Anton “Tony” Bilek
Tony Bilek, 94, a longtime resident of Rantoul, Illinois, passed away on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at his home in Rantoul, Illinois.
Tony was born April 11, 1919, in Chicago, a son of Anton and Annastazie Bilek. He married Millie Podolak in January 1946, in Chicago. She preceded him in death in July 2000.
Mr. […]
The 2013 Kent State University Press catalog has won the 2nd place Award of Excellence in the Great Lakes Graphics Association’s Graphic Excellence Competition. The catalog was designed by KSU Press staff member Darryl Crosby and produced by Ripon Printers of Wisconsin. About the award, Darryl said,
“It’s always good to be recognized, though the production of our yearly catalog […]
Evergreen Medals for Health and Wellness
Bronze: The Heart’s Truth: Essays on the Art of Nursing, by Cortney Davis (Kent State University Press)
“I learned that nursing is an odd, mysterious, humbling, addicting, and often transcendent profession… The stories patients reveal – with their complex emotional and physical histories and the multilayering of their lives – are as entrancing […]
Outdoor communicators receive more than $10,000 in awards from OWAA in 2013 contests
MISSOULA, Mont. – The Outdoor Writers Association of America is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Excellence in Craft contests. First-, second- and third-place winners were chosen in nine contests. Entries were from work created in 2012. Cash prizes totaled more […]
September 2013 marks the bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie. Read about it in The Battle of Lake Erie and Its Aftermath: A Reassessment, edited by David Curtis Skaggs.
Visit the Battle of Lake Erie Bicentennial home page.
CHC professor dedicated to a quintessential tough guy
August 30, 2013
by Lou Mancinelli
Dr. Suzanne del Gizzo, an eighth-year Chestnut Hill College English professor, was named editor-elect of The Hemingway Review at the society’s annual board conference in late May. She follows the work of Suzanne Beegel, who retired in July after 22 years as editor. The […]
Renowned Ernest Hemingway scholar Robert W. Lewis of Manvel, North Dakota, has died, aged 82.
A giant in Hemingway studies, Lewis coedited the posthumously published Hemingway novel UNDER KILIMANJARO (Kent State University Press, 2005).
Daniel Beaver, author of Modernizing the American War Department, 1885–1920 (The Kent State University Press 2006) passed away on July 19, 2013. He was 84.
Click here to read his Cincinnati Enquirer obituary.
The new Jim Tully documentary, “From Road Kid to Writer,” will premiere in Tully’s hometown of St. Marys, Ohio, on Monday, July 22, 2013.
Watch a clip by clicking here.
Follow the documentary on Facebook.
Born to Lose was featured in the Business section of the New York Times on July 5, 2013.
Born to Lose was also featured in a Times article about the influence of Amazon.com in the book industry.
