Stephen Cramer is the author of Shiva’s Drum, a National Poetry Series winner. He teaches in the creative writing program at Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont. His new book, […]
Burl Ives: “Solidarity Forever” by Bucky Halker
Bucky Halker is a songwriter, performer, labor historian, Senior Program Officer of the Illinois Humanities Council, and a Producer of the Folksongs of Illinois CD series that the University of […]
Following a Hunch about Tomatoes by Andrew F. Smith
Andrew F. Smith is a freelance writer who teaches culinary history and professional food writing at the New School in Manhattan. He is the author of many books, including The […]
Just Landed: Tom Goyens’s “Beer and Revolution”
A copy of Tom Goyens’s new book Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880-1914 just landed on my desk. The official publication date is November […]
Confessions of a Retired Copy Editor, Part 1 by Mary Giles
Most copy editors don’t plan to be copy editors. We plan to teach math, philosophy, art history, or maybe the third grade; report the daily news; or perhaps travel the […]
The Chicago Marathon Water Controversy by Andrew Suozzo
Andrew Suozzo is a professor of Modern Languages at DePaul University and the author of The Chicago Marathon (University of Illinois Press, 2006). Suozzo is currently teaching a course on […]
Launch party for Frances E. Willard book
The Frances Willard Historical Association is sponsoring a launch party for the new book Let Something Good Be Said: Speeches And Writings Of Frances E. Willard at 7:30 P.M. on […]
Roni Stoneman sighting at IBMA
“…and Roni Stoneman who was drawing folks to the University of Illinois book booth on Wednesday afternoon like ants to sugar…” […]
Just Landed: Randi Storch’s “Red Chicago”
A copy of Randi Storch’s new book Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35 just landed on my desk. The official publication date is November 12, 2007, but it […]
Jane Bernstein in The New York Times Magazine
The October 7, 2007, issue of The New York Times Magazine featured a “Lives” essay by Jane Bernstein that was adapted from her new book Rachel in the World. V […]
R. Michelson Galleries to celebrate Leonard Nimoy’s The Full Body Project
Richard Michelson, author of the University of Illinois Press poetry book Battles and Lullabies, is hosting Leonard Nimoy’s The Full Body Project photography exhibition at his R. Michelson Galleries in […]
Jane Bernstein Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review
Jane Bernstein’s new book Rachel in the World: A Memoir received a favorable review in the September 30th issue of her hometown daily, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Jane will be discussing […]