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 […]
Terry Trilling-Josephson’s busy day
Terry Trilling-Josephson will be speaking today about Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People, the book that she wrote with her husband Barney Josephson who died in 1988. Hear her […]
They Meet Again by Gene Rochberg
Composer George Rochberg’s new memoir, Five Lines, Four Spaces published by the University of Illinois Press, comes out at almost the same time as Montclair State University in New Jersey […]
It’s Morel Season by Joe McFarland
It’s finally morel mushroom season in southern Illinois where I live, which means, for these few weeks, I will be everybody’s total best friend. By August, I will be that […]
The only comic book I’ve read this year
The Unshelved comic has posted its new BookExpo edition featuring “frank feedback for publishers from librarians, booksellers, and readers.” My favorites: -“Put dust jackets on library-bound books.” -“In the book, tell us […]
Ebert-a-looza
University of Illinois alum Roger Ebert and his wife, Chaz, have given the UI a sizeable gift to benefit the film program. Ebertfest is in full swing, with several UI staffers […]
Archie Green tribute
The Labor Archives and Research Center in San Francisco will host a musical tribute to Archie Green on June 21, 2009, in the McKenna Theatre at San Francisco State University. Hazel […]
Brutally Honest
The Brutally Honest blog comments on Brian McLaren’s endorsement of Richard Hughes’s forthcoming book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. […]
First Morel by Jennifer Reichlin
I was clearing a brush pile in my yard a few days ago when I spotted–surely that’s a morel? I’d never seen one in person. I ran inside to grab […]