The first chronicle of Mississippi’s tumultuous coming-of-age

The first in-depth biography of one of the most influential authors of children’s literature

A new edition of the important, long out-of-print novel

A lovely guidebook for turning floral design visions into reality

A collection of interviews with the American filmmaker and actress known for The Virgin Suicides,Lost in Translation, and On the Rocks

An exploration of the experiences of war through the comics of an American youth

Interviews with the Tony Award-winning librettist of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime and collaborator on the opera Dead Man Walking

A lively and exciting analysis of one of the United States’ oldest Mardi Gras celebrations

A thorough and honest picture of Depression-era young people forced to ride the rails

A comprehensive and heavily illustrated exploration of Asian political cartooning

Stunning aerial photos that reveal Louisiana’s vanishing landscape

A compelling study of activist cross-writing by authors better known for their work “for adults”

A reconsideration of Black unity, racial uplift, and the role of the Talented Tenth

Intriguing essays on Welty’s literary play with a beloved popular genre

The first serious study of one of America’s favorite bands

Interviews with the queer Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor known for her novels Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, The Salt Roads, The New Moon’s Arms, The Chaos, and Sister Mine

An essential study on portrayals of D/deaf experiences in children’s literature and popular culture

A literary exploration into Black adolescent resistance to the looming “at risk” label

Collected interviews with the celebrated international filmmaker of A Hero, A Separation, and Dancing in the Dust, who became Iran’s most prominent director and one of the great dramatist filmmakers of his generation

A microhistory of the African American experience in early twentieth-century America through the correspondence of one young woman