A spirited exploration of the blessings manifest in all wild places

Essays that reassess Faulkner’s life and career a half century after his death

Essays that explore how a system of patronage and sexism marginalized some remarkable visual artists

The story of brave women who met to build bridges between the races and end segregation

The most complete and detailed examination of a vanished tribe

The first study of Batman’s evil arch-nemesis in comics, on television, and in film

The only comprehensive collection of interviews with the elusive director of Eyes Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange, and Dr. Strangelove

Interviews with the creator of comics such as It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken, Clyde Fans, and Wimbledon Green

The first close critical treatment of the album that shook jazz with its electric sound and rock-influenced style

Literary explorations into the radical, hopeful racial futures imagined by science fiction

The first examination of stand-up comedy through the lens of folklore

Profiles of superstar women athletes and the obstacles they face

Thirty years of interviews with one of the most important modern American writers, who is often praised for his unflinching use of language, rich metaphors, and tragically damaged characters

The classic text on American musical expression, updated with four new chapters

A study of the creative infusion of “African-ness” and social justice into African American art traditions

Interviews with the Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker and many other films

Interviews with the director of Spring Breakers, Mister Lonely, and Gummo

A full study of Buddy Bolden and Bunk Johnson confirming their roles in the real blues roots of New Orleans jazz

A critical examination of the "beautiful boy" love comics that enthralled fans in Japan and then worldwide

A collection that explores the role of current satire in shaping what it means to be black

The story of a tireless legal Samaritan and his warfare on the injustice of capital punishment

A rediscovered treasury of old-time fiddle music with over 300 musical annotations

Interviews with and beautiful photography of eleven great musicians and their inspiring city

A moving revelation of the many essential workers and their lives on the backside of thoroughbred racetracks

A masterful writer’s career-spanning selection of the best remembrances from the Big Easy

An account of the extraordinary twenty-three-state, 480-stop blitz that shaped Roosevelt and the West

An unforgettable and up-close portrait of the men and dogs who hunt coyotes

An approach to cultivating the leaders of tomorrow

A deluxe and dazzling biography of the great Mississippi artist

A collection of the garden correspondence of a great American writer and gardener

New tales of wild bad guys from an accomplished prosecutor of drug lords, kidnappers, con men, and other colorful criminals

The first biography of the prodigiously hard-working actor who embodied the Western ideal

An anthology that examines the many achievements of the Nobel Laureate

How novels targeted at teens engage narrator and reader in intimate dramas of friendship, love, identity, and sexuality

The first full-length examination of the evolving superhero through the lens of disability studies

A survivor’s tale of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction and a community’s enduring determination

How one document marked the nadir of American racial politics and unleashed a fire that raged across the segregated South

A classic ethnographic study of rural children, their community, and their school

A first-person account of the year following the worst natural disaster in American history

The biography of the last of the iconic sports announcers from the Golden Age of Radio