UTP Books on Summer Reading List

May 2008: Several University of Texas Press books are listed on the Humanities Texas Summer Reading List. Listed books include the following:

Arreola, Tejano South Texas
Cross, Around the World with LBJ
Kirkland and Newcomb, The Rock Art of Texas Indians
Oliphant, Texan Jazz (out of print, but available at many Texas libraries)
Shrake, Land of the Permanent Wave
Shrake, Blessed McGill (out of print, but available at many Texas libraries)
Tejeda and Valdez, ¡Conjunto! (distributed for the UT Center for Mexican American Studies)

Book Mentioned in Barron's

April 2008: Robert Auerbach's new book, Deception and Abuse at the Fed, was recently mentioned in Barron's in a discussion of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's doctoral dissertation. In a follow-up article, Barron's tracks down the elusive disseration.

Auerbach comments: "One correction to the Barrons' story should be noted. I do not say in my book, as Barrons reports, that 'Greenspan's Ph.D. is, de facto, an honorary degree.' In my book I report being unable to obtain Greenspan's dissertation and I show New York University Provost's letter to me (8/12/05) that replies to my request for a copy. Provost David W. McLaughlin wrote that 'Greenspan's dissertation is not in the Bobst Library' because 'it was the practice of the business school during the 1970's not to deposit dissertations with the library.'"

Photography Book Featured in New York Times

April 2008: It's a good week for UT Press books in New York. Robb Kendrick's Still is featured in the Life and Arts section of the April 20th edition of the New York Times. Read the NYT article (may require registration).

Novel Featured in New York Times Book Review

April 2008: A review of Dermot Bolger's The Journey Home appears on the front page of the April 20th edition of the New York Times Book Review. Read the NYT article (may require registration).

In Memoriam: Anthony C. Hilfer

April 2008: The Press was greatly sorry to learn that Anthony C. Hilfer, former coeditor of Texas Studies in Literature and Language and author of UT Press books The Ethics of Intensity in American Fiction and The Crime Novel: A Deviant Genre, died in an automobile accident on April 11. Our sympathies go out to his family and colleagues.

Obituary in the Austin American-Statesman

In Memoriam: Raúl Salinas

February 2008: We were saddened to learn of the recent death of Chicano poet and activist Raúl Salinas. The Press published a collection of Salinas's journalism and correspondence, raúlrsalinas and the Jail Machine.

Article on Salinas in the Austin-American Statesman.

Author Interviewed on NPR

February 2008: Robb Kendrick, author of Still, was interviewed on NPR's Day to Day. Read or listen to the story on NPR's website.

Authors' Research Featured on UT Website

January 2008: UT-Austin's homepage recently featured an article on Laura Lein and Deanna T. Schexnayder's research on post-welfare families in Texas. The Press recently published their book, Life After Welfare.

Four Choice Titles

January 2008: Four University of Texas Press books have been named as Outstanding Academic Titles in the January 2008 issue of Choice Magazine:

• Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber Identity by Cynthia J. Becker
• "Evil" Arabs in American Popular Film: Orientalist Fear by Tim Jon Semmerling
• Who Guards the Guardians and How: Democratic Civil-Military Relations edited by Thomas C. Bruneau and Scott D. Tollefson
• Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the "Mexican" in America by William Anthony Nericcio

Congratulations to the authors!

Author Interview on National Geographic Radio

January 2008: Robb Kendrick was recently interviewed on National Geographic Radio. The Press will publish his book Still in February 2008. Listen to the interview in MP3 format at National Geographic's site.