Claudette Roulo went mushroom hunting with Joe McFarland, co-author of Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States. […]
Jennifer Ring at Book Soup
Jennifer Ring, author of the new book Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball, will sign copies at Book Soup in West Hollywood on May 17 at 12:00 noon. […]
Mama PhD ponders her narrative compass
Inside Higher Ed‘s Mama PhD just finished reading Betsy Hearne and Roberta Seelinger Trite’s new book A Narrative Compass: Stories that Guide Women’s Lives and considers her own bedrock stories. My own […]
Cheryl Ganz’s 3 minutes
The Washington Examiner spoke briefly with Cheryl Ganz, author of The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. […]
Dalkey on the move
PW reports that our friends at Dalkey have a new distribution agreement with W.W. Norton. […]
Roni, 71
Happy birthday Roni Stoneman. […]
For a banal Friday afternoon
This morning’s Chronicle of Higher Education Daily Report features “A Tradition of Banality” by Don Troop. (Warning: CHE‘s links are walled after a few days.) The “Banality” refers to the […]
Newspaper advertising
This morning some communication bounced around internally regarding the possibility of an ad in a Chicago paper to be coordinated with an upcoming book fest. Perfect timing then to view this […]
“The worst book about pop music I have ever read”
When I see a newspaper headline like the one above my heart immediately sinks with the publicist’s fear that the book in question is one of our titles. Whew! Thankfully, the focus of Jeff […]
Sojourner Truth celebrated in the U.S. Capitol
CNN reports that a memorial bust of Sojourner Truth was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol today making Truth the first African-American woman to be so honored. To learn more about her life and times, […]
The top 25 newspapers
Editor & Publisher has posted a list of the top 25 daily newspapers by circulation in the United States. Any surprises here? I didn’t realize that the Wall Street Journal has […]
Hypochondria or prudence?
Today’s Inside Higher Ed includes a small item on preparing for a Swine Flu outbreak. “At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, more students than normal are seeking treatment for […]