• Joan Cronan Receives Joe Johnson Award
The University of Tennessee Press awarded the 2009 Joseph E. Johnson Award of Appreciation to Women’s Athletic Director Joan Cronan. The award is in recognition of Joan’s unflagging support of the press’s production of In the Footsteps of Champions: The University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, The First Three Decades. [...]
Joan Cronan Receives 2009 Joe Johnson Award
Books and the Blues: UTP Authors on the Road
Photo: Adam Gussow (far right) and Sterling “Mr. Satan” MaGee (center) at Preservation Pub in Knoxville, TN.
Satan & Adam duo Sterling “Mr. Satan” Magee and Adam Gussow packed the house recently at Preservation Pub in Knoxville, TN. In addition to providing great entertainment, the duo promoted Gussow’s book, JOURNEYMAN’S ROAD: Modern Blues Lives from Faulkner’s [...]
Books Celebrating Traditional Music and Culture
Journeyman’s Road
Modern Blues Lives from Faulkner’s Mississippi to Post-9/11 New York Adam Gussow
“Adam Gussow has lived the Blues life. By some miracle he has also lived to write about it. Whether his subject is a novel by Faulkner or the romance of buying an amp, his prose is as dynamic as a guitar solo [...]
Home for the Holidays in Appalachia
Thirteen states between (and including) parts of New York and Mississippi constitute the enigmatic Appalachian region—home to the beautiful mountain system that shares its name. It is a region that has produced some of the most talented writers, gifted artisans, and richest lore in the world. The University of Tennessee Press is pleased to be [...]
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Blues Stories and Blues Storytellers
Barry Lee Pearson
“Pearson has collected a gold mine of compelling tales, organized them with convincing logic, and introduced them with the kind of penetrating insight and professional modesty that any blues scholar might do well to emulate. This is a terrific book—one I know I’ll [...]