Skip to content

Illinois Press Blog

Archives

Categories

Search…

June 16, 2008 (June 17, 2008)

Some Houses by Maura Stanton

author commentary poetry

When I was a child growing up in the Midwest—in a suburb of Peoria, Illinois to be exact—my favorite time of week was Saturday morning. That’s when my father, a salesman […]

Read More

June 13, 2008 (June 16, 2008)

Remembering Eliot Asinof

BookExpo Chicago

The news of Eliot Asinof’s passing earlier this week brought back memories of having spent time with him at a BEA in the late 90s. The show was enjoying its […]

Read More

June 12, 2008 (June 24, 2008)

Just Landed: New books

new books

Many new books have landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Feminist Coalitions: Historical Perspectives on Second-Wave Feminism in the United States edited by Stephanie Gilmore (June 2, […]

Read More

June 11, 2008 (June 11, 2008)

“Red Chicago” profiled on Chicago Public Radio

Chicago interviews

Randi Storch’s recent book Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35 will be featured Thursday, June 12, on Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty-Eight program, between 9:00am-10:00am. Listen live, or download it from the […]

Read More

June 11, 2008 (June 17, 2008)

Rain, rain go away…

Chicago miscellaneous

The Printers Row Book Fair is a great event. On two days in early June we display our new trade books, plus books with a Chicago focus, and sell directly to the consumer. It’s rare that […]

Read More

June 10, 2008 (June 10, 2008)

The beginning

BookExpo

 Gotta set up the booth.           […]

Read More

June 10, 2008 (June 10, 2008)

The middle

BookExpo

First morning.           […]

Read More

June 10, 2008 (June 11, 2008)

The end

BookExpo

Posing after the contract workers did all of the heavy lifting.           […]

Read More

June 10, 2008 (June 13, 2008)

Obama the new John Mercer Langston?

miscellaneous

The June 7, 2008, edition of the Washington Post included a piece titled The ‘Obama Before Obama,’ which highlights the life of 19th-century black leader John Mercer Langston and interviews […]

Read More

June 9, 2008

What do you use as a bookmark?

Uncategorized

This morning Shelf Awareness alerted its readers to a piece on the AbeBooks website about items that have been found in used books, long-forgotten by the original owner. $40,000, anyone? […]

Read More

June 6, 2008 (June 13, 2008)

Popmatters reviews “Follow Your Heart”

black studies music reviews

Joe Evans and Christopher Brooks’s Follow Your Heart received an 8 out of 10 from Popmatters. “The life of Joe Evans is intriguingly scattershot and full of cameos from celebrities […]

Read More

June 5, 2008 (June 5, 2008)

The Times Literary Supplement reviews two new Dreiser volumes

reviews

The May 30, 2008, issue of The Times Literary Supplement includes a joint review of Theodore Dreiser’s A Picture and a Criticism of Life: New Letters, Volume 1 edited by Donald Pizer, […]

Read More

  • «
  • 1
  • …
  • 258
  • 259
  • 260
  • 261
  • 262
  • …
  • 277
  • »
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: UI Press Custom by understrap.com.(Version: 1.0.0)