A world tour of the expected yet unexpected transformations of music and musicians on the move

A critical look at some of the issues most central to adaptation studies

Collected interviews with a major American poet, writer, editor, anthologist, and teacher

The devastating, tragic consequences of structural and institutional racism in a segregated boys’ prison work farm

A fun and exciting inside look at unique DIGrs across the world

A personal narrative about growing up with the golden age of television

An extraordinary collection of posts to and from the “G.I.s’ best friend” and incomparable entertainer

The first complete synthesis of the diverse encounters, conflicts, and exchanges of Mississippi’s colonial period

A deep, compassionate probing of how white writers misconstrued, manipulated, and distrusted poor southern whites

A comprehensive study of cynicism in popular 1980s movies reflected in the television series Stranger Things

An examination of the diverse ways in which children’s literature and film contribute to intergenerational bonding and solidarity

A collection of fifteen interviews with a director whose work is thematically consistent and marked by a rigorous intelligence, a keen sense of humor, and a fearless engagement with the nature of human existence

A sounding of positions and space in the brilliant work of African American improvisers

All of Berryman’s major interviews, personality pieces, profiles, and local interest items

Unforgettable photographs from flash points of the civil rights struggle

The history of a small but mighty publisher in the vanguard of the small press revolution

The long-awaited final volume of the series dedicated to collecting tales from the Russian Grimm

A thorough engagement with the literary, spiritual, and intellectual underpinnings of a great comics creator

How a creator transformed the hero and forever forged a brooding bond between philosophy and comics

The first thorough exploration of the innovative, flute-driven Cuban dance music of New York, charanga

The first English-language translation and extensive notation of a seminal work from the African diaspora

How the Equal Justice Initiative, the Legacy Museum, and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice confront racial violence in America

A new perspective on an explosively popular subgenre of young adult media

An assessment, celebration, and careful notation of the extraordinary melting pot of Latin music

Fifteen interviews that illuminate Lemmons’s distinctive ability to challenge social expectations through film and actualize stories that broaden expectations of cinematic Black femaleness and maleness

The first volume to collect all of Hansberry’s substantive interviews in one place, including many radio and television interviews that have never before appeared in print

The first collection of interviews with the internationally known poet and public intellectual

A book-length study of the often unexplored great carnival of the Civil War

A moving and fun account of the man who influenced fifty years of growth at the New Orleans Museum of Art

A powerful witness of the electric steel guitar tuned to worship the Lord

The astonishing transformation of an African tradition that distinguishes a second American Guyanese diasporization

Fresh approaches to the study of the works of the influential southern writer

An intensive study of the disappearance of land and language in Louisiana

The first book-length account of American punk as a musical style

Essays that critique America’s superiority complex and movies and TV shows that reignite the Cold War

The first book to examine the cultural and historical impact of Alabama’s quilting legacy

The first-ever book devoted to close analysis of the modern, multimillion-dollar cult classic franchise

A timely exploration of grassroots political protest in the age of Trump

A critical study of the career of the nineteenth-century bishop

How policy can transform music and how musicians and performances create lasting bonds

The first in-depth intellectual history of funk music and its growth out of the blues tradition

A thorough assay of the painstaking process that delivers a state budget

The first biography of Hollywood’s political matchmaker, kingmaker, and MGM’s movie star maker

A critical analysis of the often-understudied environmentalist literature of the mid-twentieth century

A unique, insider perspective on race relations in a great American music

Twenty-seven interviews and profiles ranging over more than five decades that tell Mike Nichols’s and Elaine May’s stories in their own words

The first full-length biography of the long-serving politician whose legislation on voting rights and immigration shaped modern America

A book-length study of the unique relationship between the audience and creators who are considered to be trusted fans

A fascinating tour of historic New Orleans as seen in rare postcards from the early twentieth century

An exciting exploration of the impact of hypermasculinity on the creation of the modern superhero