The history and lineage of a Bay Area performance troupe that blends politics and festivity

The first book to study the African American and Communist relationship in its national and international contexts

Memory paintings of the rural South by the daughter of a former slave

A haunting novel that explores the human compulsion to be beautiful

This anthology of interviews with Borges features more than a dozen conversations that cover all phases of his life and work.

A self-taught artist’s work that vibrantly praises God

Dramatic photographs uniting the visions of the photographer and of southern self-taught artists

Collected interviews with the French director of Breathless and Hail Mary

A mule trader’s tales from a culture enriched by his fascinating presence

A novel in which there is candid treatment of desperate isolation in a small town’s black quarter

Collected interviews with the controversial filmmaker whose films include Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction

An eloquent defense of Jim, Twain, and the use of Huckleberry Finn in the classroom

An appreciation of the western saddle and one of the most acclaimed saddle makers of the West

A close-up look at America’s perceived historical ideal

A candid look at paramedics through their tradition of storytelling

Medicine for the lay reader, a book detailing causes and treatments of the various forms of anemia

A study that explores the history of comic book censorship

An appreciation of the rich and distinctive folklife in one of the earliest settled regions in southern Appalachia

Never described or recognized before, fantastic images of vodou spirits created by two Haitian artists

The story of a family of gospel music stars from the golden age of radio

The wistful history of a vanished hunting club told through a woman’s photographs and her grandson’s narrative

A study of the ways popular culture viewed jazz and its musicians in postwar America

An eminent historian’s essays that portray the American way of war

An anthology of readings that reveal the mind and the character of the Magnolia State

Transcribed oral tales that display the lively art of storytelling in the Bayou State

A look at a fascinating Deep South region and its distinctive way of life

A Chinese-Eurasian’s autobiographical novel tracing a woman’s dual quest for a writing career and romance

An outsider’s correspondence that documents the fight for civil rights in the Deep South

A critical examination of the Faulkner-Morrison literary connection

In blues lyrics of the thirties and forties a reflection of FDR’s influence on Black America

The often-bloody history of Mardi Gras and the uproar over the government’s enforcement of diversity in Carnival krewes

A portrait of the radical Sandburg before his days of glory in the pantheon of popular writers

A magical story of a stray cat’s transformation into a prodigy who performs at Carnegie Hall; includes block prints by the author

A handbook for interpreting Faulkner’s great novel

The first serious historical examination of a distinctive multiracial society of Louisiana

A comprehensive view of the fascinating folklife in the Appalachian foothills of North and South Carolina

A search for the sources and sounds of an often overlooked sister genre of Cajun and zydeco music

A photographic and historical review of fifty-seven of Mississippi’s most notable antebellum mansions, all long-vanished

The first collection of writings on African American topics by this internationally influential pan-African thinker