Jeff Biggers is the author of In the Sierra Madre (University of Illinois Press, 2007) and The United States of Appalachia (Shoemaker and Hoard, 2007). The University of Illinois Press […]
The New York Times Book Review reviews Willy’s “The Third Sex”
Lawrence Schehr’s first English translation of Willy’s classic European queer culture text The Third Sex was reviewed in the November 11, 2007, issue of The New York Times Book Review. […]
The Washington Post reviews Jane Bernstein’s “Rachel in the World”
The November 11, 2007, issue of the Washington Post contains a review of Jane Bernstein’s Rachel in the World: A Memoir. “The book makes it clear that we, as a […]
Queneau reviewed in The Nation
Raymond Queneau’s Letters, Numbers, Forms: Essays, 1928-70 was reviewed in the November 19, 2007 issue of The Nation. Mark Polizzotti writes, “Throw any label at him you want—writer’s writer, literary […]
Roni Stoneman on the cover of Bluegrass Music Profiles
The Bluegrass Blog reports that Roni Stoneman is the cover story for the Nov/Dec issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. The University of Illinois Press recently published Pressing On: The Roni […]
“Don West: Let Us Now Praise a Dangerous Poet, Part 1” by Jeff Biggers
Jeff Biggers is the author of In the Sierra Madre (University of Illinois Press, 2007) and The United States of Appalachia (Shoemaker and Hoard, 2007). The University of Illinois Press […]
BiblioBuffet recommends Music in American Life
Writing in BiblioBuffet, Henry Carrigan, editor-in-chief for the Northwestern University Press, eulogizes the recently deceased country music star Porter Wagoner and recommends our Music in American Life series: “The University […]
“Sign this one to Tom T. Hall!”
I spent the weekend in Nashville attending the Americana Music Association conference during which the Press hosted a launch reception for Craig Havighurst’s new book Air Castle of the South: […]
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn visits the University of Illinois
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, author of the new book New Indians, Old Wars, will speak at the University of Illinois on November 6, 2007, at a lecture sponsored by the Native American […]
Juvenile Instructor’s “The Future of Mormon Publishing”
The Juvenile Instructor, observing that the University of Illinois Press has been at the forefront of Mormon Studies publishing but has recently lost an acquisitions editor in that discipline to […]
Memorial reading for poet Len Roberts
University of Illinois Press author Len Roberts passed away on May 25, 2007, prior to the publication of his latest book of poetry, The Disappearing Trick. Yesterday’s edition of Morning […]
Just Landed: David Nicholls’s “John Cage,” Leslie L. Lewis’s “Telling Narratives,” and Susan Gelfand Malka’s “Daring to Care”
Three new books just landed on my desk: –John Cage by David Nicholls is the second volume in our recently inaugurated American Composers series. –Telling Narratives: Secrets in African American […]