A Conversation with Early American Studies
Sara Damiano recaps the McNeil Center's recent Brown Bag with Early American Studies editor Dallett Hemphill and invites conversation on future directions for the journal.
View ArticleQ&A with Edward E. Andrews, Author of Native Apostles
Rachel Hermann sits down to interview Edward E. Andrews, author of "Native Apostles."
View ArticleThe Problem with Big Books; Or, Alan Taylor’s Biggest Sin
What do you do in the classroom when brilliant books are just too big?
View ArticleGuest Post: Writing the Book Proposal
Today’s guest poster, Craig W. Gill, is the Editor-in-Chief and Assistant Director of the University Press of Mississippi. He has worked at the Press for more than 17 years and has served in publishing...
View ArticleBefore the Trail
What did historian Francis Parkman do on his summer vacation? Sara Georgini hits the trail.
View ArticleAfter the Trail
What did Francis Parkman bring home from the Oregon Trail? Sara Georgini sets off to find out.
View ArticlePromoting Your Book
Jessica Parr offers some helpful suggestions for ways in which authors can help promote their own books.
View ArticleEvolution of an Article
In summer 2010 I sat in the house furnished by Rhys Isaac in Colonial Williamsburg, and attempted to write my first dissertation chapter. I’d just finished my first research trip, to Library and...
View ArticleGuest Post: Finding an Agent
Guest poster Jennifer Goloboy explains the process of finding an agent, a must for those who hope to publish with most trade presses
View ArticleRoundtable on How NOT To Write Your Second Book: Timothy Mennel on Publishing
Continuing our roundtable "How NOT To Write Your Second Book," Timothy Mennel, the executive editor of University of Chicago Press, looks at how the second book differs from the first.
View ArticleRoundtable on How NOT To Write Your Second Book: Tamara Thornton on Choosing...
We are pleased to have yet another excellent contribution to our “How NOT To Write Your Second Book” Roundtable. Tamara Plakins Thornton is professor of history at the State University of New York,...
View ArticleRoundtable on How NOT To Write Your Second Book: Catherine Kelly on Framing...
Catherine Kelly, Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma and Editor of the Journal of the Early Republic, concludes our roundtable on "How NOT To Write Your Second Book."
View ArticleShould You Write your Dissertation as a Book?
Impostor syndrome comes in many forms in academia, and this is how it comes for me: I shouldn’t be a doctor, because I never wrote a dissertation. I just wrote a book. It’s not that I regret the...
View ArticleReview: Craig Bruce Smith, American Honor
Mark Boonshoft reviews Craig Bruce Smith's new book, American Honor.
View ArticleInterview with Michael McGandy
Today at The Junto, Rachel Herrmann interviews Michael McGandy, Senior Editor and Editorial Director of the Three Hills imprint at Cornell University Press
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