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Meet Annie Martin, the New Editorial Director at Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press is pleased to welcome Annie Martin as its next editorial director. Annie brings two decades of experience in acquisitions and academic publishing through her experience at Wayne State University Press where she served in many capacities including senior acquisitions editor and editor in chief….

IU Press Elections and Democracy Reading List

IU Press Elections and Democracy Reading List

Given the outcome of the 2024 US elections, Indiana University Press has put together a reading list from our collection on the state of American democracy. Prepare for the Presidential Inauguration on January 20,…

The Left Turns That Led to ‘Taking Funny Music Seriously’

The Left Turns That Led to ‘Taking Funny Music Seriously’

On March 12, 2020, I gave a book talk at California State University, Bakersfield, celebrating the release of Weird Al: Seriously. I began that book because I had wanted to confront prejudices against funny music—ideas that humor in music was somehow less significant than so-called “serious” music or classical music….

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