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💬 "... an essential resource."

📙 Ann M. Ryan reviews "Pudd'nhead Wilson: The Authoritative Edition, with Those Extraordinary Twins" edited by Benjamin Griffin @ucpress.bsky.social in American Literary Realism (Vol. 57, No. 3) on @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

History’s Erratics Irish Catholic Dissidents and the Transformation of American Capitalism, 1870-1930 Author: David M. Emmons

We are pleased to announce that HISTORY'S ERRATICS: Irish Catholic Dissidents & the Transformation of American Capitalism, 1870-1930 by David Emmons won 2nd place for the Bohola (Mayo) McGowan Prize for Distinguished Books on Irish American History since 1800!
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It's American Artist Appreciation Month! Celebrate with Visual Arts Research, a forum for historical, critical, cultural, psychological, educational & conceptual research in visual arts & aesthetic education.

The latest issue is #OpenAccess on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/journal/481

Born in the USA: Is American Eagle really using whiteness to sell jeans? Criticised by some for promoting the language of eugenics but defended by others for killing ‘woke advertising’, the much-loved teen denim brand is causing a stir

@drariahalliday.bsky.social's BUY BLACK, is mentioned in this piece from @guardian on the new #AmericanEage #SydneySweeney ad campaign.

www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025... (behind paywall)

August's Free E-book! ROOTS OF THE BLACK RENAISSANCE New Negro Writers, Artists, and Intellectuals, 1893-1930 Edited by Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed Foreword by Darlene Clark Hine University of Illinois Press

Get your *free* e-book of ROOTS OF THE BLACK CHICAGO RENAISSANCE: New Negro Writers, Artists, and Intellectuals, 1893-1930 edited by Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed!
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#Art #BlackStudies #Chicago

Blue and green graphic reading "Free to Access Article. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. 'Discovering Unwavering Love: The Power of Community and Possibility in the Life Trajectory of a Black Gay Band Director' by Donald M. Taylor, Crystal Lynn Gerard, & Stephen. Read for free until October 31, 2025."

Free to access until 10/31: “Discovering Unwavering Love: The Power of Community and Possibility in the Life Trajectory of a Black Gay Band Director" by D. Taylor, C. L. Gerard, & Stephen in Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 242 scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/bcrme/ar...

Project MUSE - Journal of Sport History-Volume 52, Number 1, Spring 2025 This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.

📚@journsporthist.bsky.social 51.2 reviews:
1️⃣ "Class, Sports, and Social Development" @umasspress.bsky.social
2️⃣‪@michelvigneault.bsky.social‬ reviews "White Ice: Race and the Making of Atlanta Hockey" @utpress.bsky.social‬

➡️@projectmuse.bsky.social : muse.jhu.edu/issue/54597
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2025 Best Article Award from ISSEME "Terror and History on the Lid of the Franks Casket" by Jill Fitzgerald in the Journal of English and Germanic Philology Free until 9/30/25 University of Illinois Press logo and journal cover image

🎉 Jill Fitzgerald's “Terror and History on the Lid of the Franks Casket” in The Journal of English and Germanic Philology has won the 2025 Award for Best Article from @isseme2025.bsky.social!

Read FREE until Sept 30! 🥳 cc: @ndiscenza1.bsky.social

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July's Free E-Book! MONEY, MARRIAGE, AND MADNESS: The Life of Anna Ott By Kim E. Nielsen University of Illinois Press

Last day to get your *free* e-book of MONEY, MARRIAGE, AND MADNESS: The Life of Anna Ott by ‪@kenielsen.bsky.social‬!
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#DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityStudies #DisHist

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Haaaaaave you met Sloane?

Sloane Ebbay was the 2025 UIP ‘Round-the-Press Intern & here are his thoughts on working at UIP, just in time for #NationalInternDay!
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Did you know it's Uncommon Instruments Awareness Day? In recognition, check out "The Hidden Music of a Hidden People: The Case of Amakhuwa of Northern Mozambique" by Luca Bussotti and Laura António Nhaueleque in Ethnomusicology Vol. 67, No. 3: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/etm/arti...

Check out this review in @dialoguejournal.bsky.social 58.1! @jacoblbender.bsky.social discusses "Salt That Lost Its Savor" (2024) by Ryan Habermeyer from Cornerstone Press.
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Alpine Mushrooms of North America Treasures above Treeline Author: Cathy L. Cripps

Did you know that field season for alpine fungi -- tiny mushrooms that index the advance of global climate change -- starts at the end of July & goes into August?

Now you do.

ALPINE MUSHROOMS OF NORTH AMERICA is now available for pre-order.
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Cover of Italica, Volume 101, Number 3, Fall 2024 Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian Blue background with lighter blue silhouette of the country of Italy.

In Italica 101.3, Charles Burdett ‪@ilcs.bsky.social‬ argues that greater awareness of Italy's colonial past serves a function of crucial importance in encouraging more informed approaches to Italy's historical relation to Islam & the Islamic world. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ital/art...

Review: Ever So Slow Integration, Justice Batted Last, by Don Zminda | Third Coast Review Zminda writes that, in putting Minoso and Banks on the field, the White Sox and Cubs “would up with players so talented and beloved that each team erected statues of them at their ballpark.”

Always happy to read one of Patrick Reardon's reviews for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. A new history on baseball's color line and the incredible players white MLB failed to give greater recognition, cheating the players, the fans, and themselves.

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Time stamps show my descent into madness as the copyediting process continued. Marketing questionnaire shows...well, how to pronounce "Haala," I guess. (And/or how uncool I am.)

Both sent off to @illinoispress.bsky.social as of this morning! "When Democrats Won the Heartland" inches closer!

Cover of Polish American Studies, Vol. 82, No. 1, Spring 2025 White and red color block background with photo: St. Peter and Paul Church, formerly St. Stanislaus Kostka, the first Polish church in the Pacific Northwest, Tacoma, WA.

‪"The historian Anna Müller has achieved something remarkable in her account of the life of Tonia Lechtman." Sean Martin reviews "An Ordinary Life? The Journeys of Tonia Lechtman" @ohiounivpress.bsky.social‬ in Polish American Studies Vol. 82, No. 1. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pas/arti...

ICYMI in Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 46.2, LaDu contributes a comparative study of 10 nonmound Terminal Woodland period Coles Creek sites.
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Cover of Journal of American Ethnic History, Spring 2025, Volume 44, Number 3 Yellow and Black color-blocked background with image of North America on a globe, includes list of authors

Suzanne Orr ( @kstate.bsky.social ) examines how the United States accepted twenty thousand stateless Russian refugees between the world wars in Journal of American Ethnic History 44.3. cc: @iehs.bsky.social
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Unlearning the Hush Virtual Celebration and Poetry/Visual Art Event This is a poetry reading and art talk to celebrate Unlearning the Hush and the educators whose oral histories are included in the book.

Register below to help Marlee Bunch, author of the new book UNLEARNING THE HUSH: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era, celebrate her new book *in virtual style* on Sat, Aug 2 at 3pm CDT!
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Thank you for your interest in Polish American Studies! We'll continue to post about all of our journals and publications here on the University of Illinois Press account, but we will pass along your message to the journal's editorial team.

Cover of Public Affairs Quarterly, Volume 38, Issue 4, January 2023 Yellow letters spell "PAQ" at the top of the page on an orange rectangle, with a thin blue rectangle below separating it from the rest of the beige background.

For #NationalSoccerDay, revisit our interview with Jørn Sønderholm about his article on the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, published in Vol. 37, Iss. 1 of Public Affairs Quarterly.
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Introducing . . . the UIP Fall/Winter 2025 catalog!
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Beyond the Field How Soccer Built Community in the United States Author: Brian D. Bunk

Happy #NationalSoccerDay to one of our newest books!

BEYOND THE FIELD: How Soccer Built Community in the United States by Brian D. Bunk draws on the human stories behind the clubs and cups in the formative era of American soccer, 1880–1920.
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15th Anniversary of Journal of Animal Ethics - Illinois Press Blog In 2025, Journal of Animal Ethics celebrates its fifteenth volume year. This blog post recognizes the milestone with a brief history of the Journal, highlights, subscription and submission…

In honor of the 15th anniversary of Journal of Animal Ethics, all of the scholarship in Vol. 1, Iss. 1 will be completely free to access for the rest of the year! Check out our blog post to learn more about the journal and the free content available in 2025:

Celebrate National Tree Day 🌳 with "Trees, Woodlands, & Forests in Old Norse-Icelandic Culture" by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough in Journal of English & Germanic Philology.

Black Women's Art Ecosystems Sites of Wellness and Self-Care Author: Tanisha M. Jackson

#BlackWomensEqualPayDay is a stark reminder of the ongoing gender & racial wage gap in the workplace.

@dr._monconjae's BLACK WOMEN'S ART ECOSYSTEMS looks at Black women who use their artwork as acts of resistance, self-expression, and holistic wellness.
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Cripping the Archive Disability, History, and Power Author: Edited by Jenifer L. Barclay and Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy Foreword by Jaipreet Virdi

#OTD in 1990, the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct was signed.

@jenbarclay.bsky.social & @stefhuntkennedy.bsky.social's new book, CRIPPING THE ARCHIVE, is an essential contribution to research methods & #disabilityjustice.
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Project MUSE - American Literary Realism-Volume 57, Number 3, Spring 2025 This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.

🆕 American Literary Realism! Vol. 57, No. 3, features work by Michael Anesko, Henry B. Wonham, Hsuan Hsu (@ucdlands.bsky.social), editor Gary Scharnhorst, and more, all on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54644

"This is a red flag for me, and in my experience also for my colleagues in marketing."

Editor alisonsyring.bsky.social‬‬ discusses *~the book proposal~* in her latest blog post.
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/acquiring-with-alison-volume-4-do-i-have-to-write-a-proposal/