Yesterday a colleague forwarded me a University of New Mexico Press press release that was making the rounds. It was quite the bombshell. The Chronicle of Higher Education site has […]
More Record Makers & Breakers reviews
The March 31, 2009, edition of the New York Daily News includes a review of John Broven’s new book Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll […]
NPR remembers Archie Green
NPR’s Morning Edition program on March 25, 2009, included a segment on the recently deceased University of Illinois Press author Archie Green. Green moved comfortably through the halls of Congress and […]
New folklore series for first books extends deadline for proposals
As we’ve announced previously, we are one of three university presses sharing a Mellon Foundation grant to fund a new series called Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World. Our […]
How will the Kindle change MY family’s reading habits?
Jacob Weisberg wrote a column in Slate this week titled “Book End: How the Kindle will change the world.” I continue to think about how my family would incorporate a Kindle. […]
Pirates!
E-book pirates, that is. NPR’s All Things Considered reports on e-book piracy and publishers’ efforts to use digital rights management (or “DRM” if you’re hip) to protect their titles against […]
Reason reviews “Black Maverick”
The April 2009 issue of Reason magazine contains a favorable review of the new book Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power. [A] captivating […]
Negative style points
This past weekend Champaign Centennial High School won the class 3A state boys basketball championship over Oswego. Centennial’s semi-final opponent helped pave the way with a “fashion don’t.” […]
University of Michigan Press going digital
Inside Higher Ed reports today that the University of Michigan Press is changing to a digital monograph model. Within two years, press officials expect well over 50 of the 60-plus monographs […]
Mr. Blackmore’s legendary basement (on college radio)
Our distinguished American music list ranges from Aaron Copland to Bill Monroe, Marian Anderson to Marian McPartland, with Elvis, Louis Prima, Hazel Dickens, and John Cage rounding out the ranks. Our […]
Museums Look to the Common Man by Victoria Grieve
As a historian, I’m not supposed to believe that history repeats itself, but sometimes it’s tempting. As anyone who reads the newspaper knows, comparisons of the current “economic crisis” and […]
Inside Higher Ed interviews William H. Tucker
This morning’s Inside Higher Ed features an interview with William H. Tucker, author of the new book The Cattell Controversy: Race, Science, and Ideology. Q: What attracted you to this […]