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University of Illinois Press book featured on WGN-TV
October 23, 2009
On October 23, 2009, during the Midday News program, WGN-TV interviewed photographer Gary Cialdella about his University of Illinois Press book The Calumet Region: An American Place.
http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/wgntv-midday-fix-gary-cialdella-102309,0,3849584.story
University of Illinois Press book featured on WTTW-PBS Chicago
October 20, 2009
On October 20, 2009, during the Chicago Tonight program, WTTW-TV (PBS) interviewed photographer Gary Cialdella about his University of Illinois Press book The Calumet Region: An American Place.
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80,3&player=LKuixhzDPK&rel=NCUH7PxJEgbv6vB7GcVDURLpRWt2Pbzo
University of Illinois Press book featured on WGN-TV
October 20, 2009
On October 20, 2009, during the Midday News program, WGN-TV interviewed Larry and Alaina Kanfer about their new University of Illinois Press book Barns of Illinois.
http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/wgntv-midday-fix-barns-of-illinois-102009,0,7512714.story
University of Illinois Press book featured on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross
October 15, 2009
On October 15, 2009, NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross profiled the new University of Illinois Press book King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11382600
University of Illinois Press book reviewed in The Wall Street Journal
September 5, 2009
"More thorough biographies than Mr. Rimler's slender volume exist ... but for those of us interested less in the technical details of Gershwin's music and its performance than in the comet called George Gershwin that blazed briefly across American skies, Mr. Rimler is the astronomer of choice."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574377092175392828.htm
University of Illinois Press book featured in the Chicago Tribune
September 2, 2009
The September 2, 2009, issue of the Chicago Tribune includes a profile of Joe McFarland and Gregory Mueller's new book Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States.
"If you thought wild mushroom hunting ended with the spring, then perhaps you're hallucinating."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-0902-mushroom-booksep02,0,1367356.story
University of Illinois Press book featured on WTTW-PBS Chicago
August 26, 2009
On August 26, 2009, during the Chicago Tonight program, WTTW-TV (PBS) interviewed photographer Larry Kanfer about his forthcoming University of Illinois Press book Barns of Illinois.
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,8&vid=082609d
Answering the Big Questions About Health Care Reform
August 24, 2009
A major health care reform debate is occurring between Democrats and Republicans, insurance companies and consumer organizations, and large and small businesses. Citizens should be part of this debate by telling elected representatives how they feel about health care reform. Yet how you feel depends on how you answer several big questions. IGPA Director Robert Rich breaks down these questions.
http://www.igpa.uillinois.edu/media/rich-HealthReformAug2009
University of Illinois Press book featured in Inside Higher Ed
August 20, 2009
The August 20, 2009, edition of Inside Higher Ed features an interview with Stefan Bradley, author of the new University of Illinois Press book Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s.
http://www.onlyagame.org/2009/08/saturday-august-14-2009/
University of Illinois Press book reviewed in The New York Times
August 16, 2009
The August 16, 2009, edition of The New York Times features a review of the University of Illinois Press book Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People.
"Mr. Josephson's voice comes through, gentle, passionate, occasionally larger than life."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/nyregion/16book.html?_r=1
University of Illinois Press book featured on National Public Radio's Only a Game
August 15, 2009
On the August 15, 2009, edition of NPR's Only a Game sports program, author Kurt Kemper was interviewed about his new University of Illinois Press book College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era.
http://www.onlyagame.org/2009/08/saturday-august-14-2009/
University of Illinois Press book featured on WGN-TV
August 11, 2009
On August 11, 2009, during the Midday News program, WGN-TV interviewed author John Hallwas about his University of Illinois Press book Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers.
http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/middayfix/wgntv-hblock-dimenovel-081109,0,6466503.stor
University of Illinois Press book reviewed in The Wall Street Journal
August 7, 2009
The August 7, 2009, edition of The Wall Street Journal features a review of the new University of Illinois Press book Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204313604574330671918288990.html
University of Illinois Press book featured on WGN-TV
August 4, 2009
On August 4, 2009, during the Midday News program, WGN-TV interviewed authors Joe McFarland and Gregory Mueller about their University of Illinois Press book Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States.
http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/middayfix/wgntv-hblock-mushroombook-080409,0,1348989.story
University of Illinois Press book reviewed in the Chicago Sun-Times
August 2, 2009
The August 2, 2009, issue of the Chicago Sun-Times featured a review of Richard Hughes's new book Christian America and the Kingdom of God.
"Hughes busts the myth of America as a Christian nation by quoting widely from the Bible and showing how American actions since the founding of the republic have often contradicted the central scriptural teaching of peace on earth and goodwill to man. . . . A genuinely thought-provoking read, Christian America and the Kingdom of God makes one wonder if those who wage wars and bloodshed in the name of God do really know the holy canon."
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/books/1694979,SHO-Books-hughes02.article
University of Illinois Press book featured on Chicago Public Radio
July 29, 2009
On the July 29, 2009, edition of WBEZ/Chicago Public Radio's Eight Forty-Eight news program, author Linda Royster Beito was interviewed about her University of Illinois Press book Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power.
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=35832
IGPA provides leadership for Midwest lawmakers' gathering
July 10, 2009
Two members of the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and Public Affairs - J. Fred Giertz and James D. Nowlan - will be among the leaders for a regional gathering of state legislators July 10-14 in Madison, Wisconsin.
http://www.igpa.uillinois.edu/press/bowhay
University of Illinois Press book featured on WGN-TV
June 5, 2009
On June 5, 2009, in the 11:00 a.m. news hour, WGN-TV interviewed author Cheryl Ganz about her University of Illinois Press book The 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/middayfix/wgntv-mdf-cherylganz-060509,0,1735257.story
University of Illinois Press book reviewed in the Los Angles Times
June 4, 2009
The June 4, 2009, edition of the Los Angeles Times includes a sparkling review of Joe McElhaney's book Albert Maysles, a new volume in the University of Illinois Press' Contemporary Film Directors series.
"McElhaney's biography runs like a classic Maysles brother film, sticking to the facts, letting personal back story slip in here and there, and presenting an end-of-the-book Q&A as a sort of DVD commentary track."
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book4-2009jun04,0,3980466.story
University of Illinois Press book reviewed in The Wall Street Journal
April 6, 2009
The April 6, 2009, edition of The Wall Street Journal features a review of the new book Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People.
"Cafe Society is a valuable document in the long, complex tale of America's popular culture. Barney Josephson played his part in that tale, and played it with honor. And he certainly had a long run."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123897470854591073.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_itp
University of Illinois Press book featured in Inside Higher Ed
February 18, 2009
The February 18, 2009, edition of Inside Higher Ed features a review of the new English translation of Michael Tardieu's Manichaeism.
http://www.insidehighered.com/layout/set/print/views/2009/02/18/mclemee
University of Illinois Press books on Lincoln featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 13, 2009
The February 13, 2009, issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes a "Field Report" on Abraham Lincoln studies. The article features multiple references to University of Illinois Press titles, plus a quote from Rodney O. Davis, co-editor of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i23/23b00401.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
University of Illinois Press author featured in the Chicago Tribune
January 26, 2009
The January 24, 2009, issue of the Chicago Tribune profiled Illinois poet laureate and University of Illinois Press author Kevin Stein.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0124-poet-laureatejan24,0,6004425,print.column
Kevin Stein's new book of poems, Sufficiency of the Actual, was published on January 5, 2009.
University of Illinois Press book praised in the Chicago Sun-Times
January 11, 2009
The January 11, 2009, issue of the Chicago Sun-Times praised the new book of poems by University of Illinois Press author Kevin Stein.
"A skilled reader, Stein is at home playing with Aristotlean definitions and Wittgenstein conundrums as well as miscarriages and night-shift factory work. There is a healthy respect for rock 'n' roll — the Who, for example — and enough common sense to have a healthy disrespect for the legends who are rock 'n' roll."
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/books/1371400,SHO-Books-poetry11.article#
Kevin Stein's new book of poems, Sufficiency of the Actual, was published on January 5, 2009.