The production editors in the Journals Department at UIP occasionally get to work with the famous as well as the thoughtful, and I couldn’t help but notice that among the […]
A random walk down university press row
-Penn State U. Press has added new preview and sales services to its website. -Oxford University Press Blog discusses slow blogging. -Harvard University Press blog tells us how to say goodbye in […]
Whatis WorldCat?
This morning’s Inside Higher Ed features a short article on a “new” WorldCat policy that requires organizations displaying WorldCat records to attach what amounts to a “terms and conditions” contract […]
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The Adventures of Book Signing by Cheryl Ganz
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) […]