Greater Atlanta
Black Satire after Obama
An engaging study of contemporary Black satire through the lens of a critically acclaimed television series
The Sinful Maternal
Motherhood in Possession Films
A timely examination of the often-overlooked agency, trauma, and fluidity of pregnancy and motherhood in horror
Superheroes in the Streets
Muslim Women Activists and Protest in the Digital Age
How Muslim women activists have heroically raised physical and digital protest banners
Same Old Song
The Enduring Past in Popular Music
How pop music remembers and re-plays sounds from the past
Paddleways of Mississippi
Rivers and People of the Magnolia State
A celebration of the Magnolia State’s exceptional waterways
Maverick Feminist
To Be Female and Black in a Country Founded upon Violence and Respectability
A pressing call to an accessible, nonconformist feminism for Black women
Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels
Studies in Genre
How Indigenous creators impact the landscape of superhero, science fiction, historical, and experimental comics
Conversations with Ben Okri
Over three decades of interviews with the innovative Nigerian author and first Black African winner of the Booker Prize
Alt Kid Lit
What Children's Literature Might Be
A timely group of essays that wrestles with what children’s literature is and who it is made for
The Summer of 2020
George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement
An in-depth look at a profound flashpoint in social movement history
Superheroes Beyond
A dynamic collection acknowledging a powerful diversity of superheroes outside of expected boundaries
Out of the Blue
Life on the Road with Muddy Waters
A behind-the-scenes account from Muddy Waters’s road manager and right-hand man during the bluesman’s last great years
Jazz in the Hill
Nightlife and Narratives of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood
The lively history of a cherished music scene and its ongoing social significance
BOOM! SPLAT!
Comics and Violence
Enlightening essays on the enduring and compelling functions of violence in comics
Albert Brooks
Interviews
Fourteen profiles of and conversations with the well-known American actor, director, and screenwriter
Jean Peters
Hollywood's Mystery Girl
The first definitive volume in more than fifty years on the extraordinary star of Pickup on South Street, Three Coins in the Fountain, and Niagara
King of the Gunrunners
How a Philadelphia Fruit Importer Inspired a Revolution and Provoked the Spanish-American War
How a boisterous fruit importer aided a revolution that triggered a war
Peep Light
Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain
An illuminating record of fifty years as a pilot on the mighty Mississippi River
Outliving the White Lie
A Southerner's Historical, Genealogical, and Personal Journey
An unflinching chronicle of one Mississippian’s reckoning with history
Monsters and Saints
LatIndigenous Landscapes and Spectral Storytelling
Writings and artwork that examine the concept of home through the ghost stories of Latinx and Indigenous cultures
Inventing Benjy
William Faulkner’s Most Splendid Creative Leap
The newly translated analysis of one of the most innovative protagonists ever created in American modernism
Conversations with Sarah Schulman
Thirty years of interviews spanning the career of the novelist, screenwriter, and gay activist whose works include After Delores and Maggie Terry
Black Hibiscus
African Americans and the Florida Imaginary
An exploration of the significant literary and cultural contributions from African Americans in the Sunshine State
Bayou Harvest
Subsistence Practice in Coastal Louisiana
An in-depth study of the power and pride of cooking, hunting, harvesting, foraging, and thriving in coastal Louisiana
The Delta in the Rearview Mirror
The Life and Death of Mississippi's First Winery
A firsthand account of the splendid rise and frightening fall of Mississippi’s first winery
Tending to the Past
Selfhood and Culture in Children's Narratives about Slavery and Freedom
How Black writers have circumvented stereotypes to positively portray Black survival, creativity, and autonomy to young readers
Sports and the Racial Divide, Volume II
A Legacy of African American Athletic Activism
New perspectives on the ways Black athletes wield their sports platform to address inequalities
Sounding Our Way Home
Japanese American Musicking and the Politics of Identity
A generation-spanning history of music making and the sense of belonging it engenders
See Justice Done
The Problem of Law in the African American Literary Tradition
An analysis of the fraught relations between Black writing and the law
Dorothy Arzner
Interviews
Insights into the career of one of Golden Age Hollywood’s first and most prolific female directors who was best known for The Bride Wore Red
Conversations with Orhan Pamuk
Thirty interviews with the Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist best known for My Name Is Red, Snow, and The Museum of Innocence
Comics and Modernism
History, Form, and Culture
The first collection to engage with the fascinating overlap between comics and modernism
A Trumpet around the Corner
The Story of New Orleans Jazz
From the first raucous chorus to the aftermath of Katrina, the saga of the Big Easy’s signature music
Poor Gal
The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane
The telling journey of a centuries-old tune and what it says about race, class, and American folk music
Learning Jazz
Jazz Education, History, and Public Pedagogy
A call for collaboration and understanding in how we learn jazz in diverse settings
Intersecting Aesthetics
Literary Adaptations and Cinematic Representations of Blackness
How twentieth-century Black writers and filmmakers struggled to create authentic adaptations that reflected Black experiences
From Biblical Book to Musical Megahit
William B. Bradbury's Esther, the Beautiful Queen
The compelling history of an acclaimed and enduring musical piece
Conversations with Karl Ove Knausgaard
Twenty-two interviews with the Norwegian author and winner of the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature who is best known for his two autobiographical series My Struggle and the Seasons quartet
Civic Buildings after the Spanish-American War
How Beaux-Arts edifices reveal the United States’ imperialistic vision in the Caribbean
Body Genre
Anatomy of the Horror Film
A first-of-its-kind study of the relationship between human anatomy and horror
What a Difference a Day Makes
Women Who Conquered 1950s Music
A fun-filled survey of the women who topped the charts in jazz, blues, R&B, and rock ’n’ roll
Rowdy Boundaries
True Mississippi Tales from Natchez to Noxubee
Narratives of the good, the bad, and the outlandish in legal tangles along Mississippi’s borders
Roots Punk
A Visual and Oral History
An entertaining and thorough introduction to the power of punk’s hybrid evolution
Ben Katchor
The first book dedicated to exploring the comics of Ben Katchor
Backseat Quarterback
A wife’s insider story of her marriage to a famous New York Giant during the golden days of professional football
All I Want Is Loving You
Popular Female Singers of the 1950s
A delightful visit with the talented, yet often overlooked, white female vocalists of the 1950s
Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism
Toward Afrocentric Futurism
A vanguard challenge to unite two formerly independent fields in Black studies
American Landscapes
Meditations on Art and Literature in a Changing World
A lushly illustrated consideration of the significance of landscapes in art and literature during times of unprecedented change
Ferocious Ambition
Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom
An astute, lavishly illustrated evaluation of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars