Cheryl Ganz is author of the new book The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair: A Century of Progress. She will sign copies at the Old Orchard Barnes & Noble in Skokie on […]
Library exhibit
The UIUC libraries have generously allowed the University of Illinois Press to close our 90th anniversary celebrations with an exhibit in the Main North-South Hallway of the Main Library. The […]
William McKee Evans on “Open Wound” and the election
Following the election last week I contacted William McKee Evans, author of the forthcoming book Open Wound: The Long View of Race in America, to ask how Obama’s victory impacts the thesis of his […]
David Zalaznik book launch photos
The Peoria Art Guild hosted a party for David Zalaznik’s new book Life along the Illinois River on November 7. David spoke with attendees and signed books for three continuous hours, at […]
Indoctrination by Susan K. Freeman
Susan K. Freeman is author of the new book Sex Goes to School: Girls and Sex Education before the 1960s. ***** Virginity pledges and purity balls strike many of us […]
UIP author to appear on Bill Moyers Journal
William P. Jones, author of The Tribe of Black Ulysses: African American Lumber Workers in the Jim Crow South, will be a guest of Bill Moyers Journal on Friday, November 7. The […]
The Economics of College Football
Michael Oriard contributed a column to today’s Slate comparing the economics of college football to professional football. “We’ve been hearing for years that big-time college football is becoming indistinguishable from the […]
At Friml’s Dining Room Table by William Everett
William Everett is author of the latest volume in our American Composers series, Rudolf Friml. ***** Researching the life and music of Rudolf Friml for the new book was (and remains) […]
Erika Falk in the Baltimore Sun
Erika Falk, author of Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns, comments on women candidates in today’s Baltimore Sun. “Clinton’s campaign was covered much more seriously by the mainstream […]
Just Landed: November & December titles
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader edited by Julie Malnig (November […]
Lincoln scholar on WGN’s Extension 720
Douglas Wilson, co-author of the new book The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition, will appear on WGN Radio’s Extension 720 on November 7 at 9:00 PM to discuss […]
Illinois Place Name of the Day – November 3, 2008
The official publication date of Edward Callary’s Place Names of Illinois has arrived. I conclude our month-long feature with the derivation of our state’s name. Illinois. State. The name is […]