The first English-language study of Aleksandr Volkov and his Magic Land series

Collected interviews with the Asian American writer and cartoonist who helped develop G.I. Joe

Collected interviews and writings of the Iranian filmmaker known for his remarkable films and courageous defiance of state censorship

A provocative account of what motivates prolific mass movements teeming for revolutionary change

How women have expanded the creative reach of calypso, soca, and steelband music

A fresh consideration of the impact of black radicalism on black characters in southern modernism

Collected interviews with the acclaimed author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson Before Dying

An exploration of the impact of the Great War on southern writing

A groundbreaking inquiry into what is missing in folklore and folklore studies

An incomparable oral history of riverboat pilots on the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways

A direct legal study of the state stretching from the origins of Mississippi charters to our modern mandates

A revelation of the powerful alternative to sexism offered by children’s literature

A biography of the beloved novelist, pioneering critic, and champion of children’s literature

Collected interviews with the iconic American author spanning decades, continents, and genres

An inspiring survey and assessment of forty poets from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

A rhetorical framework to comprehend antiblack violence today within racialized citizenship since Reconstruction

A biography of the renowned manager of Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Buddy Guy, who worked with a host of other iconic blues artists

Collected interviews with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Intuitionist

An insider’s riff on his jazz journey across oceans to the city that invented the music

A sweeping study of the nature of jazz

The first in-depth study of acclaimed work by a pioneer of Israeli comics

A concise chronicle of one of the most accomplished figures in American history

In hardback again for the first time in thirty years, the definitive book of photographs by the Pulitzer Prize winner, including a new foreword by Natasha Trethewey and sixteen new photographs

The first modern study of the inexhaustibly humorous, masterful French creator

A thoughtful examination of the clashes among nostalgia, evangelism, and marketing

An invaluable musical history documenting the advent of the blues in black vaudeville

An exposition of a dynamic, multiracial-racial identity

A broad survey of the inspirations of comics creation in Canada

Career-spanning interviews with the creator of the contemporary American comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and other works

An extensive, career-spanning volume on the works of Neil Gaiman

The thrilling secret history of the American pilots who risked their lives to protect their country during the Cold War

A modern study on America’s preoccupation with body weight, processed foods, and pollution through the lens of horror

The true story of a kidnapper’s calamitous criminal life as told by the man he abducted

A study of sound in the film and media industry of China, especially its music and multilingual soundtrack, that amplifies a vibrantly changing national power and global order

The first biography of a singer who was once one of the most significant African American male vocalists in America

An examination of storytelling and story making using Jack tales as a metaphor to talk about teaching and telling

A reasoned, radical proposal to overhaul American school sports and free education from the madness of competition and entertainment

How comics generate significance and weave images and words into a narrative art

An exploration of the Nobel laureate’s engagement with Native Americans and the ways in which Native American writing illuminates Faulkner

The marvelous story of innovators C. C. Beck and Otto Binder and their mighty American hero

The first-person account of a daring, extraordinary blow against segregation

A showcase of skillful artwork from the renowned artist

The singular vision of a courageous Mississippi activist

Collected interviews and articles with one of early Hollywood’s most successful screenwriter-directors and the first woman to direct a feature film

The definitive biography of the great band leader and New Orleans jazz performer

Collected interviews with the director of such films as Harlan County, U.S.A. and Gun Fight

A record catch of place, lore, tradition, and family connection with environment

The first take on America’s outstanding film reel appeals to African American dignity and service

An exploration of whites posing as Native Americans from nineteenth-century literature to comic books

Essays from innovative, leading scholars covering the gamut of the civil rights movement