Archive for 'Biography / Autobiography'
Happy birthday, Lillian Wald
Today we celebrate the birthday of Lillian Wald (1867-1940), founder of Henry Street Settlement on New York’s Lower East Side as well as the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Wald was a second-generation German Jewish immigrant who developed close associations with Jewish New York even as she consistently dismissed claims that her work emerged [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2010 under American History, Biography / Autobiography, UNC Press Authors, Women's Studies.
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Louisa May Alcott and the Godmother of Punk
We love it when new UNC Press books seem to be in conversation with other books of the moment. Take Patti Smith’s acclaimed new memoir, Just Kids (HarperCollins 2010), which offers an inside look at the punk pioneer’s artistic influences and collaborations, including Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Mapplethorpe, Bruce Springsteen, Sam Shepard, and Fred “Sonic” Smith–all [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2010 under American History, American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Interviews, Music, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
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Joan Waugh on Grant v. Reagan (yes, as in Ulysses S. and Ronald)
Have you heard? Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has sponsored a bill to replace U.S. Grant on the $50 bill with Ronald Reagan. In an op-ed for the LA Times, Grant biographer Joan Waugh offers a brief history lesson in defense of the Union general and 18th President of the United States and cautions against further [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2010 under American History, Biography / Autobiography, Civil War, Current Events, History, Politics, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
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An NAACP Anniversary: Looking Back at Ella Baker
Today, February 12th, 2010, marks the 101st anniversary of one of the nation’s most important organizations, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Because of today’s important nature, we want to focus on someone central to the organization’s success, as well as many more victories in the civil rights movement.
Born in 1903, Ella Baker [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2010 under African American History, African American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Civil Rights, History, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
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Charron Discusses the Life of Septima Clark on the State of Things today
In the mid-1950s, Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987), a former public school teacher, developed a citizenship training program that enabled thousands of African Americans to register to vote and then to link the power of the ballot to concrete strategies for individual and communal empowerment. In Freedom’s Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark, Katherine Mellen Charron [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2009 under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Civil Rights, Podcasts, TSoT, UNC Press Authors.
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UNC Press Goes West (And Likes It)
First, let’s set the scene:
A little closer…
Last Sunday, UNC Press held a book party at the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. The event celebrated three of our fall 2009 titles:
Foy Allen Edelman, author of SWEET CAROLINA, spent six years traveling every inch of North Carolina to collect the best in local dessert recipes; [...]
Posted: October 28th, 2009 under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Civil Rights, Cooking / Food, Fiction, History, Literature, Local Independent Booksellers, Media Studies, Music, North Carolina, Recipes, Southern Studies, Travel, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News, folklore.
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Happy Birthday, Annie Oakley
A guest post today from Laura Browder, author of Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America and the forthcoming (May 2010) When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans, which features photographs by Sascha Pflaeging.
Let’s take a moment today to celebrate the 149th birthday of Annie Oakley. But let’s remember her not [...]
Posted: August 13th, 2009 under American History, American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Guest Bloggers, History, Women's Studies.
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Michael Jackson and a Lifetime of Celebrity
Last month, the passing of Michael Jackson sent people all across the globe into mourning. From his most loyal listeners to even those too young to remember Jackson the musician but instead Jackson the punchline to jokes, the outpouring of respect for one person was unparalleled in this decade. In the following guest post, Charles [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2009 under American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Current Events, Media Studies, UNC Press Authors.
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A world without E. Lynn Harris (1955-2009)
Last week best-selling fiction writer E. Lynn Harris died at the age of 54. Harris’s closeted and openly gay black characters paved the way for a new and vibrant genre of popular literature with widespread appeal. Personally, Harris was a kind and generous man who sought to encourage and support other gay black writers, including [...]
Posted: July 27th, 2009 under African American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Current Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Guest Bloggers, Literature, Southern Studies.
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SIBA book award finalists include Holy Smoke & biography of Susie Sharp
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance is narrowing in on the year’s best southern books. Here’s how they describe the process:
Each year, hundreds of booksellers across the South vote on their favorite hand-sell books of the year. These are the Southern books they have most enjoyed selling to customers; the ones that they couldn’t stop talking [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2009 under American History, Awards, Biography / Autobiography, Cooking / Food, Law / Legal History, Local Independent Booksellers, North Carolina, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
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In memoriam, Archie Green (1917-2009)
I wrote briefly last week (in rather vague terms) about some of Archie Green’s accomplishments. Over the weekend, the New York Times and Los Angeles Times both published lengthy obituaries. I wanted to offer a more personal glimpse of him here from a longtime friend and colleague of Green’s, Robert Cantwell. In 2001 UNC Press [...]
Posted: April 2nd, 2009 under American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Guest Bloggers, Labor Studies, UNC Press News, folklore.
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Remembrances for Franklin abound
Our hearts are warmed by the outpouring of remembrances for John Hope Franklin. We’ve been blogging about it the past couple of days (here and here), but there’s no letting up yet.
In a New York Times editorial, Brent Staples cites John Hope’s “groundbreaking work on free Negroes in antebellum North Carolina” (that would be JHF’s [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Current Events, History, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
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Busy week – check out these events
If you’re in NC, you’ve got a couple chances to catch up with our busily touring authors this week.
Tonight!!, Tuesday, March 24:
Nancy Carter Crump, reception @ 5 pm, reading @ 5:45pm, Wilson Library UNC-CH. The author of Hearthside Cooking will be featured as part of the Southern Historical Collection Book Series, featuring authors whose research [...]
Posted: March 24th, 2009 under American History, Biography / Autobiography, Cooking / Food, Cuba, Events, Local Independent Booksellers, Military History, Military Studies, North Carolina, Politics, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
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Places to go, people to see
The sun is just starting to break through the morning cloud cover on this warm spring day. Last day of sunshine before we roll into a week of rain here in the Triangle, say the weather forecasters, so let’s make the most of it!
In the next few days, there will be several opportunities to hear [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2009 under African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Civil War, Cooking / Food, Current Events, Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, History, Interviews, Local Independent Booksellers, Military History, Military Studies, North Carolina, Podcasts, Southern Studies, The Book Biz, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
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Your Weekend To-Do List
Yes, you! Cool stuff happening this weekend. Radio, Internet, and Real-Life events that deserve your attention:
Robert McElvaine on All Things Considered – Today, Friday, to discuss FDR’s letters from Americans and the letter-reading habit President Obama has picked up. I know, we teased you earlier in the week because we thought his conversation would air [...]
Posted: February 27th, 2009 under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Cooking / Food, Ethics, Events, Health / Medicine, North Carolina, Podcasts.
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