A classic novel of one man’s will and the undercurrent of violence in the Mississippi Delta

Faulkner’s early fictional forays that foreshadow a Nobel Laureate in the making

A southern literary master’s captivating novel about the rise of a Nashville-bound singer as “hillbilly” evolves into “country”

A historical overview of the concept of liberty in American culture and thought

Enhanced with fifteen new essays, the benchmark of an acclaimed writer’s spunk and sense of place

The juicy biography of the scandalous novelist who lifted the lid off a New England town

The story of a utopia created by Mississippi freedmen on a white man’s former plantation

A mule trader’s tales from a culture enriched by his fascinating presence

A novel in which there is candid treatment of desperate isolation in a small town’s black quarter

A Chinese-Eurasian’s autobiographical novel tracing a woman’s dual quest for a writing career and romance

Seven fascinating tales in which southerners surrender to the mesmerizing spell of Italy

A widow’s love story of her life with Medgar Evers, the NAACP civil rights leader murdered by a midnight assassin

The remarkably complex romance in which Du Bois confronted the twentieth century world that had closed itself to people of color

A spellbinding novel named as a finalist for the National Book Award in 1973