An overview of the traditional, changing folklife from a vibrant southern state

Interviews with the acclaimed director of such films as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Titanic, and Avatar

A critical study of a postmodern comics writer who flaunts superhero conventions

A detailed history of an unsung recording studio and its lasting impact on rhythm and blues

Collected interviews with the acclaimed Hollywood director

Conversations with the influential and revered comics artist

An argument for a major remapping of the early African American literary landscape

Conversations with the brilliant and eccentric comics writer

Interviews with the man responsible for such films as Hairspray, Serial Mom, and Cecil B. Demented

Essays on how women’s history is written in the wake of The Southern Lady

Fourteen collected interviews with the author of such works as Girl in Landscape, Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, Chronic City, and many others

A rich exploration of the garden Welty tended with her mother and how that work affected her writing

A story of one family’s love and courage in the Jim Crow-era Deep South

Postcards and prose that recapture outstanding locales and events from bygone days

A study of the famed actor’s barrier-breaking Shakespearean performances

A tour of Brazilian creativity propelled by a singular musical instrument

A journey to the main public venue for the most vigorous American folk music tradition

An assessment of baseball’s ascension as a global business brand and its myth-making power

A biography of the first solo folk musician to play Carnegie Hall and a staunch preserver of European styles

An unforgettable exploration of the critical role of play and the gap in perception between adults and children

The best from twenty years of a noted intellectual historian’s work

An examination of the rich, long-lasting exchanges between African Americans and Caribbean peoples

Essays revising the Panther’s image, emphasizing tireless community organizing and assistance to the underprivileged

A collection of the most frightening and lasting haunts along America’s mighty river

A critical biography of a major intellectual who struggled for justice against colonialism

Perspectives from a longtime observer of the magic, artistry, and verve of Acadiana

How a clergyman joined his mayor and fellow ministers to defy massive resistance

The first comprehensive biography of the talented devout Catholic who deceived the world by falsely adopting her love child

Interviews with the director of Night of the Living Dead and many other zombie movies

A study of a Marine veteran’s dioramas that translate the Vietnam War into art that is both a personal and a communal restorative

How African influences enriched narratives from enslaved and free blacks writing in Britain and the New World

A study of postbellum fiction and its engagement in debates over African American education and America's new colonial territories

A collection of essays that documents the indebtedness and thematic similarities uniting Shakespeare and eight southern authors

A company of scholars survey the spectrum of southern politics and politicians and attempt to answer the question "Is there a southern political tradition?"

A study of one of the earliest organized slave rebellions in colonial America and its far-reaching effects

The history of the first land-grant academic institution for African Americans.

How the punk scene’s do-it-yourself flyers and posters create a lens into the pounding heart of the music and movement

The story of two African American ministers and their struggle to balance both sacred and secular worlds

The first collection of conversations and interviews with the author who is known as the "father of the techno-thriller"

The life and times of the Kewpie doll and its fascinating socially conscious creator

The story of a childhood at Allison’s Wells and one woman’s combat with the hypocrisies of segregated society

The first scholarly consideration of the over eight hundred haiku written late in Wright’s life

Photographs and tales that revel in the tradition-rich lore of dogs, horses, and hunters pursuing wild boar

Six essays examining the role and relationship of southern women in a world complicated by racial and class antagonisms

A stunning record of the once-pristine beauty of the islands shielding Mississippi's Gulf Coast

Yarns from the Mississippi-born comedian declared the funniest American storyteller since Will Rogers

How the "Great Emancipator" found himself in court defending a slave owner's claim to human chattels

Essays questioning the role of etiquette in the South from Civil War times through the civil rights era