2012 AAUP Book, Jacket and Journal Showcase

From the AAUP (American Association of University Presses) Website:

Judging for the 2012 AAUP Book, Jacket and Journal Show took place January 26-27 at the AAUP Central Office in New York City. Approximately 226 books, 300 jacket and cover design entries, and 4 journals were entered. 49 books, 1 journal, and 30 jackets/covers were chosen by the jurors as the very best examples from this pool of excellent design.

The 2012 Book, Jacket, & Journal Show will premiere at the AAUP Annual Meeting in Chicago, June 18-20, 2012. The show will be exhibited around the country from September 2012 to April 2013; dates and locations will be announced in late summer. 

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UT Press received honors in three areas: Scholarly Illustrated (Designing Pan America), Trade Illustrated (The Austin Chronicle of Music Anthology), and Jackets & Covers (Maras).

Designing Pan-America:  U.S. Architectural
Visions  for the Western Hemisphere

by Robert Alexander González

Designer: Derek George

Production Coordinator: Ellen McKie

Acquiring Editor: Jim Burr

Project Editor: Leslie Tingle

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Maras: Gang Violence and Security
in Central America
 by Thomas Bruneau
Designer: Lindsay Starr
Production Coordinator: Kaila Wyllys

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The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology

by Austin Powell and Doug Freeman

Designer: Lindsay Starr

Production Coordinator: Ellen McKie

Acquiring Editor: Allison Faust

Project Editor: Leslie Tingle

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My West Texas News :: The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology

Austin Chronicle Music Anthology
Edited by Austin Powell
and Doug Freeman
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Chronicle's music anthology covers Austin's icons and unknowns
by John Boyd, Thursday, May 12, 2011
Midland Reporter-Telegram

Just as the flats of West Texas are known for their oil, Texas' capital city has become known for its own natural resource.

And while the superficial may say that resource -- live music -- has its own petro-like cycle of boom-and-bust in Austin, UT Press's new Austin Chronicle Music Anthology proves even in the seemingly lean years another generation of Texas talent pools just below the surface waiting to be tapped.

Spanning the early '80s through the summer of 2010,  Anthology crosses a variety of genres with a collection of archival pieces from the Chronicle's heralded writing staff.

Anthology smartly focuses on the staff's artist profiles (rather than reviews), allowing the individual style and contributions of each act to seep upward from beneath. Separated, the pieces pop from the page with the stylized prose that has made the Chronicle a must-read in Austin for more than three decades. Together, they create a sort-of photo album in words, telling the history of an entire scene (and in many cases, city) in a succession of brief glimpses.

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