To continue the blog’s thread on books we’ve started but never finished: I was sitting in our family room this past weekend eyeballing the varying spines on our bookshelves. Infinite Jest […]
of or pertaining to exegesis
This morning, John Updike’s new piece in The New Yorker had me surfing over to dictionary.com to look up “exegetical,” as in “… Barbara Burkhardt’s stately, exegetical William Maxwell: A Literary […]
Jane Bernstein on Sarah Palin
Jane Bernstein, author of Rachel in the World: A Memoir, posted Sarah Palin: No Friend to Children and Adults with Disabilities on the Beacon Broadside blog. “Sarah Palin loves Trig. She is […]
Today! AAUP Book Show reception
The University of Illinois Press is hosting the (traveling) 2008 Book Show of the Association of American University Presses, September 8-19, M-F 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Forty-five winning books and thirty […]
Twirling by Her Teeth by Janet Davis
Researching the life of Tiny Kline has been filled with unexpected pleasures and surprises. Although never nationally famous, Kline’s daring and graceful performances of speed and flight touched thousands (perhaps […]
PBS affiliate explores a Lincoln-Douglas debate
WTVP, the PBS affiliate in the Bloomington-Peoria corridor of central Illinois, will air an hour long program titled Lincoln and Douglas at Galesburg—The Great Debate at 8:10 p.m., Thursday, September […]
On Joining, Blogging, and Casual Crankitude
Over at The Scholarly Kitchen, Kent Anderson writes about the recent Society for Scholarly Publishing Top Management Roundtable on new media practices central to the future of publishing. One of […]
Publishing neighbor close to sale
PW Daily reports this morning that Sports Publishing LLC, based in our hometown, has had financial difficulties lately and is being sold to a Chicago company. […]
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The Irish Times review of “Neil Jordan”
The August 9, 2008, edition of The Irish Times reviewed Maria Pramaggiore’s contribution to our Contemporary Film Directors series, Neil Jordan, in conjunction with a new book about the director […]
Reduction in university press textbook sales
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported this morning that some in the university press community are concerned about a recent downward trend in textbook sales. “‘I am hearing more and more complaints […]
The p in pb&j
Andrew Smith, author of the University of Illinois Press book Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea, is quoted in today’s Chicago Tribune on the economics of American kids’ favorite […]