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IOPN is delighted to announce the upcoming publication of Daniel G. Tracy’s critical edition of Anita Loos’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. As editor of the first critical edition of Loos’s iconic novel since its initial publication a century ago, Tracy…| iopn.library.illinois.edu
The book cover of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: A Critical EditionIOPN is delighted to announce the upcoming publication of Daniel G. Tracy’s critical edition of Anita Loos’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. As editor of the first critical edition of Loos’s iconic novel since its initial publication a century ago, Tracy provides essential context to the novel about a globetrotting flapper, her best friend, and her many suitors. This project appeared in beta format in 2021 with initial content incl...| Illinois Open Publishing Network
IOPN is excited to announce the upcoming publication of DH+BH: An Interdisciplinary Collection on Digital Humanities and Book History, edited by Spencer Keralis and Cait Coker. This collection of essays examines how digital humanities and book history are both potentially expansive tools for advocacy, activism, and recovery work, and extends an invitation to readers to reflect on power, privilege, and potential in both fields.| Illinois Open Publishing Network
IOPN is thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of Decoding Cultural Literacy: Rhetorically Analyzing Everyday Media for Professional Writers by Kandice Fowlkes. Fowlkes’s work provides writers with guidelines for how to research, break down, and develop cultural literacy for a… Continue reading “Forthcoming from IOPN: Decoding Cultural Literacy: Rhetorically Analyzing Everyday Media for Professional Writers”…| Illinois Open Publishing Network
IOPN is excited to announce the upcoming publication of The Motherhood Aesthetic in Contemporary Black American Plays by La Tanya L. Reese Rogers and Tanya E. Walker. Rogers and Walker’s publication analyzes five plays by contemporary Black female playwrights through the theoretical framework of the “Black female Motherhood Aesthetic,” which foregrounds the experiences of Black mothers and motherhood in modern America. | Illinois Open Publishing Network
IOPN is thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of Beyond NOLA: Exploring Zora Neale Hurston in Bogalusa, Louisiana’s Magic City by Sondra Bickham Washington, Assistant Professor of American Literature at Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University. Washington’s work examines… Continue reading “Forthcoming from IOPN: Beyond NOLA: Exploring Zora Neale Hurston in Bogalusa Louisiana’s Magic City”…| Illinois Open Publishing Network
IOPN is excited to announce the upcoming publication of Shining Stars: African American Women Authors of the Civil War Era by Lavonda Kay Broadnax, an independent researcher and retired Library of Congress librarian. Her project was inspired by her desire to… Continue reading “Forthcoming from IOPN: Shining Stars: African American Women Authors of the Civil War Era”…| Illinois Open Publishing Network
Book cover for “Enrolling as Cherokee Freedmen.”IOPN is excited to announce the publication of Enrolling as Cherokee Freedmen: Social Networks of Rejected Applicants by Hai In Jo. This publication began with researching archival materials in the Cherokee Freedman Collection at Texas A&M’s Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, and grew into a project that sought to examine and highlight the racial marginalization of Black residents in the Cherokee census rolls. | Illinois Open Publishing Network
IOPN is thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of Peripheral Narratives and Knowledge Production in Soviet and Contemporary Central Asia, 1917-Present, edited by Eva Rogaar, Joe Lenkart, and Katherine Ashcraft. The volume examines historical and current practices of knowledge production and preservation in Central Asia, with a particular focus on how institutions shape collective memory. Consisting of ten chapters and an introduction, contributing authors include scholars both from and...| Illinois Open Publishing Network
IOPN is excited to announce that the University of Illinois Journal of Medicine (UIJM) has officially launched and is now accepting submissions for its inaugural issue. The University of Illinois Journal of Medicine is a student-initiated journal sponsored by Carle Illinois College of Medicine that is committed to publishing high-quality biomedical research.| Illinois Open Publishing Network
IOPN is thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of Commentaries on the Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach: An Interactive Companion by Hans-Joachim Schulze and translated by James A. Brokaw II. Hans-Joachim Schulze is the preeminent authority on Bach’s music, and… Continue reading “Forthcoming Title: Commentaries on the Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach: An Interactive Companion by Hans-Joachim Schulze, Translated by James A. Brokaw II”…| Illinois Open Publishing Network
Introduction Tropic Death: A Scholarly Digital Edition is the second publication in IOPN’s series of digital critical editions of texts that recently entered the public domain and is currently available in beta version. Tropic Death is the best-known work of… Continue reading “Works in Progress: Tropic Death: A Scholarly Digital Edition by Eric Walrond and Edited by Ryan Weberling and Caitlyn Georgiou”…| Illinois Open Publishing Network