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Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort this week as we continue our conversation between John Pollitz, Dean of Library Affairs at SIU, and Michael C. Batinski, Professor Emeritus of History at SIU and author of Forgetting and the Forgotten: A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland, which was published by SIU Press this past January.Also, catch the latest podcast episode of Blanket Fort Radio Theater's production of "The Undaunted Women of Nanking." Blanket Fort Radio...

Recipients of the National Library of Australia Fellowships, funded by generous philanthropic support. These distinguished Fellowships support researchers to make intensive use of our rich and varied collections through residencies of three months.

This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater's production of "The Undaunted Women of Nanking," continued good weather and the arrival of mail and food from Shanghai lift the women’s spirits. However, the bombing and looting continues, and Tsen Shui-fang surveys the destruction in the southern part of Nanking. Meanwhile, Minnie visits a prison and collects more stories.Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initiative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing P...

Forgetting and the Forgotten: A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland details the nature of how a community, in this case Jackson County Illinois, forged its story against outsiders.

Vautrin oversees the coming and going of refugees, some of whom have returned to Ginling after being assaulted in their homes by Japanese soldiers.

Downtown Moscow sidewalk repairto begin Monday

Check out the dynamic arts performances and events that Holy Cross has lined up.

California Institute of the Arts has named Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author Hilton Als as its 2022 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence.

This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater's production of "The Undaunted Women of Nanking," as efforts to return to normalcy abound, Vautrin and Tsen find it difficult to reckon with their trauma.

Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue our focus on Black History Month by discussing two more titles on African American history from SIU Press.