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June 9, 2016 (June 14, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Power Cosmic

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The University of Illinois Press took science fiction seriously before taking science fiction seriously held its current scholarly cool. Today we continue the tradition with our popular Modern Masters of […]

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May 12, 2016 (May 12, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: The Stories We Tell

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Humanity has undoubtedly told stories since forever. Possibly our ancestors acted or danced them before speech found its way into our brains. Writing brought religious texts and Gilgamesh but even […]

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March 24, 2016 (March 24, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Workin’ on the Railroad

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Though another state calls itself the Crossroads of America, Illinois deserves the title as much as any of the Lower 48, for here the prairie gathers the railroads and interstates to […]

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March 10, 2016 (March 10, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Furry’s People

African American Studies music photography

“Virtuosity in playing blues licks is like virtuosity in celebrating the Mass, it is empty, it means nothing. Skill—competence—is a necessity, but a true blues player’s virtue lies in his […]

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February 25, 2016 (February 25, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday

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From Beyoncé to Shonda Rhimes to Laverne Cox, African American women have a higher profile up and down our pop culture than at any time in the past. Of course, […]

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January 7, 2016 (January 8, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday

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In Figure Skating in the Formative Years, historian James R. Hines traces the sport’s long history from its earliest days to the mid-twentieth century, when women helped turn it into […]

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