The first critical study to trace the hard-boiled detective inheritance of America’s Storyteller

The first critical collection to unsettle the horror genre through a contemporary Indigenous gaze

Fresh perspectives on one of literature’s most willfully enigmatic figures

A concise overview of the renowned comics creator of Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, I Never Liked You, Louis Riel, and Paying for It

Affectionately known as the Joyful Vegan, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau has been a leading voice in compassionate living for over two decades, guiding countless people to achieve lasting health and purpose. Now, with A Year of Compassion, she shares simple, effective, and impactful actions we can all take to make humankind a little kinder—by protecting animals, supporting the planet, and optimizing our own health.  

One week, you might explore eating by color to boost your nutrient intake, while the next, you could store some basic supplies in your car to help an injured animal or stop junk mail in its tracks. Feel free to skip around, choosing your own sustainable adventure. Whether you read A Year of Compassion cover to cover or take it week by week, Colleen is there to encourage, inspire, and motivate, helping you become the change you want to see in the world.

Taking a close look at Zora Neale Hurston’s historical and literary contexts, this book investigates why Hurston’s writing fell out of favor during her lifetime only to be reclaimed and appreciated years after her death. 

Thirty years after the first mile of border walls was constructed in the San Diego–Tijuana region, this volume invites readers to reflect on how the border has evolved and what durable impacts came from these initial fourteen miles of border walls—and the 1,940 miles constructed since.

The Rise of Necro/Narco Citizenship offers a comprehensive exploration of the sociopolitical, economic, and cultural forces shaping the Southwest North American Region. Written by Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez, this work introduces the innovative concept of necro/narco citizenship, shedding light on how violence, militarization, and socioeconomic disruptions create unique forms of existence and identity on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

This book tells the story of the emergence of Jacksonville, Florida, at the center of the film industry in the early 1900s. By 1928 Jacksonville was home to fifteen major production companies and the location for filming hundreds of movies, including the first Technicolor picture ever made.

This book tells the modern-day adventure story of Brothers to the Rescue and the Cuban refugees they flew to safety, written in collaboration with the group’s founder, José Basulto.

Through stories of nature near at hand, Andrew Furman explores touchpoints between his everyday suburban life and the environment in South Florida, contemplating his place in a subtropical landscape stretching from the Everglades to the Atlantic coast.

With more than fifty contributors, Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous value systems. 

This book explores how a group of home gardeners grow food in the Santa Clara Valley to transform their social relationships, heal from past traumas, and improve their health, communities, and environments.

On War gathers together some of the finest writing on that troubling subject published in Raritan between 2003 and 2022. The editors, Jackson Lears and Karen Parker Lears, have selected work that typifies Raritan’s wide-ranging sensibility--focusing on a topic that is aesthetically rich, intellectually challenging, and morally disturbing. It is also all too timely.
 

Featuring the voices of 22 linguistically and geographically diverse authors from a variety of institutional contexts throughout the United States, this edited collection calls attention to the experiences of an important and growing group of writing instructors: those who have learned English as an additional language.

An expansive and beautiful survey of one of New Orleans’s most accomplished and provocative artists

An extraordinarily up close and personal photography collection and journal of the last years of the Vietnam War

An account of the rise of sportsmen and conservation groups in Arkansas who made common cause to save the state’s wildlife resources

This new biography reveals Marion Greenwood's central place in the pantheon of history’s remarkable women artists.

Beloved Houma storyteller Grayhawk Perkins shares age-old wisdom in an unforgettable collection of folktales

Weaves the author's own four-month cross-country sojourn in a VW van with thoughts on travel narratives across the history of American literature