One Grand Noise
Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World
The first comprehensive study of how Boxing Day is celebrated across the Caribbean
New York City Blues
Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond
A lively and detailed exploration of the history of the blues from the 1940s to the 1990s in the City That Never Sleeps
In Search of Ancient Kings
Egúngún in Brazil
A firsthand account of the secretive Egúngún society from a scholar who would become a priest in the religion
Conversations with Angela Davis
Collected interviews with an influential educator, scholar, and activist, who is one of the most recognizable and iconic figures of the twentieth century
Alain Resnais
Interviews
A collection of twenty-one interviews with the French filmmaker of award-winning documentaries like Van Gogh and Night and Fog and groundbreaking dramas like Hiroshima mon amour, Last Year at Marienbad, and Muriel
Toni Morrison and the Natural World
An Ecology of Color
The first ecocritical treatment of the entire range of the Nobel Laureate’s mighty works
Race and Racism in Nineteenth-Century Art
The Ascendency of Robert Duncanson, Edward Bannister, and Edmonia Lewis
The extraordinary struggle, achievement, loss and reclamation of three brilliant African American artists of the 1800s
Positioning Pooh
Edward Bear after One Hundred Years
A delightful journey into the heart of the many meanings behind that silly old bear
Politics in the Gutters
American Politicians and Elections in Comic Book Media
A thorough exploration of the political critiques found in a multigenre, historical cross-section of comic books and their transmedia adaptations
My Melancholy Baby
The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913
A thorough exploration of early pop ballads in the American Songbook and how they still resonate
Conversations with Steve Erickson
A collection of twenty-four interviews with a singular writer whose work is a dream-fueled blend of European modernism, American pulp, and paranoid late-century postmodernism
At Arm’s Length
A Rhetoric of Character in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
A theory of how authors position readers in relation to literary character through empathy, awe, and indifference
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Seafood Industry
A People's History
The first complete history of Mississippi’s seafood industry and those who harvested and processed this coastal bounty
Slave Revolt on Screen
The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games
A trailblazing book on the depiction of the Haitian Revolution in film and video games
Rough Tactics
Black Performance in Political Spectacles, 1877–1932
A probing of the earliest Black efforts to overcome disfranchisement popular politics in the Jim Crow South
Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century
A multidisciplined exploration of the importance and evolution of liberal arts
I Can Read It All by Myself
The Beginner Books Story
A first-of-its-kind history of Ted Geisel and the beloved children’s book series he created
Faulkner and Slavery
A long-awaited assessment of the Nobel laureate’s work in relation to America’s cosmic sin
Dougla in the Twenty-First Century
Adding to the Mix
A sounding of a vibrant multiracial identity often unknown outside the Caribbean
Tearing Down the Lost Cause
The Removal of New Orleans's Confederate Statues
How New Orleans became a Confederate city after the war, and how citizens tore those symbols down
Chapel of Love
The Story of New Orleans Girl Group the Dixie Cups
A tale of three African American teenagers who conquered the music world
They Called Us River Rats
The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans
A celebration of those independent people who call the fringes of the mighty Mississippi home
The Comics of R. Crumb
Underground in the Art Museum
A scholarly exploration of the iconic comics artist
Rebirthing a Nation
White Women, Identity Politics, and the Internet
A timely exploration of the role white women play in supporting systems of racism
Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction
A wrestling with the faults and possibilities of the portrayals of race in this powerful genre
Policing Intimacy
Law, Sexuality, and the Color Line in Twentieth-Century Hemispheric American Literature
A study of interracial intimacy, multiracial identities, and the intersectional, interconnected nature of social relations
Lost in the Dark
A World History of Horror Film
A comprehensive and fun overview of moviegoers’ favorite genre
Black to Nature
Pastoral Return and African American Culture
Close readings of Black women reclaiming space within the power of nature
Flights from Fassberg
How a German Town Built for War Became a Beacon of Peace
A brilliant merging of personal experience and world-changing, historical significance in a hamlet that held the line against Russia
A de Grummond Primer
Highlights of the Children's Literature Collection
A lush introduction to the most extraordinary children’s literature archive in the world
Twenty-First-Century Southern Writers
New Voices, New Perspectives
A new anthology featuring contemporary and up-and-coming southern fiction writers
Side by Side
US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture
A groundbreaking study on the impact of Puerto Rican children’s literature and culture
Scattered Musics
A world tour of the expected yet unexpected transformations of music and musicians on the move
Next Generation Adaptation
Spectatorship and Process
A critical look at some of the issues most central to adaptation studies
Conversations with Donald Hall
Collected interviews with a major American poet, writer, editor, anthologist, and teacher
Black Boys Burning
The 1959 Fire at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School
The devastating, tragic consequences of structural and institutional racism in a segregated boys’ prison work farm
Maverick Gardeners
Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners
A fun and exciting inside look at unique DIGrs across the world
From Rabbit Ears to the Rabbit Hole
A Life with Television
A personal narrative about growing up with the golden age of television
Dear Bob
Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II
An extraordinary collection of posts to and from the “G.I.s’ best friend” and incomparable entertainer