I’ll be looking for my official Book Reviewer Union Card in the mail soon. […]
Flora Jan by Fleur Yano
Unbound Spirit: Letters of Flora Belle Jan chronicles the life of a Chinese American flapper/journalist. Her letters to a German immigrant friend from Russia describe her youth in California, her college […]
University press sales report
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports today on the most recent sales survey conducted by the Association of American University Presses. How badly has the recession hit university presses? In a […]
Three university presses share grant from Mellon Foundation for book series in folklore
The University of Illinois Press, the University Press of Mississippi, and the University of Wisconsin Press, in collaboration with the American Folklore Society, have been awarded a grant from the […]
The New Yorker recommends “Lincoln the Lawyer” online
The New Yorker blog The Book Bench recommends Brian Dirck’s Lincoln the Lawyer. […]
A Red Family, Obama, and the Continuing American Revolution by Mickey Friedman
Like so many others who grew up in the Civil Rights movement, I am amazed to see the triumph of hope and the desire for change trump racism. As a […]
Concerns at Utah State University Press
Inside Higher Ed reports today that the state budget situation in Utah may imperil Utah State University Press. […]
Experts needed!
I subscribe to a publicity e-mail list that provides a daily listing of media outlets that are looking for specific experts or willing interviewees. I scan these lists for possible author pitches. Here are examples […]
Washington Post’s Book World on the cutting block?
Scott McLemee at Intellectual Affairs posted earlier today that the Washington Post‘s section “Book World” might cease due to budget cuts. I love the argument that sports sections aren’t sponsored […]
Jim Barnes appointed Poet Laureate of Oklahoma
Jim Barnes, author of the recent book of poems Visiting Picasso, was appointed Poet Laureate of Oklahoma by Governor Brad Henry. From the January 15, 2009, press release: The Oklahoma Humanities […]
Jazz, Race, and Cafe Society in the Wall Street Journal
In today’s Wall Street Journal Nat Hentoff illuminates jazz music’s impact on the civil rights movement and includes a nod to our forthcoming book Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the […]
An e-textbook world?
Inside Higher Ed reports today on Northwest Missouri State University’s move to be an e-book only school. “Northwest Missouri has long bought textbooks on its students’ behalf, renting them in […]