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The Wire lauds “John Cage”
UK’s The Wire magazine, modern music’s arbiter of good taste, recently reviewed John Cage, David Nicholl’s “very fine book” in our American Composers series. “To the casual cultural onlooker, John Cage is […]
Bloody Williamson Revisited
When I was a kid, I spent countless hours seeking out familiar places and unspeakable acts in the soldiers of local history standing at attention on my grandmother’s bookshelf: Gallatin […]
Free textbooks!
College students received much of the blame (or credit depending on your worldview) for starting the file-sharing tide that has fundamentally changed the music business. They’re back! The Boston Globe reports, “Faced with […]
“Fun in the fridge” by Denise
Today’s Chicago Tribune features a very funny article, “Who Moved My Cheese,” with a related link, “Top 10 fridge complaints.” Since I qualify as a “vigilante,” I thought I’d take a […]
University press book controversy
Inside Higher Ed has a piece this morning on SUNY Press taking over publication rights for Black Elk Speaks from University of Nebraska Press. “For most university presses, a book […]
Gift card
Last week I finally used a local independent bookstore birthday gift card that I had received in May. Last year I was excited to use a similar gift card on a Steve […]
Beverly Lindsay interview
Hear Dr. Alvin Jones interview Beverly Lindsay about her new edited book Ralph Johnson Bunch: Public Intellectual and Nobel Peace Laureate. […]
Digital “Tear” Sheets by Denise
My first digital tear-sheet arrived today, attached to the email below. (I’ve removed identifying information to protect the sender. No subject line appeared.) Tear-sheets are pages of advertising torn out […]
Just Landed: Summer books
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past two weeks: –William Grant Still by Catherine Parsons Smith (July 21, 2008) –About Bach edited by Gregory G. Butler, […]
Background music, my top 25
Some time ago, Entertainment Weekly featured a column by author Stephen King about his 25 favorite songs. After he made his list, King checked his iTunes playlist counter and found that what he […]
Chicago Tribune on translation publishing
Following up a Translating the World panel that he moderated at this year’s Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair, Patrick Reardon profiles translation publishing at Illinois presses. “Translators are unofficial ambassadors, negotiating […]