In Public Affairs Quarterly 40.1, Ezekiel Vergara ( @upenn.edu ) considers Marxist arguments for, and against, race-based reparations, and offers a framework with which to consider these arguments. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/arti...

In Journal of Education Finance & Law 50.3, @elizabethzagata.bsky.social ( @wested.org ) + Tracy Sinclair ( @uconn.bsky.social ) study how participating in due process hearings affect teachers' behaviors + attitudes. cc: @educationlaw.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jefl/art...

For your listening pleasure, author William Tishler talks about his new book on famed landscape architect Jens Jensen with Darrel Morrison rss.com/podcasts/uip...

First day of the @asalh-bhm.bsky.social annual meeting! Visit our virtual exhibit and take 40% off all African American history books with code ASALH100 at checkout! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/as... #ASALH26

Cynthia was a true original and an indefatigable force, and I still can’t quite believe she’s gone. She was reviewing the copy edits on her latest book, ”On the Heartland Road,” when she died, and it’ll be out next summer from @illinoispress.bsky.social. I’m honored to help bring it to completion.

A Remembrance of Cynthia Clampitt

David Hammond on the longtime Chicago writer and Newcity contributor, who was seventy-five.

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"The Hours Are Long But the Pay is Low" Spotted in the wild at McNally Jackson books in NYC by my eagle-eyed editor @marthabayne.bsky.social Now, don't hurt yourselves rushing on over there to snap it up. @millerscave.bsky.social @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #alternativecountry

thisispygmalion.com/rob-miller/ Reminder for the Champaign/Urbana area Sunday @ 4pm at the famed #rosebowltavern, I'll be in convo w/ Matt Lunsford from @polyvinyl.bsky.social Label founder/owner to label founder/owner. A different twist I'm excited about. #pygmalion @illinoispress.bsky.social

Happy Pub Date to SPORTS, POWER, AND RESISTANCE: An Introduction to Critical Sports Studies edited by @tpoates.bsky.social and Travis Vogan! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... #Sports #MediaStudies #AmericanHistory

Don't miss Mia Mask, author of BLACK RODEO (www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...) at the National Black Book Festival -- the LARGEST #AfricanAmerican #BookFestival in the South! -- October 22-24, 2026! www.nationalblackbookfestival.com #nbbf2026

Here you go! Part 2 of our #NationalTranslationMonth Reading List: A Focus on Translation in Mormon Studies! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/na...

September is #IndianaArchaeologyMonth! Check out an article from Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 48.3 about a model for buried site potential developed following geoarchaeological investigations conducted along the White River valley in Indiana scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/art...

Happy #ClassicalMusicMonth to two new books! 1️⃣ HPSCHD: Inside John Cage and Lejaren A. Hiller Jr.'s Radical Multimedia Collaboration by @tiffanyfunk 2️⃣ THE OPERATIC KALEIDOSCOPE: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by @kristenmturner.bsky.social

In honor of #InternationalDayofPeace, check out an article from Vol. 21, Iss. 1 of The Pluralist about what is needed to effectively and actively pursue positive peace. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pluralis...

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Deserted: Life Without Local News in Rural America by Nick Mathews www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Carib, Kalinago, and Garifuna Peoples: Indigeneity, Hybridization, and Mobility in the Americas edited by Paula Prescod www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Sports, Power, and Resistance: An Introduction to Critical Sports Studies edited by Thomas P. Oates and Travis Vogan www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Operatic Kaleidoscope: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by Kristen M. Turner www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Comrade Rhys: The Life and Times of Albert Rhys Williams by William Benton Whisenhunt www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Thrilled to have contributed to this excellent volume!

For National Dance Day, check out "A Mythical Medieval Hero in Modern East Java: The Masked Dance Gunung Sari as an Alternative Model of Masculinity" by Christina Sunardi in Ethnomusicolog Vol. 64, No. 3. cc: @sem-office.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/etm/arti...

A Mythical Medieval Hero in Modern East Java: The Masked Dance Gunung Sari as an Alternative Model of Masculinity

Abstract. This article analyzes the east Javanese male-style masked dance Gunung Sari, a dance that has captivated me for the feminine qualities and ways of moving that performers in the east…

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Happy #GospelMusicHeritageMonth to SALLIE MARTIN, MOTHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC by Kay Norton! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

Happy #NationalDanceDay to four new books! Check out all our dance studies titles here: go.illinois.edu/dancebooks

In American Music Vol. 43, Iss. 1-2, Arianne Johnson Quinn reviews UNSTAGED GRIEF: MUSICALS AND MOURNING IN MIDCENTURY AMERICA by Jake Johnson scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/am/artic...

Thomas A. DuBois, co-editor of Journal of Finnish Studies, reviews "The Paganesque and the Tale of Vǫlsi" by Merrill Kaplan in JAF: A Global Quarterly (Journal of American Folklore) Vol. 139, No. 553 on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/artic...

September is #ClassicalMusicMonth! Check out a #OpenAccess article from Music and the Moving Image 18.2 on @projectmuse.bsky.social examining how subjectivity is constructed in scenes in European & American cinema that depict listening to classical music. muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Today marks the 239th ann. of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas's WHEN THE GOOD LIFE GOES BAD: The U.S. Its Seven Deadly Sins uses race, gender, class, & other lenses to break down the moral crises that define the American Dream www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

It's International Country Music Day! Celebrate with this review from Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: "Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival" by Mark Guarino @uchicagopress.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/ar...

Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival

Music journalists and aficionados who are knowledgeable of American popular music over the last century are keenly aware of Chicago's central role in the history of blues, jazz, and gospel. They will…

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Happy #InternationalCountryMusicDay to renowned singer-songwriter Cleve Francis's new memoir DO MY HEART GOOD! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

September is #MissouriArchaeologyMonth! Check out this article from Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 48.3 about archaeological and geophysical investigation of Mississippian Era "conical mounds" from the Greater Cahokia region. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/art...

Public Affairs Quarterly 40.1 is available online. Articles include "Marx & Reparations" by Ezekiel Vergara ( @upenn.edu ), "The Ethics of Funding Voluntary Retirement" by Daniel Dennis ( @ox.ac.uk ), and more. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/issu...