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Today is National Camera Day! Horrell’s photos capture the varied phenomena of twentieth-century coal mining technology, and his portraits of coal miners show the strength, dignity, and enduring spirit of those who work the southern Illinois coal mines. siupress.com/9780809335992/…

Congratulations to Larry A. McClellan, whose book ONWARD TO CHICAGO was shortlisted for The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award! You can read more about the award and the books honored this year here: newberry.org/news/the-patti…

The Battle of Gettysburg took place 162 years ago this week. In GETTYSBURG: THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, writer Kent Gramm and photographer Chris Heisey tell the famous battle’s story through the eyes of those who lived and died there. siupress.com/9780809337330/…

We're celebrating the Fourth of July with a poem from Jehanne Dubrow's DOTS & DASHES. You can find the book, which offers valuable testimony to the experiences of military spouses, on our website: siupress.com/9780809336098/… #july4 #july4th #fourthofjuly #poem #poetry #military

Our July celebration continues with IN THEIR LETTERS, IN THEIR WORDS by Mark Flotow. Pick up your copy today and read the letters of soldiers who wrote home during the Civil War. siupress.com/9780809337637/…

Ginette Aley & Joseph Anderson have put Midwesterners' perspectives of the Civil War on the map in UNION HEARTLAND. Don't miss this fantastic addition to history. siupress.com/9780809338993/…

Out of all the surgeons in the Union Army during the Civil War, only 14 were Black men. Learn more about them and their struggles in Jill L. Newmark's WITHOUT CONCEALMENT, WITHOUT COMPROMISE: siupress.com/9780809339044/…

"How much do you know about the wartime experiences of women? Join SIU Press in a deep dive into Sayre P. Sheldon's anthology, HER WAR STORY, to make some discoveries. Order your copy today! siupress.com/9780809322466/…"

Explore the books the Press spotlighted for Pride Month in Episodes #220 and #221 of INSIDE THE BLANKET FORT! wsiu.org/2025-06-19/ins… wsiu.org/2025-06-26/ins…

Looking for a good poem today? Check out Jehanne Dubrow's DOTS & DASHES as she combines feminism, the perspective of a military spouse, and poetry! siupress.com/9780809336098/…

In Episode 222 of INSIDE THE BLANKET FORT, learn about LINCOLN'S CAMPAIGN BIOGRAPHIES and LINCOLN AND THE WAR'S END, two Concise Lincoln Library titles recently released in paperback: wsiu.org/2025-07-10/ins…

Come get the global perspective on policing within the LGBTQ+ community by checking out Q POLICING by Roddrick Colvin, Angela Dwyer, and Sulaimon Giwa. siupress.com/9780809339563/…

Happy World Snake Day! Celebrate our scaly friends with Joshua J. Vossler's incredible SNAKE ROAD: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF LARUE-PINE HILLS! siupress.com/9780809338054/… #snakeday #worldsnakeday #snakes #snakeroad

This week on ITBF, we dive into the new and backlist books SIU Press is shining a spotlight on in July as part of the theme “Our American Story.” wsiu.org/2025-07-17/ins…

Rediscover Lincoln through the female gaze in Stacy Lynn's LOVING LINCOLN. siupress.com/9780809339679/…

Explore the rhetorical and pedagogical practices through which the League of Women Voters and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom challenged the conventions of male-dominated political discourse in Wendy B. Sharer's VOTE & VOICE. siupress.com/9780809327508/…

SIU Press author Jane Flynn is giving a talk about her book MENNONITES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNAL today at 2:00 pm at the Herrin City Library! Read more on their website at the link below, and come out to listen if you're in the area! herrincitylibrary.org/2025/07/07/sat…

If you're looking for a good book on the persuasive discourse of nineteenth-century Black women, give Shirley Wilson Logan's WE ARE COMING a try! siupress.com/9780809321933/…

Kaskaskia, Illinois, was once home to a couple who helped transform the region from a frontier village to a civil society. Find out how in Carl J. Ekberg and Sharon K. Person's book, DAWN'S LIGHT WOMEN & NICOLAS FRANCHOMME. siupress.com/9780809338863/…

Come read about the lives of African-American working-class women in the Midwest in A BRICK AND A BIBLE by Melissa Ford. siupress.com/9780809338559/…