Jeff Lemire
Conversations
Collected interviews with the award-winning Canadian comic writer and artist whose credits include Marvel’s Extraordinary X-Men and DC’s Justice League Dark
Hearing Brazil
Music and Histories in Minas Gerais
A critical exploration of key musical legacies in the Brazilian state
Equipping Space Cadets
Primary Science Fiction for Young Children
A scholarly exploration of how children’s books embrace and wrestle with the science fiction genre
The Golden Age Musicals of Darryl F. Zanuck
The Gentleman Preferred Blondes
The first book to explore the impact the innovative studio executive had on American movie musicals
Asian-Cajun Fusion
Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou
A lushly illustrated and complete history of Louisiana’s shrimping industry
The Green Mister Rogers
Environmentalism in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
An in-depth exploration of the environmentalism in the beloved children’s television program
The Geographies of African American Short Fiction
A long-overdue history of short stories, place, and the significance of setting on racial representation
The Films of Delmer Daves
Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America
A scholarly exploration of a forgotten director’s body of work
The Edward Tales
A focused character study of a recurring figure in the fiction of one of Mississippi’s greatest writers
The Edward Tales
A focused character study of a recurring figure in the fiction of one of Mississippi’s greatest writers
Fear, Hate, and Victimhood
How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook
A blistering critique of the rhetoric of two candidates and how President Trump succeeded
Exposing Mississippi
Eudora Welty's Photographic Reflections
The first book-length work to look critically at Eudora Welty’s work as a photographer
Motherland, Fatherland, Whateverland
Searching for Home
From the former Dutch East Indies to the Mississippi Delta, the touching, true story of a man’s search for home
Su Friedrich
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker whose innovations of narrative, documentary, and experimental style explore the roles of gender, family, and sexuality in contemporary America
Little Women at 150
A new exploration of the lasting affection and appreciation of the beloved children’s novel
Ghost Channels
Paranormal Reality Television and the Haunting of Twenty-First-Century America
The first scholarly study of the frighteningly popular paranormal reality television genre
Concise Dictionary of Comics
A superb compendium of definitions for over one thousand terms related to comics studies, collecting, and publishing
Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes
Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels
A wrestling with whiteness and white supremacy throughout the history of comics creation
Southern Gardening All Year Long
A common-sense guide to the dynamic landscapes of Mississippi and southeastern gardening
The School Story
Young Adult Narratives in the Age of Neoliberalism
Through the lens of literature and film for and about students, a critique of what neoliberalism unleashed in schools