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On Interning at Island Press: 248 15 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
In this installment Production Intern Mary Sollosi recaps on her first week at Island Press and why she will never forget the magical number of 248. Six months ago, in my very first week as a product...
Why I listen to Talk Radio: Confessions of a Mediator 13 Aug 2013 | 06:32 pm
I am a talk radio addict. I listen to everything, including certain hosts you wouldn’t expect someone of my persuasion to listen to. I am fascinated both by hosts and callers, what they say, how they ...
Foreword Friday: From the Central Appalachians to the Catskill Mountains Edition 9 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
This weekend, connect to the wild with John Davis of the Wildlands Network in part two of his E-ssential: Big, Wild, and Connected. Join John as he treks from the central Appalachians to the Catskill ...
On Interning at Island Press: Psychics and Pizza 7 Aug 2013 | 09:54 pm
In this installment Editorial Intern Paulina Kosturos depicts how years of interviews interviews prepared her for her passion for storytelling. As a student in journalism, I am constantly challenged ...
Giving and Taking: Images and Nature 6 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm
Once again I’m promoting science writer Michelle Nijhuis, this time for a little piece in The New Yorker on the history of the daguerreotype, an early type of photographic technique. What I like abou...
Making Downtowns Liveable 5 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
Harold Henderson of Build a Better Burb interviewed author Ned Crankshaw, author of Creating Vibrant Public Spaces: Streetscape Design in Commercial and Historic Districts. He chairs the Department of...
Get these Island Press Staff Picks for Just $4.99! 2 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
Feeling overwhelmed by the idea of wading through more than 500 e-books available for $4.99? Let the Island Press staff help you pick a great book from the hundreds available during this week-long dea...
Completing Our Streets 1 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
In The Atlantic Cities, Lee Epstein writes about pedestrians hit by cars, the idea of complete streets, and where its principles need to go next. Here’s an excerpt: “From about 1920-1970, streets and...
No One Can Stop Leaking Oil 30 Jul 2013 | 09:06 pm
Katie Valentine and Ryan Koronowski of ThinkProgress uncover what oil companies (and snow) have been keeping secret. A Canadian oil company still hasn’t been able to stop a series leaks from undergro...
More than Coffee 30 Jul 2013 | 05:03 pm
Publicity Intern Kate Denardi illustrates how working at Island Press is beyond copies and coffee runs. During my first year of graduate school I studied theory, theory, and more theory. By the end ....
