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 […]
Studs Terkel
I was out of town for the weekend, and so did not see the news that Studs Terkel died until this morning. About five years ago I saw him engaged […]
Happy Halloween from the University of Illinois Press
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David Zalaznik book launch in Peoria
The launch celebration for David Zalaznik‘s new book of photography, Life along the Illinois River, will take place November 7, 4:00-7:00 PM, at the Peoria Art Guild. Today’s edition of the Peoria Journal […]