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. […]
“The Archives” by Jill Hills
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 […]
Slate.com picks the best books of 2007
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 […]
Jane Bernstein interviewed on NPR’s The Story with Dick Gordon
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 […]
SecondsOut.com recommends “Sweet William”
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 […]
“Lincoln the Lawyer” wins the Barondess/Lincoln Award
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 […]
Just Landed: A Wide Array of 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. […]
The Houston Chronicle lauds “Rachel in the World”
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 […]
Tiny Kline’s Terrifying Trip over Times Square
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 […]
CMT.com Recommends Country Music Books for the Holidays
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 […]
Poetry Foundation Shout Out to Stephen Cramer
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 […]
“Another episode in the life of a not-bestselling writer…” by Jane Bernstein
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 […]