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December 17, 2007

NPR’s Morning Edition features “Air Castle of the South”

music reviews

  Craig Havighurst’s Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning in a piece narrated by John Ydstie. […]

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December 17, 2007

“The Archives” by Jill Hills

author commentary

Jill Hills is a professor of communications policy at the University of Westminster, Harrow, United Kingdom, and author of the new University of Illinois Press book Telecommunications and Empire. Research for […]

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December 14, 2007 (December 22, 2015)

Slate.com picks the best books of 2007

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I love year-end “Best of” lists and inevitably buy a handful of new CDs and books from my list trolling. UNCUT magazine recommended Voice of the Seven Woods so I checked […]

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December 13, 2007

Jane Bernstein interviewed on NPR’s The Story with Dick Gordon

interviews Rachel in the World

NPR’s The Story with Dick Gordon will air an interview today with University of Illinois Press author Jane Bernstein about her book Rachel in the World: A Memoir.  The program originates […]

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December 13, 2007

SecondsOut.com recommends “Sweet William”

Billy Conn boxing reviews

  Thomas Hauser, writing for the boxing site SecondsOut.com, recommends four University of Illinois Press boxing titles for your holiday gift list, including Sweet William, Andrew O’Toole’s new biography of Billy […]

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December 12, 2007 (December 12, 2007)

“Lincoln the Lawyer” wins the Barondess/Lincoln Award

awards Lincoln

Brian Dirck’s Lincoln the Lawyer was recently awarded the Barondess/Lincoln Award of The Civil War Round Table of New York.  The book, which focuses on Lincoln’s legal career prior to his presidency, has been praised […]

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December 11, 2007

Just Landed: A Wide Array of New Books

new books

The following titles arrived on my desk in late November and early December.  The official publication dates are noted at the end of each listing. Telecommunications and Empire – Jill Hills (Dec. […]

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December 10, 2007

The Houston Chronicle lauds “Rachel in the World”

Rachel in the World reviews

  Michael Berryhill praises Jane Bernstein’s Rachel in the World: A Memoir in the Houston Chronicle: “I am not entirely sure how someone who is not raising a mentally retarded child will […]

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December 6, 2007 (February 26, 2008)

Tiny Kline’s Terrifying Trip over Times Square

forthcoming books women's history

  Twice a year I visit major media outlets in New York to present books from our newest catalog.  A Spring 2008 catalog title receiving great interest is a memoir written by […]

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December 5, 2007

CMT.com Recommends Country Music Books for the Holidays

music

Writing for CMT.com (Country Music Television), Edward Morris recommends Craig Havighurst’s Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City and Diane Diekman’s Live Fast, Love Hard: The […]

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December 5, 2007

Poetry Foundation Shout Out to Stephen Cramer

author events poetry reviews

Rigoberto González gives a Poetry Foundation Wednesday Shout Out to Stephen Cramer’s new book of poetry, Tongue & Groove.  “Last week I attended a New York City book party in celebration of […]

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December 4, 2007 (December 10, 2007)

“Another episode in the life of a not-bestselling writer…” by Jane Bernstein

author commentary author events Rachel in the World

Woke up at 6 AM to drive across Pennsylvania, a state that has come to seem endlessly long. I arrived an hour early and found the bookstore from my itinerary in a […]

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