Dana Greene, author of Jane Kenyon: The Making of a Poet, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I like Kenyon’s poetry. […]
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Q&A with Gene Allen, author of MR. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gene Allen, author of Mr. Associated Press: Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: […]
Q&A with Taylor Hagood, author of STRINGBEAN
Taylor Hagood, author of Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Music Legend, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? This […]
Q&A with Catherine Russell, author of THE CINEMA OF BARBARA STANWYCK
Catherine Russell, author of The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Howard Pollack, author of SAMUEL BARBER
Howard Pollack, author of Samuel Barber: His Life and Legacy, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? For all my artist biographies, […]
Free E-book Giveaway: UNLIKELY ANGEL
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton by Lydia R. Hamessley before the month is over! Dolly Parton’s success as a performer and […]
Q&A with Robert W. Cherny, author of HARRY BRIDGES
Robert W. Cherny, author of Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: Why did you decide […]
QUEER COUNTRY Tops the 2022 Charts
2022 was a great year for music books, especially Queer Country by Shana Goldin-Perschbacher, which topped multiple “Best of” lists, including: No Depression‘s 2022’s Most Memorable Music Books Variety‘s The Best […]
Two UIP books have been named winners of the Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Book Awards
We are pleased to announce that two UIP books have been named winners of the Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Book Awards in pop music for titles published in 2020: Unlikely Angel: The […]
Q&A with Steve Fishell, author of BUDDY EMMONS
Steve Fishell, author of Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]
MOVIE WORKERS Awarded the Theatre Library Association’s 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize
We are pleased to announce that Melanie Bell’s book, Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema, has won the 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize for an exemplary work in the field […]
TANIA LEÓN’S STRIDE Awarded Bronze Medal at the 2022 International Latin Book Awards
We are pleased to announce that Tania León’s Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life by Alejandro L. Madrid was awarded the Bronze Medal in the category of Best Biography in English at […]