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
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@illinoispress.bsky.social@illinoispress.bsky.socialGreil Marcus lists Stephen Wade's OUR COMMON LIFE in his Real Life Rock Top 10: October 5, 2026!
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@illinoispress.bsky.socialRobert 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...
@illinoispress.bsky.social@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!
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@illinoispress.bsky.socialEthnomusicology 70.2 is out online! Contributors include:
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@miguelmoniz.bsky.social ( @ics-ulisboa.bsky.social )
@maxwellyamane.bsky.social ( @ou.edu )
and more!
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@illinoispress.bsky.socialHappy (slightly belated) Pub Date to FOUNDING MOTHERS OF THE @sem-office.bsky.social by Charlotte J. Frisbie!
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@illinoispress.bsky.socialStephen 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.
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@illinoispress.bsky.socialHappy (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!
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@illinoispress.bsky.socialHappy (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!
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@julesboykoff.bsky.socialReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.socialKissa 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...
@illinoispress.bsky.socialJoin 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.
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@illinoispress.bsky.socialBook Launch & Conversation for THE KELOIDS WE HEAL on Thurs, October 15, 2026 at 6:30pm ET in the Skylight Room at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@rorotoko.comReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.socialFolk 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.comReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.social"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
@nellstra.bsky.socialReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.socialNew 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
@nellstra.bsky.socialReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.socialNew 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
@nellstra.bsky.socialReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.socialNew 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
@nellstra.bsky.socialReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.socialBook from @illinoispress.bsky.social:
The Resounding Revolution: Freedom Song after 1968 by Stephen Stacks
@nellstra.bsky.socialReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.socialBook from @illinoispress.bsky.social:
Gateway Beer: St. Louis Craft Brewing in the Shadow of Anheuser-Busch by Joel Bittle
@mngupbooks.bsky.socialReposted by @illinoispress.bsky.socialNEW IN STOCK - A different kind of sports history, Athlete and Activist is an inspiring look at heroic acts beyond our favorite games.
