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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth, we're celebrating Febe D. Pamonag's ISLAND OF PAIN, ISLAND OF HOPE: A Social History of Leprosy in U.S.-Occupied Philippines www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Island of Pain, Island of Hope
A Social History of Leprosy in U.S.-Occupied Philippines
Author: Febe D. Pamonag

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Robert K. Toutkoushian ( @universityofga.bsky.social ) focus on the different ways in which colleges compensate faculty for their labor in Journal of Education Finance and Law 50.3. cc: @educationlaw.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jefl/art...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

@kristenmturner.bsky.social, author of THE OPERATIC KALEIDOSCOPE (www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...) interviews Stephen Wade about his new book, OUR COMMON LIFE on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! newbooksnetwork.com/our-common-l...

Our Common Life
Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall
Author: Stephen Wade

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy (slightly belated) Pub Date to FOUNDING MOTHERS OF THE @sem-office.bsky.social by Charlotte J. Frisbie! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... #Anthropology #Folklore #Ethnomusicology #WomensStudies

Founding Mothers of the Society for Ethnomusicology
Author: Charlotte J. Frisbie

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Stephen Wade’s brand new study of folksongs, OUR COMMON LIFE, offers a particularly useful way to understand what this repertoire was and how it survived. stevenmintz.substack.com/p/the-rise-a...

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The Rise and Fall of the American Vernacular

How America Built a Common Musical Culture—and Then Forgot How to Pass It On

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy (slightly belated) Pub Date to DO MY HEART GOOD: My Odyssey Through Country Music, Medicine, and History by Cleve Francis; Co-published with Country Music Foundation Press! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Do My Heart Good
My Odyssey Through Country Music, Medicine, and HistoryCo-published with Country Music Foundation Press
Author: Cleve Francis

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy (slightly belated) Pub Date to ATHLETE AND ACTIVIST: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game by @julesboykoff.bsky.social, Alex C. Davis, and @amirarose.bsky.social, with illustrations by Martin French! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0... #Sports #BlackStudies #WomensStudies #Activism

Athlete and Activist
28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game
Author: Jules Boykoff, Alex C. Davis, and Amira Rose Davis Illustrations by Martin French

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kissa the Kitten says you can get 30% off *Athlete and Activist: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game* if you purchase it directly from @illinoispress.bsky.social using the discount code: F26UIP. www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Join photographer @jimnewberry.bsky.social at the Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music for an afternoon celebrating the release of his new book, CHICAGO MUSIC, SEEN, on Sat, October 24, 2026 at 1pm CT. buff.ly/647ogj7

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Book Launch & Conversation for THE KELOIDS WE HEAL on Thurs, October 15, 2026 at 6:30pm ET in the Skylight Room at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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ROROTOKO @rorotoko.com · 04/10/2026

Folk tradition runs on custom, not rules or laws. Stephen Wade starts a new thread on the musicians who carried it, from Bill Monroe to Uncle Dave Macon. Out from @illinoispress.bsky.social rorotoko.com/micro-inter...

Custom, not rules. Stephen Wade, Our Common Life

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ROROTOKO @rorotoko.com · 04/10/2026

"I can't teach you, but I can show you." A barn-dance veteran's whole method, in Stephen Wade's thread on how folk music is handed on. @illinoispress.bsky.social rorotoko.com/micro-inter...

“I can't teach you, but I can show you.” Stephen Wade

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New edited volume from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Tengo Sed: An Anthology of Works Celebrating Black Voices, Identities, and Personhood edited by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot and Natasha Gordon-Chipembere www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New edited volume from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Whose Beloved Community?: The Intersections of Black and LGBTQ Civil Rights edited by Dwight A. McBride, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Justin A. Joyce www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New edited volume from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Queer, Women of Color, and Critical Approaches to Feminist Mentorship and Pedagogy edited by Leandra H. Hernández, Stevie M. Munz, and Jessica Pauly www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Resounding Revolution: Freedom Song after 1968 by Stephen Stacks www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Gateway Beer: St. Louis Craft Brewing in the Shadow of Anheuser-Busch by Joel Bittle www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW IN STOCK - A different kind of sports history, Athlete and Activist is an inspiring look at heroic acts beyond our favorite games. 📚️ buff.ly/YmksZEs @illinoispress.bsky.social

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thrilled to announce that today is publication day for *Athlete and Activist: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game*, a book I co-wrote with Alex C. Davis & @amirarose.bsky.social, featuring the🔥artwork of Martin French. Published by @illinoispress.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

Screenshot of a book cover that is black with letters that are yellow white and light blue. The cover text reads "athlete and activist: 28 sports stars who changed the game" it also lists the authors names: Jules Boykoff, Alex, C Davis and Amira Rose Davis with illustrations by Martin French." in the middle are four. Illustrations, one of Megan Rapinoe, one of Colin Kaepernick, one of Jackie Robinson and one of Serena Williams

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's publication day for *Athlete and Activist: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game* & you can get 30% off the book if you purchase it directly from @illinoispress.bsky.social using the discount code: F26UIP. www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This month is #OhioArchaeologyMonth! Check out this article from Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 50.1 about a Hopewell archaeological site in southwest Ohio called the Tuner Earthworks Complex. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/art...

Cover of Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Volume 50, Issue 1, Spring 2025
Official Journal of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Inc.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On @projectmuse.bsky.social , American Music 43.3 features a colloquy on Charles Hamm at 100, including "Observations on Charles Hamm & the Rise of American Music Studies" by Deane Root, "Revisiting the Barrelhouse: Music & Dance in Call & Response" by Jeffrey Magee + more muse.jhu.edu/issue/57426

Cover of American Music, Volume 43, Issue 1-2, Spring-Summer 2025. Horizontal rectangles in a column on the right side of the cover in a gradient of yellow and green shades on white textured background.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's officially #PolishAmericanHeritageMonth! Time to celebrate by reading an article from one (or three!) of our dynamite journals (also, book bonus!) www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/20...

Three issues of Polish American Studies standing in a row on a tabletop.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

FREE TO ACCESS article from Journal of Film and Video 77.2, available October 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026: ““Roasting Mulan: Chinese Cultural Confidence and Tucao Video Remixes on Bilibili” by Pengnan Hu scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jfv/arti...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Join @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social at Civil Life Brewing Company on Thurs, November 5, 2026 at 7pm CT for a conversation about GATEWAY BEER: St. Louis Craft Brewing in the Shadow of Anheuser-Busch between author Joel Bittle and Jake Hafner. leviathanbookstore.com/events/joel-...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Stephen Wade, author of OUR COMMON LIFE: Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall, writes for @rorotoko.com about what folk tradition shows us about resourcefulness. Read it here: www.rorotoko.com/micro-interv...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October is #PennsylvaniaArchaeologyMonth! Check out an article from Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 50.2 about the geoarchaeology and occupational history of wo multicomponent archaeological sites in northwestern Pennsylvania. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/iss...

Cover of Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Volume 50, Issue 2, Summer 2025
Official Journal of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Inc.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Last day of the #ConferenceOnIllinoisHistory annual meeting! Visit our virtual exhibit and take 40% off all Illinois books with code CILH at checkout! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/20... #CILH2026

Conference on Illinois History
Springfield, IL
Oct 1&2, 2026
Get 40% off our books!
Use promo code: CILH
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy #WorldArchitectureDay to some of our best and brightest! go.illinois.edu/architecture...

Daniel Burnham and Louis Sullivan
Personal Histories of Two Icons of American Architecture
Author: Trygve Thoreson

Almost Nothing
Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth
Author: Nora Wendl

The Elements of Construction
N. Clifford Ricker, Architecture, and the University of Illinois
Author: Edited by Marci S. Uihlein

Chicagoland Dream Houses
How a Mid-Century Architecture Competition Reimagined the American Home
Author: Siobhan Moroney

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy #InternationalMusicDay to our extensive list of music books! go.illinois.edu/musicbooks

Walk a Mile in My Blues
A Memoir
Author: Curtis Salgado with Rebecca Pillsbury; Foreword by Steve Miller

The Songs of Van Dyke Parks
Durable Goods
Author: Dale Carter

HPSCHD
Inside John Cage and Lejaren A. Hiller Jr.'s Radical Multimedia Collaboration
Author: Tiffany Funk

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's #InternationalMusicDay! Today at UIP, we're celebrating Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association joining our journals program this year 🎶 Learn more here: www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...

Copy of Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, June 2026, Volume 82, No. 4 on a table next to a University of Illinois Press branded mug

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

First day of the #ConferenceOnIllinoisHistory annual meeting! Visit our virtual exhibit and take 40% off all Illinois books with code CILH at checkout! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/20... #CILH2026

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Daniel Dennis ( @ox.ac.uk ) discusses voluntary retirement and argues that the state's pensions policy should be neutral whether retirement is or is not voluntary in Public Affairs Quarterly 40.1. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/arti...

Cover of Public Affairs Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2026
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.

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Kristen Turner @kristenmturner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That's my book! Want to learn a little more? 🧵 Part 1: Three chapters that explain why opera was important in popular entertainment, who sang it, what they sang, and what the critics thought about it.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congratulations to the winners of The Council of the Bulletin for Research in Music Education's 2023 and 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Awards: Dr. David S. Miller & Dr. Jonathan Edan Dillon! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/wi...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Did you know that your favorite publisher has *TWO* podcasts? Listen to The UPside and Contemporary Film Directors from the University of Illinois Press, wherever you listen to podcasts! rss.com/podcasts/uip... #WorldPodcastDay

UPside Podcast from the University of Illinois Press. New episodes available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Last chance to get your *free* e-book of CHCIAGO LATINA TRAILBLAZERS: Testimonios of Political Activism edited by Rita D. Hernández, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, and Elena R. Gutiérrez mailchi.mp/illinois/15d... #Chicago #OralHistory #WomensStudies #LatinaStudies

September's Free E-Book! Chicago Latina Trailblazers: Testimonios of Political Activism. Edited by Rita D. Hernández, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, Elena R. Gutiérrez. University of Illinois Press.

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dr worldwide™️ @imanimosley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

EVERYONE GO GET KRISTEN’S BOOK! congrats, Kristen!!!!

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking for sports scholarship? Check out our sports journals for #NationalSportsDay! 🏆️ @journsporthist.bsky.social Learn more: www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id... cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social 🏅 Journal of Olympic Studies Learn more: www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/?id...

Copy of Journal of Sport History next to a copy of Journal of Olympic Studies

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Pub Date to THE OPERATIC KALEIDOSCOPE: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by @kristenmturner.bsky.social! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0... #AfricanAmericanStudies #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalMusicMonth

The Operatic Kaleidoscope
Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage
Author: Kristen M. Turner

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Pub Date to COMRADE RHYS: The Life and Times of Albert Rhys Williams by William Benton Whisenhunt! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... #Biography #AmericanHistory #RadicalStudies #SlavicStudies

Comrade Rhys
The Life and Times of Albert Rhys Williams
Author: William Benton Whisenhunt

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's #NationalCoffeeDay! Grab some bean juice from your favorite shop and daydream about the release of June Sawyers's #newbook CHICAGO COFFEEHOUSES: Brewing Community and Connection in the Midwest. Or better yet, preorder now! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Christopher D Thomas & Amber H Busch ( @ufresearch.bsky.social ) & @carlopedia ( @monmouthuniversity.bsky.social ) study if GenAI can enhance educators’ understanding of education law in Journal of Education Finance & Law cc @educationlaw.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jefl/art...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join @afrolatinoforum.org for a conversation with the editors and writers of TENGO SED: An Anthology of Works Celebrating Black Voices, Identities, and Personhood on Tues, October 13 at 7:30pm EST www.afrolatinoforum.org/events/celeb...

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My books about SFT are: OUT OF THIS WORLD (focusing on the top 14 SFT source languages) from @illinoispress.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=45... and SPECULATIVE FICTION IN TRANSLATION FROM AROUND THE WORLD from @uniwalespress.bsky.social www.uwp.co.uk/book/specula...

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