Gathered together for the first time, a collection of the little-known but groundbreaking African American writer

The first book-length sounding of the major contributions of the first black American novelist to sell more than a million copies

A critical volume on the ways women are made monstrous in popular culture

A provocative juxtaposition of escaped slaves and the shipwrecked across the Americas

Collected interviews with the author of Long Lankin, Mrs. Osmond, and The Sea, the last of which won the Man Booker Prize

Collected interviews with the Academy Award–winning director of the critically and commercially successful films The French Connection and The Exorcist

A comprehensive study of how burial customs highlight social status and class

How the war on poverty galvanized and transformed white defiance

A biography of the superstar crooner, his rise, fall, and struggle for a second act

Amuch-needed intervention into the critical study of Chicanx and Latinx young adult literature

A necessary expansion of the lens and landscape of young adult literature

An unparalleled gathering of top educators, comics artists, and writers advocating the vital utility of comics in the classroom

An unparalleled gathering of top educators, comics artists, and writers advocating the vital utility of comics in the classroom

The first-ever account of the Washington, DC, blues scene

An extraordinary engagement with trauma and its witness across American literature

An in-depth exploration of the current Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan

The story of Robert F. Kennedy’s consequential visit to the Mississippi Delta

The only book solely about antebellum American fiddling

How the black liberation movement confronted ideologies of progress and equality through emotional discourse

A new, vivid account of the final months of the esteemed writer’s life

The ultimate insider’s scoop on the most popular shows in Broadway history

An award-winning photographer’s vivid images of the island country

How documentary film explodes common discourses of a South divided only by black and white

A history of the first sound engineer to jam sprawling festivals and rock whole stadiums

How some women find their greatest powers narrating after death

A thorough exploration of the South’s lasting impact on American life

Timely updates to the first book to look at professional wrestling as a theatrical performance

A much-needed examination of how the newspaper comic strip transformed US culture

How graphic novels expand philosophy and how philosophy illuminates the graphic novel

Collected interviews with the writer of fiction, journalism, ethnography, and history whose book, Europe Central, won the National Book Award for Fiction

Collected interviews with the French director of influential New Wave films such as Le Beau Serge, Les Cousins, and Les Bonnes Femmes

A long-overdue collection of interviews with the multitalented and versatile writer, director, and producer of such films as Days of Wine and Roses, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Victor/Victoria, and the Pink Panther franchise

How anime and animation involve and transport viewers to be spirited away

A critical study on how the dynamics of game shows are impacting America’s culture

A fascinating exploration of the history, politics, and aesthetics of supervillains

A critical advancement and recognition of the enduring power of a great American writer

The first critical volume on a crucial voice in comics

An exposure of how mainstream film and television wilts flower power and diffuses the potency of protest

A documentary history of a radical thinker and African American firebrand

A documentary history of a radical thinker and African American firebrand