One of the residual benefits of scanning the trades—Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist—for reviews of University of Illinois Press books is tripping over the title of a book I might like to read. Special Topics in […]
The Chicago Tribune’s “Sexism is dealing Clinton a bad hand”
An article about women for president that doesn’t mention Women for President. […]
Just Landed: Edna G. Bay’s “Asen, Ancestors, and Vodun” and Laura Hobgood-Oster’s “Holy Dogs & Asses”
Two new books just landed on my desk: –Asen, Ancestors, and Vodun: Tracing Change in African Art by Edna G. Bay –Holy Dogs & Asses: Animals in the Christian Tradition […]
Publishers Weekly on political books
The January 14, 2008, issue of Publishers Weekly features a cover story on this season’s political books. Asked to comment on Erika Falk’s book Women for President: Media Bias in Eight […]
Books for Understanding Voting & Elections
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has updated its list of Books for Understanding Voting & Elections. We have some current titles listed including Erika Falk’s just published Women for […]
Just Landed: “The Body Eclectic” edited by Melanie Bales and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol
The new book The Body Eclectic: Evolving Practices in Dance Training just landed on my desk. The publication date is February 18, 2008, but it will be available to order by […]
Top 10 Reviewer calculation
It looks like I need to add a new contact to my review copy mailing lists. […]
Classical-Drone on John Cage
Classical-Drone recommends John Cage, David Nicholls’s new title in our American Composers series. “Barely 100 pages in length, Nicholls provides a high-level overview, and in the process he is able […]
“Forms of Constraint” author quoted in New York Times story on San Quentin
Norman Johnston, author of the University of Illinois Press book Forms of Constraint: A History of Prison Architecture, is quoted in a recent New York Times story on the facility in […]
I Love Guitar Hero
I love Guitar Hero. I’ve never played the game, but my seven-year-old played it on his cousin’s wii over the holidays. When I came home from work one day last week […]
Just Landed: “Mobilizing Minerva,” “Memories and Migrations,” and “Prosdocimo de’ Beldomandi’s ‘Plana musica & Musica speculativa'”
Three new books landed on my desk this week: –Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War by Kimberley Jensen (Publication date: February 18, 2008) –Memories and Migrations: Mapping Boricua […]
Inside Higher Ed features “Women for President”
Scott McLemee, writing in Inside Higher Ed about Erika Falk’s new book Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns, opines, “It seems like a book that Clinton’s staff would […]