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Browse a delectable collection of compelling narratives shedding light on the personal struggles, journeys, and stories of people from all walks of life in the Biography section of the University of Illinois Press blog. The Press supports the mission of the university through the worldwide dissemination of significant scholarship, striving to enhance and extend the reputation of the university.
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Joseph Sargent, the author of Leo Sowerby, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? During my graduate student years, I was a ..read more
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2M ago
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Tania León’s Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life by Alejandro L. Madrid before the month is over! Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate ..read more
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2M ago
Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy, editors of Chicago’s Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this ..read more
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3M ago
February’s free e-book is here! Check out The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Global Activism during Jim Crow and Apartheid by Wanda A. Hendricks before the month is ..read more
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5M ago
George B. Handley, author of Lowell L. Bennion: A Mormon Educator, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I was personally familiar ..read more
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6M ago
November’s free e-book is here! Check out Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution by Simine Short before the month is over! French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave ..read more
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7M ago
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 ..read more
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7M ago
Patrick Moser, author of Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture, answers questions on his other book influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book ..read more
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7M ago
Wanda A. Hendricks, author of The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Global Activism during Jim Crow and Apartheid, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways ..read more
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7M ago
Paul Kincaid, author of Brian W. Aldiss, answers questions on his book influences, editorial discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book ..read more