-the-readers idea is still pretty new to me. I’ve spent virtually all of my writing life working in a vacuum, very rarely having any […]
Gary Cialdella on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight
On October 20, 2009, photographer Gary Cialdella was interviewed on WTTW-TV’s Chicago Tonight about his new book The Calumet Region: An American Place. […]
George Gershwin in The Jerusalem Post
Last week, The Jerusalem Post newspaper featured a review of Walter Rimler’s George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait. “Rimler shines in weaving together anecdotes, correspondence and a wealth of interviews with […]
Lending e-books
The New York Times reports how libraries are lending e-books: Most digital books in libraries are treated like printed ones: only one borrower can check out an e-book at a time, […]
Coming to New York by Alyn Shipton
Coming to New York to launch I Feel a Song Coming On, my new biography of songwriter Jimmy McHugh, was certainly quite a contrast to the way any of my […]
Larry & Alaina Kanfer on WGN-TV
Larry & Alaina Kanfer discuss Barns of Illinois on WGN-TV. […]
Chicago photography
This week will be busy for Gary Cialdella and Larry & Alaina Kanfer, authors of our two new photography books. Gary Cialdella will appear on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight program this […]
Barrelhouse Word: bird liver
bird liver I wanna give you folks a warnin’, I mean this mornin’, An’ I want you all to strictly understand: Now you can call me what you choose, but […]
Tour support
Janine MacLachlan, author of the forthcoming University of Illinois Press book Seasonal Markets of the Heartland, has been blogging about her recent road trips. And, she’s taking pledges to help fund her […]
Alyn Shipton/Jimmy McHugh event at B&N New York
On October 9, 2009, Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle hosted an event for Alyn Shipton’s new book I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh, the first biography […]