The first comprehensive anthology of American women’s humorous writings, a collection that reclaims the tradition of female humor in America, from witty observations in the eighteenth century to humorous essays of contemporary women

Two of Welty’s finest stories, “Moon Lake” and “June Recital,” enhanced by twenty black-and-white illustrations by Mildred Nungester Wolfe

A biographical portrait of an exceptional Confederate military figure

An astonishing book that reveals the Confederacy’s role in the death of Lincoln

An immensely pleasurable book that unlocks the door to one of the most unusual and diverse regions in the U.S., the culturally rich Delta flatland embraced by two rivers, the Mississippi and the Yazoo

Conversations with the genre-bending creator of The Naked and the Dead, Executioner’s Song, and Armies of the Night

For all readers a spectacular book combining the arts of illustration and narrative

Gathers interviews with the Tennessee short story writer in which he discusses his career, writing, character development themes, settings, and growing older

A common-sense guide to gardening in the Magnolia Zone written by Mississippi’s favorite philosopher on good gardening

Interviews with the author of Wise Blood, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Everything That Rises Must Converge

Collected interviews with the author of Pale Horse, Pale Rider; Flowering Judas; and The Leaning Tower

The contributors to this collection consider questions debated for many decades in Faulkner studies and those recently raised to prominence under the illuminating ray of feminist criticism

Collected interviews with the legendary twentieth-century author

Collected interviews with the author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Glass Menagerie.

A collection of essays analyzing and emphasizing the origins, strategies, creative tensions, and politics of the Civil Rights Movement

Nonfiction recounting the experience of growing up in the Deep South

The autobiography of a black doctor in white Mississippi during the Jim Crow era and the fierce struggle for civil rights

A richly detailed outline of William Faulkner’s life and career written by an eminent French scholar

Fiction recounting the experience of growing up in the Deep South

Interviews with Walker Percy, Ellen Douglas, Willie Morris, Margaret Walker Alexander, James Whitehead, and Turner Cassity

Interviews with Eudora Welty, Shelby Foote, Elizabeth Spencer, Barry Hannah, and Beth Henley

The rollicking history of a dreaded real-life figure in the folklore of the Mississippi backwoods

Anecdotes and lore about a notorious zone in the Mississippi Piney Woods

A collection of over one thousand of Mississippi’s most popular recipes